1964 in literature
Tests
- consciencism. Philosophy and ideology for the decolonization and the development, with a reference particular to the African Revolution , test of Kwame Nkrumah.
- December: the Heirs to Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron.
Novels
- January: the Words (Jean-Paul Sartre) autobiographical account of Jean-Paul Sartre.
Theater
- May: Foundation of the Theater of the Sun of ARIANE Mnouchkine, which will move in 1970 with the Cartridge factory of Vincennes.
Rewards
- December 10th: Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Prize of literature.
- See the list of the Price of the General governor 1964.
Principal births
- February 5th: Pascal de Duve, Belgian writer of French expression
Principal deaths
- August 12th: Ian Fleming, British, creative writer of James Bond