1953 in literature

This article presents lists of literary events and publications in 1953.

Events

January 5 – Waiting For Godot, a play by Irish writer Samuel Beckett, has its first public stage première in French as En attendant Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris. Beckett's novel The Unnamable is also published in French this year.

January 22 – The Crucible, an historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism, opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre.

February 19 – Censorship: The State of Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.

April 13 – The face of popular literature is transformed with the publication of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel Casino Royale introducing the British spy character James Bond.

May – Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin is published. In 2001, the semi-autobiographical book will be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

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