Angry Young Man
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined in reference to John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger.
Noun edit
Angry Young Man (plural Angry Young Men)
- (literature) Any of a group of mostly working-class and middle-class British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s, their works being characterized by harshness, realism, and disillusionment with traditional norms.
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any of a group of British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s
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Portuguese edit
Noun edit
Angry Young Man m (plural Angry Young Men)
- (literature) Angry Young Man (any of a group of British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s)