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href="/wiki/Category:Literature_by_year" title="Category:Literature by year">…</a> <a href="/wiki/1940_in_literature" title="1940 in literature">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_literature" title="1941 in literature">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_literature" title="1942 in literature">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_literature" title="1943 in literature">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_literature" title="1944 in literature">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_literature" title="1945 in literature">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_literature" title="1946 in literature">1946</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_literature" title="1947 in literature">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_literature" title="1948 in literature">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_literature" title="1949 in literature">1949</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1950</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_literature" title="1951 in literature">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_literature" title="1952 in literature">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_literature" title="1953 in literature">1953</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_literature" title="1954 in literature">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_literature" title="1955 in literature">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_literature" title="1956 in literature">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_literature" title="1957 in literature">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_literature" title="1958 in literature">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_literature" title="1959 in literature">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_literature" title="1960 in literature">1960</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Literature_by_year" title="Category:Literature by year">…</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px #aaa solid; padding-bottom:0;text-align:center;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">In poetry</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1947_in_poetry" title="1947 in poetry">1947</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1948_in_poetry" title="1948 in poetry">1948</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1949_in_poetry" title="1949 in poetry">1949</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1950_in_poetry" title="1950 in poetry">1950</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1951_in_poetry" title="1951 in poetry">1951</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1952_in_poetry" title="1952 in poetry">1952</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1953_in_poetry" title="1953 in poetry">1953</a></dd></dl> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_art" title="1950 in art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_archaeology" title="1950 in archaeology">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_architecture" title="1950 in architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_music" title="1950 in music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_philosophy" title="1950 in philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_science" title="1950 in science">Science</a></li></ul> </div><i><a href="/wiki/Category:1950" title="Category:1950">+...</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This article contains information about the literary events and publications of <b>1950</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a>'s first full-length novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Pebble_in_the_Sky" title="Pebble in the Sky">Pebble in the Sky</a></i>, is published in the United States by <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a> – For the <a href="/wiki/Film_noir" title="Film noir">film noir</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Crazy" title="Gun Crazy">Gun Crazy</a></i>, released on this day in the United States, co-writer <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo" title="Dalton Trumbo">Dalton Trumbo</a> is billed as <a href="/wiki/Millard_Kaufman" title="Millard Kaufman">Millard Kaufman</a>, due to the former's inclusion on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist" title="Hollywood blacklist">Hollywood blacklist</a>. This year Trumbo serves 11 months in prison for <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress" title="Contempt of Congress">Contempt of Congress</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_penitentiary" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal penitentiary">federal penitentiary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland, Kentucky</a>.</li> <li>February – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> has his first novel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Town_and_the_City" title="The Town and the City">The Town and the City</a></i>, published in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/J._D._Salinger" title="J. D. Salinger">J. D. Salinger</a>'s wartime short story "<a href="/wiki/For_Esm%C3%A9_%E2%80%94_with_Love_and_Squalor" class="mw-redirect" title="For Esmé — with Love and Squalor">For Esmé — with Love and Squalor</a>" is published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco" title="Eugène Ionesco">Eugène Ionesco</a>'s first play, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bald_Soprano" title="The Bald Soprano">The Bald Soprano</a></i> is first performed, in Paris.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" title="George Bernard Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a> is taken to hospital after fracturing a hip falling out of a tree he was pruning.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is released from hospital a few weeks later after a successful operation, but suffers <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney failure</a> and dies at his home, <a href="/wiki/Shaw%27s_Corner" title="Shaw's Corner">Shaw's Corner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="Ayot St Lawrence">Ayot St Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, England), aged 94.</li> <li>October – <i><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Science_Fiction" title="Galaxy Science Fiction">Galaxy Science Fiction</a></i> magazine launches in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> – The daily comic strip <i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz" title="Charles M. Schulz">Charles M. Schulz</a>, makes its debut in nine United States newspapers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a>'s children's portal allegorical fantasy novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe" title="The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a></i>, illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Baynes" title="Pauline Baynes">Pauline Baynes</a>, is published by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Bles" title="Geoffrey Bles">Geoffrey Bles</a> in London, first of the seven-book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia" title="The Chronicles of Narnia">The Chronicles of Narnia</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – Poet <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a> expresses concerns about "the television habit" in a letter to <i>The Times</i> (London).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>unknown dates</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn" title="Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn">Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</a> is sent to a "special camp" for political prisoners in <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 13th–14th century Japanese <a href="/wiki/Epic_poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Epic poem">epic poem</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Heike" title="The Tale of the Heike">The Tale of the Heike</a></i> (平家物語) is retold in modern prose by the <a href="/wiki/Historical_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novel">historical novelist</a> <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Yoshikawa" title="Eiji Yoshikawa">Eiji Yoshikawa</a> as <i>Shin Heike monogatari</i> (New Tale of the Heike) and published in <i>Asahi Weekly</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwell%27s" title="Blackwell's">Blackwell's</a> opens the first specialist children's bookshop, in <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street,_Oxford" title="Broad Street, Oxford">Broad Street, Oxford</a> (England).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Bell" title="Adrian Bell">Adrian Bell</a> begins his <i>Countryman's Notebook</i> column in the <i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daily_Press" title="Eastern Daily Press">Eastern Daily Press</a></i> (England).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_books">New books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fiction">Fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Arkell" title="Reginald Arkell">Reginald Arkell</a> – <i>Old Herbaceous</i> (reissued 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot" title="I, Robot">I, Robot</a></i> (collected short stories)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pebble_in_the_Sky" title="Pebble in the Sky">Pebble in the Sky</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Bataille" title="Georges Bataille">Georges Bataille</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/L%27Abb%C3%A9_C" title="L'Abbé C">L'Abbé C</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Bentley" title="Nicolas Bentley">Nicolas Bentley</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Floating_Dutchman_(novel)" title="The Floating Dutchman (novel)">The Floating Dutchman</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Bernanos" title="Georges Bernanos">Georges Bernanos</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Is_Darkest" title="Night Is Darkest">Night Is Darkest</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles" title="The Martian Chronicles">The Martian Chronicles</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Bristow" title="Gwen Bristow">Gwen Bristow</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Trail" title="Jubilee Trail">Jubilee Trail</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck" title="Pearl S. Buck">Pearl S. Buck</a> – <i>The Child Who Never Grew</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bude" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bude">John Bude</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Steals_the_Show" title="Death Steals the Show">Death Steals the Show</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Canning" title="Victor Canning">Victor Canning</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Forest_of_Eyes" title="A Forest of Eyes">A Forest of Eyes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Bird_(novel)" title="Venetian Bird (novel)">Venetian Bird</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr" title="John Dickson Carr">John Dickson Carr</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bride_of_Newgate" title="The Bride of Newgate">The Bride of Newgate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_at_the_Mocking_Widow" title="Night at the Mocking Widow">Night at the Mocking Widow</a></i> (as Carter Dickson)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Coppel" title="Alec Coppel">Alec Coppel</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Denning_Drives_North_(novel)" title="Mr. Denning Drives North (novel)">Mr. Denning Drives North</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cheyney" title="Peter Cheyney">Peter Cheyney</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Bahama" title="Dark Bahama">Dark Bahama</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady,_Behave!" title="Lady, Behave!">Lady, Behave!</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Murder_Is_Announced" title="A Murder Is Announced">A Murder Is Announced</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_and_Other_Stories" title="Three Blind Mice and Other Stories">Three Blind Mice and Other Stories</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Cleary" title="Beverly Cleary">Beverly Cleary</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_Huggins" title="Henry Huggins">Henry Huggins</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cookson" title="Catherine Cookson">Catherine Cookson</a> – <i>Kate Hannigan</i><sup id="cite_ref-Kynaston_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kynaston-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cooper_(novelist)" title="William Cooper (novelist)">William Cooper</a> – <i>Scenes from Provincial Life</i><sup id="cite_ref-Kynaston_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kynaston-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Crispin" title="Edmund Crispin">Edmund Crispin</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Frequent_Hearses" title="Frequent Hearses">Frequent Hearses</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Cronin" title="A. J. Cronin">A. J. Cronin</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spanish_Gardener_(novel)" title="The Spanish Gardener (novel)">The Spanish Gardener</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Sprague_de_Camp" title="L. Sprague de Camp">L. Sprague de Camp</a> and <a href="/wiki/P._Schuyler_Miller" title="P. Schuyler Miller">P. Schuyler Miller</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Genus_Homo_(novel)" title="Genus Homo (novel)">Genus Homo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Sprague_de_Camp" title="L. Sprague de Camp">L. Sprague de Camp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Pratt" title="Fletcher Pratt">Fletcher Pratt</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Castle_of_Iron" title="The Castle of Iron">The Castle of Iron</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier" title="Daphne du Maurier">Daphne du Maurier</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Parasites" title="The Parasites">The Parasites</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Duras" title="Marguerite Duras">Marguerite Duras</a> – <i>Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (<a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Wall_(novel)" title="The Sea Wall (novel)">The Sea Wall</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_D%C3%BCrrenmatt" title="Friedrich Dürrenmatt">Friedrich Dürrenmatt</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Judge_and_His_Hangman" title="The Judge and His Hangman">The Judge and His Hangman</a> (Der Richter und sein Henker)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Fallada" title="Hans Fallada">Hans Fallada</a> (died 1947) – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drinker_(novel)" title="The Drinker (novel)">The Drinker</a></i> (<i>Der Trinker</i>; written 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Madox_Ford" title="Ford Madox Ford">Ford Madox Ford</a> (died 1939) – <i><a href="/wiki/Parade%27s_End" title="Parade's End">Parade's End</a></i> (tetralogy first published together under this title)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fugat%C3%A9" title="James Fugaté">James Fugaté</a> (as James Barr) – <i><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil:_A_Modern_Novel" title="Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel">Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Garner" title="Hugh Garner">Hugh Garner</a> – <i>Cabbagetown</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaito_Gazdanov" title="Gaito Gazdanov">Gaito Gazdanov</a> – <i>The Buddha's Return</i> (Возвращение Будды, <i>Vozvrashchenie Buddy</i>, serialization completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Gilbert_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Gilbert (author)">Anthony Gilbert</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Comes_Home" title="Murder Comes Home">Murder Comes Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Nice_Cup_of_Tea_(novel)" title="A Nice Cup of Tea (novel)">A Nice Cup of Tea</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gilbreth,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Gilbreth, Jr.">Frank Gilbreth, Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernestine_Gilbreth_Carey" title="Ernestine Gilbreth Carey">Ernestine Gilbreth Carey</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Belles_on_Their_Toes" title="Belles on Their Toes">Belles on Their Toes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Graham" title="Winston Graham">Winston Graham</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Without_Stars_(novel)" title="Night Without Stars (novel)">Night Without Stars</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Grossman" title="Vasily Grossman">Vasily Grossman</a> – <i>Stalingrad</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovannino_Guareschi" title="Giovannino Guareschi">Giovannino Guareschi</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_World_of_Don_Camillo" class="mw-redirect" title="The Little World of Don Camillo">The Little World of Don Camillo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hardy" title="Frank Hardy">Frank Hardy</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Power_Without_Glory" title="Power Without Glory">Power Without Glory</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Across_the_River_and_Into_the_Trees" class="mw-redirect" title="Across the River and Into the Trees">Across the River and Into the Trees</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hersey" title="John Hersey">John Hersey</a> – <i>The Wall</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hichens_(writer)" title="Robert Hichens (writer)">Robert Hichens</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Beneath_the_Magic" title="Beneath the Magic">Beneath the Magic</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith" title="Patricia Highsmith">Patricia Highsmith</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Strangers_on_a_Train_(novel)" title="Strangers on a Train (novel)">Strangers on a Train</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hocking" title="Anne Hocking">Anne Hocking</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Disturbs_Mr._Jefferson" title="Death Disturbs Mr. Jefferson">Death Disturbs Mr. Jefferson</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Jane_Howard" title="Elizabeth Jane Howard">Elizabeth Jane Howard</a> – <i>The Beautiful Visit</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Howard" title="Robert E. Howard">Robert E. Howard</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Conan_the_Conqueror" class="mw-redirect" title="Conan the Conqueror">Conan the Conqueror</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hull_(writer)" title="Richard Hull (writer)">Richard Hull</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Invitation_to_an_Inquest" title="Invitation to an Inquest">Invitation to an Inquest</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond_Innes" title="Hammond Innes">Hammond Innes</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Angry_Mountain" title="The Angry Mountain">The Angry Mountain</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacKinlay_Kantor" title="MacKinlay Kantor">MacKinlay Kantor</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Grant_at_Appomattox" title="Lee and Grant at Appomattox">Lee and Grant at Appomattox</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Kennedy" title="Margaret Kennedy">Margaret Kennedy</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Feast_(novel)" title="The Feast (novel)">The Feast</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Town_and_the_City" title="The Town and the City">The Town and the City</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Parkinson_Keyes" title="Frances Parkinson Keyes">Frances Parkinson Keyes</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Joy_Street_(novel)" title="Joy Street (novel)">Joy Street</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Knight" title="Damon Knight">Damon Knight</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(short_story)" title="To Serve Man (short story)">To Serve Man</a></i> (short stories)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Mujica_L%C3%A1inez" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Mujica Láinez">Manuel Mujica Láinez</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Misteriosa_Buenos_Aires" title="Misteriosa Buenos Aires">Misteriosa Buenos Aires</a></i> (short stories)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Lessing" title="Doris Lessing">Doris Lessing</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grass_Is_Singing" title="The Grass Is Singing">The Grass Is Singing</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Erskine_Lindop" title="Audrey Erskine Lindop">Audrey Erskine Lindop</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tall_Headlines_(novel)" title="The Tall Headlines (novel)">The Tall Headlines</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._C._R._Lorac" title="E. C. R. Lorac">E. C. R. Lorac</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Accident_by_Design" title="Accident by Design">Accident by Design</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Macaulay" title="Rose Macaulay">Rose Macaulay</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_My_Wilderness" title="The World My Wilderness">The World My Wilderness</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Macdonald" title="Ross Macdonald">Ross Macdonald</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowning_Pool" title="The Drowning Pool">The Drowning Pool</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Mitchell" title="Gladys Mitchell">Gladys Mitchell</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Groaning_Spinney" title="Groaning Spinney">Groaning Spinney</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Nimier" title="Roger Nimier">Roger Nimier</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Hussar" title="The Blue Hussar">The Blue Hussar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Onetti" title="Juan Carlos Onetti">Juan Carlos Onetti</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/La_vida_breve_(novel)" title="La vida breve (novel)">La vida breve</a></i> (A Brief Life)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Pavese" title="Cesare Pavese">Cesare Pavese</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/La_Luna_e_i_Fal%C3%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="La Luna e i Falò">La Luna e i Falò</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Peake" title="Mervyn Peake">Mervyn Peake</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Gormenghast_(novel)" title="Gormenghast (novel)">Gormenghast</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramoedya_Ananta_Toer" title="Pramoedya Ananta Toer">Pramoedya Ananta Toer</a> – <i>Perburuan</i> (The Fugitive)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kukrit_Pramoj" title="Kukrit Pramoj">Kukrit Pramoj</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Reigns" title="Four Reigns">Four Reigns</a></i> (สี่แผ่นดิน, <i>Si Phaen Din</i>, serialized)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Pym" title="Barbara Pym">Barbara Pym</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Some_Tame_Gazelle" title="Some Tame Gazelle">Some Tame Gazelle</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellery_Queen" title="Ellery Queen">Ellery Queen</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Double,_Double_(Ellery_Queen_novel)" title="Double, Double (Ellery Queen novel)">Double, Double</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Richter" title="Conrad Richter">Conrad Richter</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Town_(1950_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Town (1950 novel)">The Town</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morton_Robinson" title="Henry Morton Robinson">Henry Morton Robinson</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardinal" title="The Cardinal">The Cardinal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cezaro_Rossetti" title="Cezaro Rossetti">Cezaro Rossetti</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Kredu_min,_sinjorino!" title="Kredu min, sinjorino!">Kredu min, sinjorino!</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Schulberg" title="Budd Schulberg">Budd Schulberg</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Disenchanted" title="The Disenchanted">The Disenchanted</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shellabarger" title="Samuel Shellabarger">Samuel Shellabarger</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Cavalier" title="The King's Cavalier">The King's Cavalier</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevil_Shute" title="Nevil Shute">Nevil Shute</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Town_Like_Alice" title="A Town Like Alice">A Town Like Alice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_%C5%A0kvoreck%C3%BD" title="Josef Škvorecký">Josef Škvorecký</a> – <i><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konec_nylonov%C3%A9ho_v%C4%9Bku" class="extiw" title="cs:Konec nylonového věku">Konec nylonového věku</a></i> (The End of the Nylon Age)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Burning_Bright" title="Burning Bright">Burning Bright</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Stout" title="Rex Stout">Rex Stout</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Doors_to_Death" title="Three Doors to Death">Three Doors to Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Best_Families" title="In the Best Families">In the Best Families</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Street" title="Cecil Street">Cecil Street</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Affairs_(novel)" title="Family Affairs (novel)">Family Affairs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Two_Graphs" title="The Two Graphs">The Two Graphs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Village_Afraid" title="A Village Afraid">A Village Afraid</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Symons" title="Julian Symons">Julian Symons</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thirty-First_of_February_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Thirty-First of February (novel)">The Thirty-First of February</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Templeton" title="Edith Templeton">Edith Templeton</a> – <i>Summer In The Country</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Tey" title="Josephine Tey">Josephine Tey</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/To_Love_and_Be_Wise" title="To Love and Be Wise">To Love and Be Wise</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tereska_Torr%C3%A8s" title="Tereska Torrès">Tereska Torrès</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Barracks" title="Women's Barracks">Women's Barracks</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Vian" title="Boris Vian">Boris Vian</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Grass" title="The Red Grass">L'Herbe rouge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gore_Vidal" title="Gore Vidal">Gore Vidal</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Green,_Bright_Red" title="Dark Green, Bright Red">Dark Green, Bright Red</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._E._van_Vogt" title="A. E. van Vogt">A. E. van Vogt</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Space_Beagle" title="The Voyage of the Space Beagle">The Voyage of the Space Beagle</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mika_Waltari" title="Mika Waltari">Mika Waltari</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventurer_(novel)" title="The Adventurer (novel)">The Adventurer</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh" title="Evelyn Waugh">Evelyn Waugh</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Helena_(1950_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Helena (1950 novel)">Helena</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_Welch" title="Denton Welch">Denton Welch</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Voice_Through_a_Cloud" title="A Voice Through a Cloud">A Voice Through a Cloud</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonia_White" title="Antonia White">Antonia White</a> – <i>The Lost Traveller</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Winsor" title="Kathleen Winsor">Kathleen Winsor</a> – <i>Star Money</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasushi_Inoue" title="Yasushi Inoue">Yasushi Inoue</a> <ul><li>黯い潮 (<i>Kuroi ushio</i>)</li> <li>その人の名は云えない (<i>Sono hito no na ha ienai</i>)</li> <li>闘牛 (<i>Tōgyū</i>, The Bullfight)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Yerby" title="Frank Yerby">Frank Yerby</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Floodtide_(novel)" title="Floodtide (novel)">Floodtide</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children_and_young_people">Children and young people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Children and young people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mabel_Esther_Allan" title="Mabel Esther Allan">Mabel Esther Allan</a> <ul><li><i>Over the Sea to School</i></li> <li><i>A School in Danger</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rev._W._Awdry" class="mw-redirect" title="Rev. W. Awdry">Rev. W. Awdry</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Railway_Series_Books#Troublesome_Engines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Railway Series Books">Troublesome Engines</a></i> (fifth in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Series" title="The Railway Series">The Railway Series</a></i> of 42 books by him and his son <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Awdry" title="Christopher Awdry">Christopher Awdry</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leila_Berg" title="Leila Berg">Leila Berg</a> – <i>The Adventures of Chunky</i> (first in the Chunky series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Mary_Wayne_Brown" title="Joan Mary Wayne Brown">Joan Mary Wayne Brown</a> as Mary Gervaise <ul><li><i>A Pony of Your Own</i></li> <li><i>Ponies and Holidays</i> (first two in the Georgie series of ten books)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Buckeridge" title="Anthony Buckeridge">Anthony Buckeridge</a> – <i>Jennings Goes to School</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Cleary" title="Beverly Cleary">Beverly Cleary</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_Huggins" title="Henry Huggins">Henry Huggins</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Forester" title="C. S. Forester">C. S. Forester</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Midshipman_Hornblower" title="Mr. Midshipman Hornblower">Mr. Midshipman Hornblower</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Glynne-Jones" title="William Glynne-Jones">William Glynne-Jones</a> – <i>Pennants on the Main</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe" title="The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a></i> (first in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia" title="The Chronicles of Narnia">The Chronicles of Narnia</a></i> series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elinor_Lyon" title="Elinor Lyon">Elinor Lyon</a> – <i>The House in Hiding</i> (first novel in Ian and Sovra series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Milhous" title="Katherine Milhous">Katherine Milhous</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Egg_Tree" title="The Egg Tree">The Egg Tree</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Parrish" title="Anne Parrish">Anne Parrish</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Appleby_Capple" title="The Story of Appleby Capple">The Story of Appleby Capple</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Scarry" title="Richard Scarry">Richard Scarry</a> – <i>First Book Ever</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/If_I_Ran_the_Zoo" title="If I Ran the Zoo">If I Ran the Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_McBoing_Boing" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald McBoing Boing">Gerald McBoing Boing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yertle_the_Turtle_and_Other_Stories" title="Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories">Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_13_Clocks" title="The 13 Clocks">The 13 Clocks</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drama">Drama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Adamov" title="Arthur Adamov">Arthur Adamov</a> <ul><li><i>La Parodie</i></li> <li><i>L'Invasion</i></li> <li><i>La Grande et la Petite Manoeuvre</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht" title="Bertolt Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tutor_(Brecht)" title="The Tutor (Brecht)">The Tutor</a></i> (<i>Der Hofmeister</i>, adapted from Lenz)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynyard_Browne" title="Wynyard Browne">Wynyard Browne</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Holly_and_the_Ivy_(play)" title="The Holly and the Ivy (play)">The Holly and the Ivy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilio_Carballido" title="Emilio Carballido">Emilio Carballido</a> – <i>Rosalba y los Llaveros</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Christie_(writer)" title="Campbell Christie (writer)">Campbell Christie</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/His_Excellency_(play)" title="His Excellency (play)">His Excellency</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dighton" title="John Dighton">John Dighton</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Goes_There!_(play)" title="Who Goes There! (play)">Who Goes There!</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_D%C3%BCrrenmatt" title="Friedrich Dürrenmatt">Friedrich Dürrenmatt</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Romulus_the_Great" title="Romulus the Great">Romulus the Great</a> (Romulus der Große)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Fry" title="Christopher Fry">Christopher Fry</a> – <i>Venus Observed</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermit_Hunter" title="Kermit Hunter">Kermit Hunter</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Unto_These_Hills" title="Unto These Hills">Unto These Hills</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Inge" title="William Inge">William Inge</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Back,_Little_Sheba_(play)" title="Come Back, Little Sheba (play)">Come Back, Little Sheba</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco" title="Eugène Ionesco">Eugène Ionesco</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bald_Soprano" title="The Bald Soprano">The Bald Soprano</a> (La Cantatrice chauve)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benn_Levy" title="Benn Levy">Benn Levy</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Tyassi" title="Return to Tyassi">Return to Tyassi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lonsdale" title="Frederick Lonsdale">Frederick Lonsdale</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_Things_Go_(play)" title="The Way Things Go (play)">The Way Things Go</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_MacDougall" title="Roger MacDougall">Roger MacDougall</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gentle_Gunman_(play)" title="The Gentle Gunman (play)">The Gentle Gunman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Dorothy,_a_Son" title="To Dorothy, a Son">To Dorothy, a Son</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macadam_and_Eve" title="Macadam and Eve">Macadam and Eve</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McCracken" title="Esther McCracken">Esther McCracken</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Cry_Liberty" title="Cry Liberty">Cry Liberty</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Morris_(playwright)" title="Colin Morris (playwright)">Colin Morris</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Reluctant_Heroes_(play)" title="Reluctant Heroes (play)">Reluctant Heroes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Rattigan" title="Terence Rattigan">Terence Rattigan</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Is_Sylvia%3F_(play)" title="Who Is Sylvia? (play)">Who Is Sylvia?</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelly_Sachs" title="Nelly Sachs">Nelly Sachs</a> – <i>Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels</i> (verse)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._P._Snow" title="C. P. Snow">C. P. Snow</a> – <i>View Over the Park</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Burning_Bright" title="Burning Bright">Burning Bright</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Sylvaine" title="Vernon Sylvaine">Vernon Sylvaine</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Will_Any_Gentleman%3F" title="Will Any Gentleman?">Will Any Gentleman?</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry">Poetry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leah_Bodine_Drake" title="Leah Bodine Drake">Leah Bodine Drake</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Hornbook_for_Witches" title="A Hornbook for Witches">A Hornbook for Witches</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Neruda" title="Pablo Neruda">Pablo Neruda</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Canto_General" title="Canto General">Canto General</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Smith" title="Stevie Smith">Stevie Smith</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Not_Waving_but_Drowning" title="Not Waving but Drowning">Not Waving but Drowning</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fiction">Non-fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Non-fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Bainton" title="Roland Bainton">Roland Bainton</a> – <i>Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_David" title="Elizabeth David">Elizabeth David</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Book_of_Mediterranean_Food" title="A Book of Mediterranean Food">A Book of Mediterranean Food</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Gollancz" title="Victor Gollancz">Victor Gollancz</a> (ed.) – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Year_of_Grace" title="A Year of Grace">A Year of Grace</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Gombrich" title="Ernst Gombrich">Ernst Gombrich</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Art" title="The Story of Art">The Story of Art</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl" title="Thor Heyerdahl">Thor Heyerdahl</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kon-Tiki_Expedition" title="The Kon-Tiki Expedition">The Kon-Tiki Expedition</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octavio_Paz" title="Octavio Paz">Octavio Paz</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Labyrinth_of_Solitude" title="The Labyrinth of Solitude">The Labyrinth of Solitude</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Trilling" title="Lionel Trilling">Lionel Trilling</a> – <i>The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Williams" title="Raymond Williams">Raymond Williams</a> – <i>Reading and Criticism</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Woodham-Smith" title="Cecil Woodham-Smith">Cecil Woodham-Smith</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Young_(brigadier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Desmond Young (brigadier)">Desmond Young</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Rommel:_The_Desert_Fox" title="Rommel: The Desert Fox">Rommel: The Desert Fox</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Valentina_T%C4%83zl%C4%83uanu" title="Valentina Tăzlăuanu">Valentina Tăzlăuanu</a>, Moldovan essayist, journalist and theatre critic (died <a href="/wiki/2020_in_literature" title="2020 in literature">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luis_L%C3%B3pez_Nieves" title="Luis López Nieves">Luis López Nieves</a>, Puerto Rican writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Will_Weaver" title="Will Weaver">Will Weaver</a>, American author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hirsch" title="Edward Hirsch">Edward Hirsch</a>, American poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bew" title="Paul Bew">Paul Bew</a>, Irish historian and academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Urrutia" title="Benjamin Urrutia">Benjamin Urrutia</a>, Ecuadorian author and scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Naylor" title="Gloria Naylor">Gloria Naylor</a>, African-American novelist and academic (died <a href="/wiki/2016_in_literature" title="2016 in literature">2016</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mauri_Kunnas" title="Mauri Kunnas">Mauri Kunnas</a>, Finnish children's author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Dubois" title="Jean-Paul Dubois">Jean-Paul Dubois</a>, French novelist and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irena_Bre%C5%BEn%C3%A1" title="Irena Brežná">Irena Brežná</a>, Slovak-Swiss writer, journalist and activist writing in German</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Cornford" title="Adam Cornford">Adam Cornford</a>, English poet and essayist</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(novelist)" title="Peter Robinson (novelist)">Peter Robinson</a>, British-born Canadian novelist (died <a href="/wiki/2022_in_literature" title="2022 in literature">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_19" title="March 19">March 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Boie" title="Kirsten Boie">Kirsten Boie</a>, German children's writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ahdaf_Soueif" title="Ahdaf Soueif">Ahdaf Soueif</a>, Egyptian novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Erickson" title="Steve Erickson">Steve Erickson</a>, American novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aldino_Muianga" title="Aldino Muianga">Aldino Muianga</a>, Mozambican physician and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gray_(author)" title="Alex Gray (author)">Alex Gray</a>, Scottish crime writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Carson" title="Anne Carson">Anne Carson</a>, Canadian poet and scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Gowdy" title="Barbara Gowdy">Barbara Gowdy</a>, Canadian novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Kangkang" title="Zhang Kangkang">Zhang Kangkang</a> (张抗抗), Chinese writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/S._E._Hinton" title="S. E. Hinton">Susan Eloise Hinton</a>, American novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Tourneur" title="Nicole Tourneur">Nicole Tourneur</a>, French novelist (died <a href="/wiki/2011_in_literature" title="2011 in literature">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Deuker" title="Carl Deuker">Carl Deuker</a>, American author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peggy_Noonan" title="Peggy Noonan">Peggy Noonan</a>, American columnist, political writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Louis Gates">Henry Louis Gates</a>, American literary critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Blaylock" title="James Blaylock">James Blaylock</a>, American fantasy author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christina_Hoff_Sommers" title="Christina Hoff Sommers">Christina Hoff Sommers</a>, American author and philosopher<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_10" title="October 10">October 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nora_Roberts" title="Nora Roberts">Nora Roberts</a>, American novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bloor" title="Edward Bloor">Edward Bloor</a>, American novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Amy" title="Teresa Amy">Teresa Amy</a>, Uruguayan poet and translator (died <a href="/wiki/2017_in_literature" title="2017 in literature">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_Adams_Richards" title="David Adams Richards">David Adams Richards</a>, Canadian author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein" title="Wendy Wasserstein">Wendy Wasserstein</a>, American playwright (died <a href="/wiki/2006_in_literature" title="2006 in literature">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran_Lebowitz" title="Fran Lebowitz">Fran Lebowitz</a>, American writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_3" title="November 3">November 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Mongai" title="Massimo Mongai">Massimo Mongai</a>, Italian author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_4" title="November 4">November 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frazier" title="Charles Frazier">Charles Frazier</a>, American novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">December 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Maltin" title="Leonard Maltin">Leonard Maltin</a>, American film critic and historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sheenagh_Pugh" title="Sheenagh Pugh">Sheenagh Pugh</a>, English-born poet and novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Mo" title="Timothy Mo">Timothy Mo</a>, Hong Kong British novelist</li> <li><i>unknown dates</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandi_(writer)" title="Bandi (writer)">Bandi</a>, North Korean fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_McGee" title="Greg McGee">Greg McGee</a>, New Zealand playwright and crime fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candace_Robb" title="Candace Robb">Candace Robb</a>, American historical novelist<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Basil_Williams_(historian)" title="Basil Williams (historian)">Basil Williams</a>, English historian (born <a href="/wiki/1867_in_literature" title="1867 in literature">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_8" title="January 8">January 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Schumpeter" title="Joseph Schumpeter">Joseph Schumpeter</a>, Austrian/American political economist (born <a href="/wiki/1883_in_literature" title="1883 in literature">1883</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a> (Eric Arthur Blair), English novelist (tuberculosis, born <a href="/wiki/1903_in_literature" title="1903 in literature">1903</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/D._K._Broster" title="D. K. Broster">D. K. Broster</a>, English historical novelist (born <a href="/wiki/1877_in_literature" title="1877 in literature">1877</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Sabatini" title="Rafael Sabatini">Rafael Sabatini</a>, Italian-born English-language novelist (born <a href="/wiki/1875_in_literature" title="1875 in literature">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Irving_Bacheller" title="Irving Bacheller">Irving Bacheller</a>, American journalist and novelist (born <a href="/wiki/1859_in_literature" title="1859 in literature">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Lee_Masters" title="Edgar Lee Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a>, American poet (born <a href="/wiki/1868_in_literature" title="1868 in literature">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Mann" title="Heinrich Mann">Heinrich Mann</a>, German novelist (born <a href="/wiki/1871_in_literature" title="1871 in literature">1871</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_19" title="March 19">March 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs" title="Edgar Rice Burroughs">Edgar Rice Burroughs</a>, American author (born <a href="/wiki/1875_in_literature" title="1875 in literature">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Mounier" title="Emmanuel Mounier">Emmanuel Mounier</a>, French philosopher, journalist and theologian (born <a href="/wiki/1905_in_literature" title="1905 in literature">1905</a>)</li> <li><i>circa</i> <a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henric_Streitman" title="Henric Streitman">Henric Streitman</a>, Romanian essayist and journalist (born <a href="/wiki/1870_in_literature" title="1870 in literature">1870</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/F._O._Matthiessen" title="F. O. Matthiessen">F. O. Matthiessen</a>, American historian and literary critic (born <a href="/wiki/1902_in_literature" title="1902 in literature">1902</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert_Whitaker" title="Cuthbert Whitaker">Cuthbert Whitaker</a>, English yearbook editor (born <a href="/wiki/1873_in_literature" title="1873 in literature">1873</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Ehrenstein" title="Albert Ehrenstein">Albert Ehrenstein</a>, Austrian Expressionist poet (born <a href="/wiki/1886_in_literature" title="1886 in literature">1886</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/H._Bonciu" title="H. Bonciu">H. Bonciu</a>, Romanian novelist, poet and translator (cancer, born <a href="/wiki/1893_in_literature" title="1893 in literature">1893</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Smedley" title="Agnes Smedley">Agnes Smedley</a>, American journalist and writer (born <a href="/wiki/1892_in_literature" title="1892 in literature">1892</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cezaro_Rossetti" title="Cezaro Rossetti">Cezaro Rossetti</a>, Scottish-born Esperanto writer (born <a href="/wiki/1901_in_literature" title="1901 in literature">1901</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Belle_da_Costa_Greene" title="Belle da Costa Greene">Belle da Costa Greene</a>, American librarian (born <a href="/wiki/1883_in_literature" title="1883 in literature">1883</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alfred_O._Andersson" title="Alfred O. Andersson">Alfred O. Andersson</a>, English-born American journalist and newspaper publisher (born <a href="/wiki/1874_in_literature" title="1874 in literature">1874</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Cecil_Ives" title="George Cecil Ives">George Cecil Ives</a>, German-born English poet, writer and reformer (born <a href="/wiki/1867_in_literature" title="1867 in literature">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Glasier" title="Katharine Glasier">Katharine Glasier</a>, English writer and socialist (born <a href="/wiki/1867_in_literature" title="1867 in literature">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Gilpatric" title="Guy Gilpatric">Guy Gilpatric</a>, American short story writer (suicide, born <a href="/wiki/1896_in_literature" title="1896 in literature">1896</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cesare_Pavese" title="Cesare Pavese">Cesare Pavese</a>, Italian poet and novelist (born <a href="/wiki/1908_in_literature" title="1908 in literature">1908</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olaf_Stapledon" title="Olaf Stapledon">Olaf Stapledon</a>, English philosopher and science fiction writer (heart attack, born <a href="/wiki/1886_in_literature" title="1886 in literature">1886</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Rytter" title="Henrik Rytter">Henrik Rytter</a>, Norwegian dramatist, lyricist and translator (born <a href="/wiki/1887_in_literature" title="1887 in literature">1887</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolai_Hartmann" title="Nicolai Hartmann">Nicolai Hartmann</a>, German-Latvian philosopher (born <a href="/wiki/1882_in_literature" title="1882 in literature">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay" title="Edna St. Vincent Millay">Edna St. Vincent Millay</a>, American poet (heart attack, born <a href="/wiki/1892_in_literature" title="1892 in literature">1892</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kelly" title="Herbert Kelly">Herbert Kelly</a>, English religious writer and cleric (born <a href="/wiki/1860_in_literature" title="1860 in literature">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" title="George Bernard Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>, Irish dramatist, critic and activist (born <a href="/wiki/1856_in_literature" title="1856 in literature">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johannes_V._Jensen" title="Johannes V. Jensen">Johannes V. Jensen</a>, Danish author (born <a href="/wiki/1873_in_literature" title="1873 in literature">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sigizmund_Krzhizhanovsky" title="Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky">Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky</a>, Soviet short-story writer (born <a href="/wiki/1887_in_literature" title="1887 in literature">1887</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Villaurrutia" title="Xavier Villaurrutia">Xavier Villaurrutia</a>, Mexican poet and dramatist (born <a href="/wiki/1903_in_literature" title="1903 in literature">1903</a>)</li> <li><i>unknown dates</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Escombe" title="Edith Escombe">Edith Escombe</a>, English fiction writer and essayist (born <a href="/wiki/1866_in_literature" title="1866 in literature">1866</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Rowland" title="Helen Rowland">Helen Rowland</a>, American journalist and humorist (born <a href="/wiki/1875_in_literature" title="1875 in literature">1875</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Medal_(literary_award)" title="Carnegie Medal (literary award)">Carnegie Medal</a> for <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">children's literature</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elfrida_Vipont" title="Elfrida Vipont">Elfrida Vipont</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lark_on_the_Wing" title="The Lark on the Wing">The Lark on the Wing</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize" title="James Tait Black Memorial Prize">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> for Fiction: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Henriques" title="Robert Henriques">Robert Henriques</a>, <i>Through the Valley</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize" title="James Tait Black Memorial Prize">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> for Biography: <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Woodham-Smith" title="Cecil Woodham-Smith">Cecil Woodham-Smith</a>, <i>Florence Nightingale</i></li> <li>Mystery Writer Of Japan – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kazuo_Shimada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kazuo Shimada (page does not exist)">Kazuo Shimada</a>, <i>Shakai-bu Kisha</i> ("City Reporter")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbery_Medal" title="Newbery Medal">Newbery Medal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_de_Angeli" title="Marguerite de Angeli">Marguerite de Angeli</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Door_in_the_Wall_(novel)" title="The Door in the Wall (novel)">The Door in the Wall</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newdigate_Prize" title="Newdigate Prize">Newdigate Prize</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Bayley_(writer)" title="John Bayley (writer)">John Bayley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Bertrand Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premio_Nadal" title="Premio Nadal">Premio Nadal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elena_Quiroga" title="Elena Quiroga">Elena Quiroga</a>, <i>Viento del norte</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Logan" title="Joshua Logan">Joshua Logan</a>, <i>South Pacific</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction" title="Pulitzer Prize for Fiction">Pulitzer Prize for Fiction</a>: <a href="/wiki/A._B._Guthrie_Jr." title="A. B. Guthrie Jr.">A. B. Guthrie Jr.</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_West" title="The Way West">The Way West</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry" title="Pulitzer Prize for Poetry">Pulitzer Prize for Poetry</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Annie_Allen" title="Annie Allen">Annie Allen</a></i> (first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> winner)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_literature&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFIsaac_Asimov1957" class="citation book cs1">Isaac Asimov (1957). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4VobAQAAIAAJ"><i>Pebble in the Sky</i></a>. 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