“Tropic of Cancer” Ruled Obscene
1960s Timeline
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- May 5
Steinbeck Dog Charley Is Dead

- Feb 14
Reclusive J.D. Salinger Publishes New Book


- Dec 10, 2022
Dec. 10, 1962 - John Steinbeck accepts the Nobel Prize

- Dec 10, 2022
Author John Steinbeck Accepts Nobel Prize for Literature

- Oct 25, 2022
Steinbeck Wins Nobel Prize for Literature

- Oct 9, 2022
Sylvia Beach Dead at 75


- Sep 7, 2022
Author Isak Dinesen Dead


- Aug 21, 2022
Books: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”
- Aug 9, 2022
Author Hermann Hesse Dead at 85


- Jun 14, 2022
Author James Joyce Honored in Dublin

- Apr 20, 2022
William Faulkner Visits West Point


- Dec 26, 2021
Movies: "Tender Is the Night" to Open Jan. 19


- Nov 13, 2021
"Tropic of Cancer" Banned in Massachusetts

- Nov 13, 2021
Mailer Gets Suspended Sentence in Stabbing of Wife
- Sep 13, 2021
Books: "Franny and Zooey," by J.D. Salinger


- Aug 30, 2021
Hemingway's Widow Calls Unpublished Manuscripts "Truly Great"


- Aug 24, 2021
Hemingway Leaves Entire Estate to Widow

- Aug 16, 2021
Dallas Police Ban Henry Miller Novel "Tropic of Cancer"


- Aug 5, 2021
Hemingway Friend Gored in Spanish Bull Ring, Condition Grave