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-:[[1950]] - [[1951]] - [[1952]] - [[1953]] - [[1954]] - [[1955]] - [[1956]] - [[1957]] - [[1958]] - [[1959]] - [[1960]] +'''1956''' (MCMLVI) is the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the [[2nd millennium]], the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the [[1950s]] decade.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
===Literature=== ===Literature===
 +====Fiction====
*''[[The Image (novel)|The Image]]'' by Catherine Robbe-Grillet *''[[The Image (novel)|The Image]]'' by Catherine Robbe-Grillet
*''[[The Outsider (Colin Wilson)|The Outsider]]'' by Colin Wilson *''[[The Outsider (Colin Wilson)|The Outsider]]'' by Colin Wilson
-*''[[Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale]]'' by Queneau+*''[[Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale]]'' by Raymond Queneau
 +*''[[Howl and Other Poems]]'' by Allen Ginsberg
 +====Non-fiction====
 +*''[[The Nude]]'' by Kenneth Clark
 +*''[[The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster]]'' by Norman Mailer
 +*"[[Mode d'emploi du détournement]]" by Wolman and Debord
 + 
===Visual culture=== ===Visual culture===
*''[[This is Tomorrow]]'' exposition opens in London. *''[[This is Tomorrow]]'' exposition opens in London.
-*''[[Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?]]'' by [[Richard Hamilton]]+*''[[Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?]]'' by Richard Hamilton
*[[Ericofon]] *[[Ericofon]]
 +*''[[Love on the Left Bank ]]'' by Ed van der Elsken
===Music=== ===Music===
-* "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]"+====Singles====
-* "[[Fever (1956 song)|Fever]]"+* [[Heartbreak Hotel]] by Elvis Presley
-* "[[Love Is Strange]]"+* [[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]] by Little Willie John
 +* [[Love Is Strange]] by Mickey & Sylvia
 +* [[Smokestack Lightning]] by Howlin' Wolf
 +* [[Jeep's Blues]] by Duke Ellington
 +* [[I Put a Spell on You]] by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
 +*[[Can't Hardly Stand It]] by Charlie Feathers
 +====Albums====
 +*[[Chansons “possibles” et “impossibles”]] by Boris Vian
===Film=== ===Film===
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* ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' by Don Siegel * ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' by Don Siegel
* ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' by Fred M. Wilcox * ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' by Fred M. Wilcox
 +*''[[The Red Balloon]]'' by Albert Lamorisse
 +
== Births == == Births ==
* [[François Schuiten]], Belgian comics artist * [[François Schuiten]], Belgian comics artist
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* [[Lars von Trier]] * [[Lars von Trier]]
* [[Jacques de Loustal]] * [[Jacques de Loustal]]
 +* [[Andy Goldsworthy]], British artist
==Deaths == ==Deaths ==

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1956 (MCMLVI) is the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.

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