 the year 1953 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ==events== *january 5 - waiting for godot, a play by irish writer samuel beckett, has its first public stage premiÃ¨re in french as en attendant godot at the thÃ©Ã¢tre de babylone in paris. beckett's novel the unnamable is also published in french this year. *january 22 - the crucible, an historical drama by arthur miller written as an allegory of mccarthyism, opens on broadway at the martin beck theatre. *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 introducing the british spy character james bond. *may - go tell it on the mountain by james baldwin is published. in 2001, the semi-autobiographical book will 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 top 100? 100 best novels list draws heavy dose of criticism", via cnn. by jamie allen, may 6, 1999 *july 13 - opening of first stratford shakespearean festival of canada in stratford, ontario. *october 21 - shortly after being made a knight bachelor, english actor sir john gielgud is convicted of "persistently importuning male persons for an immoral purpose" (cottaging) in chelsea, london. *ronald harwood becomes sir donald wolfit's dresser. *john dickson carr writing as "carter dickson" publishes his final sir henry merrivale mystery novel. *after five years as an english teacher, frederick buechner moves to new york city to become a full-time writer. *federico garcÃ­a lorca's obras completas ("complete works") are published in spain as a prohibition on his work is lifted there. *american novelist howard fast is awarded the stalin peace prize. *city lights bookstore established in san francisco by lawrence ferlinghetti and peter d. martin. ==new books== *sholom aleichem - adventures of mottel the cantor's son (english translation) *phyllis shand allfrey - the orchid house *isaac asimov - second foundation *[[james b
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