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1954 in literature
See also:
1953 in literature
,
other events of 1954
,
1955 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
Under the Net[?]
by
Iris Murdoch
is published. In
2001
, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
Lord of the Flies
by
William G. Golding
is published. In
2001
, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the
American Modern Library
.
New Books
The Acrobats[?]
-
Mordecai Richler
Benton's Row[?]
-
Frank Yerby[?]
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(
Le pont de la rivière Kwai
) -
Pierre Boulle
The Egyptian
-
Mika Waltari
Histoire d'O
(
The Story of O
) -
Pauline Reage
The Horse and His Boy[?]
-
C. S. Lewis
Ideas and Opinions[?]
-
Albert Einstein
Katherine[?]
-
Anya Seton
Lord of the Flies
-
William G. Golding
Lord of the Rings
:
The Fellowship of the Ring
-
J. R. R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
:
The Two Towers
-
J. R. R. Tolkien
Love Is Eternal[?]
-
Irving Stone[?]
Lucky Jim[?]
-
Kingsley Amis
Mandarins[?]
-
Simone de Beauvoir
Mary Anne[?]
-
Daphne du Maurier
Nectar in a Sieve[?]
-
Kamala Markandaya[?]
Never Victorious, Never Defeated[?]
-
Taylor Caldwell
No Time for Sergeants[?]
-
Mac Hyman[?]
Not as a Stranger[?]
-
Morton Thompson[?]
The Royal Box[?]
-
Frances Parkinson Keyes[?]
Sayonara
-
James A. Michener
Sweet Thursday[?]
-
John Steinbeck
Under Milkwood[?]
(Poetry) -
Dylan Thomas
Under the Net[?]
-
Iris Murdoch
The View from Pompey's Head[?]
-
Hamilton Basso[?]
Births
January 29
-
Oprah Winfrey
, actress,
talk show
host, producer, publisher
February 6
-
Argusto Emfazie
, occultist, author
Deaths
August 3
-
Colette
, French novelist
Awards
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Joseph Krumgold[?]
,
And Now Miguel
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Ernest Miller Hemingway
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
John Patrick[?]
,
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
no award given
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Theodore Roethke
:
The Waking
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