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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 ) is published 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] July 11 – The English magazine Gay News blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem, "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name " by James Kirkup , in a case (Whitehouse v Lemon Old Bailey in London, on behalf of Mary Whitehouse 's 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 – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii are detained in Kamiti Maximum Security Prison , Kenya, six weeks after the première of their political Kikuyu language play Ngaahika Ndeenda Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre . While imprisoned, Ngũgĩ will write the first modern novel in Kikuyu, Devil on the Cross Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ ), on prison-issue toilet paper .
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 14 – Anaïs Nin , French-Cuban erotic novelist and diarist (born 1903 )[ 16] January 18 – Carl Zuckmayer , German playwright (born 1896 )[ 17] January 26 – William Glynne-Jones , Welsh novelist and children's writer (born 1907 )February 19 – Anthony Crosland , British author and politician (born 1918 )[ 18] February 27 – John Dickson Carr , American crime novelist (born 1906 )[ 19] 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 )[ 20] May 9 – James Jones , American novelist (heart failure, born 1921 )July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov , Russian/American novelist (born 1899 )August 13 – Henry Williamson , English naturalist and novelist (born 1895 )[ 21] August 20 – Gurbaksh Singh , Punjabi novelist (born 1914 )[ 22] 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 )[ 23] 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
References
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