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This is a selected list of authors and works listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.The Index was discontinued on June 14, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. [1] [2]A complete list of the authors and writings present in the subsequent editions of the index are listed in J. Martinez de Bujanda, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1600–1966, Geneva, 2002.
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia); Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, subject to the local bishop. [1]
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The following articles contain lists of prohibited books: Index Librorum Prohibitorum. List of authors and works on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum; List of books banned by governments. Book censorship in Canada; Book censorship in China; List of books banned in India; Book censorship in Iran; List of authors banned in Nazi Germany
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Banned in the 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. [274] [275] Lord Horror: David Britton: 1990 1991 1992 Novel Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK.
During the first half of the 2022-23 school year there were 1,477 instances of individual books banned, 28% more books banned across the U.S. compared to the previous six months, according to PEN ...