Lost Generation

:The Lost Generation also refers to the ex-Red Guards in China. See Red Guards (China).

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The term Lost Generation was coined by Gertrude Stein to refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Significant members included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, Waldo Peirce, Sylvia Beach, and Gertrude Stein herself.

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Gertrude Stein - American - Paris - 1920 - 1930 - Ernest Hemingway - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Sherwood Anderson - Waldo Peirce - Sylvia Beach

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More generally, the term is being used for the generation of young people coming of age in the United States during and shortly after World War I. For this reason, the generation is sometimes known as the World War I Generation or the Roaring 20s Generation. In Europe, they are most often known as the Generation of 1914, named after the year World War I began. In France, the country in which many expatriates settled, they are called the Génération au Feu, the Generation of Fire.

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Generation - United States - World War I - Roaring 20s - Europe - 1914 - France

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William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations list this generation's birth years as 1883 to 1900. Their typical grandparents were the Gilded Generation; their parents were the Progressive Generation and Missionary Generation. Their children were the G.I. Generation and Silent Generation; their typical grandchildren were Baby boomers.

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William Strauss - Neil Howe - Generations - 1883 - 1900 - Gilded Generation - Progressive Generation - Missionary Generation - G.I. Generation - Silent Generation - Baby boomer

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The last surviving member of the generation (based on the above definition) in the United States to be considered more-or-less well-known to the general public, Los Angeles-area philanthropist Sybil Brand, died on February 17, 2004 at the age of 104.

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United States - Los Angeles - Philanthropist - Sybil Brand - February 17 - 2004

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