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Overview of the events of 1955 in literature
Overview of the events of 1955 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1955 .
Events
February 8 –
Jin Yong 's first
wuxia novel,
The Book and the Sword (書劍恩仇錄), begins publication in the
New Evening Post (Hong Kong), where he is an editor.
March 3 –
Jean Cocteau is elected to the
Académie française (inducted October 20); on January 8 he has been elected to the
Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (inducted October 1).
April 16 – Sir
Laurence Olivier 's film version of Shakespeare's
Richard III is released in U.K. cinemas.
June –
J. P. Donleavy 's novel
The Ginger Man is published in Paris by
Olympia Press , but he is angered when he finds they have produced it under their imprint for pornography, 'The Traveller's Companion Series'.
[1] It is prohibited in both the author's adoptive and native countries, the
Republic of Ireland and the
United States , for
obscenity . Set in postwar
Dublin it features the character Sebastian Dangerfield.
July 10 –
Jorge Luis Borges is appointed Director of the
National Library of the Argentine Republic .
July 14 – Director
Stephen Joseph sets up Britain's first
theatre in the round at
Scarborough, North Yorkshire , predecessor of the
Stephen Joseph Theatre .
[2]
July 30 – The English poet
Philip Larkin , having become University Librarian at the
University of Hull on March 21, is inspired on a train from
Hull to
Grantham to write a poem, "
The Whitsun Weddings ".
[3] His collection
The Less Deceived is published in November (dated October).
August
August 3 – The English-language première of
Samuel Beckett 's play
Waiting for Godot , directed by
Peter Hall , opens at the
Arts Theatre , London. The initial reaction is hostile, but "[e]verything changed on Sunday 7 August 1955 with
Kenneth Tynan 's and
Harold Hobson 's reviews in
The Observer and
The Sunday Times . Beckett was always grateful to the two reviewers for their support ... which more or less transformed the play overnight into the rage of London."
[5]
August 27 – The first hardback edition of
The Guinness Book of Records appears in London.
[6]
September –
Vladimir Nabokov 's
Lolita appears in Paris three years before its US publication.
[7]
September 26 – The
Madan Puraskar is established as an annual award for outstanding books in the
Nepali language , endowed by Rani
Jagadamba Kumari Devi (first awards 1956).
November –
Frank Herbert 's first novel
The Dragon in the Sea begins as a three-part serial, Under Pressure , in the monthly
Astounding Science-Fiction .
[8]
November 28 –
Ray Lawler 's
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is first staged by the
Union Theatre Repertory Company in
Melbourne with the playwright in a lead. It is the first authentically naturalistic drama in the
theatre of Australia .
[9]
unknown date
New books
Fiction
1st ed.
Children and young people
Drama
Musical theater
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 11 –
Max Lucado , American religious writer
January 12 –
Rockne S. O'Bannon , American writer and producer
January 13 –
Jay McInerney , American novelist
January 27 –
Alexander Stuart , English-born American novelist and screenwriter
February 2 –
Leszek Engelking , Polish poet, fiction writer and translator
February 8 –
John Grisham , American novelist
February 17 –
Mo Yan , Chinese fiction writer
March 11 –
D. J. MacHale , American writer
March 19 –
John Burnside , Scottish poet and fiction writer
March 23 –
Lloyd Jones , New Zealand novelist
March 27 –
Patrick McCabe , Irish novelist
April 8 –
Barbara Kingsolver , American novelist, essayist and poet
April 30 –
Zlatko Topčić , Bosnian author and screenwriter
May 13 –
Mark Abley , Canadian poet and non-fiction writer
May 30 –
Colm Tóibín , Irish novelist, playwright and poet
June 4 –
Val McDermid , Scottish crime novelist
June 16 –
J. Jill Robinson , Canadian fiction writer
June 20 –
Tor Nørretranders , Danish science author
July 1
July 5
Sebastian Barry , Irish novelist, playwright and poet
Mia Couto (António Emílio Leite Couto), Mozambican fiction writer and poet
July 6
July 7 –
Suzanne Weyn , American children's and young-adult writer
July 10 –
Regina Yaou ,
Ivory Coast novelist (died
2017 )
[13]
July 12 –
Robin Robertson , Scottish-born poet, novelist and editor
July 24 –
Brad Watson , American author and academic (died
2020 )
August 2 –
Caleb Carr , American writer
August 7 –
Vladimir Sorokin , Russian writer
August 8 –
Iain Pears , English writer
August 14 -
Mary E. Pearson , American young-adult fiction writer
September 6 –
Raymond Benson , American novelist
September 13 –
Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美), Japanese poet, essayist and translator
October 19 –
Jason Shinder , American poet and editor (died
2008 )
November 12 –
Katharine Weber , American author and academic
November 23 –
Steven Brust , American fantasy author
December 28 –
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), Chinese critic, writer and activist (died
2017 )
unknown date –
Wang Xiaoni (王小妮), Chinese poet
Deaths
January 18 –
Saadat Hasan Manto , Pakistani fiction writer (cirrhosis) (born
1912 )
January 20 –
Robert P. Tristram Coffin , American poet, essayist and novelist (born
1892 )
February 23 –
Paul Claudel , French poet, dramatist and diplomat (born
1868 )
April 10 –
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , French philosopher and essayist (born
1881 )
May 16 –
James Agee , American writer (born
1909 ; heart attack)
[14]
June 6 –
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon , English crime writer (born
1883 )
June 17 –
Constance Holme , English novelist and dramatist (born
1880 )
June 19 –
Adrienne Monnier , French poet and publisher (born
1892 ; suicide)
[15]
June 21 –
Roger Mais , Jamaican novelist (born
1905 )
June 30 –
Gilbert Cannan , British writer (born
1884 )
July 3 –
Beatrice Chase , English writer (born
1874 )
August 1 –
Charles Shaw , Australian writer (born
1900 )
August 2 –
Wallace Stevens , American poet (born
1879 )
August 12 –
Thomas Mann , German novelist (born
1875 )
[16]
August 14 –
Herbert Putnam , American Librarian of Congress (born
1861 )
August 29 –
Hong Shen (洪深), Chinese dramatist (born
1894 )
September 7 –
Mary Tracy Earle , American author and essayist (born
1864 )
September 20 –
Robert Riskin , American dramatist and screenwriter (born
1897 )
October 18 –
José Ortega y Gasset , Spanish philosopher (born
1883 )
November 1 –
Dale Carnegie , American writer (born
1888 )
November 12 –
Tin Ujević , Croatian poet (born
1891 )
November 14
December –
Al. T. Stamatiad , Romanian poet (born
1885 )
Awards
References
^
"Author J.P. Donleavy, who met scorn and then celebration with 'The Ginger Man,' dies at 91" .
Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14 .
^ Murgatroyd, Simon.
"Scarborough In The Round" . Retrieved 2015-11-23 .
^ Contrary to his later recollection of the event. Burnett, Archie, ed. (2012). The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin . London: Faber. p. 411.
ISBN
978-0-571-24006-7 .
^ Robert Druce (1992).
This Day Our Daily Fictions: An Enquiry Into the Multi-million Bestseller Status of Enid Blyton and Ian Fleming . Rodopi. p. 36.
ISBN
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^ Knowlson, James (1996). Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett . London: Bloomsbury. p. 415.
^
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^ Boyd, Brian (1991).
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years . Princeton University Press. p.
226 .
ISBN
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^ Liukkonen, Petri.
"Frank (Patrick) Herbert" . Books and Writers . Finland:
Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from
the original on 2014-04-27.
^ Fitzpatrick, Peter (1979).
After The Doll: Australian Drama Since 1955 . Studies in Australian culture. Melbourne: Edward Arnold Australia. p. vii.
ISBN
0726720402 .
^ Brioude, Mireille (2007). "Violette Leduc du mythe à la mystification". In Günther, Renate; Michallat, Wendy (eds.). Lesbian Inscriptions in Francophone Society and Culture . Durham Modern Languages Series. Durham University. pp. 103–120.
ISBN
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^ Bhargavinilayam, Das (1999). Mani Madhaveeyam . Department of Cultural Affairs,
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ISBN
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^ Douglas Arthur Howard (2001).
The History of Turkey . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 115.
ISBN
978-0-313-30708-9 .
^
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"Oraison funèbre prononcée par le président de l'AECI aux obsèques de Feue Régina Yaou" . aeci.c (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2020 .
^
James Agee (1909–1955)
Archived October 27, 2018, at the
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^
Monnier, Adrienne ; McDougall, Richard (1996) [1976]. The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier . Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. p. 64.
ISBN
978-0-8032-8227-8 .
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ISBN
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