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1951 in literature
See also:
1950 in literature
,
other events of 1951
,
1952 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
Flannery O'Connor
is diagnosed with
lupus
.
From Here to Eternity
by
James Jones[?]
is published. In
2001
, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
A Question of Upbringing[?]
by
Anthony Powell
is published. It is the first novel of his
A Dance to the Music of Time[?]
duodecalogy. In
2001
, this twelve-volume series of novels published between
1951
and
1975
will be named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
The Catcher in the Rye
by
J.D. Salinger
is published. In
2001
, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
New Books
The Balance Wheel[?]
-
Taylor Caldwell
The Blessing[?]
-
Nancy Mitford
Boy at the Window[?]
-
Owen Dodson[?]
The Caine Mutiny
-
Herman Wouk[?]
The Catcher in the Rye
-
J.D. Salinger
The Cruel Sea[?]
-
Nicholas Monsarrat[?]
Foundation Trilogy
-
Isaac Asimov
The Foundling[?]
-
Cardinal Spellman
From Here to Eternity
-
James Jones[?]
Lie Down In Darkness[?]
-
William Styron
The Loved and the Lost[?]
-
Morley Callaghan
Moses
-
Sholem Asch[?]
My Cousin Rachel[?]
-
Daphne du Maurier
Prince Caspian
-
C. S. Lewis
A Question of Upbringing[?]
-
Anthony Powell
Return to Paradise[?]
-
James A. Michener
Spartacus[?]
-
Howard Fast
The Wanderer[?]
-
Mika Waltari
A Woman Called Fancy[?]
-
Frank Yerby[?]
Births
August 20
-
Greg Bear
,
science fiction author
August 24
-
Orson Scott Card
,
science fiction author
Deaths
February 7
-
Sinclair Lewis
, novelist
February 13
-
Lloyd C. Douglas[?]
, author
February 19
-
André Gide
, author
March 14
-
Algernon Blackwood
, writer
March 25
-
Oscar Micheaux
,
African-American
, author & filmmaker
Awards
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Elizabeth Yates[?]
,
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Pär Fabian Lagerkvist
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
no award given
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
Conrad Richter[?]
,
The Town
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Carl Sandburg
,
Complete Poems
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