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1948 in literature
See also:
1947 in literature
,
other events of 1948
,
1949 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
The
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
is renamed the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The first volume of
Sir Winston Churchill's
"
The Second World War[?]
" (1948–1953) is published.
The Heart of the Matter
by
Graham Greene
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
.
The Naked and the Dead[?]
by
Norman Mailer
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 American Political Tradition[?]
-
Richard Hofstadter[?]
Catalina[?]
-
W. Somerset Maugham
Cry, the Beloved Country[?]
-
Alan Paton
The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline[?]
-
Isaac Asimov
The Golden Warrior[?]
-
Hope Muntz[?]
Guard of Honor[?]
-
James Gould Cozzens[?]
The Heart of the Matter
-
Graham Greene
The Hearth and the Eagle[?]
-
Anya Seton
The House of Sleep[?]
-
Anna Kavan[?]
The Ides of March[?]
-
Thornton Wilder
John Aubrey and His Friends[?]
-
Anthony Powell
Joseph and His Brothers[?]
-
Thomas Mann
Last Of The Conquerors[?]
-
William Gardner Smith[?]
The Living Is Easy[?]
-
Dorothy West[?]
The Mask of Circe[?]
-
C. L. Moore
Melissa (novel)[?]
-
Taylor Caldwell
My Glorious Brothers[?]
-
Howard Fast
The Naked and the Dead[?]
-
Norman Mailer
Parris Mitchell of King's Row[?]
-
Henry Bellamann[?]
Seraph On The Sewanee[?]
-
Zora Neale Hurston
The Twenty-One Balloons[?]
-
William Pène du Bois
The White Goddess
-
Robert Graves
The World is Not Enough[?]
-
Zoe B. Oldenbourg[?]
The Young Lions[?]
-
Irwin Shaw[?]
Births
February 5
-
Christopher Guest
, actor, writer, director, composer
February 28
-
Mike Figgis[?]
, director, writer, composer
March 17
-
William Gibson
, writer
Deaths
Awards
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
William Pene du Bois[?]
,
The Twenty-One Balloons
Nobel Prize for literature
:
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
Tennessee Williams
,
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
James A. Michener
-
Tales of the South Pacific
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
W. H. Auden
:
The Age of Anxiety
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