1948 in literature

See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• November 4 - T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel is renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• The first volume of Sir Winston Churchill's "The Second World War" (1948–1953) is published.
• The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene is published.
• The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer is published.