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Events relating to english literature
Paul Scofield plays Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons
Penguin Books are prosecuted for obscenity for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, and are acquitted
British author Roald Dahl publishes a novel for children, James and the Giant Peach
British novelist Muriel Spark publishes The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, set in an Edinburgh school in the 1930s
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, setting poems by Wilfred Owen, is first performed in the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral
British author Doris Lessing publishes an influential feminist novel, The Golden Notebook
British author P.D. James's first novel, Cover Her Face, introduces her poet detective Adam Dalgleish
Anthony Burgess publishes A Clockwork Orange, a novel depicting a disturbing and violent near-future
US poet Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London
English author John Le Carré publishes a Cold-War thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
English author Margaret Drabble publishes her first novel, A Summer Birdcage
Sexual intercourse begins in this year, according to Philip Larkin's 1974 poem Annus Mirabilis
Roald Dahl publishes a fantasy treat for a starving child, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
English author A.S. Byatt publishes her first novel, Shadow of a Sun
English novelist Paul Scott publishes The Jewel in the Crown, the first volume in his 'Raj Quartet'
Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins critical acclaim for Death of a Naturalist, his first volume containing more than a few poems
After a long period of obscurity, Wide Sargasso Sea brings novelist Jean Rhys back into the literary limelight
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, is produced at the Edinburgh Festival
English author Angela Carter wins recognition with her quirky second novel, The Magic Toyshop
English playwright Alan Ayckbourn has his first success with Relatively Speaking
Three young Liverpool poets publish a shared anthology under the title The Mersey Sound
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, by English dramatist Peter Nichols, has its premiere in London
English biographer Michael Holroyd completes his two-volume life of Lytton Strachey
English novelist John Fowles publishes The French Lieutenant's Woman, set in Lyme Regis in the 1860s
English dramatist Caryl Churchill's first play, Owners, is produced in London
