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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1950. Events. January 19 – Isaac Asimov's first full-length novel, ...
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. [1] The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1950 through 1959 . The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the ...
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This article gives a chronological list of years in literature, with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance , Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century.
Date Book Author January 1: The Egyptian: Mika Waltari: January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19: The Parasites: Daphne du Maurier
August 27 – Cesare Pavese (born 1908) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator October 19 – Edna St. Vincent Millay , 58 (born 1892 ), of a heart attack; September 17 – Hoshino Tenchi 星野天知 (born 1862 ), Meiji period poet and martial arts master; a co-founder of Bungakukai literary magazine; 8th Grand Master and a ...
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .