1957 in literature
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See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever is published.
- Lawrence Durrell publishes Justine, the first of volume of The Alexandria Quartet. The final of the four volumes will be published in 1960.
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac is published.
New books
- At Lady Molly's - Anthony Powell
- Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
- Below the Salt - Thomas B. Costain
- Blue Camellia - Frances Parkinson Keyes
- By Love Possessed - James Gould Cozzens
- The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
- The Comforters - Muriel Spark
- Compulsion - Meyer Levin
- Doomsday Morning - C. L. Moore
- Eagle's Nest - Anna Kavan
- Eloise in Paris - Kay Thompson
- From Russia With Love - Ian Fleming
- The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean
- Justine - Lawrence Durrell
- Kids Say the Darndest Things! - Art Linkletter
- La Loi - Roger Vailland
- Long Day's Journey Into Night - Eugene O'Neill
- On the Beach - Nevil Shute
- On the Road - Jack Kerouac
- Rascals in Paradise - James A. Michener
- The Scapegoat - Daphne du Maurier
- Some Came Running - James Jones
- Sugar Street - Naguib Mahfouz
- Voltaire in Love - Nancy Mitford
- The Wapshot Chronicle - John Cheever
- Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing - Robert Paul Smith
Births
Deaths
- February 10 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, author
- March 29 - Joyce Cary, author
- June 27 - Malcolm Lowry, author
- December 17 - Dorothy L. Sayers, author
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Virginia Sorenson, Miracles on Maple Street
- Nobel Prize for literature: Albert Camus
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Richard Wilbur: Things of This World