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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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For me, as for all the world, the War was a tragedy and a vast stupidity, a waste of youth and of time; it betrayed my faith, mocked my love, and irremediably spoilt my career.
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― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
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Failure has its successes.
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