See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Kazuo Shimada (1907-1996) won the "Mystery Writer Of Japan" award for his book Shakai-bu Kisha (City Reporter)
• Francis Briddick Born
• Jack Kerouac had his first novel published

Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and one of the most prominent members of the Beat Generation. ...

New books

• Across the River and Into the Trees - Ernest Hemingway
• The Adventurer - Mika Waltari
• Beetlecreek - William Demby
• Cabbagetown - Hugh Garner
• The Cardinal - Henry Morton Robinson
• The Child Who Never Grew - Pearl S. Buck
• Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science[1] (http://www.dianetics-theevolutionofascience.org/) - L. Ron Hubbard
• Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health[2] (http://www.dianetics.org/) - L. Ron Hubbard
• The Disenchanted - Budd Schulberg
• The Door in the Wall - Marguerite de Angeli
• The Town and the City - Jack Kerouac
• Floodtide - Frank Yerby
• Florence Nightingale - Cecil Woodham-Smith
• The Grass Is Singing - Doris Lessing
• I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
• Joy Street - Frances Parkinson Keyes
• Jubilee Trail - Gwen Bristow
• Kon-Tiki - Thor Heyerdahl
• The Liberal Imagination - Lionel Trilling
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
• The Little World of Don Camillo - Giovanni Guareschi
• The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
• Parade's End - Ford Madox Ford
• The Parasites - Daphne du Maurier
• Reading and Criticism - Raymond Williams
• Star Money - Kathleen Winsor
• Summer In The Country - Edith Templeton
• La vida breve (A Brief Life) - Juan Carlos Onetti
• The Wall - John Hersey

Across the River and Into the Trees is a novel by Ernest Hemingway. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950. ... The Adventurer (original title Mikael Karvajalka) by Mika Waltari A fictional tale of young finnish man Mikael Karvajalka. ... Mika Toimi Waltari (September 19, 1908 - August 26, 1979) was a Finnish author, best known for the historical novel The Egyptian. ... Buildings in Cabbagetown Cabbagetown is an historic neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Hugh Garner (1913-1979) was a Canadian novelist. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker, Chinese name 賽珍珠) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science by L. Ron Hubbard is the original article published in Astounding Science Fiction (May 1950) that introduced Dianetics to the world. ... L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1970 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific and controversial American author and the originator of Dianetics and Scientology. ... According to author L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, the word Dianetics comes from the Greek dia, meaning “through” and nous, meaning “soul”, and is defined as “what the soul is doing to the body. ... L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1970 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific and controversial American author and the originator of Dianetics and Scientology. ... Budd Schulberg (born March 27, 1914) is a screenwriter and novelist. ... The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950 (ISBN 0-15-690790-9). ... Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and one of the most prominent members of the Beat Generation. ... Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 - November 29, 1991) was an African American historical novelist. ... A young Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was the pioneer of modern nursing. ... Cecil Woodham-Smith Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith (née Fitzgerald) (April 29, 1896 - March 16, 1977) was an acclaimed British historian and biographer. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Doris Lessing (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... I, Robot is a collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1950. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Isaac Asimov (c. ... The Kon-Tiki raft is shown on the cover of the DVD of the documentary. ... Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 in Larvik, Norway–April 18, 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy) was (originally) a Norwegian marine biologist with a great interest in anthropology, who became famous for his Kon-Tiki Expedition in which he sailed by raft 4,300 miles from South America to the Tuamotu... Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 - November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. ... The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898–November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... Giovannino Guareschi (May 1, 1908 - July 22, 1968) was an Italian journalist and humorist author whose most famous creation is a priest Don Camillo. ... The Martian Chronicles book cover The Martian Chronicles (alternate title in the UK: The Silver Locusts) is a 1950 science fiction book by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists. ... Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is a science fiction and fantasy writer of Swedish descent. ... Parades End is a tetralogy (four related novels) by Ford Madox Ford published between 1924 and 1928. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... Dame Daphne du Maurier ( May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was one of the most successful Cornish novelists of all time. ... Raymond Williams (1921 - 1988) was a highly influential Welsh academic, novelist and critic. ... Kathleen Winsor (October 16, 1919 - May 26, 2003) was an American author, best known for the romance novel Forever Amber. ... Juan Carlos Onetti, born July 1, 1909 in Montevideo, Uruguay - died May 30, 1994 in Madrid, Spain, was a novelist and short-story writer. ... John Hersey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914-March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. ...

Births

• January 25 - Gloria Naylor, African American author
• May 1 - Francis Briddick, English poet and lyrisist
• July - Zhang Kangkang, Chinese writer
• September 7 - Peggy Noonan, columnist, political writer
• September 20 - James Blaylock, American fantasy author
• October 17 - David Adams Richards, Canadian author
• October 27 - Fran Leibowitz, American writer
• November 2 - Mauri Kunnas, Finnish children’s author
• Barbara Gowdy - Canadian novelist
• Susan Eloise Hinton, American author

January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gloria Naylor (b. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Peggy Noonan, on Hannity and Colmes. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... James P. Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. ... For other definitions of fantasy see fantasy (psychology). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... David Adams Richards (born 1950) is a Canadian author. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... Susan Eloise Hinton (born on July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American author who wrote five young adult novels in the 1960s. ...

Deaths

• January 21 – George Orwell, writer
• March 19 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, author
• May 6 - Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer known for chronicling the Chinese Civil War
• October 19 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet
• November 2 - George Bernard Shaw
• November 25 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish author

January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... George Orwell George Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 - March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Agnes Smedley, ( February 23, 1892--6 May 1950) was an American journalist and writer known for her chronicling of the Chinese revolution. ... The Chinese Civil War was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (the Nationalist Party; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC). ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edna St. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (January 20, 1873 - November 25, 1950) was a Danish author. ...

Awards

• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan, South Pacific
• Special Life Time Award: Francis Briddick
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: A. B. Guthrie, Jr., The Way West
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen