Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction: William Faulkner
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Pauline Clarke, The Twelve and the Genii
- Eric Gregory Award: Donald Thomas, James Simmons, Brian Johnson, Jenny Joseph
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Ronald Hardy, Act of Destruction
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Meriol Trevor, Newman: The Pillar and the Cloud and Newman: Light in Winter
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
- Newdigate Prize: Stanley Johnson
- Nobel Prize for Literature: John Steinbeck
- Premio Nadal: José María Mendiola, Muerte por fusilamiento
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Edwin O'Connor, The Edge of Sadness
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Alan Dugan, Poems
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Christopher Fry
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