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Lost Generation
"Lost Generation" is a term used to refer to the generation of writers that came of age during World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway who credits the phrase to Gertrude Stein, his then mentor and patron. The phrase originates from an argument Gertrude Stein overheard between a French garage owner and his employee. The owner accused the employee, a young veteran of World War I, of belong to “une génération perdue” - a lost generation.
Stein, when recounting the story to Hemingway, added: "That is what you are. That's what you all are ... all of you young people who served in ...more
Stein, when recounting the story to Hemingway, added: "That is what you are. That's what you all are ... all of you young people who served in ...more
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Me gusta mucho pensar que nacimos en años salvajes de la humanidad. Me gustaría tanto que seamos la generación que lo ponga en tinta y papel. Como la generación perdida de Paris en los 20's
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...unlike the Lost Generation, which was occupied with the loss of faith, the Beat Generation is becoming more and more occupied with the need for it.
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