Who are your favorite authors of the 1950’s, which books, and why?

Post WWII society, the emergence of corporate culture, established suburban culture, a new optimism, a new a new layer of cynicism, emerging civil rights, the new Angry Young Men of literature, the emergence of the Beats, gay culture begins to emerge from the underground, the emergence of anti-establishmentism, the atomic bomb, the nuclear arms race, space exploration, the new angst, the Korean War, and much more had an effect on Literature. Which authors or books of this period hit home with you?