Many generations have called themselves as the lost generations as they had lost a good many years of their lives through no fault of theirs! Ava Gardner Ernest Hemingway, the great writer popularised this word through his novel 'The sun also rises' in 1926 which was made into a 1957 Hollywood movie starring Tyrone Powers, Ava Gardner and Errol Flynn. Interestingly, Hemingway's mother described it as the filthiest book she had ever read but wished his son success anyway. The rights to the movie changed many hands as the theme was deemed unfriendly to movie-goers. In this movie/novel, the lost generation is referred to the men who came of age after the World War 1. They were probably affected by some kind of post traumatic stress unable to cope with the stress of everyday life. Some people also refer to the artistes loafing around Paris after the Great War. In recent times, the young Chinese Red Guards (1966 -76) during the Cultural Revolution are also called the Lost G...
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