[HPFGU-OTChatter] Writers and other artists of 20 century which in your opinion will be remembered

[Shaun Hately]

On 13/02/2012 12:57 PM, dumbledore11214 wrote:

> So I guess, what I am asking is for you to give me a few names from any
> area of art, not just writers in the 20 century who are known to
> everybody, or at least to a lot of people from different countries, and
> cultures. I am not even saying that person has to read their works, just
> to know who they are. Like when myself and my friend were talking, we
> definitely agreed that 19 century was a golden age in so many areas,
> including literature, music, paintings, etc. He was like, if you say the
> name Bethoven to anybody, even not very educated person is highly
> unlikely to suggest that he was somebody else other than famous composer.

Something to consider. In the 20th Century, and the 21st Century 
continues the trend even more so, mass communication of a type that was 
unprecedented in the past occurred. Part of the reason why somebody 
might not stand out as much as they did in the past, is because there 
were so many more authors and composers and musicians, etc, than there 
were in previous centuries. Jane Austen was writing in an England where 
only a couple of hundred novels were published each year. It was a lot 
easier for somebody to be noticed in that type of situation.