1959 in literature
Overview of the events of 1959 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1959 .
Events
January 31 – Sandu Tudor begins a 40-year sentence at Jilava Prison for "conspiracy against social order" and "intense activity against the working class", as meted out by a Romanian communist tribunal. He will die in 1962 at Aiud prison , possibly from torture.[ 1] April 30 – Bertolt Brecht 's Saint Joan of the Stockyards May 7 – Scientist and novelist C. P. Snow delivers in the Senate House, University of Cambridge a Rede Lecture on The Two Cultures sciences and humanities . It is later published as The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution .May 28 – The Mermaid Theatre opens in the City of London .July 21 – D. H. Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley's Lover Charles Rembar in the United States, the others being Tropic of Cancer Fanny Hill [ 2] July 29 – The U.K. Obscene Publications Act becomes law, coming into force on August 29. It requires a work to be seen as a whole, permitting a "public good" defence against a prosecution for obscenity, and making prosecutions for obscene libel difficult.September – Anthony Burgess , teaching in Brunei , suffers a breakdown and is forced to return to the UK, where he becomes a full-time novelist.[ 3]
October 29 – Astérix the Gaul makes a first appearance in the first regular issue of the comic magazine Pilote [ 4] November 11 – In the United States, the short film Pull My Daisy Jack Kerouac , Beat Generation Allen Ginsberg , Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso .unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Non-fiction
Births
January 8 – Ovidiu Pecican , Romanian writer and poetJanuary 9 – Rigoberta Menchú , Guatemalan writer and Nobel Peace Prize winnerJanuary 20 – R. A. Salvatore , American science fiction and fantasy authorJanuary 28 – Megan McDonald , American children's authorFebruary 2 – Jari Tervo , Finnish authorMarch 11 – Dejan Stojanović , Serbian-American poet and essayistMarch 15 – Ben Okri , Nigerian poet and novelistMarch 18 – Frédéric-Yves Jeannet , French-born writer in French and SpanishApril 15 – Emma Thompson , English actress and screenwriterApril 30 – Alessandro Barbero , Italian historian, novelist and essayistc. May 1 – Yasmina Reza , French novelist and dramatist
May 3 – Ben Elton , English comedian, novelist and screenwriter[ 11] May 13 – Zeruya Shalev , Israeli novelistJune 12 – Hilary McKay , English children's writerJune 13 – Maurice G. Dantec , French science fiction authorJuly 19 – Vigdis Hjorth , Norwegian novelistAugust 6 – Deborah Levy , South African-born British writerAugust 17 – Jonathan Franzen , American essayist and novelistAugust 27 – Jeanette Winterson , English novelistSeptember 9 – Matti Rönkä , Finnish television journalist and novelistSeptember 29
October 1 – Brian P. Cleary , American humorist, author and poetOctober 7 – Steven Erikson , Canadian novelist and fantasy authorOctober 31 – Neal Stephenson , American science fiction writer[ 12] November 1 – Susanna Clarke , English novelistNovember 22 – Christoph Klimke , German writerDecember 20 – Sandra Cisneros , Mexican-born American authorunknown dates
Deaths
January 3 – Edwin Muir , Scottish poet, novelist and translator (born 1887 )[ 13] January 14 – G. D. H. Cole , English political theorist, economist and historian (born 1889 )[ 14] January 26 – Margaret Elizabeth Egan , American librarian (born 1905 )January 29 – Pauline Smith , South African novelist (born 1882 )February 20 – Laurence Housman , English playwright and writer (born 1865 )February 22 – Percy F. Westerman , English children's author (born 1876 )February 23 – Luis Palés Matos , Puerto Rican poet (heart failure) (born 1898 )[ 15] February 28 – Maxwell Anderson , American playwright and film writer (born 1888 )March 4 – W. W. Greg , English literary scholar (born 1875 )March 17 – Galaktion Tabidze (Galaktioni), Georgian poet (suicide, born 1892 )[ 16] March 26 – Raymond Chandler , American crime writer (born 1888 )April 12 – James Gleason , American actor, playwright and screenwriter (born 1882 )April 14 – Julien Josephson , American screenwriter (born 1881 )April 16 – Ramón Armando Rodríguez , Venezuelan writer (born 1895 )May 15 – Jeanne de Flandreysy , French writer (born 1874 )May 18 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard , English memoirist and explorer (born 1886 )May 20 – Alfred Schütz , Austrian philosopher and sociologist (born 1899 )May 30 – Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz , Argentine writer, journalist, essayist and poet (born 1898 )June 1 – Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Ward), English novelist (born 1883 )June 23 – Boris Vian , French novelist (heart attack, born 1920 )June 30 – José Vasconcelos , Mexican poet and political writer (born 1882 )July 3 – Johan Bojer , Norwegian novelist (born 1872 )July 26 – Manuel Altolaguirre , Spanish poet, editor and publisher (car accident, born 1905 )August 8 – Emil František Burian , Czech poet, journalist and playwright (born 1904 )September 5 – Marta Rădulescu , Romanian novelist and poet (born 1912 )September 14 – Laxmi Prasad Devkota , Nepali poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1909 )September 18 – Benjamin Péret , French poet (born 1899 )October 12 – Arnolt Bronnen , Austrian playwright and director (born 1895 )November 29 – Hans Henny Jahnn , German playwright and novelist (born 1894 )[ 17] December 2 – Giuseppe Zucca , Italian screenwriter (born 1887 )
Awards
Carnegie Medal for children's literature : Rosemary Sutcliff , The Lantern Bearers Hugo Award for Best Novel : James Blish , A Case of Conscience James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Morris West , The Devil's Advocate James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Christopher Hassall , Edward Marsh Miles Franklin Award : Vance Palmer , The Big Fellow Newbery Medal for children's literature : Elizabeth George Speare , The Witch of Blackbird Pond Nobel Prize for literature : Salvatore Quasimodo Premio Nadal : Ana María Matute , Primera memoria Prix Goncourt : André Schwarz-Bart , Le dernier des Justes [ 18] Pulitzer Prize for Drama : Archibald MacLeish , J. B. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : Robert Lewis Taylor , The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Stanley Kunitz , Selected Poems 1928-1958 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : Francis Cornford
References
^ Diaconescu, Ioana (2006). "Sandu Tudor și gruparea 'Rugul Aprins' . România Literară the original on 2016-03-04. ^ Grove Press, Inc. v. Christenberry, 175 F. Supp. 488 (SDNY 1959) , 21 July 1959.^ Tim Kindseth (6 June 2010). "Anthony Burgess's Take on Brunei" . TIME magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2020 . ^ "Les BD oubliées D'Astérix" . BDoubliées (in French). Retrieved 2013-10-03 .^ Sarah Lyall (January 26, 2012). "Which is cooler: To accept a knighthood from the queen, or to turn one down?" . New York Times . Retrieved December 13, 2020 . ^ Scot Peacock (September 2001). Contemporary Authors New Revision Series ISBN 978-0-7876-4608-0 ^ John Cusatis (2010). Research Guide to American Literature ISBN 978-1-4381-3405-5 ^ France ^ Janet Davies (15 January 2014). The Welsh Language: A History ISBN 978-1-78316-020-4 ^ Sanders, Vicki (Autumn 1988). "Dancing and the Dark Soul of Japan: An Aesthetic Analysis of "Butō"Asian Theatre Journal . 5 (2): 148. JSTOR 25161489 . ^ "Ben Elton" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 2020-11-13 .^
Fisher, Lawrence M. (April 17, 1994). "SOUND BYTES; Orwell – Class of 1994" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2010 .
^ "Edwin Muir 1887-1959" . Scottish Poetry Library . Retrieved 17 April 2023 .^ "G. D. H. Cole". The Times . London. 15 January 1959. ^ Poets, Academy of American. "About Luis Palés Matos | Academy of American Poets" . poets.org . Retrieved 13 October 2020 . ^ Rayfield, Donald (2000), The Literature of Georgia: A History Routledge , ISBN 0-7007-1163-5 ^ Aldrich, Robert; Wotherspoon, Garry, eds. (2002). Who's who in gay and lesbian history : from antiquity to World War II ISBN 0415159822 OCLC 50479290 . ^ [1] [permanent dead link ]
