1958 in literature
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See also: 1957 in literature, other events of 1958, 1959 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- August 18 - Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in United States.
- First volume of The Civil War by Shelby Foote is published.
- The Caretaker, a drama by Harold Pinter is published.
New books
- The Affluent Society - John Kenneth Galbraith
- Anatomy of a Murder - Robert Traver
- Around the World with Auntie Mame - Patrick Dennis
- Balthazar - Lawrence Durrell
- Bird of Fire - Helen White
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
- Candy - Maxwell Kenton
- Crazy in Berlin - Thomas Berger
- Culture and Society 1780-1950 - Raymond Williams
- The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
- Dr. No - Ian Fleming
- The Enemy Camp - Jerome Weidman
- A Fly Went By - Mike McClintock
- From the Terrace - John O'Hara
- Ice Palace - Edna Ferber
- The Leopard - Giusseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa
- Masters of Deceit - J. Edgar Hoover
- Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene
- Playback - Raymond Chandler
- Red Alert - Peter George
- Venetia – Georgette Heyer
- Victorine - Frances Parkinson Keyes
- The Winthrop Woman - Anya Seton
- Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories - Dr. Seuss
- Young Caesar - Rex Warner
Births
- November 19 - Christiane Wiese, née von Reden, wife and mother
Deaths
- February 4 - Henry Kuttner, science fiction author
- April 7 - Elliot Paul, American writer
- May 5 - James Branch Cabell, fantasy fiction author
- September 11 - Robert W. Service, poet
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie
- Nobel Prize for literature: Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Ketti Frings, Look Homeward, Angel
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James Agee - A Death In The Family
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren: Promises: Poems 1954-1956