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Overview of the events of 1977 in literature
Overview of the events of 1977 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977 .
Events February 20 – An episode of Doctor on the Go Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman , marks the beginning of Adams' career as a writer for BBC radio.[1] March 4 – Andrés Caicedo commits suicide by overdose, aged 25, about a month after the publication of his novel ¡Que viva la música! Liveforever ) in his hometown of Cali , Colombia .[2] April 27 – Héctor Germán Oesterheld , Argentine comic book writer born 1919 ), is kidnapped by the military authorities; he is believed to have died in detention a few months later.[3] National Viewers and Listeners Association.
John Mortimer appears for the defence. It is the first such prosecution since 1921 and will be the last before the offense is abolished in 2008.
[4] [5] September 15 – Christopher Tolkien , with Guy Gavriel Kay , completes and publishes his late father's work, The Silmarillion Fall – Philosophy and Literature Johns Hopkins University . It explores connections between literary and philosophical studies, presenting ideas on the aesthetics of literature, critical theory, and the philosophical interpretation of literature.
October – Norman Mailer punches Gore Vidal in the face at a New York City party.[6]
December – . New books Fiction Ales Adamovich , Janka Bryl and Uladzimir Kalesnik – Я из огненной деревни (Belarusian: Я з вогненнай вёскі; Out of the Fire)Tieta do Agreste
Eric Ambler – Send No More Roses Dancing Girls
Richard Bach – Illusions Rage
Leland Bardwell – Girl on a Bicycle Caroline Blackwood
– Great Granny Webster Gerd Brantenberg – Egalias døtre (The Daughters of Egalia , 1985, also Egalia's Daughters , 1986)Terry Brooks – The Sword of Shannara Andrés Caicedo – ¡Que viva la música! J. M. Coetzee – In the Heart of the Country Robin Cook – Coma Robert Coover – The Public Burning Basil Copper – And Afterward, the Dark L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter – Conan of Aquilonia Edmund Crispin – The Glimpses of the Moon Michel Déon – The Foundling's War Kay Dick – They: a sequence of unease Philip K. Dick – A Scanner Darkly [7] Joan Didion – A Book of Common Prayer Buchi Emecheta – The Slave Girl Howard Fast – The Immigrants Timothy Findley – The Wars Leon Forrest – The Bloodworth Orphans John Fowles – Daniel Martin [8] Marilyn French – The Women's Room Jane Gardam – Bilgewater Helen Garner – Monkey Grip Pauline Gedge – Child of the Morning Richard Gordon – The Invisible Victory Günter Grass – The Flounder (Der Butt)Mark Helprin – Refiner's Fire Hammond Innes – The Big Footprints Erica Jong – How to Save Your Own Life Elias Khoury – الجبل الصغير (al-Jabal al-saghir , The Little Mountain)Stephen King – The Shining John le Carré – The Honourable Schoolboy Ernest Lehman – The French Atlantic Affair Robert Ludlum – The Chancellor Manuscript Brian Lumley – The Horror at Oakdeene and Others Ngaio Marsh – Last Ditch Dying of the Light
Colleen McCullough – The Thorn Birds Larry McMurtry – Terms of Endearment Robert Merle – Fortune de France Toni Morrison – Song of Solomon Iris Murdoch – The Sea, the Sea Péter Nádas – The End of a Family Story John Neal – The Genius of John Neal: Selections from His Writings (edited by Benjamin Lease and Hans-Joachim Lang)[9] Patrick O'Brian – The Mauritius Command Barbara Pym – Quartet in Autumn Ruth Rendell – A Judgement in Stone Alun Richards – Ennal's Point [10] Harold Robbins – Dreams Die First Paul Scott – Staying On Erich Segal – Oliver's Story Irwin Shaw – Beggarman, Thief M. P. Shiel – Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk Sidney Sheldon – Bloodline Leslie Marmon Silko – Ceremony Elizabeth Smart
– A Bonus Remy Sylado – Gali Lobang Gila Lobang Craig Thomas – Firefox J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1973) – The Silmarillion Melvin Van Peebles – The True American, A Folk Fable Mario Vargas Llosa – Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter La tía Julia y el escribidor )P. G. Wodehouse (died 1975) – Sunset at Blandings Christopher Wood – James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me Children and young people Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births Deaths January 14 – Anaïs Nin , French-Cuban erotic novelist and diarist (born 1903 )[26] January 18 – Carl Zuckmayer , German playwright (born 1896 )[27] January 26 – William Glynne-Jones , Welsh novelist and children's writer (born 1907 )February 19 – Anthony Crosland , British author and politician (born 1918 )[28] February 27 – John Dickson Carr , American crime novelist (born 1906 )[29] March 4
March 15 – Hubert Aquin , French Canadian novelist, essayist and political activist (suicide, born 1929 ))April 7 – Jim Thompson , American fiction writer (born 1906 )April 11 – Jacques Prévert , French poet and screenwriter (born 1900 )[30] May 9 – James Jones , American novelist (heart failure, born 1921 )July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov , Russian/American novelist (born 1899 )July 15 – Konstantin Fedin , Russian writer (born 1892 )July 20 – Friedrich Georg Jünger , German writer (born 1898 )August 13 – Henry Williamson , English naturalist and novelist (born 1895 )[31] August 20 – Gurbaksh Singh , Punjabi novelist (born 1914 )[32] August 26 – H. A. Rey , German-born American children's writer and illustrator (born 1898 )September 4 – E. F. Schumacher , German-born economist (born 1911 )September 12 – Robert Lowell , American poet (heart attack, born 1917 )[33] October 27 – James M. Cain , American novelist and newspaperman (born 1892 )November 10 – Dennis Wheatley , English occult novelist (born 1897 )November 30
December 9 – Clarice Lispector , Brazilian novelist (ovarian cancer, born 1920 )December 22 – Frank Thiess , German novelist (born 1890 )Awards Canada France Spain United Kingdom United States Rest of the World Notes Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. . References
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^ "Programmes | Newsnight | Review | Abigail's Party" . BBC News . 2002-07-25. Retrieved 2012-06-29 .^ Directory of Playwrights, Directors, Designers ^ John Leonard (December 1, 1977). "Books of the Times" . The New York Times . . ^ "D'Avenia Alessandro - Biografie scrittori, poeti, artisti - Wuz.it" . www.wuz.it . Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015 .. . . ^ Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office (1994). The Diplomatic Service List . . . ^ The Sikh Review . ^ a b c France ^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Sir Peter Hall, 1930 - 2017" . BBC . Retrieved 10 January 2022 .
