1953 In Literature

EVENTS

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

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.

April 13 - The face of popular literature is transformed with the publication of Ian Fleming 's first James Bond novel, '' Casino Royale ''.

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

'' The Universe Maker '' - A. E. Van Vogt

NEW DRAMA

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 ''

NON-FICTION

Heinrich Harrer - '' Seven Years In Tibet ''

BIRTHS

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

September 23 - Nicholas Witchell , TV journalist

November 5 - Joyce Maynard , memoirist and former lover of J. D. Salinger

''date unknown'' - Pat Cadigan , science fiction author

''date unknown'' - George Dyson , science historian

''date unknown'' - Peter Robinson , poet

DEATHS

April 4 - Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author

April 9 - C. E. M. Joad , philosopher

June 25 - Richard Jebb , journalist

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

''date unknown'' - T. F. Powys , novelist, brother of John Cowper Powys

''date unknown'' - Eirik Vandvik , classicist and translator

AWARDS

: ''Invisible Man''

, ''Secret of the Andes''

, ''Picnic''

- ''The Old Man and the Sea''

: ''Collected Poems 1917-1952''

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