lost generation

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lost generation

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Etymology

Attributed to Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s.

Proper noun

the lost generation

1. The generation that came of age during World War I.
2. A group of American expatriate writers living in Paris during the 1920s.

Translations

Translations

Azerbaijani: itirilmiş nəsil Catalan: generació perduda f Chinese: Mandarin: 迷惘的一代 (míwǎng de yídài), 迷失的一代 (míshī de yídài), 失落的一代 (shīluò de yídài) Czech: ztracená generace f Finnish: kadotettu sukupolvi French: génération perdue f Georgian: დაკარგული თაობა (daḳarguli taoba) German: verlorene Generation f Hebrew: הדור האבוד Italian: generazione perduta f Japanese: 失われた世代 (うしなわれたせだい, ushinawaretasedai) Kazakh: жоғалған ұрпақ (joğalğan ūrpaq) Korean: 잃어버린 세대 (ireobeorin sedae), 상실세대(喪失世代) (sangsilsedae) Maori: reanga kā(w)hakina Occitan: generacion perduda f Persian: نسل گمشده Romanian: generația pierdută f Serbo-Croatian: izgubljena generacija f Slovak: stratená generácia f Spanish: generación perdida f Swedish: förlorade generationen Vietnamese: thế hệ đã mất (世系㐌𠅎), thế hệ lạc loài (世系落類)

See also

• greatest generation
• Silent Generation

Further reading

• Lost Generation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia