- 1953 in literature
The year 1953 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
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January 22 - "The Crucible ", a drama byArthur Miller , opens on Broadway.
*February 19 -Censorship : The State of Georgia approves the firstliterature censorship board in theUnited States .
* After five years as an English Teacher,Frederick Buechner moves toNew York to become a full time writer.
*"Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin is published. In2001 , the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
*April 13 - The face of popular literature is transformed with the publication ofIan Fleming 's firstJames Bond novel, "Casino Royale".
*Ronald Harwood becomes SirDonald Wolfit 's dresser.
*John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" publishes his final SirHenry Merrivale mystery novel.
*Ian Fleming 'sJames Bond was first brought into the world inCasino Royale .New books
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Sholom Aleichem - "Adventures of Mottel the Cantor's Son "
*Isaac Asimov - "Second Foundation "
*James Baldwin - "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
*Saul Bellow - "The Adventures of Augie March "
*Alfred Bester - "The Demolished Man "
*Zealia Bishop - "The Curse of Yig"
*Ray Bradbury
**"Fahrenheit 451 "
**"The Golden Apples of the Sun "
*Gwendolyn Brooks - "Maud Martha "
*William S. Burroughs - "Junkie "
*John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" - "The Cavalier's Cup "
*Raymond Chandler - "The Long Goodbye"
*Arthur C. Clarke
**"Against the Fall of Night "
**"Childhood's End "
*Beverly Cleary - "Otis Spofford "
*Ivy Compton-Burnett - "The Present and the Past "
*A. J. Cronin - "Beyond This Place "
*L. Sprague de Camp
**"The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens "
**"Sprague de Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction "
**"The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales "
*L. Sprague de Camp andFletcher Pratt - "Tales from Gavagan's Bar "
*Lloyd C. Douglas - "The Robe "
*Ian Fleming - "Casino Royale"
*Ernest K. Gann - "The High and the Mighty"
*Davis Grubb - "The Night of the Hunter "
*Mark Harris - "The Southpaw "
*James Hilton - "Time and Time Again "
*David Karp - "One"
*Ira Levin - "A Kiss Before Dying "
*C. S. Lewis - "The Silver Chair "
*James A. Michener - "The Bridges at Toko-Ri "
*Zoe B. Oldenbourg - "The Cornerstone "
*Mervyn Peake - "Mr Pye "
*Ellery Queen - "The Scarlet Letters "
*Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - "The Sojourner "
*Annemarie Selinko - "Désirée "
*Samuel Shellabarger - "Lord Vanity "
*Wilmar H. Shiras - "Children of the Atom "
*Rex Stout - "The Golden Spiders "
*Leon Uris - "Battle Cry"
*Boris Vian - "Heartsnatcher "
*A. E. van Vogt - "The Universe Maker "
*Evelyn Waugh - "Love Among the Ruins"
*Ben Ames Williams - "The Unconquered "
*John Wyndham - "The Kraken Wakes "New drama
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Arthur Adamov - "Le Professeur Taranne"
*Agatha Christie - "Witness for the Prosecution "
*Max Frisch - "Biedermann und die Brandstifter (The Fire Raisers)"
*Witold Gombrowicz - "Ślub (The Wedding)"
*Arthur Miller - "The Crucible "hort stories
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Roald Dahl - "Nunc Dimittis"Poetry
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Faber Book of Twentieth Century Verse "Non-fiction
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George Dangerfield - "The Era of Good Feelings " (Bancroft Prize )
*L. Sprague de Camp - "Science-Fiction Handbook "
*G. R. Elton - "The Tudor Revolution in Government"
*Heinrich Harrer - "Seven Years in Tibet "
*Nancy Mitford - "Madame de Pompadour"Births
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February 10 -John Shirley , science fiction and horror writer
*March 12 -Carl Hiaasen , author
*March 25 - John Tierney, "New York Times" journalist
*April 3 -Pieter Aspe , author of the "Inspector Van In" novels
*May 19 -Victoria Wood , comedienne and writer
*July 14 - Bent Lorentzen, novelist
*July 29 -Frank McGuinness , dramatist and poet
*August 10 -Mark Doty , poet
*September 23 -Nicholas Witchell , TV journalist
*November 5 -Joyce Maynard , memoirist and former lover ofJ. D. Salinger
*"date unknown"
**Pat Cadigan , science fiction author
**George Dyson, science historian
**Peter Robinson, poetDeaths
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April 4 -Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author
*April 9 -C. E. M. Joad , philosopher
*April 24 -Alfred Vierkandt , sociologist
*June 5 -Moelona , novelist and translator
*June 25 -Richard Jebb , journalist
*July 6 -Julia de Burgos , poet
*July 16 -Hilaire Belloc , humorous poet, essayist and travel writer
*August 30 -Maurice Nicoll , psychologist
*November 8 -John van Melle ,South Africa n author
*November 9 -Dylan Thomas , poet and author
*November 27 -Eugene O'Neill , playwright
*November 30 -Francis Picabia , painter, poet
*"date unknown"
**Idris Davies , poet
**Gordon Hall Gerould , philologist
**Alice Milligan , poet
**T. F. Powys , novelist, brother ofJohn Cowper Powys
**Eirik Vandvik , classicist and translatorAwards
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National Book Award for Fiction:Ralph Ellison : "Invisible Man"
*Christopher Award :Marie Killilea , "Karen"
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:Margaret Kennedy , "Troy Chimneys"
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:Carola Oman , "Sir John Moore"
*Newbery Medal forchildren's literature :Ann Nolan Clark , "Secret of the Andes "
*Nobel Prize for Literature : Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
*Premio Nadal :Luisa Forrellad , "Siempre en capilla"
*Pulitzer Prize for Drama :William Inge , "Picnic"
*Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :Ernest Hemingway - "The Old Man and the Sea "
*Pulitzer Prize for Poetry :Archibald MacLeish : "Collected Poems 1917-1952"
* King's Gold Medal for Poetry:Arthur Waley
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