Anul 1956 în literatură a implicat o serie de evenimente și cărți noi semnificative. Evenimente
Cărți noi Ficțiune Kingsley Amis – That Uncertain Feeling Poul Anderson – Planet of No Return Isaac Asimov – The Naked Sun James Baldwin – Giovanni's Room Sybille Bedford – A Legacy Saul Bellow – Seize the Day Pierre Berton – The Mysterious North Alfred Bester – The Stars My Destination (caTiger! Tiger!) W. E. Bowman – The Ascent of Rum Doodle Pearl S. Buck – Imperial Woman Anthony Burgess – Time for a Tiger Albert Camus – Căderea (La Chute) John Dickson Carr Patrick Butler for the Defense Fear is the Same (ca Carter Dickson) Agatha Christie – Dead Man's Folly Arthur C. Clarke – The City and the Stars A. J. Cronin A Thing of Beauty Crusader's Tomb Antonio di Benedetto – Zama Philip K. Dick The Man Who Japed The Minority Report Gordon R. Dickson Alien From Arcturus Mankind on the Run Alfred Döblin – Tales of a Long Night (Hamlet oder Die lange Nacht nimmt ein Ende) Friedrich Dürrenmatt – A Dangerous Game (Die Panne – The Breakdown – or Traps) Ian Fleming – Diamonds Are Forever Romain Gary – Les Racines du ciel William Golding – Pincher Martin Henri René Guieu – Les Monstres du Néant Mark Harris – Bang the Drum Slowly Marguerite Henry – Misty of Chincoteague Frank Herbert – The Dragon in the Sea (first book publication) Georgette Heyer – Sprig Muslin Kathryn Hulme – The Nun's Story Feri Lainšček – Petelinji zajtrk C. S. Lewis – Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold Rose Macaulay – The Towers of Trebizond Ed McBain – Cop Hater Naguib Mahfouz – Palace Walk (بين القصرين, Bein el-Qasrein, first of the Cairo Trilogy) Grace Metalious – Peyton Place Nicholas Monsarrat – The Tribe that Lost its Head Farley Mowat – Lost in the Barrens Agnar Mykle – The Song of the Red Ruby (Sangen om den røde rubin) Edwin O'Connor – The Last Hurrah Pier Paolo Pasolini – Ragazzi di vita Mervyn Peake – Boy in Darkness Mary Renault – The Last of the Wine Kenneth Roberts – Boon Island João Guimarães Rosa – The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (Grande Sertão: Veredas) Françoise Sagan – A Certain Smile (Un Certain Sourire) Samuel Selvon – The Lonely Londoners Irwin Shaw – Lucy Crown Khushwant Singh – Train to Pakistan Rex Stout Might as Well Be Dead Three Witnesses Kay Thompson – Eloise A. E. van Vogt – The Wizard of Linn Heimito von Doderer – Die Dämonen: Nach der Chronik des Sektionsrates Geyrenhoff (The Demons) Angus Wilson – Anglo-Saxon Attitudes P. G. Wodehouse – French Leave Kateb Yacine – Nedjma Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治) – The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War (Shin Heike monogatari, a retelling of The Tale of the Heike)
Pentru copii și adolescenți Fred Gipson – Old Yeller Rumer Godden – The Fairy Doll C. S. Lewis – The Last Battle Ian Serraillier – The Silver Sword Dodie Smith – The Hundred and One Dalmatians Eve Titus – Anatole (first in the Anatole and Basil series of 14 books)
Non-ficțiune John G. Bennett – Dramatic Universe Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals Margery Fish – We Made a Garden Carl Gustav Jung – Mysterium Coniunctionis A. J. Liebling – The Sweet Science Norman Mailer – The White Negro Octavio Paz – El arco y la lira Lobsang Rampa – The Third Eye
Teatru
Zbor de noapte (Piesă în trei acte și șase tablouri), Editura militară, de Nicolae Tăutu Jean Anouilh – Pauvre Bitos, ou Le dîner de têtes (Poor Bitos) Ferdinand Bruckner – The Fight with the Angel (Der Kampf mit dem Engel) José Manuel Castañón – Moletú-Volevá Friedrich Dürrenmatt – The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame) Max Frisch – Phiipp Hotz's Fury (Die Grosse Wut des Philipp Hotz) Hugh Leonard – The Birthday Party Saunders Lewis – Siwan Bruce Mason – The Pohutukawa Tree Arthur Miller – A View from the Bridge (revised version) Yukio Mishima – Rokumeikan Heiner Müller and Inge Müller – Der Lohndrücker (The Scab, written) Eugene O'Neill – Long Day's Journey into Night John Osborne – Look Back in Anger Arnold Wesker – Chicken Soup with Barley (written)
Poezie
Allen Ginsberg – Howl and Other Poems Harry Martinson – Aniara Yevgeny Yevtushenko – Stantsiia Zima (Станция Зима, Stație de iarnă)
Nașteri
Decese
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