1951 in literature

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

J. D. Salinger, opening lines of The Catcher in the Rye

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1951.