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Overview of the events of 1974 in literature
Overview of the events of 1974 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1974 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 6 –
Romain Sardou , French novelist
January 26 –
Shannon Hale , American fantasy author
February 15 –
Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
April 13 –
K. Sello Duiker , South African novelist (died
2005 )
[7]
June 12 –
Chika Unigwe , Nigerian novelist writing in English and Dutch
August 7 –
Faisal Tehrani , Malaysian novelist
August 9 –
Ryūsui Seiryōin (清涼院 流水), Japanese novelist
August 18 –
Nicole Krauss , American novelist
August 23 –
Serhiy Zhadan , Ukrainian poet, novelist and essayist
September 20 –
Owen Sheers , Fijian-born Welsh poet, playwright and novelist
November 4 –
Carlos Be , Spanish playwright
December 26 –
Joshua John Miller , American novelist and screenwriter
unknown dates
Deaths
January 20 –
Edmund Blunden , English poet and critic (born
1896 )
January 25 –
James Pope-Hennessy , English biographer (murdered, born
1916 )
January 29
February 2 –
Marieluise Fleißer , German dramatist (born
1901 )
February 24 –
Martin Armstrong , English poet and short story writer (born
1882 )
March 3 –
Carl Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss historian (born
1891 )
March 8 –
Buddhadeb Bosu , Bengali poet and writer (born
1908 )
[10]
March 19 –
Austin Clarke , Irish poet, playwright and novelist (born 1896)
March 24 –
Olive Higgins Prouty , American novelist (born
1882 )
April 14 –
Howard Pease , American novelist (born
1894 )
May 9 –
L. T. C. Rolt , English biographer and writer of ghost stories (born
1910 )
May 13 –
Arthur J. Burks , American writer (born
1898 )
June 2 –
Tom Kristensen , Danish novelist and poet (born
1893 )
[11]
June 11 –
Julius Evola , Italian esotericist, journalist and philosopher (born 1898)
June 9 –
Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan Nobel Prize-winning novelist (born
1899 )
July 3 –
Samuel Roth , American publisher (born
1893 )
July 4 –
Georgette Heyer , English novelist (born
1902 )
July 16 –
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho , Brazilian playwright (born
1936 )
[12]
July 29 -
Erich Kästner , German children's author (born
1899 )
August 7 –
Rosario Castellanos , Mexican writer and diplomat (electric shock, born
1925 )
August 11 –
Jan Tschichold , German-born typographer and writer (born
1902 )
August 17 –
Emma L. Brock , American children's author and illustrator (born
1886 )
[13]
September 11 –
Lois Lenski , American author and illustrator (born
1893 )
[14]
September 21 –
Jacqueline Susann , American novelist (born
1918 )
[15]
October 4 –
Anne Sexton , American poet (born
1928 )
October 28 –
David Jones , Anglo-Welsh poet and artist (born
1895 )
[16]
October 29 –
Victor E. van Vriesland , Dutch writer (born
1892 )
November 5 –
William Gardner Smith , expatriate American novelist and journalist (born
1927 )
November 7 –
Eric Linklater , Welsh-born Scottish novelist and travel writer (born
1899 )
November 26 –
Cyril Connolly , English critic and writer (born
1903 )
December 14 –
Walter Lippmann , American writer (born
1889 )
Awards
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Booker Prize :
Nadine Gordimer ,
The Conservationist and
Stanley Middleton ,
Holiday .
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Mollie Hunter ,
The Stronghold
Cholmondeley Award :
D.J. Enright ,
Vernon Scannell ,
Alasdair Maclean
Eric Gregory Award :
Duncan Forbes ,
Roger Garfitt ,
Robin Hamilton ,
Frank Ormsby ,
Penelope Shuttle
Newdigate prize :
Alan Hollinghurst
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
Lawrence Durrell ,
Monsieur, or the Prince of Darkness
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
John Wain ,
Samuel Johnson
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry :
Ted Hughes
United States
Elsewhere
References
^ Adrian Nathan West (November 7, 2019).
"Uruguay's detective of despair" . Washington Examiner . Retrieved 26 December 2020 .
^
"History of Guildhall Library" . City of London. Archived from
the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-07 .
^ Elizabeth H. Oakes (2004).
American Writers . Infobase Publishing. p. 352.
ISBN
978-1-4381-0809-4 .
^ D. G. Bond (1993).
German History and German Identity: Uwe Johnson's Jahrestage . Rodopi. p. 199.
ISBN
90-5183-459-4 .
^ Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 3.
ISBN
9780198715542 .
^
Bourne, Stephen .
"The Black Presence on the London Stage" (PDF) . London:
Talawa Theatre Company . Archived from
the original (PDF) on August 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-23 .
^ McGregor, Liz (2005-02-07).
"Kabelo Duiker (obituary)" .
The Guardian . London. Retrieved 2015-02-23 .
^ William D. Rubinstein; Michael Jolles; Hilary L. Rubinstein (22 February 2011).
The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 21.
ISBN
978-1-4039-3910-4 .
^ Anne Commire (1977).
Something about the Author: Facts and Pictures about Contemporary Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People . Gale. p. 27.
ISBN
978-0-8103-0072-9 .
^
Calcutta Municipal Gazette . Superintendent of Printing, Corporation Press. 1973. pp. 313–314.
^ Byram, Michael S. (1982).
Tom Kristensen . Boston.
ISBN
9780805764918 . {{
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^ Leslie Hawkins Damasceno (1996). Cultural Space and Theatrical Conventions in the Works of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho . Wayne State University Press. p. 244.
ISBN
9780814325957 .
^ Thornley, Stew (2004).
Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota . St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 8.
ISBN
0-87351-514-5 .
^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2001). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 9. Waterford: Yorkin Publications, Gale Group. p. 380.
ISBN
978-0-78764-068-2 .
^
"Valley of the Dolls: 40 years since the death of Jacqueline Susann" . The Conversation . May 4, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2022 .
^
"David Jones dies; Poet and Painter" . New York Times . 30 October 1974. Retrieved 7 May 2022 .