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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1996. ==Events== *July 1 - German orthography reform of 1996 agreed internationally. *July 8 - Harper Lee's ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and Mark Twain's ''Huckleberry Finn'', along with 30 other books, are removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas, because they "conflicted with the values of the community".〔(Herbert N. Foerstel, ''Banned in the USA'', Greenwood Press, 2002, p233 )〕 *July 11 - At the special request of Nelson Mandela, Benjamin Zephaniah hosts the president's Two Nations Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.〔(Life at the Hall - Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela ). Accessed 9 December 2014〕 *October 3 - First performance of Eve Ensler's ''The Vagina Monologues''. *''date unknown'' * *In the United Kingdom, the first Orange Prize for Fiction for female novelists is awarded to Helen Dunmore for ''A Spell of Winter''. * *Peter O'Donnell publishes ''Cobra Trap'', his final volume of adventures featuring Modesty Blaise; the first book in the series was published in 1965. * *Margaret Mitchell's long-lost first novella, ''Lost Laysen'', is published 80 years after it was written. * *Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's ''Romance Writings'', including first publication of her novel ''Princess Docile'', are first published 234 years after her death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1996 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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