![]() Ohio, also decided on this day.Ī fierce opponent of censorship, Barney Rosset faced over 60 prosecutions around the country over the Tropic of Cancer, and also challenged censorship of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and other controversial works. Gerstein, in which the Court gave a brief per curium decision citing Jacobellis v. Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Millers masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its. The Supreme Court case was Grove Press v. Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation Miller, Henry, 1891-1980. The ban was finally broken in 1961 when Grove Press, run by Barney Rosset, decided to publish the book. The main cause of the ban was Miller’s use of the word “fuck” throughout the novel. Customs had barred it from being imported. ![]() His best-known novels include Tropic of Cancer (1934), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), and the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, 1949, Plexus, 1953, and Nexus, 1959), all published in France and banned in the US and the UK until 1964. Published in Paris in 1934, the novel was not published in the U.S. Henry Miller (1891-1980) is one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. Last featured on BookBub on September 11, 2022. ![]() ![]() The Supreme Court ruled on this day that Henry Miller’s famous novel Tropic of Cancer was not obscene. Exhilarating (The New York Times Book Review), with over 18,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. ![]()
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