Who is Douglas Coupland?
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian writer often credited with coining the term Generation X. Whether this is true or not, his first novel, published in 1991, was called Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. The novel was highly praised, and the name Douglas Coupland became synonymous with Generation X culture. Douglas Coupland was born on 30 December 1961 in Baden, West Germany. His family moved to Vancouver in Canada, and Coupland studied art and sculpture. He found a small degree of success as a sculptor and had his own art exhibited at a Vancouver art gallery. Coupland’s literary career began with a comic strip in 1988 for a now defunct magazine called Vista. Shortly after the comic strip appeared, Coupland was contacted by New York publisher St. Martin’s Press. He agreed to write a guide on Generation X. Douglas Coupland then moved to Palm Springs, California, where he wrote his first novel. With Generation X, Douglas Coupland perfectly captured the spirit of the time – the a
