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1957 in literature
See also:
1956 in literature
,
other events of 1957
,
1958 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
The Wapshot Chronicle[?]
by
John Cheever[?]
is published. In
2001
, the book would 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
.
Lawrence Durrell
publishes
Justine[?]
, the first of volume of
The Alexandria Quartet[?]
. The final of the four volumes will be published in 1960 and in
2001
, the collection would be named as part of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
On the Road[?]
by
Jack Kerouac
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
At Lady Molly's[?]
-
Anthony Powell
Atlas Shrugged
-
Ayn Rand
Below the Salt[?]
-
Thomas B. Costain
Blue Camellia[?]
-
Frances Parkinson Keyes[?]
By Love Possessed[?]
-
James Gould Cozzens[?]
The Cat in the Hat
-
Dr. Seuss
The Comforters[?]
-
Muriel Spark
Compulsion
-
Meyer Levin[?]
Doomsday Morning[?]
-
C. L. Moore
Eagle's Nest[?]
-
Anna Kavan[?]
Eloise in Paris[?]
-
Kay Thompson[?]
From Russia With Love[?]
-
Ian Fleming
Justine[?]
-
Lawrence Durrell
Kids Say the Darndest Things![?]
-
Art Linkletter
La Loi[?]
-
Roger Vailland
Long Day's Journey Into Night
-
Eugene O'Neill
On the Beach
-
Nevil Shute
On the Road[?]
-
Jack Kerouac
Rascals in Paradise[?]
-
James A. Michener
The Scapegoat[?]
-
Daphne du Maurier
Some Came Running
-
James Jones[?]
Sugar Street[?]
-
Naguib Mahfouz
Voltaire in Love[?]
-
Nancy Mitford
The Wapshot Chronicle[?]
-
John Cheever[?]
Births
Deaths
February 10
-
Laura Ingalls Wilder
, author
March 29
-
Joyce Cary[?]
, author
June 27
-
Malcolm Lowry
, author
December 17
-
Dorothy L. Sayers
, author
Awards
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Virginia Sorenson[?]
,
Miracles on Maple Street
Nobel Prize for literature
:
Albert Camus
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
Eugene O'Neill
,
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
no award given
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Richard Wilbur
:
Things of This World
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