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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1948'''.
The following literary events and publications occurred in the year [[1948]].
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*[[February 5]] – A private assembly of 50 major literary and artistic figures listens to a recording of [[Antonin Artaud]]'s play ''Pour en Finir avec le Jugement de dieu'' (To Have Done With the Judgment of God), whose broadcast on French radio three days earlier has been prohibited.
*[[February 5]] – A private assembly of 50 major literary and artistic figures listens to a recording of [[Antonin Artaud]]'s play ''Pour en Finir avec le Jugement de dieu'' (To Have Done With the Judgment of God), whose broadcast on French radio three days earlier has been prohibited.
*[[February 17]]–[[November 24]] – Venezuelan novelist [[Rómulo Gallegos]] serves as his country's first correctly elected [[President of Venezuela|President]], until overthrown in a military coup.
*[[February 17]]–[[November 24]] – Venezuelan novelist [[Rómulo Gallegos]] serves as his country's first correctly elected [[President of Venezuela|President]], until overthrown in a military coup.
*[[March 21]] – [[Halldor Laxness]]'s ''[[The Atom Station]]'' sells out all copies on its first day of publication.
*[[March 21]] – [[Halldor Laxness]]'s ''[[The Atom Station]] (Atómstöðin)'' sells out all copies on its first day of publication.
*May – [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' ([[1944 in literature|1944]]) is first performed as a student production, in English, at [[Carleton College]], [[Northfield, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book|author=University of South Carolina|title=The Fortunes of German Writers in America: Studies in Literary Reception|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmVYIZK59ysC&pg=PA241|year=1992|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-87249-786-3|pages=241}}</ref> This year also sees the première of Brecht's adaptation of ''[[Antigone (Brecht)|Antigone]]'', at the [[Chur]] Stadttheater in Switzerland, with [[Helene Weigel]] in the title rôle.
*May – [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' ([[1944 in literature|1944]]) is first performed as a student production, in English, at [[Carleton College]], [[Northfield, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book|author=University of South Carolina|title=The Fortunes of German Writers in America: Studies in Literary Reception|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmVYIZK59ysC&pg=PA241|year=1992|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-87249-786-3|pages=241}}</ref> This year also sees the première of Brecht's adaptation of ''[[Antigone (Brecht)|Antigone]]'', at the [[Chur]] Stadttheater in Switzerland, with [[Helene Weigel]] in the title rôle.
*[[May 4]] – Sir [[Laurence Olivier]]'s film of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' is shown. It will be the first British film to win the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
*[[May 4]] – Sir [[Laurence Olivier]]'s film of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' is shown. It will be the first British film to win the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
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*[[November 13]] – ''Alice's Adventures Under Ground'', the original manuscript of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', bought by a group of American Anglophiles in 1946, is presented by [[Luther H. Evans]] ([[Librarian of Congress]]) to the [[British Library|British Museum Library]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Alice's Adventures Under Ground', the original manuscript version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |url=http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/alices-adventures-under-ground-the-original-manuscript-version-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland |publisher=British Library |access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Alice Comes Home |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=1948-11-15 |page=5 |issue=51229}}</ref>
*[[November 13]] – ''Alice's Adventures Under Ground'', the original manuscript of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', bought by a group of American Anglophiles in 1946, is presented by [[Luther H. Evans]] ([[Librarian of Congress]]) to the [[British Library|British Museum Library]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Alice's Adventures Under Ground', the original manuscript version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |url=http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/alices-adventures-under-ground-the-original-manuscript-version-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland |publisher=British Library |access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Alice Comes Home |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=1948-11-15 |page=5 |issue=51229}}</ref>
*''unknown dates''
*''unknown dates''
**The 20th and last edition of the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' is published by the [[Holy See]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Allen Kent|author2= Harold Lancour|title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 4 - Calligraphy to Church Libraries|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=1970|page=311</ref>
**The 20th and last edition of the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' is published by the [[Holy See]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Allen Kent|author2= Harold Lancour|title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 4 - Calligraphy to Church Libraries|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=1970|page=311}}</ref>
**The London publisher [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] is founded by [[George Weidenfeld]] and [[Nigel Nicolson]].
**The London publisher [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] is founded by [[George Weidenfeld]] and [[Nigel Nicolson]].
**The [[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]] is renamed the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].
**The [[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]] is renamed the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].
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==New books==
==New books==
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===Fiction===
===Fiction===
*[[Ilse Aichinger]] – ''Die größere Hoffnung'' (The Greater Hope, translated as ''Herod's Children'')
*[[Ilse Aichinger]] – ''Die größere Hoffnung'' (The Greater Hope, translated as ''Herod's Children'')
*[[Martha Albrand]] – ''[[After Midnight (1948 novel)|After Midnight]]''
*[[Martha Albrand]] – ''[[After Midnight (1948 novel)|After Midnight]]''
*[[Jerzy Andrzejewski]] – ''[[Ashes and Diamonds]]''
*[[Jerzy Andrzejewski]] – ''[[Ashes and Diamonds]]''
* [[Charlotte Armstrong]] – ''[[The Chocolate Cobweb]]''
*[[Isaac Asimov]] – "[[The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline]]" (short story)<ref>{{cite book | last = Deming | first = Stanley | title = Experimental design : a chemometric approach | publisher = Elsevier Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co | location = Amsterdam New York New York, NY, U.S.A | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780080868301 | page=63}}</ref>
*[[Isaac Asimov]] – ''[[The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline]]'' (short story)<ref>{{cite book | last = Deming | first = Stanley | title = Experimental design : a chemometric approach | publisher = Elsevier Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co | location = Amsterdam New York New York, NY, U.S.A. | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780080868301 | page=63}}</ref>
* [[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Borgia Testament]]''
* [[Nigel Balchin]] – ''[[The Borgia Testament]]''
*[[René Barjavel]] – ''Le Diable l'emporte''
*[[René Barjavel]] – ''Le Diable l'emporte''
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**''The Scapegoat''
**''The Scapegoat''
*[[Pearl S. Buck]] – ''[[Peony (novel)|Peony]]''
*[[Pearl S. Buck]] – ''[[Peony (novel)|Peony]]''
* [[Gerald Butler (writer)|Gerald Butler]] – ''[[Slippery Hitch]]''
*[[Taylor Caldwell]] – ''Melissa''
*[[Taylor Caldwell]] – ''Melissa''
*[[Victor Canning]] – ''[[Panther's Moon]]''
*[[Truman Capote]] – ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]]''
*[[Truman Capote]] – ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]]''
*[[Al Capp]] – ''The Life and Times of the Shmoo''
*[[Al Capp]] – ''[[Shmoo|The Life and Times of the Shmoo]]''
*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[The Skeleton in the Clock]]''
*[[John Dickson Carr]] (as Carter Dickson) – ''[[The Skeleton in the Clock]]''
* [[John Paddy Carstairs]] – ''[[Solid! Said the Earl]]''
* [[John Paddy Carstairs]] – ''[[Solid! Said the Earl]]''
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**''[[The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories]]''
**''[[The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories]]''
*[[James Gould Cozzens]] – ''[[Guard of Honor]]''
*[[James Gould Cozzens]] – ''[[Guard of Honor]]''
*[[Edmund Crispin]] – ''[[Love Lies Bleeding (novel)|Love Lies Bleeding]]''
*[[Edmund Crispin]]
** ''[[Buried for Pleasure]]''
** ''[[Love Lies Bleeding (novel)|Love Lies Bleeding]]''
*[[A. J. Cronin]] – ''[[Shannon's Way]]''
*[[A. J. Cronin]] – ''[[Shannon's Way]]''
*[[Osamu Dazai]] – ''[[No Longer Human]]''
*[[Osamu Dazai]] – ''[[No Longer Human]]''
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*[[William Faulkner]] – ''[[Intruder in the Dust]]''
*[[William Faulkner]] – ''[[Intruder in the Dust]]''
*[[Gaito Gazdanov]] – ''The Specter of Alexander Wolf'' (serialization completed)
*[[Gaito Gazdanov]] – ''The Specter of Alexander Wolf'' (serialization completed)
*[[Jon Godden]] – ''The House by the Sea''
*[[F. L. Green]] – ''[[Mist on the Waters]]''
*[[Henry Green]] – ''[[Concluding]]''
*[[Henry Green]] – ''[[Concluding]]''
*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]''
*[[Graham Greene]] – ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]''
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*[[L. P. Hartley]] – ''[[The Travelling Grave and Other Stories]]''
*[[L. P. Hartley]] – ''[[The Travelling Grave and Other Stories]]''
*[[Marguerite Henry]] – ''[[King of the Wind]]''
*[[Marguerite Henry]] – ''[[King of the Wind]]''
*[[Georgette Heyer]] – ''[[The Foundling (novel)|The Foundling]]''
*[[Georgette Heyer]] – ''[[The Foundling (Heyer novel)|The Foundling]]''
*[[Zora Neale Hurston]] – ''[[Seraph on the Suwanee]]''
*[[Zora Neale Hurston]] – ''[[Seraph on the Suwanee]]''
*[[Aldous Huxley]] – ''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*[[Aldous Huxley]] – ''[[Ape and Essence]]''
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* [[Arthur La Bern]] – ''[[Paper Orchid (novel)|Paper Orchid]]''
* [[Arthur La Bern]] – ''[[Paper Orchid (novel)|Paper Orchid]]''
*[[Halldór Laxness]] – ''[[The Atom Station]]''
*[[Halldór Laxness]] – ''[[The Atom Station]]''
* [[Alexander Lernet-Holenia]] – ''[[The Count of Saint Germain]]''
*[[Alexander Lernet-Holenia]] – ''[[The Count of Saint Germain]]''
* [[Audrey Erskine Lindop]] – ''[[Soldiers' Daughters Never Cry]]''
*[[Audrey Erskine Lindop]] – ''[[Soldiers' Daughters Never Cry]]''
*[[Ross Lockridge, Jr.]] – ''[[Raintree County (novel)|Raintree County]]''
*[[Ross Lockridge Jr.]] – ''[[Raintree County (novel)|Raintree County]]''
*[[E.C.R. Lorac]]
*[[E. C. R. Lorac]]
** ''[[Death Before Dinner]]''
** ''[[Death Before Dinner]]''
** ''[[Part for a Poisoner]]''
** ''[[Part for a Poisoner]]''
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*[[Seabury Quinn]] – ''[[Roads (novel)|Roads]]''
*[[Seabury Quinn]] – ''[[Roads (novel)|Roads]]''
*[[Anya Seton]] – ''The Hearth and the Eagle''
*[[Anya Seton]] – ''The Hearth and the Eagle''
*[[Irwin Shaw]] – ''[[The Young Lions]]''
*[[Irwin Shaw]] – ''[[The Young Lions (novel)|The Young Lions]]''
*[[Nevil Shute]] – ''[[No Highway]]''
*[[Nevil Shute]] – ''[[No Highway]]''
*[[B. F. Skinner]] – ''[[Walden Two]]''
*[[B. F. Skinner]] – ''[[Walden Two]]''
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*[[William Gardner Smith]] – ''[[Last of the Conquerors]]''
*[[William Gardner Smith]] – ''[[Last of the Conquerors]]''
*[[Howard Spring]] – ''[[There Is No Armour]]''
*[[Howard Spring]] – ''[[There Is No Armour]]''
*[[Digby George Gerahty|Robert Standish]] – ''[[Elephant Walk (novel)|Elephant Walk]]''
*[[Rex Stout]] – ''[[And Be a Villain]]''
*[[Rex Stout]] – ''[[And Be a Villain]]''
*[[Cecil Street]]
** ''[[The Paper Bag]]''
** ''[[The Telephone Call (novel)|The Telephone Call]]''
*[[Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar]] – ''A Mind at Peace'' (''Huzur'', serial publication)
*[[Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar]] – ''A Mind at Peace'' (''Huzur'', serial publication)
*[[Josephine Tey]] – ''[[The Franchise Affair (novel)|The Franchise Affair]]''
*[[Josephine Tey]] – ''[[The Franchise Affair (novel)|The Franchise Affair]]''
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*[[Mika Waltari]] – ''[[The Adventurer (novel)|The Adventurer]] (Mikael Karvajalka)''
*[[Mika Waltari]] – ''[[The Adventurer (novel)|The Adventurer]] (Mikael Karvajalka)''
*[[Donald Wandrei]] – ''[[The Web of Easter Island]]''
*[[Donald Wandrei]] – ''[[The Web of Easter Island]]''
*[[Evelyn Waugh]] – ''[[The Loved One]]''
*[[Evelyn Waugh]] – ''[[The Loved One (book)|The Loved One]]''
*[[Stanley G. Weinbaum]] – ''[[The Black Flame (novel)|The Black Flame]]''
*[[Stanley G. Weinbaum]] – ''[[The Black Flame (novel)|The Black Flame]]''
*[[Dorothy West]] – ''The Living is Easy''
*[[Dorothy West]] – ''The Living is Easy''
*[[Thornton Wilder]] – ''[[The Ides of March (novel)|The Ides of March]]''
*[[Thornton Wilder]] – ''[[The Ides of March (novel)|The Ides of March]]''
*[[Brock Williams (screenwriter)|Brock Williams]] – ''[[Uncle Willie and the Bicycle Shop]]''
*[[Herman Wouk]] – ''[[City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder]]''
*[[Herman Wouk]] – ''[[City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder]]''
*[[Frank Yerby]] – ''[[The Golden Hawk (novel)|The Golden Hawk]]''


===Children and young people===
===Children and young people===
*[[Bertil Almqvist]] – ''[[Barna Hedenhös]]: bilder från stenåldern'' (The Hedenhös Family: Pictures from the Stone Age)
*[[Bertil Almqvist]] – ''[[Barna Hedenhös]]: bilder från stenåldern'' (The Hedenhös Family: Pictures from the Stone Age)
*[[Rev. W. Awdry]] – ''[[List of Railway Series Books#James the Red Engine|James the Red Engine]]'' (third in ''[[The Railway Series]]'' of 42 books by him and his son [[Christopher Awdry]])
*[[Hans Fischer (painter)|Hans Fischer]] – ''Pitschi. Das Kätzchen, das immer etwas anderes wollte. Eine traurige Geschichte, die aber gut aufhört''
*[[Hans Fischer (painter)|Hans Fischer]] – ''Pitschi. Das Kätzchen, das immer etwas anderes wollte. Eine traurige Geschichte, die aber gut aufhört''
*[[Antonia Forest]] – ''[[Autumn Term]]'' (first in the Marlow series of ten books)
*[[Antonia Forest]] – ''[[Autumn Term]]'' (first in the Marlow series of ten books)
*[[Ruth Stiles Gannett]] – ''[[My Father's Dragon]]''
*[[Ruth Stiles Gannett]] – ''[[My Father's Dragon]]''
*[[Marguerite Henry]] – ''[[King of the Wind]]''
*[[Robert A. Heinlein]] - "[[Space Cadet]]"
*[[Marguerite Henry]] – ''[[King of the Wind]]'' ([[Newbery Medal]])
*[[Lorna Hill]] – ''Marjorie and Co.'' (first in the Marjorie series of six books)
*[[Lorna Hill]] – ''Marjorie and Co.'' (first in the Marjorie series of six books)
*[[Tove Jansson]] – ''Trollkarlens hatt'' (The Magician's Hat, translated as ''[[Finn Family Moomintroll]]'')
*[[Tove Jansson]] – ''Trollkarlens hatt'' (The Magician's Hat, translated as ''[[Finn Family Moomintroll]]'')
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*[[Junji Kinoshita]] – ''Yūzuru'' (Twilight Crane)
*[[Junji Kinoshita]] – ''Yūzuru'' (Twilight Crane)
*[[Dudley Leslie]] and [[J. Lee Thompson]] – ''[[The Human Touch]]''
*[[Dudley Leslie]] and [[J. Lee Thompson]] – ''[[The Human Touch]]''
*[[J.B. Priestley]] –''[[Home Is Tomorrow]]''
*[[Terence Rattigan]] – ''[[The Browning Version (play)|The Browning Version]]'' and ''[[Harlequinade (Rattigan)|Harlequinade]]''
*[[Terence Rattigan]] – ''[[The Browning Version (play)|The Browning Version]]'' and ''[[Harlequinade (Rattigan)|Harlequinade]]''
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Dirty Hands]] (Les Mains sales)''
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] – ''[[Dirty Hands]] (Les Mains sales)''
*[[Vernon Sylvaine]] - ''[[One Wild Oat (play)|One Wild Oat]]''
*[[Vernon Sylvaine]] - ''[[One Wild Oat (play)|One Wild Oat]]''
*[[John Van Druten]] – ''[[Make Way for Lucia]]''
*[[John Van Druten]] – ''[[Make Way for Lucia]]''
* [[Arthur Watkyn]] – ''[[For Better, for Worse (play)|For Better, for Worse]]''
*[[Kerala]] women's [[Malayalam]] collective – ''Thozhil Kendrathilekku'' (To the Workplace!)</onlyinclude>
*[[Kerala]] women's [[Malayalam]] collective – ''Thozhil Kendrathilekku'' (To the Workplace!)</onlyinclude>


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*[[T. S. Eliot]] – ''Notes Towards the Definition of Culture''
*[[T. S. Eliot]] – ''Notes Towards the Definition of Culture''
*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[The White Goddess]]''
*[[Robert Graves]] – ''[[The White Goddess]]''
*[[Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.]] and [[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]] – ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]''
*[[Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.]] and [[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]] – ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]''
*[[Richard Hofstadter]] – ''[[The American Political Tradition]]''
*[[Richard Hofstadter]] – ''[[The American Political Tradition]]''
*[[F. R. Leavis]] – ''The Great Tradition''
*[[F. R. Leavis]] – ''The Great Tradition''
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*[[January 2]] – [[Joyce Wadler]], American writer and memoirist
*[[January 2]] – [[Joyce Wadler]], American writer and memoirist
*[[January 20]] – [[Nigel Williams (author)|Nigel Williams]], English author, playwright and screenwriter
*[[January 20]] – [[Nigel Williams (author)|Nigel Williams]], English author, playwright and screenwriter
*[[February 3]] – [[Henning Mankell]], Swedish crime novelist, children's author and dramatist (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])
*[[February 3]] – [[Henning Mankell]], Swedish crime novelist, children's author and dramatist (died [[2015 in literature|2015]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/05/henning-mankell|title=Henning Mankell Obituary|date=5 October 2015|author=Andrew Brown|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[Christopher Guest]], English-American writer, actor and director
*[[February 5]] – [[Christopher Guest]], English-American writer, actor and director
*[[February 15]] – [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist
*[[February 15]] – [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist
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*[[August 2]] – [[Snoo Wilson]], English playwright and screenwriter (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])
*[[August 2]] – [[Snoo Wilson]], English playwright and screenwriter (died [[2013 in literature|2013]])
*[[August 8]] – [[Miranda Seymour]], English novelist and biographer
*[[August 8]] – [[Miranda Seymour]], English novelist and biographer
*[[August 24]] – [[Alexander McCall Smith]], Scottish writer
*[[August 28]] – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American science fiction writer (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Steve |title=Vonda N McIntyre obituary {{!}} Steve Holland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 April 2019 |date=4 April 2019}}</ref>
*[[August 28]] – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American science fiction writer (died [[2019 in literature|2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Steve |title=Vonda N McIntyre obituary {{!}} Steve Holland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 April 2019 |date=4 April 2019}}</ref>
*[[August 29]] – [[Nick Darke]], Cornish playwright (died [[2005 in literature|2005]])
*[[August 29]] – [[Nick Darke]], Cornish playwright (died [[2005 in literature|2005]])
*[[September 2]] – [[Manfred Böckl]], German novelist and writer of popular history
*[[September 16]] – [[Julia Donaldson]], English author and children's writer
*[[September 16]] – [[Julia Donaldson]], English author and children's writer
*[[September 20]] – [[George R. R. Martin]] (George Raymond Martin), American fantasy author
*[[September 20]] – [[George R. R. Martin]] (George Raymond Martin), American fantasy author
*[[October 5]] – [[Zoran Živković (writer)|Zoran Živković]], Serbian author and academic
*[[October 6]] – [[Zakes Mda]] (Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda), South African novelist, poet and playwright
*[[October 6]] – [[Zakes Mda]] (Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda), South African novelist, poet and playwright
*[[October 9]] – [[Ciaran Carson]], Northern Irish poet and novelist
*[[October 9]] – [[Ciaran Carson]], Northern Irish poet and novelist
*[[October 17]] – [[Robert Jordan]] (James Oliver Rigney, Jr), American fantasy author (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Robert Jordan]] (James Oliver Rigney, Jr), American fantasy author (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/books/18jordan.html|title=James O. Rigney Jr., Who Wrote as Robert Jordan, Dies at 58|date=September 18, 2007|author=Margalit Fox|website=New York Times|access-date=October 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[October 18]] – [[Ntozake Shange]] (Paulette L. Williams), African American playwright, poet and novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])
*[[October 18]] – [[Ntozake Shange]] (Paulette L. Williams), African American playwright, poet and novelist (died [[2018 in literature|2018]])
*[[December 20]] – [[Abdulrazak Gurnah]], Zanzibar-born novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
*[[December 20]] – [[Abdulrazak Gurnah]], Zanzibar-born novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 2]] – [[Vicente Huidobro]], Chilean poet (b. [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Smith | first = Verity | title = Encyclopedia of Latin American literature | publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn | location = London | year = 1996 | isbn = 9781135314248 | page=429}}</ref>
*[[January 2]] – [[Vicente Huidobro]], Chilean poet (b. [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Smith | first = Verity | title = Encyclopedia of Latin American literature | publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn | location = London | year = 1996 | isbn = 9781135314248 | page=429}}</ref>
*[[March 6]] – [[Ross Lockridge, Jr.]], American author (suicide, born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[March 6]] – [[Ross Lockridge Jr.]], American author (suicide, born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Zelda Fitzgerald]], American novelist (killed in fire, born [[1900 in literature|1900]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Milford |first=Nancy |author-link=Nancy Milford |title=Zelda: A Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/zeldabiography0000milf|url-access=registration |year=1970 |publisher=[[Harper & Row]] |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/zeldabiography0000milf/page/382 382–383]}}</ref>
*[[March 10]] – [[Zelda Fitzgerald]], American novelist (killed in fire, born [[1900 in literature|1900]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Milford |first=Nancy |author-link=Nancy Milford |title=Zelda: A Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/zeldabiography0000milf|url-access=registration |year=1970 |publisher=[[Harper & Row]] |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/zeldabiography0000milf/page/382 382–383]}}</ref>
*[[April 22]] – [[Prosper Montagné]], French chef and food author (born [[1865 in literature|1865]])
*[[April 22]] – [[Prosper Montagné]], French chef and food author (born [[1865 in literature|1865]])
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*[[August 3]] – [[Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)|Venetia Stanley]], English correspondent (cancer, born [[1887 in literature|1887]])
*[[August 3]] – [[Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)|Venetia Stanley]], English correspondent (cancer, born [[1887 in literature|1887]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Frederick Philip Grove]], German-born Canadian novelist and essayist (born [[1879 in literature|1879]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Frederick Philip Grove]], German-born Canadian novelist and essayist (born [[1879 in literature|1879]])
*[[August 25]] – [[Gordon Bottomley]], English poet, writer of verse drama (born [[1874 in literature|1874]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Thomas Mofolo]], [[Sotho people|Sotho]] novelist (born [[1876 in literature|1876]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Thomas Mofolo]], [[Sotho people|Sotho]] novelist (born [[1876 in literature|1876]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Lajos Bíró]], Hungarian novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Vazzana | first = Eugene | title = Silent film necrology | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, N.C | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780786410590 | page=48}}</ref>
*[[September 9]] – [[Lajos Bíró]], Hungarian novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born [[1880 in literature|1880]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Vazzana | first = Eugene | title = Silent film necrology | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, N.C | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780786410590 | page=48}}</ref>
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*[[October 12]] – [[Alfred Kerr]], German theatre critic (suicide, born [[1867 in literature|1867]])
*[[October 12]] – [[Alfred Kerr]], German theatre critic (suicide, born [[1867 in literature|1867]])
*[[December 13]] – [[Michael Roberts (writer)|Michael Roberts]], English poet and critic (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[December 13]] – [[Michael Roberts (writer)|Michael Roberts]], English poet and critic (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*''unknown date'' – [[Eraclie Sterian]], Romanian science writer and playwright (born [[1872 in literature|1872]])


==Awards==
==Awards==
*[[Carnegie Medal in Literature|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Richard Armstrong (author)|Richard Armstrong]], ''[[Sea Change (Armstrong novel)|Sea Change]]''
*[[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Richard Armstrong (author)|Richard Armstrong]], ''[[Sea Change (Armstrong novel)|Sea Change]]''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Graham Greene]], ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Graham Greene]], ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Percy A. Scholes]], ''The Great Dr Burney''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Percy A. Scholes]], ''The Great Dr Burney''

Latest revision as of 10:02, 31 December 2024

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
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The following literary events and publications occurred in the year 1948.

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Fiction

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Children and young people

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Drama

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Non-fiction

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Jones, Derek (2015). Censorship : a world encyclopedia. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 1698. ISBN 9781136798641.
  2. ^ University of South Carolina (1992). The Fortunes of German Writers in America: Studies in Literary Reception. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-87249-786-3.
  3. ^ "'Alice's Adventures Under Ground', the original manuscript version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". British Library. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  4. ^ "Alice Comes Home". The Times. No. 51229. London. 1948-11-15. p. 5.
  5. ^ Allen Kent; Harold Lancour (1970). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 4 - Calligraphy to Church Libraries. Taylor & Francis. p. 311.
  6. ^ Deming, Stanley (1987). Experimental design : a chemometric approach. Amsterdam New York New York, NY, U.S.A.: Elsevier Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co. p. 63. ISBN 9780080868301.
  7. ^ Andrew Brown (5 October 2015). "Henning Mankell Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ McDonnell, Jane (19 May 2006). "Obituary: Clare Boylan". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ^ Priest, Christopher (2015-03-12). "Sir Terry Pratchett Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  10. ^ Holland, Steve (4 April 2019). "Vonda N McIntyre obituary | Steve Holland". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. ^ Margalit Fox (September 18, 2007). "James O. Rigney Jr., Who Wrote as Robert Jordan, Dies at 58". New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  12. ^ Edward B. Marks (2000). For a Better World: Posters from the United Nations. Pomegranate. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7649-1340-2.
  13. ^ David Damrosch (2004). The Longman Anthology of World Literature. Longman. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-321-05536-1.
  14. ^ Smith, Verity (1996). Encyclopedia of Latin American literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 429. ISBN 9781135314248.
  15. ^ Milford, Nancy (1970). Zelda: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row. pp. 382–383.
  16. ^ Sollars, Michael (2008). The Facts on File companion to the world novel : 1900 to the present. New York: Facts On File. p. 73. ISBN 9781438108360.
  17. ^ Vazzana, Eugene (2001). Silent film necrology. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 9780786410590.


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