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==Events== |
==Events== |
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*[[February 25]] – [[Sue Limb]]'s parodic [[pastiche]] of the [[Lake Poets]], ''The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere'', begins broadcasting on [[BBC Radio 4]] in the U.K. |
*[[February 25]] – [[Sue Limb]]'s parodic [[pastiche]] of the [[Lake Poets]], ''The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere'', begins broadcasting on [[BBC Radio 4]] in the U.K. |
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*[[March 1]] – The [[GNU Manifesto]] by [[Richard Stallman]] is published for the first time, and becomes a fundamental philosophical source within the [[free software movement]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-gnu-manifesto-turns-thirty|title=The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty|last=Bustillos|first=Maria|date=2015-03-17|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2019-10-07|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> |
*[[March 1]] – The [[GNU Manifesto]] by [[Richard Stallman]] is published for the first time, and becomes a fundamental philosophical source within the [[free software movement]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-gnu-manifesto-turns-thirty|title=The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty|last=Bustillos|first=Maria|date=2015-03-17|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2019-10-07|language=en|issn=0028-792X|archive-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007212915/https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-gnu-manifesto-turns-thirty|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[August 11]] – A memorial to the poet [[Hugh MacDiarmid]] is unveiled near his home at [[Langholm]], Scotland. |
*[[August 11]] – A memorial to the poet [[Hugh MacDiarmid]] is unveiled near his home at [[Langholm]], Scotland. |
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*''unknown dates'' – Three notable novels in English by female authors are published during the year: [[Margaret Atwood]]'s ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'',<ref name="Deer1994"/> [[Jilly Cooper]]'s ''[[Riders (novel)|Riders]]'', the first of the [[Rutshire Chronicles]], and [[Jeanette Winterson]]'s ''[[Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit]]''. |
*''unknown dates'' – Three notable novels in English by female authors are published during the year: [[Margaret Atwood]]'s ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'',<ref name="Deer1994"/> [[Jilly Cooper]]'s ''[[Riders (novel)|Riders]]'', the first of the [[Rutshire Chronicles]], and [[Jeanette Winterson]]'s ''[[Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit]]''. |
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===Fiction=== |
===Fiction=== |
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*[[Isaac Asimov]] – ''[[Robots and Empire]]'' |
*[[Isaac Asimov]] – ''[[Robots and Empire]]'' |
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*[[Margaret Atwood]] – ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]''<ref name="Deer1994">{{cite book|author=Glenn Deer|title=Postmodern Canadian Fiction and the Rhetoric of Authority|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oazw0sDhO_kC&pg=PA110|year=1994|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-1159-0|pages=110}}</ref> |
*[[Margaret Atwood]] – ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]''<ref name="Deer1994">{{cite book|author=Glenn Deer|title=Postmodern Canadian Fiction and the Rhetoric of Authority|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oazw0sDhO_kC&pg=PA110|year=1994|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-1159-0|pages=110|access-date=2021-01-03|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041642/https://books.google.com/books?id=oazw0sDhO_kC&pg=PA110|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[Jean M. Auel]] – ''[[The Mammoth Hunters]]'' |
*[[Jean M. Auel]] – ''[[The Mammoth Hunters]]'' |
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*[[Iain Banks]] – ''[[Walking on Glass]]'' |
*[[Iain Banks]] – ''[[Walking on Glass]]'' |
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*[[Clive Barker]] |
*[[Clive Barker]] |
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**''[[Books of Blood]]'' |
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**''[[The Damnation Game (novel)|The Damnation Game]]'' |
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*[[Greg Bear]] |
*[[Greg Bear]] |
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**''[[Blood Music (novel)|Blood Music]]'' |
**''[[Blood Music (novel)|Blood Music]]'' |
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*[[Anthony Burgess]] – ''[[The Kingdom of the Wicked]]'' |
*[[Anthony Burgess]] – ''[[The Kingdom of the Wicked]]'' |
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*[[Orson Scott Card]] – ''[[Ender's Game]]'' |
*[[Orson Scott Card]] – ''[[Ender's Game]]'' |
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*[[Jilly Cooper]] – ''[[Riders (novel)| |
*[[Jilly Cooper]] – ''[[Riders (novel)|Riders]]'' |
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*[[Bernard Cornwell]] – ''[[Sharpe's Honour (novel)|Sharpe's Honour]]'' |
*[[Bernard Cornwell]] – ''[[Sharpe's Honour (novel)|Sharpe's Honour]]'' |
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*[[Don DeLillo]] – ''[[White Noise (novel)|White Noise]]'' |
*[[Don DeLillo]] – ''[[White Noise (novel)|White Noise]]'' |
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*[[Roald Dahl]] – ''[[The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me]]'' |
*[[Roald Dahl]] – ''[[The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me]]'' |
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*[[Virginia Hamilton]] (with [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]) – ''[[The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales]]'' |
*[[Virginia Hamilton]] (with [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]) – ''[[The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales]]'' |
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*[[Gordon Korman]] - ''[[Don't Care High]]'' |
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*[[Patricia MacLachlan]] – ''[[Sarah, Plain and Tall]]'' |
*[[Patricia MacLachlan]] – ''[[Sarah, Plain and Tall]]'' |
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*[[Laura Numeroff]] – ''[[If You Give a Mouse a Cookie]]'' |
*[[Laura Numeroff]] – ''[[If You Give a Mouse a Cookie]]'' |
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===Non-fiction=== |
===Non-fiction=== |
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*[[Svetlana Alexievich]] – ''U voyny — ne zhenskoye litso'' (War's Unwomanly Face) |
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*[[Bill Bryson]] – ''The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries'' |
*[[Bill Bryson]] – ''The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries'' |
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*[[Roger Caron]] – ''Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot'' |
*[[Roger Caron]] – ''Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot'' |
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*[[Roger Scruton]] – ''[[Thinkers of the New Left]]'' |
*[[Roger Scruton]] – ''[[Thinkers of the New Left]]'' |
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*[[Gary Soto]] – ''[[Living Up the Street]]'' |
*[[Gary Soto]] – ''[[Living Up the Street]]'' |
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*[[M. Crawford Young|Crawford Young]] and Thomas Turner |
*[[M. Crawford Young|Crawford Young]] and Thomas Turner – ''The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State'' |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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*[[February 7]] - [[Justina Ireland]], American science-fiction and fantasy author of young-adult fiction |
*[[February 7]] - [[Justina Ireland]], American science-fiction and fantasy author of young-adult fiction |
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*[[April 24]] – [[Alexander Zeldin]], British playwright and director |
*[[April 24]] – [[Alexander Zeldin]], British playwright and director |
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*[[September 24]] – [[Eleanor Catton]], New Zealand novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Nicholas Birns]]|title=Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIMRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|date=1 December 2015|publisher=Sydney University Press|isbn=978-1-74332-436-3|pages=231}}</ref> |
*[[September 24]] – [[Eleanor Catton]], New Zealand novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Nicholas Birns]]|title=Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIMRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|date=1 December 2015|publisher=Sydney University Press|isbn=978-1-74332-436-3|pages=231|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041645/https://books.google.com/books?id=FIMRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[September 30]] – [[Téa Obreht]], Yugoslav-born American novelist writing in English |
*[[September 30]] – [[Téa Obreht]], Yugoslav-born American novelist writing in English |
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*[[January 1]] – [[Sigerson Clifford]], Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (born [[1913 in literature|1913]]) |
*[[January 1]] – [[Sigerson Clifford]], Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (born [[1913 in literature|1913]]) |
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*[[January 5]] – [[Alexis Rannit]], [[Estonia]]n-born American poet and critic (born [[1914 in literature|1914]]) |
*[[January 5]] – [[Alexis Rannit]], [[Estonia]]n-born American poet and critic (born [[1914 in literature|1914]]) |
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*[[February 6]] – [[James Hadley Chase]], English thriller novelist (born [[1906 in literature|1906]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-912289-82-3|pages=56-57}}</ref> |
*[[February 6]] – [[James Hadley Chase]], English thriller novelist (born [[1906 in literature|1906]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-912289-82-3|pages=56-57|access-date=2021-01-12|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041646/https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[February 19]] – [[Carl Joachim Hambro (philologist)|Carl Joachim Hambro]], Norwegian novelist, essayist and philologist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])<ref>Hambro, Johan (1984). ''C. J. Hambro: Liv og drøm'' (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 67. {{ISBN|82-03-11347-8}}.</ref> |
*[[February 19]] – [[Carl Joachim Hambro (philologist)|Carl Joachim Hambro]], Norwegian novelist, essayist and philologist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])<ref>Hambro, Johan (1984). ''C. J. Hambro: Liv og drøm'' (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 67. {{ISBN|82-03-11347-8}}.</ref> |
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*[[March 15]] – [[Radha Krishna Choudhary]], Indian historian and philosopher (born [[1921 in literature|1921]]) |
*[[March 15]] – [[Radha Krishna Choudhary]], Indian historian and philosopher (born [[1921 in literature|1921]]) |
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*[[April 4]] – [[Kate Roberts (author)|Kate Roberts]], Welsh writer (born [[1891 in literature|1891]]) |
*[[April 4]] – [[Kate Roberts (author)|Kate Roberts]], Welsh writer (born [[1891 in literature|1891]]) |
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*[[April 7]] – [[Carl Schmitt]], German political theorist (born [[1888 in literature|1888]]) |
*[[April 7]] – [[Carl Schmitt]], German political theorist (born [[1888 in literature|1888]]) |
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*[[April 17]] |
*[[April 17]] |
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**[[Basil Bunting]], English poet (born [[1900 in literature|1900]]) |
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**[[D. I. Suchianu]], Romanian essayist, translator, social scientist and film theorist (born [[1895 in literature|1895]]) |
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*[[April 25]] – [[Uku Masing]], Estonian religious philosopher, linguist and writer (born [[1909 in literature|1909]]) |
*[[April 25]] – [[Uku Masing]], Estonian religious philosopher, linguist and writer (born [[1909 in literature|1909]]) |
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*[[May 1]] – [[Denise Robins]], English romantic novelist (born [[1897 in literature|1897]]) |
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*[[May 12]] – [[Josephine Miles]], American poet and literary critic (born [[1911 in literature|1911]]) |
*[[May 12]] – [[Josephine Miles]], American poet and literary critic (born [[1911 in literature|1911]]) |
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*[[May 18]] – [[Hedley Bull]], Australian economist (cancer, born [[1932 in literature|1932]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Ayson|title=Hedley Bull and the Accommodation of Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVFYTDTkgfgC&pg=PA196|date=24 September 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-36389-2|pages=196}}</ref> |
*[[May 18]] – [[Hedley Bull]], Australian economist (cancer, born [[1932 in literature|1932]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Ayson|title=Hedley Bull and the Accommodation of Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVFYTDTkgfgC&pg=PA196|date=24 September 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-36389-2|pages=196}}</ref> |
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*[[June 16]] – [[Ernst Orvil]], Norwegian novelist, poet and playwright (born [[1898 in literature|1898]]) |
*[[June 16]] – [[Ernst Orvil]], Norwegian novelist, poet and playwright (born [[1898 in literature|1898]]) |
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*[[July 16]] – [[Heinrich Böll]], German novelist, Nobel laureate (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
*[[July 16]] – [[Heinrich Böll]], German novelist, Nobel laureate (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
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*[[July 8]] – [[Leslie Paul]], Anglo-Irish novelist (born [[1905 in literature|1905]]) |
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*[[July 29]] – [[Judah Waten]], Australian novelist (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waten, Judah Papers (National Library of Aus.) – Biographical Note |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-346552937/findingaid |access-date= |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]]}}</ref> |
*[[July 29]] – [[Judah Waten]], Australian novelist (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waten, Judah Papers (National Library of Aus.) – Biographical Note |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-346552937/findingaid |access-date= |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] |archive-date=2022-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031050812/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-346552937/findingaid |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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*[[August 14]] – [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]], English-born American novelist, poet and screenwriter (born [[1911 in literature|1911]]) |
*[[August 14]] – [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]], English-born American novelist, poet and screenwriter (born [[1911 in literature|1911]]) |
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*[[August 30]] – (Janet) [[Taylor Caldwell]], English-born American novelist (born [[1900 in literature|1900]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark Christopher Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHIRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512783-6|page=206}}</ref> |
*[[August 30]] – (Janet) [[Taylor Caldwell]], English-born American novelist (born [[1900 in literature|1900]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark Christopher Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHIRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512783-6|page=206|access-date=2021-03-27|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041650/https://books.google.com/books?id=YHIRAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[September 1]] – [[Saunders Lewis]], Welsh writer and broadcaster ([[Plaid Cymru]]) (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=World Book, Inc. Staff|title=The World Book Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EN9g4G5d3YC|date=February 1986|publisher=World Book, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7166-0486-0|page=516}}</ref> |
*[[September 1]] – [[Saunders Lewis]], Welsh writer and broadcaster ([[Plaid Cymru]]) (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author=World Book, Inc. Staff|title=The World Book Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EN9g4G5d3YC|date=February 1986|publisher=World Book, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7166-0486-0|page=516|access-date=2021-03-27|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041640/https://books.google.com/books?id=9EN9g4G5d3YC|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[September 17]] – [[Fran Ross]], African American satirist (born [[1935 in literature|1935]]) |
*[[September 17]] – [[Fran Ross]], African American satirist (born [[1935 in literature|1935]]) |
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*[[September 22]] – [[D. J. Opperman]], South African Afrikaans poet (born [[1914 in literature|1914]]) |
*[[September 22]] – [[D. J. Opperman]], South African Afrikaans poet (born [[1914 in literature|1914]]) |
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*[[September 27]] – [[Leonard Gribble]], English novelist (born [[1908 in literature|1908]]) |
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*[[October 1]] – [[E. B. White]], American children's writer and writer on style (born [[1899 in literature|1899]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jill C. Wheeler|title=E. B. White|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-96AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|date=1 January 2013|publisher=ABDO Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-61480-938-8|pages=21}}</ref> |
*[[October 1]] – [[E. B. White]], American children's writer and writer on style (born [[1899 in literature|1899]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jill C. Wheeler|title=E. B. White|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-96AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|date=1 January 2013|publisher=ABDO Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-61480-938-8|pages=21|access-date=27 March 2021|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041644/https://books.google.com/books?id=B-96AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[October 11]] – [[Alex La Guma]], South African novelist and political activist (born [[1925 in literature|1925]]) |
*[[October 11]] – [[Alex La Guma]], South African novelist and political activist (born [[1925 in literature|1925]]) |
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*[[October 24]] – [[László Bíró]], Hungarian journalist and inventor (born [[1899 in literature|1899]]) |
*[[October 24]] – [[László Bíró]], Hungarian journalist and inventor (born [[1899 in literature|1899]]) |
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*[[November 3]] – [[J. M. Wallace-Hadrill]], English historian (born [[1916 in literature|1916]]) |
*[[November 3]] – [[J. M. Wallace-Hadrill]], English historian (born [[1916 in literature|1916]]) |
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*[[November 4]] – [[Hilda Vaughan]], Welsh novelist and short story writer (born [[1892 in literature|1892]]) |
*[[November 4]] – [[Hilda Vaughan]], Welsh novelist and short story writer (born [[1892 in literature|1892]]) |
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*[[November 6]] – [[Sara Woods]], British crime fiction writer (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
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*[[November 11]] – [[James Hanley (novelist)|James Hanley]], English-born novelist and dramatist of Irish extraction (born [[1897 in literature|1897]])<ref>{{Cite book |first=Linneae |last=Gibbs |title=James Hanley: A Bibliography |year=1980}}</ref> |
*[[November 11]] – [[James Hanley (novelist)|James Hanley]], English-born novelist and dramatist of Irish extraction (born [[1897 in literature|1897]])<ref>{{Cite book |first=Linneae |last=Gibbs |title=James Hanley: A Bibliography |year=1980}}</ref> |
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*[[November 25]] |
*[[November 25]] |
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*[[November 27]] – [[Fernand Braudel]], French historian (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
*[[November 27]] – [[Fernand Braudel]], French historian (born [[1902 in literature|1902]]) |
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*[[December 2]] – [[Philip Larkin]], English poet (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
*[[December 2]] – [[Philip Larkin]], English poet (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
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*[[December 5]] – [[Mihail Celarianu]], Romanian poet and novelist (born [[1893 in literature|1893]]) |
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*[[December 7]] – [[Robert Graves]], English novelist, poet and critic (born [[1895 in literature|1895]]) |
*[[December 7]] – [[Robert Graves]], English novelist, poet and critic (born [[1895 in literature|1895]]) |
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===France=== |
===France=== |
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*[[Prix Goncourt]]: [[Yann Queffélec]], ''Les Noces barbares''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Douglas W. Alden|author2=Peter C. Hoy|author3=Christine M. Zunz|title=French XX Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References for the Study of French Literature Since 1885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yySSPhUSBDAC&pg=PA11458|date=September 1989|publisher=Susquehanna University Press|isbn=978-0-941664-99-8|pages=11458}}</ref> |
*[[Prix Goncourt]]: [[Yann Queffélec]], ''Les Noces barbares''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Douglas W. Alden|author2=Peter C. Hoy|author3=Christine M. Zunz|title=French XX Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References for the Study of French Literature Since 1885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yySSPhUSBDAC&pg=PA11458|date=September 1989|publisher=Susquehanna University Press|isbn=978-0-941664-99-8|pages=11458|access-date=2021-01-03|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041641/https://books.google.com/books?id=yySSPhUSBDAC&pg=PA11458|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[Prix Médicis]] French: [[Michel Braudeau]], ''Naissance d'une passion'' |
*[[Prix Médicis]] French: [[Michel Braudeau]], ''Naissance d'une passion'' |
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*[[Prix Médicis]] International: [[Joseph Heller]], ''[[God Knows (novel)|God Knows]]'' |
*[[Prix Médicis]] International: [[Joseph Heller]], ''[[God Knows (novel)|God Knows]]'' |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1985.
Events
[edit]- February 25 – Sue Limb's parodic pastiche of the Lake Poets, The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere, begins broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 in the U.K.
- March 1 – The GNU Manifesto by Richard Stallman is published for the first time, and becomes a fundamental philosophical source within the free software movement.[1]
- August 11 – A memorial to the poet Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
- unknown dates – Three notable novels in English by female authors are published during the year: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale,[2] Jilly Cooper's Riders, the first of the Rutshire Chronicles, and Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
New books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Isaac Asimov – Robots and Empire
- Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale[2]
- Jean M. Auel – The Mammoth Hunters
- Iain Banks – Walking on Glass
- Clive Barker
- Greg Bear
- M. C. Beaton – Death of a Gossip
- Thomas Bernhard – Old Masters: a comedy (Alte Meister: Komödie)
- Anthony Burgess – The Kingdom of the Wicked
- Orson Scott Card – Ender's Game
- Jilly Cooper – Riders
- Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe's Honour
- Don DeLillo – White Noise
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt – The Execution of Justice (Justiz)
- Bret Easton Ellis – Less than Zero
- Steve Erickson – Days Between Stations
- John Fowles – A Maggot
- Carlos Fuentes – The Old Gringo (Gringo Viejo)
- William Gaddis – Carpenter's Gothic
- Gabriel García Márquez – Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera)
- Jane Gardam – Crusoe's Daughter
- Alasdair Gray – The Fall of Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties
- Graham Greene – The Tenth Man
- Amy Hempel – Reasons to Live
- Frank Herbert – Chapterhouse: Dune
- John Irving – The Cider House Rules
- Garrison Keillor – Lake Wobegon Days
- Stephen King – Skeleton Crew
- László Krasznahorkai – Satantango
- Derek Lambert – The Man Who Was Saturday
- Ursula K. Le Guin – Always Coming Home
- Doris Lessing – The Good Terrorist
- H. P. Lovecraft
- At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels
- The Dunwich Horror and Others (corrected edition)
- Richard A. Lupoff – Lovecraft's Book
- Cormac McCarthy – Blood Meridian
- Larry McMurtry – Lonesome Dove
- John D. MacDonald – The Lonely Silver Rain
- James A. Michener – Texas
- Brian Moore – Black Robe
- Bharati Mukherjee – Darkness (short stories)
- Iris Murdoch – The Good Apprentice
- Orhan Pamuk – The White Castle (Beyaz Kale)
- Ellis Peters – An Excellent Mystery
- Caryl Phillips – The Final Passage
- Peter Pohl – Johnny, My Friend (Janne, min vän)
- Guy Rewenig – Hannert dem Atlantik (first novel in the Luxembourgish language)
- Carl Sagan – Contact
- Nava Semel – Kova Zekhukhit (Hat of Glass, short stories)
- Sidney Sheldon – If Tomorrow Comes
- Patrick Süskind – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Sue Townsend – Rebuilding Coventry
- Anne Tyler – The Accidental Tourist
- Andrew Vachss – Flood
- Kurt Vonnegut – Galápagos
- Jeanette Winterson – Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Roger Zelazny – Trumps of Doom
Children and young people
[edit]- Chester Aaron – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
- Pamela Allen – A Lion in the Night
- Chris Van Allsburg – The Polar Express
- Frank Asch – I Can Blink
- Kirsten Boie – Paule ist ein Glücksgriff
- Robert Cormier – Beyond the Chocolate War
- Roald Dahl – The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
- Virginia Hamilton (with Leo and Diane Dillon) – The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
- Gordon Korman - Don't Care High
- Patricia MacLachlan – Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Laura Numeroff – If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- Pat O'Shea – The Hounds of the Morrigan
- Bill Peet – The Kweeks of Kookatumdee
- Cynthia Rylant – A Blue-Eyed Daisy
- Jacqueline Wilson – How to Survive Summer Camp (novel)
- Elizabeth Winthrop – The Castle in the Attic
Drama
[edit]- Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière (adapted) – Mahabharata
- Christopher Hampton (adapted) – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- David Hare and Howard Brenton – Pravda
- Larry Kramer – The Normal Heart
- Wallace Shawn – Aunt Dan and Lemon
- Sam Shepard – A Lie of the Mind
- Neil Simon – Biloxi Blues
- August Wilson – Fences
Poetry
[edit]- Carol Ann Duffy – Standing Female Nude
Non-fiction
[edit]- Bill Bryson – The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries
- Roger Caron – Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot
- Allen Carr – The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
- Timothy J. Cooney - Telling Right From Wrong
- Michael Denton – Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
- Elaine Dundy – Elvis and Gladys
- Julien Gracq – The Shape of a City
- G. L. Harriss (editor) – Henry V: The Practice of Kingship
- Ernest Hemingway – The Dangerous Summer
- Pauline Kael – State of the Art
- David Lowenthal – The Past Is a Foreign Country
- Walter A. McDougall – ...The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age
- Tim O'Brien – The Nuclear Age
- Priscilla Beaulieu Presley – Elvis and Me
- David Robinson – Chaplin: His Life and Art
- Oliver Sacks – The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
- Roger Scruton – Thinkers of the New Left
- Gary Soto – Living Up the Street
- Crawford Young and Thomas Turner – The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
Births
[edit]- February 7 - Justina Ireland, American science-fiction and fantasy author of young-adult fiction
- April 24 – Alexander Zeldin, British playwright and director
- September 24 – Eleanor Catton, New Zealand novelist[3]
- September 30 – Téa Obreht, Yugoslav-born American novelist writing in English
Deaths
[edit]- January 1 – Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (born 1913)
- January 5 – Alexis Rannit, Estonian-born American poet and critic (born 1914)
- February 6 – James Hadley Chase, English thriller novelist (born 1906)[4]
- February 19 – Carl Joachim Hambro, Norwegian novelist, essayist and philologist (born 1914)[5]
- March 15 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and philosopher (born 1921)
- April 4 – Kate Roberts, Welsh writer (born 1891)
- April 7 – Carl Schmitt, German political theorist (born 1888)
- April 17
- Basil Bunting, English poet (born 1900)
- D. I. Suchianu, Romanian essayist, translator, social scientist and film theorist (born 1895)
- April 25 – Uku Masing, Estonian religious philosopher, linguist and writer (born 1909)
- May 1 – Denise Robins, English romantic novelist (born 1897)
- May 12 – Josephine Miles, American poet and literary critic (born 1911)
- May 18 – Hedley Bull, Australian economist (cancer, born 1932)[6]
- May 25 – Robert Nathan, American novelist and poet (born 1894)
- June 8 – Hu Feng (胡风), Chinese novelist (born 1902)
- June 16 – Ernst Orvil, Norwegian novelist, poet and playwright (born 1898)
- July 16 – Heinrich Böll, German novelist, Nobel laureate (born 1917)
- July 8 – Leslie Paul, Anglo-Irish novelist (born 1905)
- July 29 – Judah Waten, Australian novelist (born 1911)[7]
- August 14 – Alfred Hayes, English-born American novelist, poet and screenwriter (born 1911)
- August 30 – (Janet) Taylor Caldwell, English-born American novelist (born 1900)[8]
- September 1 – Saunders Lewis, Welsh writer and broadcaster (Plaid Cymru) (born 1893)[9]
- September 17 – Fran Ross, African American satirist (born 1935)
- September 22 – D. J. Opperman, South African Afrikaans poet (born 1914)
- September 27 – Leonard Gribble, English novelist (born 1908)
- October 1 – E. B. White, American children's writer and writer on style (born 1899)[10]
- October 11 – Alex La Guma, South African novelist and political activist (born 1925)
- October 24 – László Bíró, Hungarian journalist and inventor (born 1899)
- October 31 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek poet (born 1903)
- November 3 – J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, English historian (born 1916)
- November 4 – Hilda Vaughan, Welsh novelist and short story writer (born 1892)
- November 6 – Sara Woods, British crime fiction writer (born 1922)
- November 11 – James Hanley, English-born novelist and dramatist of Irish extraction (born 1897)[11]
- November 25
- Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (born 1905)
- Elsa Morante, Italian novelist (born 1912)[12]
- November 27 – Fernand Braudel, French historian (born 1902)
- December 2 – Philip Larkin, English poet (born 1922)
- December 5 – Mihail Celarianu, Romanian poet and novelist (born 1893)
- December 7 – Robert Graves, English novelist, poet and critic (born 1895)
Awards
[edit]Australia
[edit]- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: no award given out this year
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kevin Hart, Your Shadow; Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Doris Brett, The Truth about Unicorns
- Miles Franklin Award: Christopher Koch, The Doubleman
Canada
[edit]- See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
France
[edit]- Prix Goncourt: Yann Queffélec, Les Noces barbares[13]
- Prix Médicis French: Michel Braudeau, Naissance d'une passion
- Prix Médicis International: Joseph Heller, God Knows
Spain
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Booker Prize: Keri Hulme, The Bone People
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Kevin Crossley-Holland, Storm
- Cholmondeley Award: Dannie Abse, Peter Redgrove, Brian Taylor
- Eric Gregory Award: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, Simon North, Julian May
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Robert Edric, Winter Garden
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: David Nokes, Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed
- Newdigate Prize: Robert Twigger
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Douglas Dunn, Elegies
United States
[edit]- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Robert Penn Warren
- Frost Medal: Robert Penn Warren
- Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: James Lapine for book; Stephen Sondheim for music and lyrics, Sunday in the Park With George
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alison Lurie – Foreign Affairs
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Kizer: Yin
- Whiting Awards (inaugural year):
- Fiction: Raymond Abbott, Stuart Dybek, Wright Morris (fiction/nonfiction), Howard Norman, James Robison, Austin Wright (fiction/nonfiction)
- Poetry: Douglas Crase, Jorie Graham, Linda Gregg, James Schuyler
Elsewhere
[edit]- Premio Nadal: Pau Faner Coll – Flor de sal
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- ^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0-912289-82-3. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ Hambro, Johan (1984). C. J. Hambro: Liv og drøm (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 67. ISBN 82-03-11347-8.
- ^ Robert Ayson (24 September 2012). Hedley Bull and the Accommodation of Power. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-230-36389-2.
- ^ "Waten, Judah Papers (National Library of Aus.) – Biographical Note". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31.
- ^ John Arthur Garraty; Mark Christopher Carnes (1999). American National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-19-512783-6. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ World Book, Inc. Staff (February 1986). The World Book Year Book. World Book, Incorporated. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-7166-0486-0. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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