1950s: 1950 - 1959
...arts Theatre Literature English literature Literature in English Drama Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1958 1958 The Fire Raisers , by Swiss dramatist Max Frisch, is performed in Zürich Fire Raisers, The The Oxford Dictionary of Plays 1 20th century Performing arts Theatre Literature Drama Switzerland 1958 1958 Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita is published in Paris Lolita The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 20th century Literature American literature French literature Literature in English...
1960s: 1960 - 1969
...novels, is published just a month before his death Reivers, The The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America United States 1962 1962 British author Doris Lessing publishes an influential feminist novel, The Golden Notebook Golden Notebook, The The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1962 1962...
1980s: 1980 - 1989
...opens in New York Little Shop of Horrors (1982) The Oxford Companion to American Theatre 3 20th century Performing arts Theatre Literature American literature Literature in English Drama North America United States 1982 1982 Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off opens in London's West end Frayn, Michael (1933) The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre 2 20th century Performing arts Theatre Literature English literature Literature in English Drama Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1982 1982 Sun Myung Moon,...
1970s: 1970 - 1979
...Literature in English 1 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America United States 1970 1970 The breakaway province of Biafra surrenders after three years of devastating civil war in Nigeria Biafra A Dictionary of World History 2 20th century War Africa West Africa Germany 1970 1970 Australian author David Malouf is first published as a poet, with his collection Bicycle and Other Poems Malouf, David (1934– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 20th century Literature American literature Literature in...
1990s: 1990 - 1999
...US author Cormac McCarthy's trilogy set in Mexico McCarthy, Cormac (1933) The Oxford Companion to American Literature 6 20th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction Latin America Mexico North America United States 1992 1992 English poet Thom Gunn's The Man with Night Sweats deals openly with AIDS Gunn, Thom (1929–2004) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Poetry Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1992...
21st century: 2000 - 2011
...62 and Tsvangirai's 57 seats in the assembly Zimbabwe A Dictionary of World History 2 Politics Zimbabwe 2000 2000 The Amber Spyglass completes Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials Pullman, Philip (1946– ) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 2000 2000 A White House ceremony celebrates a full draft of the human genome completed by two rival projects Human Genome Project A Dictionary of Genetics...
