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==New Books== |
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*''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' - [[George Orwell]] |
*''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' - [[George Orwell]] |
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*''[[The Miracles of the Red Altar Cloth]]'' - [[Hermann L. Hunter]] |
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*''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' - [[Arthur Miller]] |
*''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' - [[Arthur Miller]] |
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*''[[King of the Wind]]'' - [[Marguerite Henry]] |
*''[[King of the Wind]]'' - [[Marguerite Henry]] |
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*''[[The Sheltering Sky]]'' - [[Paul Bowles]] |
*''[[The Sheltering Sky]]'' - [[Paul Bowles]] |
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*''[[Beneath The Sky]]'' - [[Alfred Q. Jarrette]] |
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*''[[The Egyptian]]'' - [[Mika Waltari]] |
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*''[[Alien Land]]'' - [[Willard W. Savoy]] |
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*''[[The Golden Sequence]]'' - [[Martha E. Von Almedingen]] |
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*''[[Pride's Castle]]'' - [[Frank Yerby]] |
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Revision as of 19:41, 25 March 2003
See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New Books
- Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
- The Miracles of the Red Altar Cloth - Hermann L. Hunter
- Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
- King of the Wind - Marguerite Henry
- The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
- Beneath The Sky - Alfred Q. Jarrette
- The Egyptian - Mika Waltari
- Alien Land - Willard W. Savoy
- The Golden Sequence - Martha E. Von Almedingen
- Pride's Castle - Frank Yerby
Births
Deaths
- Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author
Awards
- Nobel Prize for literature - William Faulkner
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James Gould Cozzens, Guard of Honor
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Peter Viereck, Terror and Decorum
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman