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 novelistJanuary 26 – Shannon Hale , American fantasy authorFebruary 15 – Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writerApril 13 – K. Sello Duiker , South African novelist (died 2005 )[ 7] June 12 – Chika Unigwe , Nigerian novelist writing in English and DutchAugust 7 – Faisal Tehrani , Malaysian novelistAugust 9 – Ryūsui Seiryōin (清涼院 流水), Japanese novelistAugust 18 – Nicole Krauss , American novelistAugust 23 – Serhiy Zhadan , Ukrainian poet, novelist and essayistSeptember 20 – Owen Sheers , Fijian-born Welsh poet, playwright and novelistNovember 4 – Carlos Be , Spanish playwrightDecember 26 – Joshua John Miller , American novelist and screenwriterunknown 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 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
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^ 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 .
