Who's the greatest 20th century American Writer?

>>9470367
Wallace

>>9470367
me

>>9470367
I'd put Faulkner first, but otherwise, yeah.

using what criteria

tse-tung

>>9470367
For me it's Gaddis or McElroy, but I reckon a more 'objective' answer would be Faulkner.

Fitzgerald

Nabokov

>>9470367
Orwell

>>9471115
This. Ada is (one of) the greatest work(s) of the 20th century

>>9471501
>Orwell
>American

Dylan

Borges

Faulkner, but Gaddis gives him a run for his money.

>>9471596
good job.

Some cunt is gonna get in here and say HS Thompson, just wait.

>>9470367
these are all good - early hemingway should be on here too

HS Thompson

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>American literature.

>>9470367
splitting it by centuries means nothing, do 1850-1950, see how silly it is?

>>9472369
Melville

>>9472369
>splitting it by centuries means nothing
maybe but discussing modern american authors is relevant.

>>9470367
Borges, unless by "American" you mean from the USA.
In that case, who cares.

It's either Heller or Vonnegut, but good luck convincing lit nerds that a book that's fun to read is "great".

Sure, they each only wrote one novel worth reading... but that's one more than anyone else.

DeLillo or Gass

>>9472590
Reported for pedantry