angry young man

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) one of a group of British writers of the late 1950s and the 1960s whose works reflect strong dissatisfaction with, frustration by, and rebellion against tradition and society.
2. any author writing in this manner.

angry young man

noun

1. often capitals one of several British novelists and playwrights of the 1950s who shared a hostility towards the established traditions and ruling elements of their country
2. any similarly rebellious person

Example Sentences

That awkward, angry young man, traumatised by the abuse he had suffered as a child, had found a way to fit in.

From BBC

“I wanted to give him a bit of an angry young man, James Dean phase,” Jenkins says.

From Los Angeles Times

If the death of an angry young man in Tunisia could be the spark for revolutions, what price a war that kills thousands of Palestinian civilians?

From BBC

SRK succeeded influential Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan, who was known as the Angry Young Man of Indian Cinema during his reign over Indian theaters from 1973 until the turn of the century, Akella said.

From Los Angeles Times

But among her British peers, Jackson was the first to emerge as the female equivalent of a discomfiting archetype that had been haunting her country’s imagination since the 1950s, the Angry Young Man.

From New York Times