Hemingway
Masterpieces: The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises.
As a journalist-born writer, Hemingway is called the founder of "news style" novels. He is used to writing on one foot, which makes his works concise and lively. This writer, regarded as the embodiment of American spirit, finally ended his life by shooting himself. His The Old Man and the Sea defended "the dignity of human soul" and showed "how far one can go". He is a successful loser and a failed hero.
/kloc-when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, the Swedish Academy of Royal Sciences said, "The main reason is that his dialogue is vivid and his language is just right, which is understandable and unforgettable."
Famous saying: people are not born to be defeated. You can destroy him, but you cannot defeat him.
Borges
Masterpiece: Complete Works of Borges
His works reflect "the chaos of the world and the unreality of literature". Even outstanding critics and writers are in awe of his literary achievements.
Although his works are few, they can have cross-generational influence. Nobel Prize in Literature winner Coetzee once commented on Borges: He innovated the novel language more than anyone else and opened the way for a whole generation of great Latin American novelists.
Famous saying: I think that a person can be the enemy of others, and can be the enemy of others for a period of time, but not the enemy of a region, fireflies, writing, gardens, water and wind.
Saint-Ex
Masterpiece: The Little Prince
The Little Prince, a thin booklet, has been regarded as a classic by several generations of China readers. This fairy tale reveals the philosophical thinking of returning to nature with a sad tone. Not only for children, but also for adults whose environment is becoming more and more secular.
In the face of the harsh reality, when we are becoming more and more utilitarian and can't even recognize ourselves, we might as well read The Little Prince. It turns out that clarity is the most powerful.
Famous saying: He often said, "If I turn a general into a seabird and the general doesn't obey my orders.
Salinger
Masterpiece: The Catcher in the Rye
The hero he created in The Catcher in the Rye rebelled against the mainstream society with a cynical attitude. Holden, wearing a trench coat and an upside-down red hat, became the object of imitation by teenagers.
Perhaps many readers are obsessed with Holden's Bohemian, but who hasn't experienced rebellious youth and youth?
We look at the wheat fields and Salinger looks at literature.
Famous saying: My duty is to watch there. If any child runs to the edge of the cliff, I will catch him-I mean, the children are running wildly, and I don't know where I am running. I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. I do this all day. I just want to be a catcher in the rye.
Proust
Masterpiece: Memories of the past.
His reminiscence of the past has become a monument of literary works, which has the role of benchmarking and demonstration. The superb writing technique of stream of consciousness that he is familiar with in his book has influenced a large number of Chinese and foreign writers. Sagan, who wrote "Hello, Sadness", took his pen name from a role in "Memories of the Past".
Memories of Time Past makes people realize that literature is heavy and irreplaceable. After the ebb and flow of years, "memories of the past" will be handed down like precious pearls.
A beloved person is not only the source of pain, but also a good medicine to alleviate and deepen it.
Kafka
Transformation and test
He is regarded as the pioneer of expressionist literature. His works are full of fables and absurdities, and most characters are trapped in helplessness and loneliness and despair. Can't fight or struggle, always can't find a clear way out.
His works focus on the people at the bottom, and his personality is more anxious and fearful, and his situation is more pessimistic and cruel. But it is through cold words that our perception of the world will be more thorough and profound.
Famous saying: On the handle of Balzac's cane, it says: I am crushing all obstacles. The handle of my cane says: All obstacles are crushing me. * * * The same is true: everything.
Gabriel Garcia marquez
Masterpiece: a hundred years of loneliness and love during the cholera period.
"Many years later, facing the firing squad, Colonel Aurano Buendia will recall the distant afternoon when his father took him to see the ice sheet." The classic beginning of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude has always been imitated, but it is rarely surpassed.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" was praised by Mo Yan as "a masterpiece symbolizing the peak of Latin American literature, with shocking artistic power and ideological power", which made readers all over the world appreciate the charm of Latin American literature and deeply influenced countless China writers. From 65438 to 0982, Marquez won the Nobel Prize for his writing style of "magical realism" and "gathering incredible miracles and the purest real life".
Nothing in the world is more difficult than love. The only pain I feel about death is that I didn't die for love.
Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Life and the Art of Fiction
Every line and page in his book is a golden sentence that has been tempered. The seemingly casual words, however, contain profound philosophical thoughts and profound understanding of life, which is memorable.
If we lament that his works are elusive and difficult to understand, it may be that our life experience is still shallow. You can see plots and techniques in other writers' works, and you can see life in his works.
carver
Masterpiece: Cathedral When we talk about love, what are we talking about?
As for Carver's writing, Haruki Murakami commented that his works are full of wonderful accidents outside of daily life, with a funny sense of humor and a stinging reality.
Most of his works show the loneliness and silence of ordinary people after being beaten black and blue by life. His works are meticulous, not trivial and boring. Su Tong commented on Carver in this way: "Only a complicated writer will have an extraordinary ruthless heart for language, killing and killing, leaving a dagger forged with words."
Famous saying: the fruit lies in the bowl, and your head rests on my shoulder. This is the best moment of the day.
Murakami Haruki
Masterpiece: Norwegian Forest 1Q84
The former jazz bar owner started writing at the age of 30. Many titles of Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Forest", "South of the Border" and "West of the Sun" are closely related to music. In his works, he combines music, movies and travel into a mellow whisky.
Haruki Murakami's works are full of strong literary flavor, which is one of the reasons why he is welcomed by readers in China. In recent years, Haruki Murakami's voice for winning the Nobel Prize has been very high. He may be the third Japanese writer to win this honor after Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburo Oe.
Famous saying: I always thought that people are getting old slowly, but they are not. People get old in an instant.