Events
- January 22 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
- 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.
- Ronald Harwood becomes Sir Donald Wolfit's dresser.
- John Dickson Carr writing as "Carter Dickson" publishes his final Sir Henry Merrivale mystery novel.
- Ian Fleming's James Bond is first brought into the world in Casino Royale.
- American novelist Howard Fast is awarded the Stalin Peace Prize.
- After five years as an English Teacher, Frederick Buechner moves to New York to become a full-time writer.
- Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 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.
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