1959

• The Insolent Breed, by Borden Deal (Scribner)
• Ain't Gonna Rain No More, by John Faulkner (Fawcett).
• Faulkner in the University, interviews by William Faulkner, edited by Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner (University of Virginia Press).
• Garden District, a play by Tennessee Williams (Secker & Warburg).
• Hard Candy, fiction by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).
• The Mansion, a novel by William Faulkner (Random House).
• Sweet Bird of Youth, a play by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).

March 27: David Galef born in New York.

William Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun produced on Broadway.

Tennessee Williams's play Sweet Bird of Youth produced on Broadway.

Premiere of the film The Sound and the Fury, based on the novel by William Faulkner.