1952 in literature
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See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- J. L. Carr takes over as headmaster of Highfields Primary School, Kettering, which will eventually furnish the subject matter for his novel, The Harpole Report.
- January 29 - James Jones wins the National Book Award for his 1951 novel, From Here to Eternity.
- November 25 - Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens in London
New books
- Adventures in Two Worlds - A.J. Cronin
- Arrow in the Blue - Arthur Koestler
- A Buyer's Market - Anthony Powell
- Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
- The Devils of Loudun - Aldous Huxley
- Drama from Ibsen to Eliot - Raymond Williams
- East of Eden - John Steinbeck
- Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov
- Giant - Edna Ferber
- The Gown of Glory - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Heaven and Earth - Carlo Coccioli
- The Hidden Flower - Pearl S. Buck
- The Houses in Between - Howard Spring
- The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
- Island of Desire - Edith Templeton
- Judgment Night - C. L. Moore
- A Many-splendoured Thing - Han Suyin
- Martha Quest - Doris Lessing
- The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
- The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale
- The Saracen Blade - Frank Yerby
- The Silver Chalice - Thomas B. Costain
- The Small Miracle - Paul Gallico
- Steamboat Gothic - Frances Parkinson Keyes
- Vermeer - Lawrence Gowing
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C. S. Lewis
- Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
Births
- February 19 - Amy Tan, novelist
- February 29 - Tim Powers, American fantasy author
- March 11 - Douglas Adams, science fiction author
- Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, author of fantasy novels under the pennames Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm
Deaths
- February 19 - Knut Hamsun, author
- May 26 - Eugene Jolas, writer, literary translator and critic
- September 29 – George Santayana, writer
- November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye
- Nobel Prize for Literature: François Mauriac
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Joseph Kramm, The Shrike
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Herman Wouk - The Caine Mutiny
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems