1953 in literature
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See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- January 22 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
- February 19 - Censorship: The State of Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
- After five years as an English Teacher, Frederick Buechner moves to New York to become a full time writer.
- Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin is published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
- The face of popular literature is transformed with the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.
New books
- The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow
- Battle Cry - Leon Uris
- Beyond This Place - A.J. Cronin
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri - James A. Michener
- Casino Royale - Ian Fleming
- Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
- The Cornerstone - Zoe B. Oldenbourg
- The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
- Désirée - Annemarie Selinko
- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
- Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin
- Heartsnatcher - Boris Vian
- The High and the Mighty - Ernest K. Gann
- A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin
- The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler
- Lord Vanity - Samuel Shellabarger
- Madame de Pompadour - Nancy Mitford
- Maud Martha - Gwendolyn Brooks
- The Night of the Hunter - Davis Grubb
- The Present and the Past - Ivy Compton-Burnett
- The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas
- Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov
- The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis
- The Sojourner - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Time and Time Again - James Hilton
- The Unconquered - Ben Ames Williams
- The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham
Births
- March 12 - Carl Hiaasen, author
Deaths
- April 4 - Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author
- November 8 - John van Melle, South African author
- November 9 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author
- November 27 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright
- November 30 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Ann Nolan Clark, Secret of the Andes
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: William Inge, Picnic
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Archibald MacLeish: Collected Poems 1917-1952