1950 in literature

Events

Birth of The Peanuts . The characters (Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty and Shermy) appear for the first time on October 2nd, 1950 in seven American daily newspapers. The dog Snoopy will make its appearance later two days. Until his death in February 2000, the American draftsman Charles Schultz will write 17.897 Comic strip S daily newspapers whose development is based on the principle of comic of repetition (running gag) where the same situations between the characters return throughout the course of the history.

Julien Gracq, Literature with the stomach
Raymond Queneau, Sticks, Figures and letters
September: Publication in France of the Labyrinth of loneliness of Octavio Paz.

the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda publishes its poem of social, Marxist and revolutionary inspiration, the general Song (general Canto).

Jean Anouilh, the Repetition or love punished
Mars: Right the, of Albert Camus.
May 16th: The author of Rumanian origin of dramatic theater Eugene Ionesco introduces to his part the Professional singer bald person .

December 10th: The philosopher Bertrand Russell, Nobel Prize of literature.
See the list of the Price of the General governor 1950.
Price Goncourt: Paul Hake for wild Plays .
Price Renaudot: Pierre Molaine for Organ of the hell .
Price Femina: Serge Groussard for the Woman without last .
Grand Prix of the novel of the French Academy: Joseph Jolinon for Provincial the .

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