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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in '''1948'''.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''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]]'' sells out all copies on its first day of publication.
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*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]].
*c. [[June 1]] – The first volume of [[Winston Churchill]]'s ''[[The Second World War (book series)|The Second World War]]'' (1948–1953) is published.
*c. [[June 1]] – The first volume of [[Winston Churchill]]'s ''[[The Second World War (book series)|The Second World War]]'' (1948–1953) is published.
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*[[September 17]] – The Irish poet [[W. B. Yeats]], who died at [[Menton]], France, in [[1939 in literature|1939]], is reburied at Drumcliffe, [[County Sligo]], "Under bare [[Ben Bulben]]'s head", having been moved from the original burial place, [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]], on the [[Naval Service (Ireland)|Irish Naval Service]] [[corvette]] [[LÉ Macha|LÉ ''Macha'']]. His grave at Drumcliffe, with an epitaph from "[[Under Ben Bulben]]", one of his final poems ("Cast a cold Eye/On Life, on Death./Horseman, pass by"), becomes a place of literary pilgrimage.
*[[September 17]] – The Irish poet [[W. B. Yeats]], who died at [[Menton]], France, in [[1939 in literature|1939]], is reburied at Drumcliffe, [[County Sligo]], "Under bare [[Ben Bulben]]'s head", having been moved from the original burial place, [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]], on the [[Naval Service (Ireland)|Irish Naval Service]] [[corvette]] [[LÉ Macha|LÉ ''Macha'']]. His grave at Drumcliffe, with an epitaph from "[[Under Ben Bulben]]", one of his final poems ("Cast a cold Eye/On Life, on Death./Horseman, pass by"), becomes a place of literary pilgrimage.
*[[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 |accessdate=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 |accessdate=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>
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**The 20th and last edition of the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' is published by the [[Holy See]].
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**The London publisher [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] is founded by [[George Weidenfeld]] and [[Nigel Nicolson]].
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*[[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]]. 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.
*The 20th and last edition of the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' is published by the [[Holy See]].
**The [[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]] is renamed the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].
*The London publisher [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] is founded by [[George Weidenfeld]] and [[Nigel Nicolson]].
**The [[Palatino]] [[serif]] [[typeface]], designed by [[Hermann Zapf]], is released by the [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company]].
*The [[Pulitzer Prize for the Novel]] is renamed the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].
*The [[Palatino]] [[serif]] [[typeface]], designed by [[Hermann Zapf]], is released by the [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company]].


==New books==
==New books==
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*[[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]])
*[[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]])
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**[[Wolf Erlbruch]], German children's book illustrator and writer<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward B. Marks|title=For a Better World: Posters from the United Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plh40x5FC-IC&pg=PA147|year=2000|publisher=Pomegranate|isbn=978-0-7649-1340-2|pages=147}}</ref>
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**[[Ibrahim Kuni]], Libyan novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=David Damrosch|title=The Longman Anthology of World Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRvuAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Longman|isbn=978-0-321-05536-1|page=739}}</ref>
*[[Wolf Erlbruch]], German children's book illustrator and writer
*[[Ibrahim Kuni]], Libyan novelist
**[[Suzanne Robert]], French Canadian novelist (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
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**[[Edward Rutherfurd]] (Francis Edward Wintle), English novelist
*[[Suzanne Robert]], French Canadian novelist (died [[2007 in literature|2007]])
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*[[Edward Rutherfurd]] (Francis Edward Wintle), English novelist


==Deaths==
==Deaths==

Revision as of 13:10, 30 June 2020

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1948.

Events

New books

Fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Poetry

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

Awards

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "'Alice's Adventures Under Ground', the original manuscript version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". British Library. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. ^ "Alice Comes Home". The Times. No. 51229. London. 1948-11-15. p. 5.
  4. ^ McDonnell, Jane (19 May 2006). "Obituary: Clare Boylan". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ Priest, Christopher (2015-03-12). "Sir Terry Pratchett Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  6. ^ Holland, Steve (4 April 2019). "Vonda N McIntyre obituary | Steve Holland". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. ^ Edward B. Marks (2000). For a Better World: Posters from the United Nations. Pomegranate. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7649-1340-2.
  8. ^ David Damrosch (2004). The Longman Anthology of World Literature. Longman. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-321-05536-1.
  9. ^ Milford, Nancy (1970). Zelda: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row. pp. 382–383.


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