Brendan Behan Is Dead
Mar. 20, 1964 - Brendan Behan (pictured in Dublin in 1960), the Irish playwright, died today at Meath Hospital in Dublin. He was 41 years...
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Mar 10
John Updike and Five Others Receive National Book Awards
Mar. 10, 1964 - Six authors — John Updike (pictured), Aileen Ward, Christopher Tunnard, Boris Pushkarev, William H. McNeill, and John...
Dec 9, 2023
Ernest Hemingway’s Widow Discloses Creative Work Left Behind
Dec. 9, 1963 - Mrs. Mary Hemingway (right in 1952), widow of the late Ernest Hemingway, disclosed today that a novel, a travel book, a...
Nov 24, 2023
C.S. Lewis Is Dead
Nov. 24, 1963 - Professor C.S Lewis, literary historian, Christian apologist, and author of “The Screwtape Letters,” died Friday at his...
Nov 23, 2023
Aldous Huxley Is Dead
Nov. 23, 1963 - Aldous Huxley (pictured in 1948), the novelist-philosopher-historian whose satirical novel “Brave New World” (1932) set a...
Jul 10, 2023
“Tropic of Cancer” Ruled Obscene
July 10, 1963 - New York state’s highest court held in a 4-3 decision today that Henry Miller’s novel “Tropic of Cancer” is obscene under...
May 5, 2023
Steinbeck Dog Charley Is Dead
May 5, 1963 - Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck (pictured last year) arrived at a White House dinner last week with sad news:...
Feb 14, 2023
Reclusive J.D. Salinger Publishes New Book
Feb. 14, 1963 - Just in case those who are following the chronicles of the Glass family have missed the news, two more J.D. Salinger...
Dec 10, 2022
Dec. 10, 1962 - John Steinbeck accepts the Nobel Prize
Dec. 10, 1962 - American author John Steinbeck accepted his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm today. #books #literature
Dec 10, 2022
Author John Steinbeck Accepts Nobel Prize for Literature
Dec. 10, 1962 - American author John Steinbeck (right) accepted his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm today. After expressing his...
Oct 25, 2022
Steinbeck Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct. 25, 1962 - John Steinbeck (pictured) has won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The 60-year-old author is the sixth American to be...
Oct 9, 2022
Sylvia Beach Dead at 75
Oct. 9, 1962 - Sylvia Beach (pictured with James Joyce in 1920), the bookshop owner who made literary history in 1922 when she became the...
Sep 7, 2022
Author Isak Dinesen Dead
Sept. 7, 1962 - Danish author Isak Dinesen (pictured center with Marilyn Monroe and Carson McCullers in 1959). She was 77 years old. The...
Aug 21, 2022
Books: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”
Aug. 21, 1962 - “Catch-22,” a satirical novel by Joseph Heller (pictured while serving in WWII) about the Air Force, will be turned into...
Aug 9, 2022
Author Hermann Hesse Dead at 85
Aug. 9, 1962 - Hermann Hesse (pictured last year), the German-born Swiss author who won the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, died today...
Jun 14, 2022
Author James Joyce Honored in Dublin
June 14, 1962 - James Joyce (pictured in 1928), one of Ireland’s most famous writers but one who was long condemned and neglected in his...
Apr 20, 2022
William Faulkner Visits West Point
Apr. 20, 1962 - William Faulkner ended a two-day visit to West Point today. He said he had been “pleasantly astounded” by the literary...
Dec 26, 2021
Movies: "Tender Is the Night" to Open Jan. 19
Dec. 26, 1961 - The film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender is the Night,” with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards Jr., will...
Nov 13, 2021
"Tropic of Cancer" Banned in Massachusetts
Nov. 13, 1961 - The novel “Tropic of Cancer” was banned in Massachusetts today. Superior Court Judge Lewis Goldberg described Henry...
Nov 13, 2021
Mailer Gets Suspended Sentence in Stabbing of Wife
Nov. 13, 1961 - Norman Mailer (right), author of the best-selling novel “The Naked and the Dead,” received a suspended sentence today on...
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