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1946 in literature
See also:
1945 in literature
,
other events of 1946
,
1947 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
November 7
-
Walker Percy
marries Mary Bernice Townsend
Animal Farm
by
George Orwell
– becomes book of the year in USA
Frederick Buechner
receives a
Bachelor of Arts
degree from
Princeton
University.
All the King's Men
by
Robert Penn Warren
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
.
New Books
All the King's Men
-
Robert Penn Warren
Bridge on the Drina[?]
-
Ivo Andric
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care[?]
-
Benjamin Spock
Delta Wedding[?]
-
Eudora Welty
I spit on your grave[?]
-
Boris Vian
The Iceman Cometh[?]
-
Eugene O'Neill
Jule[?]
-
George Wylie Henderson[?]
The Littlest Angel[?]
-
Charles Tazewell[?]
The Miracle of the Rose[?]
-
Jean Genet
Mr. President[?]
-
Miguel Angel Asturias[?]
Mister Roberts
-
Thomas Heggen[?]
The Story Of Dorothy Stanfield[?]
-
Oscar Micheaux
Strawberry Girl[?]
-
Lois Lenski[?]
The Street[?]
-
Ann Lane Petty[?]
Then and Now[?]
-
W. Somerset Maugham
Births
October 1
-
Tim O'Brien
, novelist
Deaths
July 8
-
Orrick Glenday Johns
, poet & playwright
August 13
-
H. G. Wells
, writer
Awards
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Lois Lenski[?]
,
Strawberry Girl
Nobel Prize for literature
:
Hermann Hesse
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
Russel Crouse[?]
,
Howard Lindsay[?]
,
State of the Union
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
no award given
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
:
no award given
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