In American literary criticism there is a generally well-accepted view that Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Saul Bellow constituted the three best writers in 20th century America.

• 在美国评论界有一种颇为流行的观点，认为海明威、福克纳、贝娄构成了20世纪美国文学最显著的三座丰碑。