1961 in literature
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See also: 1960 in literature, other events of 1961, 1962 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• The Moviegoer by Walker Percy is published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Scottish author Muriel Spark is published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• V. S. Naipaul's book, A House for Mr. Biswas, is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Naipaul to be included on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is published. In 2001, the book would be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• The Agony and the Ecstasy - Irving Stone
• Call for the Dead - John le Carré
• The Carpetbaggers - Harold Robbins
• Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
• Daughter of Silence - Morris West
• Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
• A House for Mr. Biswas - V. S. Naipaul
• Mila 18 - Leon Uris
• The Moviegoer - Walker Percy
• A Passion in Rome - Morley Callaghan
• The Pawnbroker - Edward Lewis Wallant
• The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
• A Severed Head - Iris Murdoch
• The Stone Angel - Margaret Laurence
• Thunderball - Ian Fleming
• 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty - Pat Boone
• Venusberg - Anthony Powell
• The Wall - John Hersey
• The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck
• Zima Junction - Yevegeny Yevtushenko

Births

• December 30 - Douglas Coupland, author
• Greg Egan, author

Deaths

• January 10 - Dashiell Hammett, author
• January 21 - Blaise Cendrars, author
• July 2 - Ernest Hemingway, author

Awards

• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Nobel Prize for literature - Ivo Andric
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tad Mosel, All The Way Home
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Phyllis McGinley: Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades

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