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The year
1959 in literature
involved some significant events and new books.
EVENTS
Aldous Huxley
turns down the offer of a
Knighthood
.
First appearance of
Astérix
the Gaul.
Colin Dexter
begins teaching at Corby Grammar School.
Frank Herbert
begins researching ''Dune''.
Frederik Pohl
becomes editor of ''Galaxy'' magazine.
Marcel Achard
is elected to the
Académie Française
.
NEW BOOKS
Isaac Asimov
- ''
Nine Tomorrows
''
Saul Bellow
- ''
Henderson The Rain King
''
Robert Bloch
- ''
Psycho
''
Ray Bradbury
- ''
A Medicine For Melancholy
''
John Brunner
---''
Echo In The Skull
''
---''
The World Swappers
''
Algis Budrys
- ''
The Falling Torch
''
William S. Burroughs
- ''
Naked Lunch
''
Taylor Caldwell
- ''
Dear And Glorious Physician
''
Richard Condon
- ''
The Manchurian Candidate
''
Alexander Cordell
- ''
Rape Of The Fair Country
''
Robert Crichton
- ''The Great Impostor''
Allen Drury
- ''
Advise And Consent
''
Alfred Duggan
- ''
Children Of The Wolf
''
Gerald Durrell
- ''
My Family And Other Animals
''
Lawrence Durrell
- ''
Mountolive
''
Ian Fleming
- ''
Goldfinger
''
Paul Gallico
- ''
Mrs. 'Arris Goes To Paris
''
Günter Grass
- ''
The Tin Drum
''
Robert A. Heinlein
---''
The Menace From Earth
''
---''
Starship Troopers
''
---''
The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag
''
Shirley Jackson
- ''
The Haunting Of Hill House
''
William J. Lederer
and
Eugene L. Burdick
- ''
The Ugly American
''
H.P. Lovecraft
and Divers Hands - ''
The Shuttered Room And Other Pieces
''
John Lymington
- ''
Night Of The Big Heat
''
Naguib Mahfouz
- ''
The Children Of Gebelaawi
''
Norman Mailer
- ''
Advertisement For Myself
''
James A. Michener
- ''
Hawaii
''
Mervyn Peake
- ''
Titus Alone
''
Robert Randall (pseudonym of
Robert Silverberg
and
Randall Garrett
) - ''
The Dawning Light
''
Mordecai Richler
- ''
The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
''
Philip Roth
- ''
Goodbye, Columbus
''
Robert Ruark
- ''
Poor No More
''
Terry Southern
- ''
The Magic Christian
''
John Updike
- ''The Same Door''
Leon Uris
- ''
Exodus
''
Kurt Vonnegut
- ''
The Sirens Of Titan
''
NEW DRAMA
Tennessee Williams
- ''
Sweet Bird Of Youth
''
NON-FICTION
Kenneth Anger
- ''
Hollywood Babylon
''
Thomas B. Costain
- ''
The Three Edwards
'' (Third book in the Plantagenet or Pageant of England series)
L. Sprague De Camp
- ''
Engines
''
August Derleth
---''''
---''
Some Notes On H.P. Lovecraft
''
Savitri Devi
- ''
Impeachment Of Man
''
C. S. Forester
- ''
Sink The Bismarck!
'' aka ''The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck''
Erving Goffman
- ''
The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
''
Garrett Mattingly
- ''
The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada
''
Karl Popper
- ''
The Logic Of Scientific Discovery
''
Cornelius Ryan
- ''
The Longest Day
''
William Strunk Jr.
and
E. B. White
- ''
The Elements Of Style
''
BIRTHS
March 15
-
Ben Okri
, poet and novelist
March 18
-
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet
, novelist and critic
May 3
-
Ben Elton
, British comedian and author
October 31
-
Neal Stephenson
- science fiction writer
''date unknown
---
Paul Anderson
, journalist
---
Maurice Georges Dantec
, science fiction author
---
R. A. Salvatore
,
Science Fiction
and
Fantasy
author
DEATHS
January 3
-
Edwin Muir
, poet, novelist and translator
January 29
-
Pauline Smith
, novelist
February 22
-
Percy F. Westerman
, children's author
February 23
-
Luis Palés Matos
, poet
February 28
-
Maxwell Anderson
, playwright, film writer
March 26
-
Raymond Chandler
, American novelist
April 14
-
Julien Josephson
, screenwriter
May 18
-
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
, explorer and memoirist
June 23
-
Boris Vian
, French novelist
June 30
-
José Vasconcelos
, political writer
September 18
-
Benjamin Péret
, poet
''date unknown''
---
Olga Knipper
, widow of
Anton Chekhov
and star of many of his plays
---
Alfred Schütz
, philosopher and sociologist
AWARDS
Hugo Award
-
James Blish
, ''A Case of Conscience''
, ''The Witch of Blackbird Pond''
, ''Primera memoria''
, ''J. B.''
, ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters''
, ''Selected Poems 1928-1958''