1961
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex." --Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower's farewell address, January 17, 1961 "There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to, but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle." --Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller (p. 56, ch. 5) |
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1961 is the 961st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1960s decade.
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Art and culture
Music
- El Watusi by Ray Barretto
- Moon River by Danny Williams
- Comin' Home Baby! by the Dave Bailey Quartet
- Zou Bisou Bisou by Gillian Hills
Visual art
- Artist's Shit by Italian artist Piero Manzoni
- L'Homme qui marche I by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti
Film
- Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais
- Victim by Basil Dearden
- The Innocents by Jack Clayton
- Accattone by Pasolini
Literature
Fiction
- Catch-22 by Joseph L. Heller
- A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
- Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Non-fiction
- L'art fantastique, an anthology of fantastic art by Marcel Brion
- The Tears of Eros by Georges Bataille
Poetry
- Hundred Thousand Billion Poems by Raymond Queneau
Births
Deaths
- Maya Deren (1917 - 1961)
- Louis-Ferdinand D. Céline (1894 - 1961)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961)
