See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• January 22 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.

• February 19 - Censorship: The State of Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.

• After five years as an English Teacher, Frederick Buechner moves to New York to become a full time writer.

• Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin is published. In 2001, 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.

• The face of popular literature is transformed with the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.

January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953. ... Arthur Miller in his later years Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Censorship is the use of group power to control speech and other forms of human expression. ... Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Classicism in Literature The Universal Library, by Carnegie Mellon University Project Gutenberg Online Library Abacci - Project Gutenberg texts matched with Amazon... Frederick Buechner as photographed in 1950 by Carl Van Vechten Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is an American author. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Go Tell it on the Mountain is the most famous novel by James Baldwin. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist and essayist, probably best known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. Dre 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908–August 12, 1964) is an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy introduced by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Casino Royale, first published in 1953 is the first James Bond novel by author Ian Fleming. ...

New books

• The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow
• Battle Cry - Leon Uris
• Beyond This Place - A.J. Cronin
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri - James A. Michener
• Casino Royale - Ian Fleming
• Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
• The Cornerstone - Zoe B. Oldenbourg
• The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
• Désirée - Annemarie Selinko
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
• Go Tell it on the Mountain - James Baldwin
• Heartsnatcher - Boris Vian
• The High and the Mighty - Ernest K. Gann
• A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin
• The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler
• Lord Vanity - Samuel Shellabarger
• Madame de Pompadour - Nancy Mitford
• Maud Martha - Gwendolyn Brooks
• The Night of the Hunter - Davis Grubb
• The Present and the Past - Ivy Compton-Burnett
• The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas
• Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov
• The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis
• The Sojourner - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• Time and Time Again - James Hilton
• The Unconquered - Ben Ames Williams
• The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham

Saul Bellow (born June 10, 1915), acclaimed North American-Jewish writer, won the Nobel prize for literature in 1976 and is best known for writing novels which investigate isolation, spiritual dissociation and the possibilities of human awakening. ... A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit. ... Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for the amount of research he did for his novels. ... A. J. Cronin is the pen-name of the Scottish novelist Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896 - January 9, 1981). ... The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1953 novel by James Michener, which was made into a film starring William Holden, about a Korean War pilot charged with bombing a group of (three?) extremely-well-defended bridges. ... James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907? - October 16, 1997) was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans, Alaska, Texas and Poland. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Casino Royale, first published in 1953 is the first James Bond novel by author Ian Fleming. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908–August 12, 1964) is an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Childhoods End is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, probably most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Demolished Man is a science-fiction novel by Alfred Bester, and was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. ... Alfred Bester Alfred Bester (born December 18, 1913 in New York City, died September 30, 1987) was a science fiction author and the winner of the first Hugo Award in 1953 for his novel The Demolished Man. ... Fahrenheit 451 book cover Fahrenheit 451 (1953) is a dystopian fiction novel by Ray Bradbury that was originally published in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. ... Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer of Swedish descent, known best for his 1950 short story collection The Martian Chronicles and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... Go Tell it on the Mountain is the most famous novel by James Baldwin. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist and essayist, probably best known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... Boris Vian (March 10, 1920 - June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan. ... Ernest Kellogg Gann (born 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska; died 1991 in Friday Harbor, Washington) was an author, sailor, fisherman and airline captain. ... A Kiss Before Dying is a novel by Ira Levin. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... The Long Goodbye (ISBN 0394757688) is a 1954 novel by Raymond Chandler, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. ... Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an American author of crime stories and novels. ... Samuel Shellabarger (1888 - 1954) was an American educator and author of both scholarly works and best-selling historical novels. ... Nancy Mitford (November 28, 1904 -June 30, 1973), novelist and biographer, was born in London, the eldest daughter of Baron Redesdale. ... Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. ... The Night of the Hunter is a 1953 novel by American author, Davis Grubb. ... Davis Grubb (July 23, 1919 - July of 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... The Present and the Past (1953) is a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett about the head of a family who, although outwardly powerful and in charge, is suffering under the fact that he is being belittled and at some point even outright ignored by family and servants alike. ... Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett D.B.E. (1884 - August 27, 1969) was an English novelist. ... The Robe, a 1952 historical novel featuring the Crucifixion, written by Lloyd C. Douglas, is more familiar as a 1953 Biblical epic film which tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. ... Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. ... Second Foundation Second Foundation is the third novel of the Foundation series. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Isaac Asimov (c. ... The Silver Chair is the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia fantasy series 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 born in Belfast but mostly resident in England. ... Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 13, 1953) is an American author who lived in remote rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. ... James Hilton (September 9, 1900 - December 20, 1954) was a popular English novelist of the first half of the 20th century. ... Cover for The Kraken Wakes The Kraken Wakes is a 1953 apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham, originally published under the title Out of the Deeps. ... John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. ...

Births

• March 12 - Carl Hiaasen, author

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... Photo of Carl Hiaasen by Robert Birnbaum Carl Hiaasen [pronounced hiya-sun] (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. ...

Deaths

• April 4 - Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author
• November 8 - John van Melle, South African author
• November 9 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author
• November 27 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright
• November 30 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet

April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery a French author who was born February 11, 1860 and died April 4, 1953. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... John van Melle (February 11, 1887 - November 8, 1953) was a Dutch-born South African author. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 in New York City) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (New York City, October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953 in Boston) was an American playwright. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 28, 1879 - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish father who was an attaché at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. ...

Awards

• National Book Award for Fiction: Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Ann Nolan Clark, Secret of the Andes
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
• 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