Events November 4 - T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel is renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The first volume of Sir Winston Churchill's "The Second World War" (1948–1953) is published. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene 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 Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer is published. In 2001, the book would be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books The American Political Tradition - Richard Hofstadter Catalina - W. Somerset Maugham Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - Isaac Asimov The Golden Warrior - Hope Muntz Guard of Honor - James Gould Cozzens The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene The Hearth and the Eagle - Anya Seton The House of Sleep - Anna Kavan The Ides of March - Thornton Wilder John Aubrey and His Friends - Anthony Powell Joseph and His Brothers - Thomas Mann Last Of The Conquerors - William Gardner Smith The Living Is Easy - Dorothy West The Mask of Circe - C. L. Moore Melissa (novel) - Taylor Caldwell My Glorious Brothers - Howard Fast The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer Parris Mitchell of King's Row - Henry Bellamann Seraph On The Sewanee - Zora Neale Hurston The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pène du Bois The White Goddess - Robert Graves The World is Not Enough - Zoe B. Oldenbourg The Young Lions - Irwin Shaw Births February 5 - Christopher Guest, actor, writer, director, composer February 28 - Mike Figgis, director, writer, composer March 17 - William Gibson, writer Deaths Awards Newbery Medal for children's literature: William Pene du Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons Nobel Prize for literature: Thomas Stearns Eliot Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James A. Michener - Tales of the South Pacific Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: W. H. Auden: The Age of Anxiety
Births February 5 - Christopher Guest, actor, writer, director, composer February 28 - Mike Figgis, director, writer, composer March 17 - William Gibson, writer Deaths Awards Newbery Medal for children's literature: William Pene du Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons Nobel Prize for literature: Thomas Stearns Eliot Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James A. Michener - Tales of the South Pacific Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: W. H. Auden: The Age of Anxiety
Awards Newbery Medal for children's literature: William Pene du Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons Nobel Prize for literature: Thomas Stearns Eliot Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James A. Michener - Tales of the South Pacific Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: W. H. Auden: The Age of Anxiety