List_of_banned_books

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of books banned by governments List of books banned by governments Part of a series on Censorship Books may be challenged at a local level, and possibly removed from schools or libraries as a result, but not legally banned in the involved community; examples of such from the United States can be found at List of most commonly challenged books in the U.S. Background By media Banned books Banned films · Re-edited film Internet · Music · Press Speech and expression Video games Methods Book burning · Bleeping Broadcast delay Content-control software Expurgation · Gag order Pixelization · Postal Prior restraint Self-censorship Whitewashing Chilling effect Conspiracy of silence Verbal offence No Cussing Club Contexts Corporate · Political Religious Criminal speech · Hate speech By country Censorship Freedom of speech Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books that have been banned by governments, for various reasons. These bans can be enacted at the national or sub-national level, and can carry legal penalties for their infraction. Books are also forbidden by religious authorities, who prohibit members of their faith from reading them, but without this being a criminal offense. Books are banned for a variety of reasons. For example, one reason is to protect the public from their contents. The threats that are cited to justify the bans may be abstract (e.g., "obscenity") or more concrete (e.g., "public safety"). For example, various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. For example, the Bible, the Qur’an, and other religious scriptures have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned by various governments. Similarly, books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as Leo Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God Is Within You, which was banned in Russia for being anti-establishment. Nonreligious books deemed critical of the state or its interests are another common target for banning.[1] Books are frequently banned as "obscene" or "indecent" when they are perceived to be a threat to "public morals". Sexual content especially in forms which are taboo in a given society - is the most common basis for such bans. In modern societies it is typical to material with sexual content to be made unavailable to children, without banning it altogether for adults, but certain kinds of content may receive a complete ban. Books that present criminal matters have also been subjected to censorship, usually on the grounds that they either incite or assist in committing crimes. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook and Hit Man. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z— See also — References — External links 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Author Type of Literature Essay Novel Children’s Novel/ Adventure Anti-war novel Fiction Novel List of books banned by governments Reason Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1951[2]. Banned in Norway in 1886, immediately after its publishing Banned in the province of Hunan, China (1931) for the portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level as humans.[3] Banned in Nazi Germany for demoralizing and insulting the Wehrmacht.[4] Theoretically banned in the Australian state of Queensland. Sale restricted to persons 18 and over in some other states. About a Silence Živorad in Literature Stojković Albertine Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Christian Krohg Lewis Carroll All Quiet on the Erich Maria Western Front Remarque American Psycho Angaray Animal Farm Bret Easton Ellis Sajjad Zaheer George Orwell Progressive Banned in 1936 by the British government [5] short stories Political novella Confiscated in Germany by Allied troops. Banned in 1946 in Yugoslavia. Also banned in Kenya in 1991 and in the United Arab Emirates in 2002.[6] Banned in the Kingdom of England for political reasons.[7] Banned in Kentucky for language and for being anti-Christian.[8] Reason Was banned in South Africa in 1955 because of the use of the word ’black’ in the title.[9] Banned in Ireland in 1932.[10] Banned in South Africa in 1979 for going against the government’s racial policies.[11] Reason Banned in Yugoslavia and Italy.[12] Seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.[12] In 1963 in Yugoslavia withdrawn by the publisher (Nolit) at request of SDB officials.[13]. Areopagitica As I Lay Dying John Milton William Faulkner Author Essay Novel Title Black Beauty Brave New World Burger’s Daughter Title The Call of the Wild Candide Curved River Type of Literature Anna Sewell Novel Aldous Huxley Nadine Gordimer Author Novel Novel Type of Literature Jack London Novel Voltaire Živojin Pavlović Novel story collection List of banned books This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. B C D E 2 A From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title The Da Vinci Code The Death of Lorca The Diary of Anne Frank Author Dan Brown Ian Gibson Anne Frank Type of Literature Novel Biography, True crime Biography, True crime List of books banned by governments Reason Banned in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity.[14] Banned briefly in Spain.[15] Banned in Lebanon for "portray[ing] Jews, Israel or Zionism favorably." "Inquiring further, he discovered a long list of prohibited books, films and music," including "William Styron’s ’Sophie’s Choice’; Thomas Keneally’s ’Schindler’s List’; Thomas Friedman’s ’From Beirut to Jerusalem’; books by Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and Isaac Bashevis Singer."[16] Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1966, at request of Mirko Tepavac, because "some definitions can cause disturbance among citizens"[13]. Banned within the USSR until 1988 for its criticism of the Bolshevik Party.[17] Banned in Canada in 1914.[18] Dictionary of Modern SerboCroatian Language Miloš dictionary Moskovljević Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak Droll Stories Honoré de Balzac Author Miguel Ángel Asturias Novel Title El Señor Presidente Type of Literature Novel Reason Banned in Guatemala because it went against the ruling political leaders. [19] F G H I J K L M N O P Q 3 R S T U V W X Y Z See also • Areopagitica: A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England • Book burning From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure The Federal Mafia Author Type of Literature List of books banned by governments Reason Banned in the USA in 1821 for obscenity, then again in 1963. This was the last book ever banned in the USA.[4] See also Memoirs v. Massachusetts. An injunction was issued by a U.S. District Court in Nevada under 26 U.S.C. § 7408 against Irwin Schiff and associates Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, against the sale of this book by those persons as the court found that the information it contains is fraudulent.[20] Banned in China in 1999 for giving instructions on how to make various explosive devices. Banned in South Africa in 1955 for being indecent and obscene. Banned in Norway in 1885, immediately after its publishing. Banned in Indonesia for being too communistic and for other political reasons.[21] Reason Written in 1996, claimed to be portraying intereligion occasional sex scenes involving a Christian woman and low caste-Hindu servant. Ban overturned in India.[22] Banned in many places in the US. In the region of California in which it was partially set, it was banned because it made the residents of this region look bad.[23] Banned in the Soviet Union because it went against the image the Soviet Government tried to project of itself and its policies.[24] Banned in Ireland [25] John Cleland Novel Irwin Schiff Nonfiction Fight Club Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus Fra KristianiaBohêmen The Fugitive (Perburuan) Title The God of Small Things Chuck Palahniuk Mary W. Shelley Hans Jæger Novel Novel Novel Pramoedya Novel Ananta Toer Author Arundhati Roy Type of Literature Novel The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Novel The Gulag Archipelago Gulliver’s Travels Title Howl Aleksandr Nonfiction Solzhenitsyn Jonathan Swift Author Allen Ginsberg Novel Type of Literature Poem Reason Banned in the US for obscenity in March of 1957, ban was repealed in October of the same year. Reason Banned in Maharashtra, India in 2007, after its publishing on grounds that it promotes communal disharmony between Hindus and Muslims.[26] Title Islam - A Concept of Political World Invasion Author R. V. Bhasin Type of Literature Political Ideology 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Johnny Got His Gun Author Dalton Trumbo Type of Literature Fiction List of books banned by governments Reason Banned by the American Government for being un-patriotic, anti-American, Profanity, sexual passages and anti-war Reason Banned in Thailand for its criticism of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[27] Reason Temporarily banned in the United States and UK for violation of obscenity laws. Temporarily banned in Australia.[28] Banned in Japan (1988 - 2005) to quell "political threats to boycott Japanese cultural exports", although the pictures were not those of the original version.[29] French officials banned it for being "obscene," as did the United Kingdom, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. [30] Banned due to "rape" scene and the idea that humans are truly savage. Banned in South Africa during Apartheid; Jackson responded that the government of South Africa "understood the story". Reason Banned in some European nations due to antiNazi laws. Was banned in the Soviet Union, but is not illegal in the Russian Federation Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1967 for "false and wicked claims, and enemy propaganda that supports pro-Chinese politics"[13]. Title Author Type of Literature Biography The King Never Paul M. Smiles Handley Title Lady Chatterley’s Lover Little Black Sambo Author D. H. Lawrence Helen Bannerman Type of Literature Novel Children’s Book Lolita Vladmir Nabokov William Golding Shirley Jackson Novel Lord of the Flies The Lottery Novel Short Story Title Mein Kampf Author Adolf Hitler Type of Literature Political ideology A Message to Man and Humanity Mirror of the Polish Crown The Mountain Wreath Aleksandar Cvetković Sebastian Miczyński Petar II PetrovićNjegoš Anti-Semitic Because this pamphlet published in 1618 was pamphlet one of the causes of the anti-Jewish riots in Cracow, it was banned by Sigismund III Vasa[31] Drama in verse Banned in Bosnia schools by Carlos Westendorp.[32] • Censorship • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • List of authors and works on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum • List of authors banned during the Third Reich • List of banned films • List of banned writers • List of most commonly challenged books in the U.S. 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Naked Lunch Author William S. Burroughs Milovan Đilas Type of Literature Novel List of books banned by governments Reason Banned by Boston courts in 1962 for obscenity, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[33] Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1957; author convicted for enemy propaganda to seven years in prison, prolonged to 13 years in 1962[13]. Banned in Yugoslavia by court order in 1945[2]. New Class The NickelLouis Forton comic book Plated-Feet Gang During the Occupation Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell Novel Banned by the Soviet Union in 1950, as Stalin (correctly) believed that it was a satire based on his leadership, it was nearly banned by USA and UK in the early 1960s during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was not until 1990 that the USSR legalised the book and it was re-released after editing. Notre ami le roi Gilles Perrault Biography of Banned in Morocco. This book is a biography of Hassan II of King Hassan and examines cases of torture, Morocco killing and political imprisonment said to have been carried out by the Moroccan Government.[34] Novel Banned in Iran. It is a real life story of an American citizen’s escape along with her daughter from the clutches of her husband in Iran. It created furor in Iran for showing the general conditions there in bad light as well as for being critical of Islamic customs. Banned in India. It exposes persons responsible for security lapses that led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. most Cubans and often quoted by Castro." ^ Arsić Ivkov, Marinko (2002-06-23). "Krivična estetika (32)" (in Serbian). Dnevnik (Novi Sad). http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/ 23-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm. Retrieved on April 25, 2009. [1] ^ Grannis, Chandler B.; Haight, Anne (Lyon) (1978). Banned books, 387 B. C. to 1978 A. D. New York: R. R. Bowker. pp. 80. ISBN 0-8352-1078-2. http://www.chowk.com/articles/10111 Karolides et al, p. 13-16 Karolides et al, p. 16-20 Noble, William (1990). Bookbanning in America: Who Bans Books? - And Why. Not Without My Betty Daughter Mahmoody Nine Hours To Rama Stanley Wolpert References [1] Skold, Walter. "Ray Bradbury Condemns Cuban Book Burning; ’Fahrenheit 451’ Author Takes Stance While U.S. Librarians Ignore Counterparts". WorldNetDaily. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45050. Retrieved on 10 Jan 2009. "Among some of the many thousands of materials burned or destroyed by the Cuban Department of Interior were books on the United States Constitution, Martin Luther King, Jr., journalism manuals, a book called ’Fidel’s Secret Wars,’ and in one case, even a book by José Martí, the Cuban hero of independence beloved by [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Author Type of Literature List of books banned by governments Reason Withdrawn from sales and destroyed after the decision of the Municipal Committee of the League of Communists of Kraljevo in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia in 1967[13]. On Fierce Ratko Zakić Wound - Fierce Herb On the Origins Adam F. and Perpetual Kollár Use of the Legislative Powers of the Apostolic Kings of Hungary in Matters Ecclesiastical. One Day of Life Manlio Argueta Title The Peaceful Pill Handbook Author Legalpolitical Banned by the Vatican for arguments against the political role of the Roman Catholic Church.[35] Original title: De Originibus et Usu perpetuo. Novel Banned by El Salvador for its portrayal of human rights violations.[36] Reason Initially banned in New Zealand by Office of Film & Literature Classification since it was deemed to be objectionable.[37] In May 2008 it was allowed for sale if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed. The book remains banned outright in Australia. A digital edition is available from Peacefulpill.com [8][38] Banned in India. Exposes unholy nexus between Dhirubhai Ambani - A leading Indian industrialist and the Indian Government. Contains details on how he managed to control and subjugate the press, bring down a Central Government and bribed Politicians to obtain legislations in his favour. Ban in India believed to be due to proximity of Mukesh Ambani to the present Government. Reason Type of Literature Philip Instructional Nitschke and manual on Fiona euthanasia Stewart Polyester Hamish Prince - Rise of MacDonald Dhirubhai Ambani Biography Title Author Type of Literature Type of Literature Religious Political Title Rangila Rasul Rights of Man Author Pt. Chamupati Thomas Paine Reason Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.[39] Banned in the UK and author charged with treason for supporting the French Revolution.[12] Banned in Tsarist Russia after the Decembrist revolt.[40] Middlebury, VT: Paul S. Eriksson. pp. 6–8. ISBN 0-8397-1080-1. 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title The Satanic Verses Author Salman Rushdie Type of Literature Novel List of books banned by governments Reason Banned in Bangladesh, India, Singapore,[41] and Iran for blasphemy.[42] Banned in India.[43] Soft Target: Zuhair Kash- Investigative How Indian In- meri & Brian Journalism telligence Ser- McAndrew vice Penetrated Canada The Sorrows of Johann Young Werther Wolfgang von Goethe Novel Banned in several European countries because of the encouragement of suicidal deaths it showed in the public. [44] Banned in Norway in 1957 for its explicit sexual content. The ban was lifted by the Supreme Court in 1958. The Song of the Agnar Mykle Novel Red Ruby Spycatcher Peter Wright Autobiography Banned in UK 1985-1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987.[45][46] Boško Novaković story collection Withdrawn from print in in Yugoslavia in 1964 because it contained stories by Dragiša Vasić[13]. Reason Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. The rest of Miller’s work was also banned by the United States.[48] Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s. Banned in Germany for its Nazi ideology theme and Pierce leadership in the National Alliance. Blamed for a number of crimes allegedly inspired by the novel.[49] [16] [4] [17] Karolides et al, p. 40-45 [18] CBC’s The Current the whole show blow by blow. [19] Karolides et al, p. 45-50 [20] See also footnote 1, United States v. Schiff, 2008-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) paragr. 50,111 (9th Cir. 2007), citing United States v. Schiff, 379 F.3d 621, 630 (9th Cir. 2004), regarding the Court’s finding that the book The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes constituted "fraudulent commercial speech." [21] Karolides et al, p. 50-57 Storytellers II Title Tropic of Cancer Author Type of Literature Henry Miller Novel (fictionalized memoir) The Turner Diaries William Luther Pierce Novel [9] "Why Were These Books Banned?". http://library.dixie.edu/new/ whybanned.html. [10] Forbidden library [11] Karolides et al, p. 29-32 [12] ^ "Banned Books Online". http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ banned-books.html. [13] ^ Arsić Ivkov, Marinko (2002-06-24). "Krivična estetika (33)" (in Serbian). Dnevnik (Novi Sad). http://www.dnevnik.rs/arhiva/ 24-06-2002/Strane/feljton.htm. Retrieved on April 25, 2009. [14] [2] [15] [3] 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Title Ulysses Author James Joyce Type of Literature Novel List of books banned by governments Reason Challenged and temporarily banned in the US for its sexual content. Ban overturned in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses. Banned in the Southern States and Tsarist Russia since the government expected the people to see similarities between treatment of slaves in the US and the treatment of the Russian serfs.[50] Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Novel United StatesVietnam Relations: 1945-1967 Robert McNamara and the United States Department of Defense Jens Bjørneboe Bertrand Russell Author Government President Nixon attempted to suspend publicaStudy tion of classified information. See: New York Times Co. v. United States Uten en tråd Unarmed Victory Title Novel Published in 1966, banned in Norway for its explicit sexual content. The ban was later lifted. Banned in India. Contains unflattering details of the 1962 Sino-India War. Type of Literature Type of Literature Reason Title Watershed The Wealth of Nations The Well of Loneliness Title Author Čeda Vuković Reason Self-banned by the publisher Nolit in Yugoslavia in 1968[13]. Banned in communist nations for its capitalist content. Banned in the UK in 1928 for its lesbian theme, republished in 1949.[51] Reason Adam Smith Economic treatise Radclyffe Hall Author Novel Type of Literature Type of Literature Politics Title Year 501: The Conquest Continues Author Noam Chomsky Reason Banned for distribution in South Korean military as one of 23 books banned from Aug 1st 2008. [52] Title Zhuan Falun Author Li Hongzhi Type of Literature Spiritual Reason Banned in China as part of the persecution of Falun Gong, which began in 1999.[53] [23] Karolides et al, p 57-71 [24] Karolides et al, p 71-78 [25] http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/ [22] "Top 10 "Obscene" Literary Classics". http://civilliberty.about.com/od/ freespeech/tp/obscenenovels.htm. 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of books banned by governments [26] [5] [43] "Amazon Soft Target Book listing". [27] Warrick-Alexander, James (February 6, http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Target2006). Thailand Bars Univ. Website. Yale Intelligence-Service-Penetrated/dp/ Daily News. 1550289047. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. [28] Cleland, John; Rembar, Charles; Miller, [44] [Quirkology: The science of everyday Henry (1986). The end of obscenity: the lifes] trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of [45] Zuckerman, Laurence (1987-08-17). cancer, and Fanny Hill. San Francisco: "How Not to Silence a Spy". Time. Time Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-097061-8. Warner. http://www.time.com/time/ [29] "Banned Books". undated. magazine/article/0,9171,965233,00.html. http://www.sanftleben.com/ Retrieved on 2008-01-20. Banned%20Books/collection7.html. [46] 1987: Ban lifted on MI5 man’s memoirs Retrieved on 2008-09-06. [47] "Edict Against Arius". 333. [30] http://www.time.com/time/specials/ http://faculty.wlc.edu/thompson/fourthpackages/article/ century/urkunden/trans33.htm. 0,28804,1842832_1842838_1845288,00.html [48] From Henry Miller to Howard Stern, by [31] Ringelblum, Emanuel; Joseph Kermish, Patti Davis, Newsweek, March, 2004 Shmuel Krakowski. Polish-Jewish [49] "’Turner Diaries’ introduced in McVeigh Relations During the Second World War. trial". http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/28/ Northwestern University Press. pp. 190. okc/. ISBN 0810109638. [50] "Stowe Debate". [32] "New World Order’s Inquisition in http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ Bosnia". http://www.truthinmedia.org/ mi_qa3709/is_199610/ai_n8740719. TruthinMedia/Bulletins/tim98-7-1.html. [51] Smith, David (2005-01-02). "Lesbian [33] http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/ novel was ’danger to nation’". The features/beats.php Observer. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ [34] Notre ami le roi par Gilles Perrault uk_news/story/0,,1382051,00.html. [35] Andor Csizmadia, Adam Franz Kollár und Retrieved on 2006-10-09. die ungarische rechtshistorische [52] Military expands book blacklist Forschung. 1982. [53] Why is Falun Gong Banned?, New [36] Ferris, Geoff (February 2002). "One Day Statesman, 19 August, 2008. of Life". Western Michigan University. http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/ onedayoflife.html. Retrieved on • Banned cartoons December 12, 2008. • Book Burning [37] Office of Film & Literature Classification • Banned books online - "The Peaceful Pill Handbook banned" • Castro and the ACLU v Miami’s Book [38] http://www.censorship.govt.nz/pdfword/ ’Ban’, by Humberto Fontova, 8 August peaceful%20pill%20s38.pdf Office of 2006 Film & Literature Classification • Beacon For Freedom of Expression’s list [39] Self and Sovereignty: Individual and of 14,499 South African banned books and Community in South Asian Islam Since newspapers 1950 - 1994 1850 by Ayesha Jalal [40] [6] [41] "Singapore will not Allow Publication of Prophet Cartoons". Bloomberg.com. 2006-02-10. http://www.bloomberg.com/ apps/ news?pid=10000080&sid=a0i6xbGIysFQ&refer=asia. Retrieved on 2007-06-14. [42] [7] External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments" Categories: Censorship, Freedom of expression, Lists of books, Lists of controversial books 10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of books banned by governments This page was last modified on 16 May 2009, at 01:15 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 11