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Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please.

I'm really excited to see what Lemmy has.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tamsyn Muir will almost certainly be remembered extremely positively. She’s only got a few books out so far, but they have such a distinctive voice and style that’s hard to compare to anyone but Shakespeare.

Idk if she holds up outside English though, everything else is great, but the way she plays with words is part of her appeal.

[–] kometes@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

She's not there yet, voice, story, and world building : A+ Narrative : B-