Angry Young Man

The phrase angry young man, or angry young men, can refer to:

  • British New Wave, also referred to as the Angry Young Man genre, a British film genre of the 1960s, featuring working class heroes and left-wing themes
  • Angry young men, a journalistic catchphrase applied to some British writers of the mid-1950s, such as John Osborne, author of Look Back in Anger
  • Fenqing, literal translation "angry young men", a Chinese slang term for young nationalists
  • "Prelude/Angry Young Man", a song by Billy Joel
  • "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)", a song by the band Styx
  • "Angry Young Man", journalistic catchphrase for the Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan

Famous quotes containing the words angry, young and/or man:

    “Man, proud man,
    Drest in a little brief authority,
    Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d,
    His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
    Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,
    As make the angels weep.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A young man married is a man that’s marred.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that? Well, he gets it from the landlady once a month.”
    —John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)