1956 in literature
Overview of the events of 1956 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1956 .
Events
c. January – The first book in Ed McBain 's long-running 87th Precinct police procedural series, Cop Hater [ 1]
February 2 – Eugene O'Neill 's semi-autobiographical Long Day's Journey into Night 1942 ) receives a posthumous world première at the Royal Dramatic Theatre , Stockholm , in Swedish (Lång dags färd mot natt ), directed by Bengt Ekerot and starring Lars Hanson . Its Broadway debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre on November 7 follows an American première at the Shubert Theatre (New Haven) .[ 2] February 25 – The English poet Ted Hughes and American poet Sylvia Plath meet in Cambridge , England.[ 3] March 11 – The U.S. release of Sir Laurence Olivier 's film version of Shakespeare's Richard III NBC network television and as afternoon matinée screenings in movie theaters. Its TV audience is put at 25–40 million – almost certainly the largest to date for a Shakespeare production.[ 4] March 19 – The widowed English author Aldous Huxley marries the Italian-American film-maker and author Laura Archera at a drive-in wedding chapel in Yuma, Arizona .[ 5] April 23 – The British author C. S. Lewis and American poet Joy Gresham have a civil marriage at Oxford register office .[ 6] May 8 – The first performance of John Osborne 's play Look Back in Anger Royal Court Theatre in London.[ 7] [ 8] Alan Bates has his first major role as Cliff. The press release describes Osborne as one of the angry young men of the time, a phrase used on July 26 in a Daily Express June 16 – Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry at St George the Martyr, Holborn in the London Borough of Camden .June 21 – Playwright Arthur Miller appears before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C.June 26 and August 23 – Books published by the discredited psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich are burned in the United States under a court injunction.June – Nineteen-year-old Hunter S. Thompson is arrested as an accessory to robbery.
June 29 – Arthur Miller marries Marilyn Monroe in White Plains, New York .July – After pleas by Israeli diplomats, the Romanian communist regime releases A. L. Zissu , formally sentenced to life imprisonment in 1954 .[ 9] September 6 .[ 10]
July 4 – The National Library of Scotland 's first purpose-built premises open in Edinburgh .[ 11] July 8 – The drama series Armchair Theatre ABC Weekend TV for the ITV network in the United Kingdom, begins a twelve-year run.August 14 – Iris Murdoch marries John Bayley at Oxford register office.September 14 – Harold Pinter marries Vivien Merchant in a civil ceremony at Bournemouth , after they meet while touring in repertory theatre .October – The Ladder lesbian magazine in the United States.
November 1 – Allen Ginsberg 's Howl and Other Poems Beat Generation , is published by City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco .December
December 3 – The author Romain Gary wins the Prix Goncourt for Les Racines du ciel La Vie devant soi unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 2 – Storm Constantine , British science fiction and fantasy authorJanuary 4 – Sarojini Sahoo , Indian journalist, author, and poetJanuary 8 – Jack Womack , American novelistJanuary 10 – Antonio Muñoz Molina , Spanish novelistJanuary 21 – Ian McMillan , English poet[ 25] January 14 – Ronan Bennett , Northern Irish novelistFebruary 20 – François Bréda , Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist (died 2018 )February 26 – Michel Houellebecq , French novelistMarch 3 – Frank Giroud , French comics writer (died 2018 )[ 26] March 7 – Andrea Levy , English novelist (died 2019 )[ 27] March 12 – Ruth Ozeki , American novelist and filmmakerMarch 20
March 23 – Steven Saylor , American historical novelistApril 7 – Christopher Darden , African-American attorney, author, actor and lecturer[ 28] April 12 – Yasuo Tanaka , Japanese novelist and politicianApril 29 – Alexander Jablokov , American writer and novelist[ 29] May 4 – David Guterson , American journalist and novelistMay 9 – Cindy Lovell , American educator and writerMay 18 – John Godber , English dramatistMay 20
June 9 – Patricia Cornwell , American crime novelistJune 25 – Anthony Bourdain , American chef, writer and television personality (died 2018 )[ 31] June 26 – Davide Ferrario , Italian film director, screenwriter and authorJune 29 – Richard Summerbell , Canadian mycologist, author and songwriterJuly 2 – Cynthia Kadohata , Japanese-American children's writerJuly 4 – Éric Neuhoff , French novelistJuly 11 – Amitav Ghosh , Bengali Indian novelist[ 32] September 6 – Mai Yamani , Saudi Arabian independent scholar, author and anthropologistOctober 9 – Robert Reed , American science fiction authorOctober 13 – Chris Carter , American screenwriterOctober 16 - Meg Rosoff , American-British children's and young-adult writerOctober 18 – Lucy Ellmann , Anglo-American novelistOctober 21 – Carrie Fisher , American actress and novelist (died 2016 )[ 33] November 11 – Tim Pears , English novelistNovember 20 – Elena Gremina , Russian dramatist (died 2018 )November 26 – John McCarthy , English journalist and hostageDecember 22 – Percival Everett , American writer and novelistunknown dates
Deaths
January 13 – Wickham Steed , English journalist, editor and historian (born 1871 )January 14 – Sheila Kaye-Smith , English novelist (born 1887 )January 29 – H. L. Mencken , American journalist and English language scholar (born 1880 )January 31 – A. A. Milne , English children's author, novelist and dramatist (born 1882 )March 30 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley , English novelist and inventor of the clerihew (born 1875 )April 22 – Otto Roth , Hungarian Romanian politician, journalist, and literary promoter (born 1884 )May 15 – Arthur Talmage Abernethy , American theologian and poet (born 1872 )May 20 – Max Beerbohm , English humorist (born 1872 )May 22 – Ion Călugăru , Romanian novelist, short story writer and journalist (born 1902 )June 7 – Julien Benda , French philosopher and novelist (born 1867 )[ 37] June 22 – Walter de la Mare , English poet (born 1873 )[ 38] June 24 – Nicos Nicolaides , Greek writer (born 1884 )July 7 – Gottfried Benn , German poet and essayist (born 1886 )July 8 – Giovanni Papini , Italian essayist, poet and novelist (born 1881 )August 14 – Bertolt Brecht , German dramatist (born 1898 )September 6
September 12 – Hans Carossa , German novelist and poet (born 1878 )October 30 – Pío Baroja , Spanish novelist (born 1872 )December 6 - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , the principal architect of the Constitution of India (born 1891 )December 13 – Arthur Grimble , Hong Kong-born English travel writer (born 1888 )December 25 – Robert Walser , Swiss novelist and poet writing in German (born 1878 )
Awards
Carnegie Medal for children's literature : C. S. Lewis , The Last Battle [ 39] Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis (first award): Roger Duvoisin and Louise Fatio , Happy Lion Der glückliche Löwe ); Astrid Lindgren , Mio, My Son Kein Winter für Wölfe ("Two Against the Arctic: Story of a Restless Life between Greenland and Alaska")Duff Cooper Prize : Alan Moorehead , Gallipoli James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Rose Macaulay , The Towers of Trebizond James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: St John Greer Ervine , George Bernard Shaw Madan Puraskar (first award): Satya Mohan Joshi , Hamro Lok Sanskriti Chittaranjan Nepali , Janaral Bhimsen Thapa Ra Tatkalin Nepal ; and Bala Ram Joshi , Adhikbibhav Sthirbidhoot Utpadhak Newbery Medal for children's literature : Jean Lee Latham , Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Nobel Prize for literature : Juan Ramón Jiménez Premio Nadal : José Luis Martín Descalzo , La frontera de Dios Prix Goncourt : Romain Gary for The Roots of Heaven Pulitzer Prize for Drama : Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich , Diary of Anne Frank Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : MacKinlay Kantor , Andersonville Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Elizabeth Bishop , Poems – North & South Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : Edmund Blunden
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542
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