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Overview of the events of 1958 in literature
Overview of the events of 1958 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1958.
Events
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January 7 –
Tennessee Williams' one-act plays
Suddenly, Last Summer and
Something Unspoken are premièred
off-Broadway.
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January 13 – In
One, Inc. v. Olesen, the
Supreme Court of the United States affirms that homosexual writing is not as such obscene.
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March 29 – The stage première of
Max Frisch's dark comedy Biedermann und die Brandstifter (known in English as
The Fire Raisers) takes place at the
Schauspielhaus Zürich.
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April 28 – The première of
Harold Pinter's play
The Birthday Party is held at the
Cambridge Arts Theatre in England, with
Richard Pearson playing the lead as Stanley.
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May 19 – The London début of the production of Pinter's The Birthday Party, starring
Richard Pearson, takes place at the
Lyric Opera House (Hammersmith). It closes after a week, but its reputation is saved by a review by
Harold Hobson in
The Sunday Times on May 25.
[1]
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May 27 – The 19-year-old
Shelagh Delaney's
A Taste of Honey is staged by
Joan Littlewood's
Theatre Workshop at the
Theatre Royal Stratford East in London.
[2] Littlewood had received the script with a covering letter stating "A fortnight ago I didn't know the theatre existed".
- Spring/Summer – London publishers
Faber introduce their paper-covered editions, including
T. S. Eliot's Collected Poems,
William Golding's
Lord of the Flies,
J. W. Dunne's
An Experiment with Time and the first of several science fiction anthologies edited by
Edmund Crispin, all with covers designed by
Berthold Wolpe based on the
Albertus typeface.
[3]
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August 18 –
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel
Lolita is published in the United States.
- c. September –
Herbert Marcuse begins teaching at
Brandeis University,
Massachusetts.
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October 14 –
Brendan Behan's play
The Hostage is first performed in an English version by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. Also this year, Behan's
autobiographical
Borstal Boy is published in London,
[4] and on November 12 it is banned in Ireland by the
Censorship of Publications Board.
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October 23 – Announcement of the award of the
Nobel Prize in Literature to
Boris Pasternak leads to denunciation of him in the
Soviet Union and threats to expel him.
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October 28 –
Samuel Beckett's
monologue
Krapp's Last Tape is first performed by
Patrick Magee at the
Royal Court Theatre, London. Also this year, Beckett's novel
The Unnamable is first published in English.
- November –
Truman Capote's
novella
Breakfast at Tiffany's is published in this month's
Esquire magazine (having been rejected for July's
Harper's Bazaar). It appears soon afterwards as the title story in a collection published by
Random House in New York City.
- unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
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February 9 –
Walid al-Kubaisi, Norwegian-Iraqi author, journalist, translator, film director and government scholar (died
2018)
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March 14 –
James Robertson, Scottish novelist
[10]
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April 6 –
Graeme Base, English-born Australian children's author and illustrator
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April 15 –
Benjamin Zephaniah, English dub poet
[11] (died
2023)
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May 7 –
Robert Antoni, West Indian novelist
[12]
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May 8 –
Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist
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May 14 –
Anna Höglund, Swedish writer and illustrator
[13]
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May 18 –
Jonathan Maberry, American writer
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May 21 –
Taku Ashibe (芦辺 拓), Japanese mystery novelist
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May 22 –
Wayne Johnston, Canadian novelist
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May 26 –
Moinul Ahsan Saber,
Bangladeshi writer and editor
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June 10 –
James F. Conant, American philosopher
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June 14 –
Todur Zanet, Gagauz poet and translator
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June 16 –
Isobelle Carmody, Australian science fiction, fantasy and children's writer
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June 22 –
Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director
[14]
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July 3 –
Charlie Higson, English speculative fiction writer
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July 5 –
Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (murdered
1996)
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August 15 –
Victor Shenderovich, Russian writer
- September 5 –
Pierre Leroux, Canadian novelist, journalist and screenwriter
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October 30 –
Flora Fraser, English biographer
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November 11 –
Kathy Lette, Australian novelist, playwright and activist
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November 24 –
Gregory Doran, English theater director
- December 2 - George Saunders
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December 10 –
Cornelia Funke, German children's author
[15]
- unknown dates
Deaths
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February 4 –
Henry Kuttner, American science fiction author (born
1915)
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February 6 –
Charles Langbridge Morgan, English novelist and dramatist (born
1894)
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February 24 –
Herbert Adams, English writer of mystery novels (born
1874)
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March 15 –
Michael Joseph, English publisher (born
1897)
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March 17 –
Margiad Evans, Anglo-Welsh writer and poet (born
1909)
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March 21 –
Cyril M. Kornbluth, American science fiction writer (born
1923)
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March 24 –
Seumas O'Sullivan, Irish poet (born
1879)
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April 7 –
Elliot Paul, American writer (born
1892)
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April 8 –
Ethel Turner, English-born Australian novelist and children's author (born
1873)
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May 5 –
James Branch Cabell, American fantasy author (born
1879)
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June 4 –
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, American fiction writer and poet (born
1872)
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June 10 –
Angelina Weld Grimké, African-American playwright and poet (born
1880)
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June 28 –
Alfred Noyes, English poet (born
1880)
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August 6 –
Geoffrey Willans, English novelist and comic writer (born
1911)
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August 29 –
Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (born
1897)
[17]
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September 11 –
Robert W. Service, English-born Canadian comic poet (born
1874)
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October 7 –
Louise Hammond Willis Snead, American writer, artist, and composer (born
1868)
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October 24 –
G. E. Moore, English philosopher (born
1873)
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October 30 –
Rose Macaulay, English novelist (born
1881)
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November 9 –
Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American activist and novelist (born
1879)
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December 8
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December 20 –
J. C. Squire, English writer and critic (born
1884)
Awards
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Carnegie Medal for
children's literature:
Philippa Pearce,
Tom's Midnight Garden
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Hugo Award for Best Novel:
Fritz Leiber,
The Big Time
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James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
Angus Wilson,
The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot
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James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Joyce Hemlow, The History of
Fanny Burney
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Miles Franklin Award:
Randolph Stow,
To the Islands
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Newbery Medal for
children's literature:
Harold Keith,
Rifles for Watie
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Newdigate prize:
Jon Stallworthy
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Nobel Prize in literature:
Boris Pasternak
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Premio Nadal:
J. Vidal Cadellans, No era de los nuestros
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama:
Ketti Frings,
Look Homeward, Angel
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
James Agee,
A Death In The Family
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems 1954-1956
References
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^
Billington, Michael (2006-05-03).
"Fighting Talk".
The Guardian.[
permanent dead link]
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^
Marr, Andrew (2007). A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan.
ISBN
978-1-4050-0538-8.
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^ Pardey, James (2011).
"Wolpe, Albertus and Faber's Classic Covers". The Thought Fox. Faber & Faber. Archived from
the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
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^
"Bad Boys and Blarney: A Prison Masterpiece".
The Glasgow Herald. 1958-10-23. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
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^ Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (1960).
Directory of Fellowship Awards for the Academic Years 1945/46-1959/60. p. 188.
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^ Frank Northen Magill (1997).
Cyclopedia of World Authors. Salem Press. p. 1578.
ISBN
978-0-89356-448-3.
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^ Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 2.
ISBN
9780198715542.
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^ Skidelsky, William (12 May 2012).
"The 10 best historical novels". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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"'Winnie Ille Pu', in Latin, Is Reprinted Yet Again". The New York Times. 14 December 1984. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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^ Paul Henderson Scott (2005).
Spirits of the Age: Scottish Self Portraits. The Saltire Society. p. 339.
ISBN
978-0-85411-087-2.
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^ David Scott Kastan (2006). The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 371.
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^ Eugene Benson; L.W. Conolly (30 November 2004).
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 64.
ISBN
978-1-134-46848-5.
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^ Bienále Ilustrácií Bratislava, Československo, '79 '81. Mladé letá. 1983. p. 116.
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^ Weisbrot, Robert (1998). Xena, Warrior Princess : the official guide to the Xenaverse. New York: Doubleday. p. 141.
ISBN
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^
"Cornelia Funke – The Official Website". www.corneliafunke.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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^
Research in African Literatures. African and Afro-American Studies and Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. 2003. p. 235.
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^ Whitehead, Winifred (1978). "Flack, Marjorie". In Kirkpatrick, D.L. (ed.). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. London: Macmillan. p. 461.
ISBN
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