Lost Generation

The Lost Generation was a term established by Gertrude Stein to discribe the generation of people who fought in the first world war. The term refers to the war in a sense causing them to loose what future they would of had if it had not happen, while also refering to the mass of fatalities the generation incurrred during the 'Great War'. Due to a lack of birth certificates for many who participated in the war a number of persons under the legal age to fight managed to take up arms for their country, the exact number of said persons is unknown but estimated to be around 250,000. The birth years for this generation range from 1883 to 1900 (with 1900 being the earliest for someone to have legally fought at the age of 18 in the last year of World War One).

Contributions to Film
See Screenplays written by people born in the 1880s, Screeenplays written by people born in the 1890s, and Screenplays written by people born in the 1900s