Ernest Hemingway was a prominent figure in the Modernist literary movement, known for his concise and direct writing style.

Langston Hughes was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s.

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs were key figures in the Beat Generation, a countercultural movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Symbolism, a literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, used symbols and allegories to convey deeper meanings and explore moral and spiritual themes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is widely regarded as the father of American transcendentalism, a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized the inherent goodness of humanity and the importance of intuition and experience.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos were prominent members of the Lost Generation, a group of American writers who came of age during World War I and expressed disillusionment and a sense of loss in their works.

Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, and Haki R. Madhubuti were influential figures in the Black Arts Movement, an artistic and cultural movement of the 1960s and 1970s that celebrated African American culture and identity.

Realism, a literary movement of the 19th century, focused on depicting everyday life and characters in a realistic and objective manner.

Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and William Carlos Williams were prominent figures in the Imagist poetry movement, which emphasized the use of precise imagery and clear, concise language.

Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir were prominent figures in the existentialist movement, a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized the importance of individual existence, freedom, and choice.

Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joan Didion were influential figures in the New Journalism movement, a journalistic style that blended fictional techniques and literary elements with factual reporting.

Surrealism, an artistic and literary movement of the 20th century, emphasized the exploration of the subconscious mind and the use of dream imagery and symbolism.

Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, and John Maynard Keynes were prominent members of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of intellectuals, artists, and writers who gathered in London in the early 20th century.

James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison were prominent African American writers who explored themes of identity, race, and the African American experience in their works.

Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, and Margaret Atwood are influential figures in the postmodern literature movement, which challenges traditional notions of narrative, truth, and reality.