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.

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 months ago

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.

glnpf148@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Walter Moers is a German writer best known for creating ‘Captain Bluebear’ in my all time favorite book. He has since written several fantastic novels based on the continent Zamonia. In some ways I think you could compare bis work and way of writing to Terry Pratchett’s.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Moers

Another German author that gave me lots of great hours of reading growing up is Cornelia Funke. For me it was mainly the book Dragonrider, but she is also well known for her Inkheart series and The Thief Lord.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Funke

DarthSpot@feddit.de · 7 months ago

I second Walter Moers. His books seem to be written by a maniac, but its the work of a genius