1952 in literature

Events

• January 29 - James Jones[?] wins the National Book Award for his 1951 novel, From Here to Eternity.

• November 25 - Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap[?] opens in London

New Books

• Adventures in Two Worlds[?] - A.J. Cronin
• Arrow in the Blue - Arthur Koestler
• A Buyer's Market[?] - Anthony Powell
• Charlotte's Web[?] - E.B. White
• The Devils of Loudun[?] - Aldous Huxley
• East of Eden - John Steinbeck
• Giant - Edna Ferber
• The Gown of Glory[?] - Agnes Sligh Turnbull[?]
• Heaven and Earth[?] - Carlo Coccioli[?]
• The Hidden Flower[?] - Pearl S. Buck
• The Houses in Between[?] - Howard Spring
• The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
• Island of Desire[?] - Edith Templeton[?]
• Judgment Night - C. L. Moore
• A Many-splendoured Thing[?] - Han Suyin[?]
• Martha Quest[?] - Doris Lessing
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
• The Power of Positive Thinking[?] - Norman Vincent Peale[?]
• The Saracen Blade[?] - Frank Yerby[?]
• The Silver Chalice - Thomas B. Costain
• The Small Miracle[?] - Paul Gallico[?]
• Steamboat Gothic[?] - Frances Parkinson Keyes[?]
• Vermeer[?] - Lawrence Gowing[?]
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader[?] - C. S. Lewis
• Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett

Births

• February 19 - Amy Tan, novelist
• March 11 - Douglas Adams, science fiction author

Deaths

• February 19 - Knut Hamsun, author
• September 29 – George Santayana, writer
• November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski[?], Finnish poet

Awards

• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Eleanor Estes[?], Ginger Pye
• Nobel Prize for Literature: François Mauriac
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Joseph Kramm[?], The Shrike
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Herman Wouk[?] - The Caine Mutiny
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems