1977 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977.

Events[]

  • February 20 – An episode of Doctor on the Go, co-written by 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! ("Let Music Live!", translated as 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 is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem, "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name" by James Kirkup, in a case (Whitehouse v Lemon) at the 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 appears as an academic journal founded at 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 (I Will Marry When I Want) at the open-air 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[]

Main article: 1977 in poetry

Non-fiction[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

Awards[]

  • Nobel Prize in Literature: Vicente Aleixandre

Canada[]

France[]

Spain[]

  • Premio Miguel de Cervantes: Alejo Carpentier

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Rest of the World[]

Notes[]

  • Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.

References[]

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  2. ^ a b El Valle del Cauca. Fundación Grupo 80. 1983. p. 178.
  3. ^ M. Elizabeth Ginway; J. Andrew Brown; J. Brown (5 December 2012). Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-137-28122-7.
  4. ^ "11 July 1977: Gay paper guilty of blasphemy". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  5. ^ Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (England and Wales).
  6. ^ United States Commission on Civil Rights (1978). Battered Women: Issues of Public Policy : a Consultation Sponsored by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 427.
  7. ^ Richard D. Mullen (1992). On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-fiction Studies. SF-TH Incorporated. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-9633169-0-5.
  8. ^ Ellen Pifer; Professor of English and Comparative Literature Ellen Pifer (1986). Critical Essays on John Fowles. G.K. Hall. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8161-8759-1.
  9. ^ Watts, Edward; Carlson, David J., eds. (2012). John Neal and Nineteenth Century American Literature and Culture. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9781611484205.
  10. ^ Smith, Dai (2004-06-19). "Alun Richards (obituary)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  11. ^ Hahn 2015, pp. 2-3
  12. ^ Hahn 2015, pp. 2-3
  13. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 3
  14. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 3
  15. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 88
  16. ^ Die Kaapse bibliotekaris: The Cape librarian. Library Service. 1979. p. 6.
  17. ^ "My favourite book as a kid: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones". the Guardian. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  18. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 546
  19. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 14
  20. ^ "Programmes | Newsnight | Review | Abigail's Party". BBC News. 2002-07-25. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  21. ^ Directory of Playwrights, Directors, Designers. John Offord. 1983. p. 87.
  22. ^ Parsons, Nicholas (1985). The Book of Literary Lists. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-283-99171-2.
  23. ^ "D'Avenia Alessandro - Biografie scrittori, poeti, artisti - Wuz.it". www.wuz.it. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  24. ^ Braun, Eric (2015-01-01). John Green: Star Author, Vlogbrother, and Nerdfighter. Lerner Publications. p. 40. ISBN 9781467772617.
  25. ^ Anaïs Nin (1994). Conversations with Anaïs Nin. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-87805-719-1.
  26. ^ Ian Herbert (1981). Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage. Gale Research Company. p. 749. ISBN 978-0-8103-0235-8.
  27. ^ Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office (1994). The Diplomatic Service List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 83.
  28. ^ Winks; Robin W. Winks (1998). Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage. Scribner's Sons. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-684-80519-1.
  29. ^ Gale Cengage (2002). Modern French Poets. Gale Group. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-7876-5252-4.
  30. ^ Anne Williamson (1995). Henry Williamson: Tarka and the Last Romantic. Alan Sutton. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-7509-0639-5.
  31. ^ The Sikh Review. Sikh Cultural Centre. 1977. p. 2.
  32. ^ Robert Lowell (1988). Robert Lowell, Interviews and Memoirs. University of Michigan Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-472-10089-0.
  33. ^ a b c France. French Embassy, Press and Information Division. 1977. p. 8.
  34. ^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Sir Peter Hall, 1930 - 2017". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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