1920's Literature

Many people during the 1920's were learning to read, in fact, the illiteracy rate was 6%. That was the lowest it had been in a long time.

A lot of different authors were born during this era and many more were writing.

Dorothy Parker was an outstanding author. She was best known for her "wit". Dorothy wrote many poems and short stories. One book of poetry that she had published was Enough Rope. This quickly became a best seller.

Ernest Hemingway was another extraordinary writer. At one time he wrote for Toronto Daily Star. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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