1954 in literature
See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Under the Net by Iris Murdoch is published.
- Lord of the Flies by William G. Golding is published.
New books
- The Acrobats - Mordecai Richler
- Benton's Row - Frank Yerby
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (Le pont de la rivière Kwai) - Pierre Boulle
- The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
- The Egyptian - Mika Waltari
- Histoire d'O (Story of O) - Pauline Réage
- The Horse and His Boy - C. S. Lewis
- I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
- Ideas and Opinions - Albert Einstein
- Katherine - Anya Seton
- Live and Let Die - Ian Fleming
- Lord of the Flies - William G. Golding
- The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Love Is Eternal - Irving Stone
- Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
- Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir
- Mary Anne - Daphne du Maurier
- Nectar in a Sieve - Kamala Markandaya
- Never Victorious, Never Defeated - Taylor Caldwell
- No Time for Sergeants - Mac Hyman
- Not as a Stranger - Morton Thompson
- The Royal Box - Frances Parkinson Keyes
- Sayonara - James A. Michener
- Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck
- Under Milkwood (Poetry) - Dylan Thomas
- Under the Net - Iris Murdoch
- The View from Pompey's Head - Hamilton Basso
Births
- January 29 - Oprah Winfrey, actress, talk show host, producer, publisher
- February 6 - Argusto Emfazie, occultist, author
- Esther Delisle, Quebec author & historian
Deaths
- April 8 - Winnifred Eaton, Canadian author
- August 3 - Colette, French novelist
Awards
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Joseph Krumgold, And Now Miguel
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: John Patrick, The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Theodore Roethke: The Waking