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| 1954 |
| | | Politician and author Winston Churchill completes his six-volume history The Second World War | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Anglo-Irish novelist Iris Murdoch publishes her first novel, Under the Net | |
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| 1954 |
| | | English author Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim, strikes an anti-establishment chord | |
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| 1954 |
| | | William Golding gives a chilling account of schoolboy savagery in his first novel, Lord of the Flies | |
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| c. 1955 |
| | | Kingsley Amis and other young writers in Britain become known as Angry Young Men | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American is set in contemporary Vietnam and foresees troubles ahead | |
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| 1955 |
| | | English poet Philip Larkin finds his distinctive voice in his collection The Less Deceived | |
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| 1955 |
| | | British philologist J.R.R. Tolkien publishes the third and final volume of his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings | |
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| 1956 |
| | | English poet Ted Hughes marries US poet Sylvia Plath | |
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| 1956 |
| | | John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger features in the first season of London's new English Stage Company | |
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