Overview of the events of 1979 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1979 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
February 4 – Ben Lerner , American poet, novelist and criticFebruary 10 – Johan Harstad , Norwegian novelist[ 7] February 27 - Alexander Gordon Smith , British children's and young-adult authorMarch 28 – Benjamin Percy , American short story writerApril 14 – Patrick Somerville , American novelist and short story writerMay 21 - James Clancy Phelan , American young-adult and thriller writerJune 28 – Florian Zeller , French novelist and dramatistJuly 14 – Yukiko Motoya , Japanese fiction writer, playwright, theatre director and voice actressunknown dates
Deaths
January – Dilys Cadwaladr , Welsh-language poet (born 1902 )
January 27 – Victoria Ocampo , Argentine publisher, writer and critic (born 1890 )[ 9] February 9 – Allen Tate , American poet and essayist (born 1899 )[ 10] February 25 – John L. Wasserman , American entertainment critic (car accident, born 1938 )[ 11] February 27 – Sir George Clark , English historian (born 1890 )March 26 – Jean Stafford , American short story writer and novelist (heart failure; born 1915 )[ 12] April 8 – Breece D'J Pancake , American short story writer (suicide, born 1952 )May 10 – J. B. Morton (Beachcomber), English humorous newspaper columnist (born 1893 )May 14 – Jean Rhys , Dominica-born English novelist (born 1890 )[ 13] June 1 – Eric Partridge , New Zealand/British lexicographer (born 1894 )[ 14] June 3 – Arno Schmidt , German novelist (born 1914 )[ 15] June 7 – Forrest Carter , American genre novelist (heart failure, born 1925 )July 6 – Malcolm Hulke , English television writer (born 1924 )July 7 – Ahmad Qandil , Saudi Arabian poet (born 1911 ) [ 16] July 15 – Juana de Ibarbourou , Uruguayan poet (born 1892 )July 21 – Eugène Vinaver , Russian-born English literary scholar (born 1899 )July 23 – Joseph Kessel , French journalist and novelist (born 1898 )[ 17] July 29 – Herbert Marcuse , German Jewish philosopher (born 1898 )[ 18] August 8 – Nicholas Monsarrat , English novelist (born 1910 )August 16 – Jerzy Jurandot (Jerzy Glejgewicht), Polish poet and dramatist (born 1911 )August 20 – Christian Dotremont , Belgian painter and writer (born 1922 )[ 19] August 22 – James T. Farrell , American novelist (born 1904 )[ 20] September 5 – John Bradburne , English poet and missionary (killed by guerillas; born 1921 )September 6 – Guy Bolton , British playwright (born 1884 )[ 21] September 25 – Zhou Libo (周立波), Chinese novelist and translator (born 1908 )October 6 – Elizabeth Bishop , American poet (born 1911 )October 17 – S. J. Perelman , American humorist (born 1904 )[ 22] October 18 – Virgilio Piñera , Cuban poet and short-story writer (born 1912 )December 12 – Goronwy Rees , Welsh journalist and academic (born 1909 )[ 23] December 19 – Donald Creighton , Canadian historian (born 1902 )
Awards
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction :Nebula Award : Vonda N. McIntyre , Dreamsnake Hugo Award : Vonda N. McIntyre , Dreamsnake Locus Award for Best Novel : Vonda N. McIntyre , Dreamsnake Newbery Medal for children's literature :Bancroft Prize : Christopher Thorne , Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain, and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945 Bancroft Prize : Anthony F. C. Wallace , Rockdale: The Growth of An American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution Pulitzer Prize for Drama : Sam Shepard , Buried Child Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography : Leonard Baker , Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : John Cheever , The Stories of John Cheever Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Robert Penn Warren , Now and Then: Poems 1976–1978 Pulitzer Prize for History : Don E. Fehrenbacher , The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction : E. O. Wilson , On Human Nature
Elsewhere
References
^ Jessica Bomarito; Jelena Krstovic (July 2006). Short Story Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers ISBN 978-0-7876-8888-2 ^ Grimes, William (2011-06-20). "A. Whitney Ellsworth, First Publisher of New York Review, Dies at 75" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2011-06-20 . ^ Flora Veit-Wild (1992). Dambudzo Marechera: A Source Book on His Life and Work ISBN 978-0-905450-97-1 ^ Dana Percec (26 June 2014). Reading the Fantastic Imagination: The Avatars of a Literary Genre ISBN 978-1-4438-6297-4 ^ James Fisher (1 June 2011). Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 ISBN 978-0-8108-7950-8 ^ Stoppard plays at http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/stoppard-tom.html#33484 Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Brageprisen nominations 2010. ^ "Mandel, Emily St. John 1979– --" in Contemporary Authors, v. 301. Gale, 2010.
^ Goodwin Jr., Paul B. "Ocampo, Victoria (1890–1979)" . Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia – via Encyclopedia.com. ^ "Allen Tate, Poet, critic and Teacher, Dead" . The New York Times . February 10, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2022 .^ John Wasserman (1993). Praise, Vilification, & Sexual Innuendo, Or, How to be a Critic: The Selected Writings of John L. Wasserman (1964-1979) . Chronicle Books. p. 1. ISBN 9780811802475 ^ Stacy Lorraine Braukman; Susan Ware (2004). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century . Belknap Press. p. 609. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (17 May 1979). "Jean Rhys, 84, Novelist Known for 'sargasso Sea' . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Meanjin, volume 38 . University of Melbourne. 1979. p. 516.^ Review of Contemporary Fiction . John O'Brien. 1988. p. 142.^ "السيرة الذاتية" . alithnainya (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022 .^ "Obituaries". Cross & Cockade Journal . 20 . the Society: 380. 1979. ^ Kenneth A. Briggs (July 31, 1979). "Marcuse, Radical Philosopher, Dies" . New York Times . Retrieved March 26, 2022 . ^ State, Paul (2004). Historical Dictionary of Brussels . Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group. p. 225. ISBN 9780810865556 ^ Wald, Alan (1987). The New York intellectuals : the rise and decline of the anti-Stalinist left from the 1930s to the 1980s . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 259. ISBN 9780807841693 ^ "Mr Guy Bolton", obituary, The Times , 23 November 1979, p. 11
^ "S. J. Perelman, Humorist, Is Dead - The New York Times" . New York Times . October 18, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2022 .^ "Goronwy Rees (1909-1979)" . From Warfare to Welfare (MYGLYW). Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015 .^ Anthony Pym; Miriam Shlesinger; Daniel Simeoni (2008). Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies: Investigations in Homage to Gideon Toury ISBN 978-90-272-1684-7 ^ Francois Chaubet (26 January 2018). Claude Durand, biographie ISBN 978-2-204-12473-7 ^ Jeune Afrique