Literary Hit Parade: 1960-1969
1960
Nobel Prize for Literature
Saint-John Perse, (1887-1975) French
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Delmore Schwatz
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
Poetry Heart's Needle, W. D. Snodgrass
Drama Fiorello, George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Sheldon Harnick, and Jerry Bock
National Book Award
Fiction Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Non-Fiction James Joyce, Richard Ellmann
Poetry Life Studies, Robert Lowell
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Brian Moore
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. Advise and Consent, Allen Drury 2. Hawaii, James A. Michener 4. The Chapman Report, Irving Wallace 10. Sermons and Soda-Water, John O'Hara
Nonfiction 1. Folk Medicine, D. C. Jarvis 2. Better Homes and Gardens First Aid for Your Family 4. May This House Be Safe from Tigers, Alexander King 7. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer 8. The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater 9. I Kid You Not, Jack Paar 10. Between You, Me and the Gatepost, Pat Boone
Died
Albert Camus, French writer (b. 1913)
1961
Nobel Prize for Literature
Ivo Andric, (1892-1975) Yugoslav
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Yvor Winters
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Poetry Times Three: Selected Verse from Three Decades, Phyllis McGinley
Drama All the Way Home, Tad Mosel
National Book Award
Fiction The Waters of Kronos, Conrad Richter
Non-Fiction The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer
Poetry The Woman at the Washington Zoo, Randall Jarrell
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
Hear Us O Lord from Heaven, Malcolm Lowry
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone 2. Franney and Zooey, J. D. Salinger 3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 5. The Carpetbaggers, Harold Robbins 6. Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller 10. The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck
Nonfiction 1. The New English Bible: The New Testament 2. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer 5. A Nation of Sheep, William Lederer 7. The Making of the President, 1960, Theodore H. White 10. Ring of Bright Water, Gavin Maxwell
1962
Nobel Prize for Literature
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
John Hall Wheelock & Richard Eberhart
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Edge of Sadness, Edwin O'Connor
Poetry Poems, Alan Dugan
Drama How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows
National Book Award
Fiction The Moviegoer, Walker Percy
Non-Fiction The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects, Lewis Mumford
Poetry Poems, Allan Dugan
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
Running to Paradise, Kildare Dobbs
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter 2. Dearly Beloved, Anne Morrow Lindbergh 4. Youngblood Hawke, Herman Wouk 6. Fail-Safe, Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler 7. Seven Days in May, Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Baily II 8. The Prize, Irving Wallace 10. The Reivers, William Faulkner
Nonfiction 1. Calories Don't Count, Dr. Herman Taller 2. The New English Bible: The New Testament 5. Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Charles M. Schulz 7. My Life in Court, Louis Nizer 9. Sex and the Single Girl, Helen Gurley Brown 10. Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck
1963
Nobel Prize for Literature
Giorgos Seferis, (1900-1971) Greek
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Robert Frost
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Reivers, William Faulkner
Poetry Pictures from Breughel, William Carlos Williams
Drama No Award Given
National Book Award
Fiction Morte D'Urban, J. F. Powers
Non-Fiction Henry James, Vol. II: The Conquest of London; Henry James, Vol. III: The Middle Years, Leon Edel
Poetry Traveling Through the Dark, William Stafford
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
Hugh Garner's Best Stories, Hugh Garner
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. The Shoes of the Fisherman, Morris L. West 2. The Group, Mary McCarthy 3. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour-An Introduction, J. D. Salinger 4. Caravans, James A. Michener 9. The Sand Pebbles, Richard McKenna 10. The Battle of the Villa, Fiorita, Rumer Godden
Nonfiction 1. Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Charles M. Schulz 2. Security Is a Thumb and a Blanket, Charles M. Schultz 3. J.F. K.: The Man and the Myth, Victor Lasky 4. Profiles in Courage: Inaugural Edition, John F. Kennedy 8. I Owe Russia $1200, Bob Hope 9. Heloise's Housekeeping Hints
1964
Nobel Prize for Literature
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French (Refused prize)
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
No Prize Awarded (Prize now awarded in alternate years)
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction No Award Given
Poetry At the End of the Open Road, Louis Simpson
Drama No Award Given
National Book Award
Fiction The Centaur, John Updike
Arts and Letters John Keats: The Making of a Poet, Aileen Ward
History and Biography The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William H. McNeill
Science, Philosophy, and Religion Man-Made America, Christopher Tunnard & Boris Pushkarev
Poetry Selected Poems, John Crowe Ransom
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
The Deserter, Douglas LePan
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carre 2. Candy, Terry Southeren & Mason Hoffenberg 3. Herzog, Saul Bellow 5. The Man, Irving Wallace 8. You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming
Nonfiction 1. Four Days, American Heritage & United Press International 2. I Need All the Friends I Can Get, Charles M. Schultz 3. Profiles in Courage: Memorial Edition, John F. Kennedy 4. In His Own Write, John Lennon 8. A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway
1965
Nobel Prize for Literature
Mikhail A. Sholokhov, (1905-1984) Russian
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Horace Gregory
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Keepers of the House, Shirley Ann Grau
Poetry 77 Dream Songs, John Berryman
Drama The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy
National Book Award
Arts and Letters Oysters of Lockmariaquer, Eleanor Clark
Fiction Herzog, Saul Bellow
History and Biography The Life of Lenin, Louis Fischer
Poetry The Far Field, Theodore Roethke
Science, Philosophy, and Religion God and Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion, Norbert Wiener
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
No Selection
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. The Source, James A. Michener 2. Up the Down Staircase, Bel Kaufman 4. The Looking Glass War, John Le Carre 5. The Green Berets, Robin Moore 7. The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming 8. Hotel, Arthur Hailey
Nonfiction 1. How to Be a Jewish Mother, Dan Greenberg 2. A Gift of Prophecy, Ruth Montgomery 4. World Aflame, Billy Graham 6. Markings, Dag Hammarskjold 7. A Thousand Days, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 9. Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen 10. The Making of the President,1964, Theodore H. White
1966
Nobel Prize for Literature
Shmuel (Samuel) Joseph Agnon, (1888-1970) Israeli (born in Poland) Nelly Sachs, (1891-1970) Swedish (born in Germany)
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
Poetry Selected Poems, Richard Eberhart
Drama No Award Given
National Book Award
Arts and Letters Paris Journal, 1944-1965, Janet Flanner
Fiction The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
History and Biography A Thousand Days, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Poetry Buckdancer's Choice Poems, James Dickey
Science, Philosophy, and Religion No Award Given
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
A Jest of God, Margaret Laurence
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann 2. The Adventurers, Harold Robbins 6. The Fixer, Bernard Malamud 8. Tai-Pan, James Clavell
Nonfiction 1. How to Avoid Probate, Norman, F. Dacey 2. Human Sexual Response, William Howard Masters & Virginia E. Johnston 3. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 7. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language v8. Rush to Judgment, Mark Lane 9. The Last Battle, Cornelius Ryan
1967
Nobel Prize for Literature
Miguel Angel Asturias, (1899-1974) Guatemalan
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
Robert Penn Warren
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Fixer, Bernard Malamud
Poetry Live or Die, Anne Sexton
Drama A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee
National Book Award
Arts and Letters Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, Justin Kaplan
Fiction The Fixer, Bernard Malamud
History and Biography The Enlightenment, Vol. I: An Interpretation in the Rise of Modern Paganism, Peter Gay
Poetry Nights and Days, James Merrill
Science, Philosophy, and Religion La Vida, Oscar Lewis
Translation Julio Cortazar's Hopscotch Willard Trask-Casanova's History of My Life, Gregory Rabassa
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
No Selection
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. The Arrangement, Elia Kazan 2-3. The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron 2-3. The Chosen, Chaim Potok 5. Christy, Catherine Marshall 6. The Eighth Day, Thornton Wilder 7. Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin
Nonfiction 1. Death of a President, William Manchester 2. Misery Is a Blind Date, Johnny Carson 3. Games People Play, Eric Berne, M. D. (3 rd. year) 4. Stanyon Street & Other Sorrows, Rod McKuen 7. Our Crowd, Stephen Birmingham 8-9-10. Edgar Cayce-The Sleeping Prophet, Jess Stearn; Better Homes and Gardens Favorite Ways with Chicken; Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual, Phyllis Diller
1968
Nobel Prize for Literature
Yasunari Kawabata, (1899-1972) Japanese
Appointed English Poet Laureate
C. Day Lewis
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
Poetry The Hard Hours, Anthony Hecht
Drama No Award Given
National Book Award
Arts and Letters Selected Essays, William Troy
Fiction The Eighth Day, Thornton Wilder
History and Biography Memoirs: 1925-1950, George F. Kennan
Poetry The Light Around the Body, Robert Bly
Science, Philosophy, and Religion Death at an Early Age, Jonathan Kozol
Translation Soren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers, Howard and Edna Hong
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
Dance of the Happy Shades, Alice Munro
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. Airport, Arthur Hailey 2. Couples, John Updike 7. Myra Breckinridge, Gore Vidal
Nonfiction 1. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 2. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language 3. Listen to the Warm, Rod McKuen 5. Lonesome Cities, Rod McKuen 7. The Money Game, Adam Smith
1969
Nobel Prize for Literature
Samuel Beckett, (1906-1989) Anglo-French (born in Ireland)
Bollingen Prize in Poetry
John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday
Poetry Of Being Numerous, George Oppen
Drama The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler
National Book Award
Arts and Letters The Armies of the Night as a Novel, The Novel as History, Norman Mailer
Children's Literature Journey from Peppermint Street, Meindert DeJong
Fiction Steps, Jerzy Konsinski
History and Biography White over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812, Winthrop D. Jordan
Poetry His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, John Berryman
The Sciences Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima, Robert J. Lifton
Translation Cavino's Cosmicomics, William Weaver
The Governor General's Literary Award (Fiction)
The Studhorse Man, Robert Kroetsch
Best Sellers
Fiction 1. Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth 2. The Godfather, Mario Puzo 5. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton 7. Naked Came the Stranger, Penelope Ashe 8. The Promise, Chaim Potok
Nonfiction 1. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Ed.-in-Chief William Morris 2. In Someone's Shadow, Rod McKuen 3. The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter & Raymond Hull 6. The Selling of the President 1968, Joe McGinniss 8. My Life and Prophecies, Jeane Dixon with Rene Noorbergen 10. Twelve Years of Christmas, Rod McKuen