“Tropic of Cancer” Ruled Obscene
July 10, 1963 - New York state’s highest court held in a 4-3 decision today that Henry Miller’s novel “Tropic of Cancer” is obscene under...
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- May 5
Steinbeck Dog Charley Is Dead
May 5, 1963 - Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck (pictured last year) arrived at a White House dinner last week with sad news:...
- Feb 14
Reclusive J.D. Salinger Publishes New Book
Feb. 14, 1963 - Just in case those who are following the chronicles of the Glass family have missed the news, two more J.D. Salinger...
- Dec 10, 2022
Dec. 10, 1962 - John Steinbeck accepts the Nobel Prize
Dec. 10, 1962 - American author John Steinbeck accepted his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm today. #books #literature
- Dec 10, 2022
Author John Steinbeck Accepts Nobel Prize for Literature
Dec. 10, 1962 - American author John Steinbeck (right) accepted his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm today. After expressing his...
- Oct 25, 2022
Steinbeck Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct. 25, 1962 - John Steinbeck (pictured) has won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The 60-year-old author is the sixth American to be...
- Oct 9, 2022
Sylvia Beach Dead at 75
Oct. 9, 1962 - Sylvia Beach (pictured with James Joyce in 1920), the bookshop owner who made literary history in 1922 when she became the...
- Sep 7, 2022
Author Isak Dinesen Dead
Sept. 7, 1962 - Danish author Isak Dinesen (pictured center with Marilyn Monroe and Carson McCullers in 1959). She was 77 years old. The...
- Aug 21, 2022
Books: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”
Aug. 21, 1962 - “Catch-22,” a satirical novel by Joseph Heller (pictured while serving in WWII) about the Air Force, will be turned into...
- Aug 9, 2022
Author Hermann Hesse Dead at 85
Aug. 9, 1962 - Hermann Hesse (pictured last year), the German-born Swiss author who won the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, died today...
- Jun 14, 2022
Author James Joyce Honored in Dublin
June 14, 1962 - James Joyce (pictured in 1928), one of Ireland’s most famous writers but one who was long condemned and neglected in his...
- Apr 20, 2022
William Faulkner Visits West Point
Apr. 20, 1962 - William Faulkner ended a two-day visit to West Point today. He said he had been “pleasantly astounded” by the literary...
- Dec 26, 2021
Movies: "Tender Is the Night" to Open Jan. 19
Dec. 26, 1961 - The film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender is the Night,” with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards Jr., will...
- Nov 13, 2021
"Tropic of Cancer" Banned in Massachusetts
Nov. 13, 1961 - The novel “Tropic of Cancer” was banned in Massachusetts today. Superior Court Judge Lewis Goldberg described Henry...
- Nov 13, 2021
Mailer Gets Suspended Sentence in Stabbing of Wife
Nov. 13, 1961 - Norman Mailer (right), author of the best-selling novel “The Naked and the Dead,” received a suspended sentence today on...
- Sep 13, 2021
Books: "Franny and Zooey," by J.D. Salinger
Sept. 13, 1961 - Hitting bookstores today is "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger. The book comprises his short story "Franny" and novella...
- Aug 30, 2021
Hemingway's Widow Calls Unpublished Manuscripts "Truly Great"
Aug. 30, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway's widow shipped several boxes of manuscripts to New York today, but said no decision had been made on...
- Aug 24, 2021
Hemingway Leaves Entire Estate to Widow
Aug. 24, 1961 - The will of Ernest Hemingway, written in his own hand in stilted legal language, was filed for probate today in New York...
- Aug 16, 2021
Dallas Police Ban Henry Miller Novel "Tropic of Cancer"
Aug. 16, 1961 - The Dallas police ordered bookstores in that city today to quit selling the controversial book "Tropic of Cancer" by...
- Aug 5, 2021
Hemingway Friend Gored in Spanish Bull Ring, Condition Grave
Aug. 5, 1961 - Antonio Ordóñez, the Spanish matador, a close friend of the late Ernest Hemingway, was seriously gored in a Malaga...
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