1984 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1984.

Events[]

  • April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) is also set in this year; and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (いちきゅうはちよん, Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon, 2009–2010) is set in a parallel version of it.
  • June 16 – Cirque du Soleil is founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix.[1]
  • July – Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities begins serialization in Rolling Stone.
  • December 19 – Ted Hughes' appointment as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom is announced in succession to Sir John Betjeman,[2] Philip Larkin having turned down the post.
  • unknown dates
    • Prvoslav Vujčić's second poetry collection, Kastriranje vetra (Castration of the Wind), written during a week's imprisonment in Tuzla for criticising the state, is banned in Yugoslavia.
    • Of Mice and Men, the 1937 novel by John Steinbeck, is removed from Tennessee public schools, when the School Board Chair promises to oust all "ostensibly filthy" books from public school curricula and libraries.[3]
    • Redu in Belgium becomes a book town.
    • Saqi Books, an independent U.K. publisher, is founded by Mai Ghoussoub.

New books[]

Fiction[]

Children and young people[]

Drama[]

Poetry[]

  • John Ashbery – A Wave
  • Louise Erdrich – Jacklight
  • Christopher Gilbert – Across the Mutual Landscape
  • Paulette Jiles – Celestial Navigation
  • Sharon Olds – The Dead and the Living

Non-fiction[]

Births[]

  • April 16 – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American novelist
  • May 9 – Ezra Klein, American journalist and columnist
  • May 21 – Jackson Pearce, American young-adult novelist
  • June 5 – Simon Rich, American humorist, novelist and screenwriter
  • July 12 – Amanda Hocking, American fantasy novelist
  • August 8 – Owen Jones, English columnist and author and commentator
  • November 20 – Halley Feiffer, American playwright and actress
  • December 10 – Helen Oyeyemi, English novelist and playwright

Deaths[]

  • February 12 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine novelist, short story writer and essayist (born 1914)
  • February 21 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
  • February 22
    • Uwe Johnson, German writer in England (born 1934)
    • Jessamyn West, American novelist (born 1902)
  • March 4 – Odd Bang-Hansen, Norwegian novelist and children's writer (born 1908)
  • March 8 – Eleanor Graham, English children's writer and editor (born 1896)
  • March 12 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (born 1896)
  • March 26 – Branko Ćopić, Bosnian Serb writer (suicide, born 1915)
  • April 1 – Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (born 1900)
  • April 15 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (born 1925)
  • April 21
  • May 16 – Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (born 1913)
  • May 19 – John Betjeman, English poet laureate (born 1906)
  • June 6 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian soldier and author (born 1912))
  • June 10 – Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Turkish poet and novelist (born 1901)
  • June 30 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (born 1905)[6]
  • July 6 – Denys Val Baker, Welsh novelist and short story writer (born 1917)
  • August 14 – J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (born 1894)
  • August 25 – Truman Capote (Truman Streckfus Persons), American fiction writer (born 1924)
  • September 7 – Liam O'Flaherty, Irish novelist and short story writer (born 1896)
  • October 31 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian playwright (born 1900)
  • November 6 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (born 1929)
  • November 10 – Xavier Herbert, Australian novelist (born 1901)
  • November 12 – Chester Himes, American writer (born 1909)
  • December 4 – Ștefan Voitec, Romanian politician and journalist (born 1900)
  • December 6 – Gray Barker, American writer on paranormal (born 1925)
  • December 14 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)

Awards[]

  • Nobel Prize in Literature: Jaroslav Seifert

Australia[]

Canada[]

France[]

Spain[]

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Elsewhere[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bélanger, Brigitte (1999-04-14). "Cirque du Soleil". Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  2. ^ Howard, Philip (1984-12-20). "'True poet' Ted Hughes is Laureate". The Times. No. 62017. London. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Of Mice and Men, 1937 – Information about the Book". SwissEduc.
  4. ^ Europa Publications (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Psychology Press. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.
  5. ^ David D. Hall (1990). Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England. Harvard University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-674-96216-3.
  6. ^ "Lillian Hellman | American playwright". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ José Luis de Tomás García (1985). La otra orilla de la droga. Ediciones Destino. ISBN 978-84-233-1363-1.
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