1964 in literature
See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Armageddon – Leon Uris
- The Arms of Krupp 1587–1968 – William Manchester
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
- The Farm Book – Jan Pfloog
- Fortunate Pilgrim – Mario Puzo
- Funeral in Berlin – Len Deighton
- Herzog – Saul Bellow
- The Jealous God – John Braine
- Flowers for Hitler – Leonard Cohen
- Julian – Gore Vidal
- Little Big Man – Thomas Berger
- The Luzhin Defense – Vladimir Nabokov
- The Man – Irving Wallace
- The Martyred – Richard E. Kim
- A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemingway
- One-Dimensional Man – Herbert Marcuse
- A Purple Place For Dying – John D. MacDonald
- Rascal – Sterling North
- The Rector of Justin – Louis Auchincloss
- Second Generation – Raymond Williams
- Shadow and Act – Ralph Ellison
- Shadow of a Bull – Maia Wojciechowska
- A Song of Six Pence – A.J. Cronin
- The Valley of Bones – Anthony Powell
- When the Lion Feeds – Wilbur Smith
- Why We Can't Wait – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- You Only Live Twice – Ian Fleming
- The Splendid Belt of Mr. Big – Sara Bulette
Births
- March 7 – Bret Easton Ellis, author
- July 3 – Joanne Harris, author
Deaths
- January 17 – T.H. White, author
- February 3 – Clarence Irving Lewis, philosopher
- February 25 – Grace Metalious, writer Peyton Place
- April 14 – Rachel Carson, environmentalist author
- April 18 – Ben Hecht, screenwriter
- August 3 – Flannery O'Connor
- August 12 – Ian Fleming, James Bond author
- September 18 – Sean O'Casey, dramatist
- December 21 – Carl Van Vechten
Awards
- See 1964 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Hugo Award: Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Emily Cheney Neville, It's Like This, Cat
- Nobel Prize for literature – Jean-Paul Sartre
- Prix Goncourt: Georges Conchon, L'Etat sauvage
- Prix Médicis: Monique Wittig, L'Opoponax
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Louis Simpson: At The End Of The Open Road
- Viareggio Prize: Giuseppe Berto, Il male oscuro
Categories: 1964 books