Today I’m going to talk briefly about four different authors that wrote during the 20th century.
C.S. Lewis is the author of the award winning book series, Narnia. C.S. Lewis’ full name is Clive Staples Lewis. He is one of the most famous modern authors, with millions of people still reading his books today. His most famous series is The Chronicles of Narnia, which I have read multiple times over myself. Lewis did not actually write the books in the chronological order of the story, rather writing the main narrative and then adding in a prequel and some other small additions and retcons.
J.R.R. Tolkien is another famous author of the twentieth century. He wrote The Lord of the Rings, a series of books that I have not been fortunate enough to read for myself as yet. I do want to begin to read his books at some point, but don’t yet have the time to make that investment, although I really want to. Tolkien would go on to become one of the most famous authors, and his books have become a staple of fantasy literature.
The next author I’m going to talk about is, believe it or not, Albert Einstein. Einstein was famous for his theory of relativity, as well as his other mathematical genius, and he published the majority of his works, and so he earned a place on this list.
I decided that it would be appropriate to include Dr. Seuss on this list, even though we didn’t study him. Dr. Seuss is one of the most influential authors of the century, and I honestly find it amazing that my teacher didn’t think he was important enough to cover in his lesson. Although Dr. Seuss didn’t write adult literature, he did create a multitude of famous characters and stories for children, and he has become one of, if not the most, well respected children’s author of all time.
All of these authors had a large influence on the culture of their time, and have published some works that will (probably) entertain us for hundreds of years to come.