7 BOOKS THAT WERE FORBIDDEN IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Although the "right to culture" appears in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in many constitutions around the world, this is not always respected. Not a few countries where this right existed only on paper.

Whether for political or moral religious reasons, governments ban and censor famous books all the time. Make no mistake, this is quite normal in more radical countries. Ever thought you'd be banned from reading that favorite book of yours, imagine what a tragedy.

1 - Burger's Daughter, Nadine Gordimer

When the subject is censorship for political reasons, soon we are reminded of philosophical works or even real reports of people persecuted by dictatorships. At the time this book was released, it was deemed "a threat to the security of South Africa" by the authorities. Their import was soon banned.

2 - The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien

The great fantastic trilogy written by Tolkien was criticized by religious groups for their content considered pagan. In 2001, church members from New Mexico, USA, even burned a few copies of the book. The trilogy was accused of vindicating Satanism.

3 - The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

This is one of the books responsible for theorizing the foundations of the modern economy, and also one of the most criticized in all history. After concentrating his defense on the freedom of trade and property, the economist Adam Smith saw his work to be prohibited by the aristocracy of century XVIII by its critics to the mercantilism.

4 - Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba

"Death Note" is a famous Japanese manga that has suffered censorship with censorship. It was banned in China by local authorities. Do you want to know why? They wanted to protect the students' physical and mental health. The play could "mislead innocent children" and "distort your mind and your spirit."

5 - 1984, George Orwell

Orwell's work has already been considered by TIME as one of the most persecuted books around the globe. And no less. In 1950, Stalin called for censorship of the book in the Soviet Union for considering the work a direct criticism of his government. It seems somewhat contradictory, since one of the central themes of the book is criticism of censorship.

6 - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

If you have read this book, you must surely be wondering what the work is forbidden in some places. Despite being a classic in the West, Alice in Wonderland suffered a series of censures in China around 1930. In Hunan Province, General Ho Chien censured the work because it considered that its anthropomorphic personages, animals with human characteristics, hurt morality and insult human beings, "calling them animals."

7 - The Animals Revolution, George Orwell

Another work of Orwell that underwent several critics. Soon after being finalized in 1943, the book already gave a speech, when no British publisher was prepared to publish it fearing repressions of the government. After being able to publish the first editions, Orwell had his work quickly prohibited in the Soviet Union and in other socialist countries. The book was also banned in Kenya in 1991 for its criticism of corrupt politicians, and in the United Arab Emirates in 2002 for containing images and texts contrary to Islamic morality.

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