Who's the greatest 20th century American Writer?

> Gaddis

> Gass

> Hawkes

> McElroy

> Pynchon

> Faulkner

Wallace

me

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

using what criteria

tse-tung

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

Fitzgerald

Nabokov

Orwell

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

>Orwell
>American

Dylan

Borges

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

good job.

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

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

HS Thompson

>American literature.

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

Melville

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

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

Reported for pedantry