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Events

New books

• Armageddon - Leon Uris
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Ian Fleming
• The Farm Book - Jan Pfloog
• Fortunate Pilgrim - Mario Puzo
• Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
• Herzog - Saul Bellow
• The Jealous God - John Braine
• Flowers for Hitler - Leonard Cohen
• Julian - Gore Vidal
• Little Big Man - Thomas Berger
• The Luzhin Defense - Vladimir Nabokov
• The Man - Irving Wallace
• The Martyred - Richard E. Kim
• A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
• One-Dimensional Man - Herbert Marcuse
• A Purple Place For Dying - John D. MacDonald
• Rascal - Sterling North
• The Rector of Justin - Louis Auchincloss
• Second Generation - Raymond Williams
• Shadow and Act - Ralph Ellison
• Shadow of a Bull - Maia Wojciechowska
• A Song of Six Pence - A.J. Cronin
• Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man - Marshall McLuhan
• The Valley of Bones - Anthony Powell
• When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith
• Why We Can't Wait - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming
• The Splendid Belt of Mr. Big - Sara Bulette

Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American Jewish novelist, known for the amount of research he did for his novels. ... Original book cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman For the 1971 film, see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Chitty on autopilot during a night flight . ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Mario Puzo Mario Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia. ... Funeral in Berlin is a a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The Ipcress File. ... Herzog cover Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... The Jealous God is a novel by John Braine which was first published in 1964. ... John Braine (April 13, 1922 – October 28, 1986) was a British novelist. ... Flowers for Hitler is Canadian poet Leonard Cohens third collection of poetry, first published by McClelland And Stewart Ltd. ... Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ... Julian by Gore Vidal is a historical novel in the first person dealing with the life of the Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus, known as Julian the Apostate, who reigned 360-363 CE. He was the last direct relative of Constantine the Great to assume the purple, his father being... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, known better simply as Gore Vidal, (born October 3, 1925) is a well-known American writer of novels, plays and essays, and a public figure for over fifty years. ... Little Big Man is a 1970 black comedy about a boy raised by the Cheyenne Nation assuming various roles in the Old West, including a guide who arranged the fanatical General George Armstrong Custers defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn. ... Thomas Louis Berger (born July 20, 1924) is a U.S. novelist. ... The Luzhin Defence is a 2001 movie, directed by Dutch director Marleen Gorris. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков; pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf) (April 10 O.S. [April 22 N.S.], 1899 - July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American author. ... The Man is a slang phrase associated with the counterculture and used to describe higher authority. ... Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 - June 29, 1990) was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. ... Richard E. Kim (b. ... A Moveable Feast is a set of memoirs by American author Ernest Hemingway. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II, are characterized by terse minimalism, understatement and primer style... One-Dimensional Man is a work by Herbert Marcuse, first published in 1964. ... Herbert Marcuse (July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a prominent German-American philosopher and sociologist of Jewish descent, member of the Frankfurt School. ... John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. ... The word Rascal may refer to: Rascal, the leading distributor of electronic scooters and powerchairs for the disabled. ... Thomas Sterling North was the author of childrens books including the famous Rascal. ... Louis Auchincloss (born September 27, 1917) is a prolific U.S. novelist, historian and essayist. ... Raymond Williams (31 August 1921 - 26 January 1988) was a highly influential Welsh academic, novelist and critic. ... Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994, [1]) was an African American scholar and writer. ... Shadow of a Bull is a novel by Maia Wojciechowska that was awarded the 1965 Newbery Medal. ... A. J. Cronin is the pen-name of the Scottish novelist Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896 - January 9, 1981). ... Understanding Media is a book by Marshall McLuhan. ... Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar, professor of English literature, literary critic, and communications theorist, who is one of the founders of the study of media ecology and is today an honorary guru among technophiles. ... Anthony Dymoke Powell (December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000) is a writer most remembered for his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. ... Wilbur Addison Smith (b. ... The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph. ... 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition You Only Live Twice is the twelfth novel by Ian Fleming featuring James Bond, secret agent 007; it was published in 1964, around the time Fleming died. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ...

Births

• March 7 - Bret Easton Ellis, author
• July 3 - Joanne Harris, author

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris (born July 3, 1964) is a British author. ...

Deaths

• January 17 - T.H. White, author
• February 3 - Clarence Irving Lewis, philosopher
• February 25 - Grace Metalious, writer Peyton Place
• April 14 - Rachel Carson, environmentalist author
• April 18 - Ben Hecht, screenwriter
• August 3 - Flannery O'Connor
• August 12 - Ian Fleming, James Bond author
• September 18 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist
• December 21 - Carl Van Vechten

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Terence Hanbury White (May 29, 1906 - January 17, 1964) was a writer. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Clarence Irving Lewis (April 12, 1883 Stoneham, Massachusetts - February 3, 1964 Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American academic philosopher. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Grace Metalious (1924 - 1964) was an American author, best known for the controversial novel Peyton Place. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Carsons Government Photo (1940s) Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was one of the most prolific of all Hollywood screenwriters, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry, and a human rights and Zionism activist. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American author. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Official sites James Bond Official Homepage Official Danjaq 007 website Ian Fleming Publications official website Miss Moneypennys Rolodex Mr. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Sean OCasey Sean OCasey (March 30, 1880 - September 18, 1964) was a major Irish dramatist and memorist. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Photographic self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ...

Awards

• See 1964 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Hugo Award: Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Emily Cheney Neville, It's Like This, Cat
• Nobel Prize for literature - Jean-Paul Sartre
• Prix Goncourt: Georges Conchon, L'Etat sauvage
• Prix Médicis: Monique Wittig, L'Opoponax
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Louis Simpson: At The End Of The Open Road
• Viareggio Prize: Giuseppe Berto, Il male oscuro