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Overview of the events of 1952 in literature
Overview of the events of 1952 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1952.
Events
- February – The historical periodical
Past & Present is launched in Oxford, U.K.
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February 29 –
Derek J. de Solla Price reveals his discovery of a lost medieval scientific work entitled Equatorie of the Planetis, initially attributed to
Geoffrey Chaucer, in the Times Literary Supplement.
[1]
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March 3 –
J. L. Carr takes over as Headmaster of Highfields Primary School,
Kettering, which will later feature in his novel
The Harpole Report.
[2]
- May – The works of
André Gide are placed on the Catholic Church's
Index of Forbidden Books by
Pope Pius XII.
[3]
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July 10 – The first issue of
Mad appears, edited by
Harvey Kurtzman and published by
William M. Gaines'
EC Comics.
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August 12 – The
Night of the Murdered Poets brings the execution of 13 Soviet Jews in
Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, including several writers.
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September 6 – The
Universal Copyright Convention is adopted at
Geneva.
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October 17 –
Samuel Beckett's play
Waiting For Godot is published in Paris as En attendant Godot by
Les Éditions de Minuit.
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October 28 –
E. E. Cummings delivers the first of his
Charles Eliot Norton lectures at
Harvard University.
[4]
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November 25 –
Agatha Christie's play
The Mousetrap opens at the
New Ambassadors Theatre, London. It will still be running as of 2021, next door at
St Martin's Theatre from 1974.
[5]
- unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
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January 4 –
Michele Wallace, American feminist author
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January 12 –
Walter Mosley, American novelist
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January 21 –
Louis Menand, American author and academic
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February 10 –
Gail Rebuck, English publisher
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February 19
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February 29 –
Tim Powers, American fantasy author
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March 5 –
Robin Hobb (Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, Megan Lindholm), American fantasy author
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March 7 –
William Boyd, Gold Coast-born Scottish novelist and screenwriter
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March 11 –
Douglas Adams, English science fiction author (died
2001)
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March 13 –
Ágnes Rapai, Hungarian poet, writer and translator
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March 23 –
Kim Stanley Robinson, American science fiction author
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March 26 –
T. A. Barron, American novelist
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May 5 –
Hafsat Abdulwaheed, Nigerian author and poet
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May 31 –
Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died
2016)
[10]
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June 4 –
Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean writer (died
1987)
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June 7 –
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate
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June 20
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June 29 –
Breece D'J Pancake (Breece Dexter Pancake), American short story writer (suicide
1979)
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July 3 –
Rohinton Mistry, Indian-born Canadian novelist
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July 6 –
Hilary Mantel, English novelist (died
2022)
[11]
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July 10 –
Candice F. Ransom, American children's and young-adult author
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July 18 –
Per Petterson, Norwegian novelist
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August 28 –
Rita Dove, American poet
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September 29 -
Pete Hautman, American young-adult novelist
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October 18 –
Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese author
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November 15 –
Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian and author
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November 21 –
Pedro Lemebel, Chilean novelist
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December 19 –
Sean O'Brien, English poet
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December 22 –
Mick Inkpen, English children's writer and illustrator
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December 28 –
Hemant Shesh, Indian Hindi writer
[12]
Deaths
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January 22 –
Roger Vitrac, French poet and dramatist (born
1899)
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January 26 –
Lodewijk van Deyssel, Dutch novelist (born
1864)
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January 28 –
Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, Ottoman-born Romanian humorist, novelist, editor, and journalist (spinal cancer, born
1874)
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February 7 –
Norman Douglas, Austrian-born Scottish novelist (born
1868)
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February 13 –
Josephine Tey (Elizabeth MacKintosh), Scottish crime novelist (born
1896)
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February 19 –
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist and Nobel laureate (born
1859)
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March 1
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March 27 –
Ioan A. Bassarabescu, Romanian short story writer and politician (born
1870)
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April 1 –
Ferenc Molnár (Ferenc Neumann), Hungarian dramatist and novelist (born
1878)
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April 30 –
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș – Romanian art historian, ethnographer and journalist (born
1872)
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May 17 –
Paul Bujor, Romanian politician, zoologist and short story writer (born
1862)
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May 26 –
Eugene Jolas, American/French writer, literary translator and critic (born
1894)
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June 1 –
John Dewey, American philosopher and psychologist (born
1859)
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July 1 –
A. S. W. Rosenbach, American book collector (born
1876)
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July 8 –
August Alle, Estonian writer (born
1890)
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August 9 –
Jeffery Farnol, English historical novelist (born
1878)
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August 22 –
H. J. Massingham, English countryside writer (born
1888)
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September 26 –
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, poet and novelist writing in English (born
1863)
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October 4 –
Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (born
1885)
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October 6 –
Teffi (Nadezhda Alexandrovna Buchinskaya), Russian humorist (born
1872)
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November 3 –
Louis Verneuil, French playwright (suicide, born
1893)
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November 4 –
Gilbert Frankau, English novelist (born
1884)
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November 13 –
Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author (embolism, born
1910)
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November 16 –
Charles Maurras, French poet and critic (born
1868)
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November 18 –
Paul Éluard, French surrealist poet (heart attack, born
1895)
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November 23 –
Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet (born
1893)
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December 6 –
Cicely Hamilton, English dramatist and suffragist (born
1872)
Awards
References
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^ Geoffrey Chaucer (2002).
A Treatise on the Astrolabe. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 344.
ISBN
978-0-8061-3413-0.
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^ Byron Rogers (1 December 2011).
The Last Englishman: The Life of J.L. Carr. Aurum Press. pp. 106–8.
ISBN
978-1-84513-813-4.
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^
Andre Gide, The Immoralist (1902); commentary by Anais Aigner (1998). Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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^ Bethany K. Dumas (1974).
E. E. Cummings: a Remembrance of Miracles. Barnes & Noble. p. 43.
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^
"New Ambassadors Theatre". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Archived from
the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-12-04. Performances were suspended during the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
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^
Keating, H. R. F. (1982). Whodunit? – a guide to crime, suspense and spy fiction. London: Windward.
ISBN
0-7112-0249-4.
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^ Kerrel, Sorbel (2003).
Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 212.
ISBN
9781579583132.
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^
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 – Gabriela Mistral – Bibliography". Nobelprize.org. 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
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^ Crotty, Patrick, ed. (1995).
Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology. Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
ISBN
0-85640-561-2.
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^
"Achache, Carole (1952-....)".
Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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^ Knight, Lucy (23 September 2022).
"Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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^
"हेमंत शेष को बिरला फाउंडेशन के बिहारी पुरस्कार".
Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Jagran Prakashan Ltd. Retrieved 8 September 2011.