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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in '''1981'''.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1981'''.
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==Events==
==Events==
*May 31 – The [[burning of Jaffna library]] in [[Sri Lanka]] is begun by a mob of police and government-sponsored paramilitaries. They destroy over 97,000 volumes in one of the worst examples of ethnic [[book burning]] in the modern era.
*[[May 31]] – The [[burning of Jaffna Public Library]] in [[Sri Lanka]] is begun by a mob of police and government-sponsored paramilitaries. They destroy over 97,000 volumes in one of the worst examples of ethnic [[book burning]] in the modern era.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/burning-of-the-jaffna-public-library-whodunit/|title=Burning Of The Jaffna Public Library: Whodunit?|date=June 1, 2014|website=Colombo Telegraph|author=Tassie Seneviratne|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>
*August – [[Sefer ve Sefel]] opens as an English [[used bookstore]] in [[Jerusalem]].
*August – [[Sefer ve Sefel]] opens as an English [[used bookstore]] in [[Jerusalem]].
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*''unknown dates''
*[[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]] successfully revives the [[James Bond]] novel series originated by [[Ian Fleming]] with ''[[Licence Renewed]]'' (not counting a faux biography of Bond and a pair of film novelizations, the first original Bond novel since 1968's ''[[Colonel Sun]]''). The revived Bond book series will run uninterrupted until [[2002 in literature|2002]].
**[[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]] successfully revives the [[James Bond]] novel series originated by [[Ian Fleming]] with ''[[Licence Renewed]]'' (not counting a faux biography of Bond and a pair of film novelizations, the first original Bond novel since 1968's ''[[Colonel Sun]]''). The revived Bond book series will run uninterrupted until [[2002 in literature|2002]].
*[[Colin MacCabe]] is denied [[tenure]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], apparently due to his position in a dispute within the English Faculty about the teaching of [[structuralism]].<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'', 16 February 1981, p. 95; see also Philip Lewis, "The Post-Structuralist Condition", ''Diacritics'' 12:1 (1982): 2–24, p. 2.</ref>
**[[Colin MacCabe]] is denied [[tenure]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], apparently because of a dispute within the English Faculty about the teaching of [[structuralism]].<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'', 16 February 1981, p. 95; see also Philip Lewis, "The Post-Structuralist Condition", ''Diacritics'' 12:1 (1982): 2–24, p. 2.</ref>
*The [[PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction]] is given for the first time.
**The [[PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction]] is given for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|title=Reports of the President and the Treasurer - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkEUAQAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation}}</ref>


==New books==
==New books==
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===Fiction===
===Fiction===
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* [[Eric Ambler]] – ''[[The Care of Time]]''
*[[Kingsley Amis]] (ed.) – ''The Golden Age of Science Fiction''
*[[Kingsley Amis]] (ed.) – ''The Golden Age of Science Fiction''
*[[Martin Amis]] – ''[[Other People (novel)|Other People]]''
*[[Martin Amis]] – ''[[Other People (novel)|Other People]]''
*[[V. C. Andrews]] – ''[[If There Be Thorns]]''
*[[V. C. Andrews]] – ''[[If There Be Thorns]]''
*[[Louis Auchincloss]] – ''[[The Cat and the King]]''
*[[Louis Auchincloss]] – ''[[The Cat and the King]]''
*[[René Barjavel]] – ''[[Une rose au paradis]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian M. Stableford|title=Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzmIPZg5xicC&pg=PA21|year=2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-4938-9|pages=21}}</ref>
*[[René Barjavel]] – ''[[Une rose au paradis]]''
*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''[[Ill Seen Ill Said]]''
*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''[[Ill Seen Ill Said]]''
*[[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] – ''Reinhart's Women''
*[[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] – ''Reinhart's Women''
*[[Pierre Berton]] – ''Flames Across the Border''
*[[Pierre Berton]] – ''Flames Across the Border''
*Simon Bond – ''[[101 Uses for a Dead Cat]]''
*[[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]] – ''[[A Good Man in Africa]]''
*[[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]] – ''[[A Good Man in Africa]]''
*[[Pascal Bruckner]] – ''[[Evil Angels (novel)|Evil Angels]]''
*[[Pascal Bruckner]] – ''[[Evil Angels (novel)|Evil Angels]]''
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*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] – ''[[The Hand of Zei]]''
*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] – ''[[The Hand of Zei]]''
*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] and [[Catherine Crook de Camp]] – ''[[Footprints on Sand]]''
*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] and [[Catherine Crook de Camp]] – ''[[Footprints on Sand]]''
*[[Régine Deforges]] – ''La Bicyclette bleue'' (The Blue Bicycle)
*[[Régine Deforges]] – ''La Bicyclette bleue'' (The Blue Bicycle)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Janet Husband|author2=Jonathan F. Husband|title=Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zbgAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=978-0-8389-0533-3|page=98}}</ref>
*[[Samuel R. Delany]] – ''Distant Star''
*[[Samuel R. Delany]] – ''Distant Star''
*[[Michel Déon]] – ''[[Where Are You Dying Tonight?]] (Un déjeuner de soleil)''
*[[Michel Déon]] – ''[[Where Are You Dying Tonight?]] (Un déjeuner de soleil)''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michel Deon|author2=Michel Déon|title=Where are You Dying Tonight?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSUnAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=H. Hamilton|isbn=978-0-241-10908-3|page=4}}</ref>
*[[Cynthia Freeman]] – ''No Time for Tears''
*[[Cynthia Freeman]] – ''No Time for Tears''
*[[Gabriel García Márquez]] – ''[[Chronicle of a Death Foretold]] (Crónica de una muerte anunciada)''
*[[Gabriel García Márquez]] – ''[[Chronicle of a Death Foretold]] (Crónica de una muerte anunciada)''<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen M. Hart|title=Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RS0fAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Grant & Cutler|isbn=978-0-7293-0445-0|page=14}}</ref>
*[[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]] – ''[[Licence Renewed]]''
*[[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]] – ''[[Licence Renewed]]''
*[[Charles L. Grant]] – ''[[Tales from the Nightside]]''
*[[Charles L. Grant]] – ''[[Tales from the Nightside]]''
*[[Alasdair Gray]] – ''[[Lanark (book)|Lanark]]''
*[[Alasdair Gray]] – ''[[Lanark (book)|Lanark]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=1981 - Alasdair Gray's Lanark |url=https://digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1981.html |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[Jan Guillou]] – ''[[Ondskan (novel)|Ondskan]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Tapper|title=Swedish Cops: From Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Stieg Larsson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mp8CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134|year=2014|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-78320-188-4|pages=134}}</ref>
*[[Jan Guillou]] – ''[[Ondskan (novel)|Ondskan]]''
*[[Thomas Harris]] – ''[[Red Dragon (novel)|Red Dragon]]''
*[[Thomas Harris]] – ''[[Red Dragon (novel)|Red Dragon]]''
*[[Frank Herbert]] – ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]''
*[[Frank Herbert]] – ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]''
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*[[Ismail Kadare]] – ''[[The File on H]] (Dosja J)''
*[[Ismail Kadare]] – ''[[The File on H]] (Dosja J)''
*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[Cujo]]''
*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[Cujo]]''
*[[Dean Koontz]] (as Leigh Nichols) – ''[[The Eyes of Darkness]]''
*[[Chart Korbjitti]] – ''Khamphiphaksa'' (The Judgment)
*[[Chart Korbjitti]] – ''Khamphiphaksa'' (The Judgment)
*[[Joe R. Lansdale]] – ''[[Act of Love (novel)|Act of Love]]''
*[[Joe R. Lansdale]] – ''[[Act of Love (novel)|Act of Love]]''
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*[[Terry Pratchett]] – ''[[Strata (novel)|Strata]]''
*[[Terry Pratchett]] – ''[[Strata (novel)|Strata]]''
*[[Bano Qudsia]] – ''[[Raja Gidh]]'' ("King Vulture")
*[[Bano Qudsia]] – ''[[Raja Gidh]]'' ("King Vulture")
*[[Jean Raspail]] – ''[[Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie]]''
*[[Alain Robbe-Grillet]] – ''[[Djinn (novel)|Djinn]]''
*[[Alain Robbe-Grillet]] – ''[[Djinn (novel)|Djinn]]''
*[[Harold Robbins]] – ''Goodbye, Janette''
*[[Harold Robbins]] – ''Goodbye, Janette''
*[[Salman Rushdie]] – ''[[Midnight's Children]]''
*[[Lawrence Sanders]] – ''The Third Deadly Sin''
*[[Lawrence Sanders]] – ''The Third Deadly Sin''
*[[Martin Cruz Smith]] – ''[[Gorky Park (novel)|Gorky Park]]''
*[[Martin Cruz Smith]] – ''[[Gorky Park (novel)|Gorky Park]]''
*[[Anja Snellman]] – ''Sonja O. kävi täällä''
*[[Muriel Spark]] – ''[[Loitering with Intent]]''
*[[Muriel Spark]] – ''[[Loitering with Intent]]''
*[[Botho Strauß]] – ''[[Couples, Passersby]] (Paare, Passanten)'' (stories)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles A. Carpenter|title=Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990: An International Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=611ltP0zuaIC|year=1997|publisher=Modern drama by University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-0914-2|page=425}}</ref>
*[[Botho Strauß]] – ''[[Couples, Passersby]] (Paare, Passanten)''
*[[Paul Theroux]] – ''[[The Mosquito Coast (novel)|The Mosquito Coast]]''
*[[Paul Theroux]] – ''[[The Mosquito Coast (novel)|The Mosquito Coast]]''
*[[D. M. Thomas]] – ''[[The White Hotel]]''
*[[D. M. Thomas]] – ''[[The White Hotel]]''
*[[John Updike]] – ''[[Rabbit Is Rich]]''
*[[John Updike]] – ''[[Rabbit Is Rich]]''
*[[Jack Vance]] – ''[[The Book of Dreams]]''
*[[Jack Vance]] – ''[[The Book of Dreams (Vance novel)|The Book of Dreams]]''
*[[Mario Vargas Llosa]] – ''[[The War of the End of the World]] (La guerra del fin del mundo)''
*[[Gore Vidal]] – ''[[Creation (novel)|Creation]]''
*[[Gore Vidal]] – ''[[Creation (novel)|Creation]]''
*[[Joseph Wambaugh]] – ''[[The Glitter Dome]]''
*[[Joseph Wambaugh]] – ''[[The Glitter Dome]]''
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===Children and young people===
===Children and young people===
*[[Chris Van Allsburg]] – ''[[Jumanji (picture book)|Jumanji]]''
*[[Chris Van Allsburg]] – ''[[Jumanji (picture book)|Jumanji]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 609</ref>
*[[Hans Christian Andersen]] (with [[Jane S. Woodward]] and [[Michael Hague]]) – ''Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales''
*[[Hans Christian Andersen]] (with [[Jane S. Woodward]] and [[Michael Hague]]) – ''Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales''
*[[Judy Blume]] – ''[[Tiger Eyes]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rothman |first1=Lily |title=How is 'Tiger Eyes' the First Movie Based on a Judy Blume Book? |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/08/how-is-tiger-eyes-the-first-movie-based-on-a-judy-blume-book/ |magazine=Time |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=8 June 2013}}</ref>
*[[Judy Blume]] – ''[[Tiger Eyes]]''
*[[Beverly Cleary]] – ''[[Ramona Quimby, Age 8]]''<ref name=Stein>{{cite journal |last1=Stein |first1=Ruth M. |title=Book reMarks: A Personal View of Current Juvenile Literature |journal=Language Arts |date=1982 |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=367–373 |jstor=41404080 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41404080 |access-date=12 January 2022 |issn=0360-9170}}</ref>
*[[Roald Dahl]] – ''[[George's Marvellous Medicine]]''
*[[Rumer Godden]] – ''The Dragon of Og''
*[[Eth Clifford]] – ''The Dastardly Murder of Dirty Pete''<ref name=Stein />
*[[Roger Hargreaves]] – ''[[Little Miss]]'' (first 13 books in the ''[[Little Miss]]'' series of 21)
*[[Roald Dahl]] – ''[[George's Marvellous Medicine]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 227</ref>
*[[Rumer Godden]] – ''The Dragon of Og''<ref name=Stein />
*[[Roger Hargreaves]] – ''[[List of Little Miss characters|Little Miss]]'' (first 13 books in the ''[[List of Little Miss characters|Little Miss]]'' series of 21)
*[[Florence Parry Heide]] – ''Treehorn's Treasure''<ref name=Stein />
*[[Harold Lamb]] (with [[George Barr (artist)|George Barr]] and [[Alicia Austin]]) – ''[[Durandal (novel)|Durandal]]''
*[[Harold Lamb]] (with [[George Barr (artist)|George Barr]] and [[Alicia Austin]]) – ''[[Durandal (novel)|Durandal]]''
*[[Michael de Larrabeiti]] – ''[[The Borribles Go for Broke]]''
*[[Michael de Larrabeiti]] – ''[[The Borribles Go for Broke]]''
*[[Janet Lunn]] – ''[[The Root Cellar]]''
*[[Janet Lunn]] – ''[[The Root Cellar]]''
*[[Patricia Lynch]] – ''The Turf-Cutter's Donkey''
*[[Patricia Lynch]] – ''The Turf-Cutter's Donkey''
*[[Michelle Magorian]] – ''[[Goodnight Mister Tom]]''
*[[Michelle Magorian]] – ''[[Goodnight Mister Tom]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 236</ref>
*[[C. L. Moore]] (with [[Alicia Austin]]) - ''[[Scarlet Dream]]''
*[[C. L. Moore]] (with [[Alicia Austin]]) - ''[[Scarlet Dream]]''
*[[Uri Orlev]] – ''[[The Island on Bird Street]] (האי ברחוב הציפורים)''
*[[Uri Orlev]] – ''[[The Island on Bird Street]] (האי ברחוב הציפורים)''
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*[[Bill Peet]] – ''[[Encore for Eleanor]]''
*[[Bill Peet]] – ''[[Encore for Eleanor]]''
*[[Alvin Schwartz (children's author)|Alvin Schwartz]] – ''[[Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark]]''
*[[Alvin Schwartz (children's author)|Alvin Schwartz]] – ''[[Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark]]''
*[[Maurice Sendak]] – ''[[Outside Over There]]''
*[[Maurice Sendak]] – ''[[Outside Over There]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, pp. 526-527</ref>
*[[Jan Wahl]] – ''The Cucumber Princess''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Literature for Children |journal=The Reading Teacher |date=1982 |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=972–976 |jstor=20198135 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20198135 |access-date=12 January 2022 |issn=0034-0561}}</ref>
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*[[Robert Westall]] – ''[[The Scarecrows]]''
*[[Robert Westall]] – ''[[The Scarecrows]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 620</ref>


===Drama===
===Drama===
*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''[[Rockaby]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=STAGE: WORLD PREMIERE OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S 'ROCKABY' AT STATE U. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/12/theater/stage-world-premiere-of-samuel-beckett-s-rockaby-at-state-u.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=12 April 1981}}</ref>
*[[Samuel Beckett]] – ''[[Rockaby]]''
*[[Edward Bond]] – ''Restoration''
*[[Edward Bond]] – ''Restoration''
*[[Tankred Dorst]] – ''Merlin oder das wüste Land''
*[[Tankred Dorst]] – ''Merlin oder das wüste Land''
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*[[Botho Strauß]] – ''[[Kalldewey, Farce]]''
*[[Botho Strauß]] – ''[[Kalldewey, Farce]]''
*[[Patrick Süskind]] – ''[[Der Kontrabaß]]''
*[[Patrick Süskind]] – ''[[Der Kontrabaß]]''
*[[Peter Whelan]] – ''[[The Accrington Pals (play)|The Accrington Pals]]''
*[[Peter Whelan (playwright)|Peter Whelan]] – ''[[The Accrington Pals (play)|The Accrington Pals]]''
*[[Tennessee Williams]] – ''[[The Notebook of Trigorin]]''
*[[Tennessee Williams]] – ''[[The Notebook of Trigorin]]''


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*[[Hugo Brandt Corstius]] – ''[[Opperlandse taal- & letterkunde]]''
*[[Hugo Brandt Corstius]] – ''[[Opperlandse taal- & letterkunde]]''
*[[Daniel Dennett]] – ''[[Brainstorms]]: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology''
*[[Daniel Dennett]] – ''[[Brainstorms]]: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology''
*Nancy C. Dorian – ''Language Death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect''
*[[Nancy Dorian]] – ''Language Death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect''
*[[Timothy Findley]] – ''Famous Last Words''
*[[Timothy Findley]] – ''Famous Last Words''
*[[Stephen Jay Gould]] – ''[[The Mismeasure of Man]]''
*[[Stephen Jay Gould]] – ''[[The Mismeasure of Man]]''
*[[Dumas Malone]] – ''[[Jefferson and His Time|The Sage of Monticello]]''
*[[Dumas Malone]] – ''[[Jefferson and His Time|The Sage of Monticello]]''
*[[V. S. Naipaul]] – ''[[Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey]]''
*[[V. S. Naipaul]] – ''[[Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey]]''
*[[Giovanni Pettinato]] – ''The Archives of [[Ebla]]: An Empire Inscribed in Clay''
*[[Giovanni Pettinato]] – ''The Archives of [[Ebla]]: An Empire Inscribed in Clay''<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Frederic Vos|title=Genesis and Archaeology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udXYAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Academic Books|isbn=978-0-310-33901-4|page=113}}</ref>
*[[Anne Scott-James]] – ''The [[Cottage Garden]]''
*[[Anne Scott-James]] – ''The [[Cottage Garden]]''
*[[Ian Smith]] – ''[[The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith|The Great Betrayal]]''
*[[Viktor Suvorov]] – ''[[The Liberators (Suvorov)|The Liberators]]''
*[[Viktor Suvorov]] – ''[[The Liberators (Suvorov)|The Liberators]]''
*[[Xu Zhongyu]] – ''University Chinese'' (大学语文)


==Births==
==Births==
*[[Jan 4]] – [[Sarah Crossan]], Irish young-adult writer
*[[April 7]] – [[Lili Wilkinson]], Australian young-adult writer
*[[May 19]] – [[Kiera Cass]], American young-adult writer
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*[[May 20]] – [[Ottessa Moshfegh]], American novelist
*[[June 10]] – [[Juno Dawson]], born James Dawson, English young-adult LGBT writer
*[[July 10]] – [[Karen Russell]], American novelist
*[[July 10]] – [[Karen Russell]], American novelist
*[[July 27]] – [[Dan Jones (writer)|Dan Jones]], British historian and TV presenter
*[[September 30]] – [[Cecelia Ahern]], Irish novelist
*[[September 30]] – [[Cecelia Ahern]], Irish novelist
*[[October 3]] – [[Leïla Slimani]], Franco-Moroccan novelist<ref>{{cite news |first=Alexandra |last= Schwartzbrod |url=http://next.liberation.fr/livres/2014/09/29/leila-slimani-madame-bovary-x_1111174 |title=Leïla Slimani. "Madame Bovary X" |newspaper=Liberation |language=fr |date=29 September 2014 |access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
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*[[October 3]] – [[Leïla Slimani]], Franco-Moroccan novelist
*[[December 10]] – [[NoViolet Bulawayo]] (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele), Zimbabwe-born novelist
*[[October 12]] – [[NoViolet Bulawayo]] (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele), Zimbabwe-born novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zimbabwemonitor.com/2019/08/16/noviolet-bulawayo-real-name-elizabeth-zandile-tshele-1981/|title=NoViolet Bulawayo [real name Elizabeth Zandile Tshele] (1981 -)|website=Zimbabwe Monitor|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Irina Denezhkina]], Russian writer
*[[December 11]] – [[Hamish Blake]], Australian comedian, actor and author
*[[December 13]] – [[Mathis Bailey]], American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer
*[[December 13]] – [[Mathis Bailey]], American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer
*''unknown dates''

**[[Amy Sackville]], English novelist<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/show/feature/orange-2010-AS-still-point|title= The Still Point by Amy Sackville|work= Orange Prize for Fiction|year= 2010|access-date= 27 November 2010|archive-date= 10 April 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100410143144/http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/show/feature/orange-2010-AS-still-point|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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''Uncertain dates''
**[[Sunjeev Sahota]], English novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sunjeev-sahota/6145|title=Sunjeev Sahota|website=Picador|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Amy Sackville]], English novelist
*[[Sunjeev Sahota]], English novelist
**[[Saud Alsanousi]], Kuwaiti novelist
**[[Olesya Mamchich]], Ukrainian poet and children's writer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=UKRAIŃSKIE POETKI O WOJNIE |url=https://magazynwizje.pl/aktualnik/ukrainskie-poetki-o-wojnie/ |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Wizje |language=pl}}</ref>


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 5]] – [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (born [[1901 in literature|1901]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}</ref>
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*[[January 9]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[January 6]] – [[A. J. Cronin]], Scottish novelist (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/obituaries/aj-cronin-author-of-citadel-and-keys-of-the-kingdom-dies.html|title=A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies|date=10 January 1981|website=The New York Times|first=Herbert|last=Mitgang|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
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*[[February 17]] – [[David Garnett]], English novelist (born [[1892 in literature|1892]])
*[[January 7]] – [[John Pascal]], American playwright, screenwriter, author and journalist (born [[1932 in literature|1932]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuA1AQAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=99}}</ref>
*[[January 23]] – [[Lobsang Rampa|Lobsang Rampa (Cyril Henry Hoskin)]], English author (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])
*[[February 3]] – [[Normand Poirier]], American newspaper editor, journalist and essayist (born [[1928 in literature|1928]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/04/obituaries/normand-poirier.html "Normand Poirier."] ''[[New York Times]]''. February 4, 1981</ref>
*[[February 17]] – [[David Garnett]], English novelist (born [[1892 in literature|1892]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan|last= Palmer|author2=Alan Warwick Palmer|author3=Veronica Palmer|title=Who's who in Bloomsbury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W21nAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Harvester Press|isbn=978-0-7108-0312-2|page=67}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[Nan Shepherd]], Scottish novelist and poet (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Nan Shepherd]], Scottish novelist and poet (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])
*[[March 7]] – [[Bosley Crowther]], American film critic (born [[1905 in literature|1905]])
*[[March 7]] – [[Bosley Crowther]], American film critic (born [[1905 in literature|1905]])<ref>{{cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|title=Bosley Crowther, 27 Years a Critic of Film for Times, is Dead at 75|date=March 8, 1981|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/08/obituaries/bosley-crowther-27-years-a-critic-of-films-for-times-is-dead-at-75.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[March 14]] – [[Eleanor Perry]], American screenwriter and author (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])<ref>{{cite book|first=John A.|last= Willis|title=Screen World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9xkAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Crown Publishers|isbn=978-0-517-54740-3|page=237}}</ref>
*[[March 20]] – [[Pedro García Cabrera]], Spanish poet (born [[1905 in literature|1905]])
*[[March 20]] – [[Pedro García Cabrera]], Spanish poet (born [[1905 in literature|1905]])
*[[March 29]] – [[Clive Sansom]], English-born Tasmanian poet and playwright (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])
*[[March 29]] – [[Clive Sansom]], English-born Tasmanian poet and playwright (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])
*[[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Catalan Spanish journalist and writer (born [[1897 in literature|1897]])
*[[March 31]] – [[Enid Bagnold]], English writer and playwright (born [[1889 in literature|1889]])
*[[April 1]] – [[Dennis Feltham Jones|D. F. Jones]], English science fiction writer (born [[1918 in literature|1918]])
*[[April 13]] – [[Gwyn Thomas (novelist)|Gwyn Thomas]], Welsh novelist and broadcaster (born [[1913 in literature|1913]])
*[[April 23]] – [[Josep Pla]], Catalan Spanish journalist and writer (born [[1897 in literature|1897]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Josep Miquel|last= Sobrer|title=Catalonia, a Self-portrait|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TU9F4xq2GzsC&pg=PA157|year=1992|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-28883-5|pages=157}}</ref>
*[[April 26]] – [[Robert Garioch]], Scottish poet (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[April 26]] – [[Robert Garioch]], Scottish poet (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Uri Zvi Grinberg]], Israeli poet writing in Hebrew and Yiddish (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Uri Zvi Grinberg]], Israeli poet writing in Hebrew and Yiddish (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE7DB1738F933A25756C0A967948260 | work=The New York Times | title=Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet | date=10 May 1981}}</ref>
*[[May 9]] – [[Nelson Algren]], American novelist (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[May 9]] – [[Nelson Algren]], American novelist (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
*[[May 18]] – [[William Saroyan]], American novelist and dramatist (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])
*[[May 18]] – [[William Saroyan]], American novelist and dramatist (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Leo|last= Hamalian|title=William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu1gEq5Zqq8C&pg=PA233|year=1987|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3308-3|pages=233}}</ref>
*[[May 30]] – [[Gwendolyn B. Bennett]], African American writer and artist (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[May 23]] – [[Rayner Heppenstall]], English writer and poet (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])
*[[May 30]] – [[Gwendolyn B. Bennett]], African-American writer and artist (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[June 15]] – [[Philip Toynbee]], English novelist and journalist (born [[1916 in literature|1916]])
*[[June 15]] – [[Philip Toynbee]], English novelist and journalist (born [[1916 in literature|1916]])
*[[June 17]] – [[Zerna Sharp]], American writer and educator (born [[1889 in literature|1889]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Frederik|last= Ohles|author2=Shirley G. Ohles|author3=Shirley M. Ohles|author4=John G. Ramsay|title=Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBj5-zHEMvoC&pg=PA290|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29133-3|pages=290}}</ref>
*[[June 18]] – [[Pamela Hansford Johnson]], English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=David|first=Deirdre|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/980257624|title=Pamela Hansford Johnson : a writing life|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-184328-0|location=Oxford|oclc=980257624}}</ref>
*[[August 15]] – [[Carol Ryrie Brink]], American author (born [[1895 in literature|1895]])<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bernice E.|last1=Cullinan|first2=Diane Goetz|last2=Person|title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature|location=New York|publisher=Continuum|year=2005|page=112|isbn=978-0-82641-778-7}}</ref>
*[[September 3]] – [[Alec Waugh]], English novelist (born [[1898 in literature|1898]])
*[[September 3]] – [[Alec Waugh]], English novelist (born [[1898 in literature|1898]])
*[[September 7]] – [[Christy Brown]], Irish writer and painter (born [[1932 in literature|1932]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterkin |first=Tom |title=Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568455/Christy-Brown-neglected-by-ex-prostitute-wife.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 November 2007 |location=London|date=6 November 2007}}</ref>
*[[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian poet (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[September 12]] – [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian poet (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[October 20]] – [[Mary Coyle Chase]], American playwright (born [[1906 in literature|1906]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Alice M. |last=Robinson|author2=Vera Mowry Roberts|author3=Milly S. Barranger|title=Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJMYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-27217-2|page=126}}</ref>
*[[October 25]] – [[Cynthia Harnett]], English children's writer (born [[1893 in literature|1893]])
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*[[October 30]] – [[Denys Rhodes]], English novelist (born [[1919 in literature|1919]])
*[[November 6]] – [[Digby George Gerahty]], English novelist (born [[1898 in literature|1898]])
*[[November 30]] – [[Charles Eric Maine]], English science fiction writer (born [[1921 in literature|1921]])
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*[[December 9]] – [[C. P. Taylor]], Scottish playwright (born [[1929 in literature|1929]])
*[[December 26]] – [[Amber Reeves]], New Zealand-born English scholar, feminist and novelist (born [[1887 in literature|1887]])
*[[December 26]] – [[Amber Reeves]], New Zealand-born English scholar, feminist and novelist (born [[1887 in literature|1887]])


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===United Kingdom===
===United Kingdom===
*[[Booker Prize]]: [[Salman Rushdie]], ''[[Midnight's Children]]''
*[[Booker Prize]]: [[Salman Rushdie]], ''[[Midnight's Children]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62523259 |website=BBC News |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[Carnegie Medal in Literature|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Robert Westall]], ''[[The Scarecrows]]''
*[[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Robert Westall]], ''[[The Scarecrows]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 660</ref>
*[[Cholmondeley Award]]: [[Roy Fisher]], [[Robert Garioch]], [[Charles Boyle (poet)|Charles Boyle]]
*[[Cholmondeley Award]]: [[Roy Fisher]], [[Robert Garioch]], [[Charles Boyle (poet)|Charles Boyle]]
*[[Eric Gregory Award]]: [[Alan Jenkins (poet)|Alan Jenkins]], [[Simon Rae]], [[Marion Lomax]], [[Philip Gross]], [[Kathleen Jamie]], [[Mark Abley]], [[Roger Crowley]], [[Ian Gregson (poet)|Ian Gregson]]
*[[Eric Gregory Award]]: [[Alan Jenkins (poet)|Alan Jenkins]], [[Simon Rae]], [[Marion Lomax]], [[Philip Gross]], [[Kathleen Jamie]], [[Mark Abley]], [[Roger Crowley]], [[Ian Gregson (poet)|Ian Gregson]]
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Salman Rushdie]], ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', and [[Paul Theroux]], ''[[The Mosquito Coast]]''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Salman Rushdie]], ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', and [[Paul Theroux]], ''[[The Mosquito Coast (novel)|The Mosquito Coast]]''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Victoria Glendinning]], ''[[Edith Sitwell]]: Unicorn Among Lions ''
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Victoria Glendinning]], ''[[Edith Sitwell]]: Unicorn Among Lions ''
*[[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]]: [[D. J. Enright]]
*[[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]]: [[D. J. Enright]]
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*[[Dos Passos Prize]]: [[Gilbert Sorrentino]]
*[[Dos Passos Prize]]: [[Gilbert Sorrentino]]
*[[Nebula Award]]: [[Gene Wolfe]], ''[[The Claw of the Conciliator]]''
*[[Nebula Award]]: [[Gene Wolfe]], ''[[The Claw of the Conciliator]]''
*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Katherine Paterson]], ''[[Jacob Have I Loved]]''
*[[Newbery Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Katherine Paterson]], ''[[Jacob Have I Loved]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 657</ref>
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Beth Henley]], ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[Beth Henley]], ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]: [[John Kennedy Toole]] – ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]''
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]: [[John Kennedy Toole]] – ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]''
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*[[Premio Nadal]]: [[Carmen Gómez Ojea]], ''Cantiga de aguero''
*[[Premio Nadal]]: [[Carmen Gómez Ojea]], ''Cantiga de aguero''
{{Portal|1980s|Literature}}
{{Portal|1980s|Literature}}

==Notes==
* {{cite book |last1=Hahn |first1=Daniel |title=The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=9780198715542 |edition=Second}}


==References==
==References==

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1981.

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  • Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.

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  1. ^ Tassie Seneviratne (June 1, 2014). "Burning Of The Jaffna Public Library: Whodunit?". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Newsweek, 16 February 1981, p. 95; see also Philip Lewis, "The Post-Structuralist Condition", Diacritics 12:1 (1982): 2–24, p. 2.
  3. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979). Reports of the President and the Treasurer - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  4. ^ Brian M. Stableford (2004). Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-4938-9.
  5. ^ Janet Husband; Jonathan F. Husband (1990). Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. American Library Association. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8389-0533-3.
  6. ^ Michel Deon; Michel Déon (1983). Where are You Dying Tonight?. H. Hamilton. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-241-10908-3.
  7. ^ Stephen M. Hart (2005). Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada. Grant & Cutler. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7293-0445-0.
  8. ^ "1981 - Alasdair Gray's Lanark". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ^ Michael Tapper (2014). Swedish Cops: From Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Stieg Larsson. Intellect Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-78320-188-4.
  10. ^ Charles A. Carpenter (1997). Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990: An International Bibliography. Modern drama by University of Toronto Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-8020-0914-2.
  11. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 609
  12. ^ Rothman, Lily (8 June 2013). "How is 'Tiger Eyes' the First Movie Based on a Judy Blume Book?". Time. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d Stein, Ruth M. (1982). "Book reMarks: A Personal View of Current Juvenile Literature". Language Arts. 59 (4): 367–373. ISSN 0360-9170. JSTOR 41404080. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 227
  15. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 236
  16. ^ Hahn 2015, pp. 526-527
  17. ^ "Literature for Children". The Reading Teacher. 35 (8): 972–976. 1982. ISSN 0034-0561. JSTOR 20198135. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  18. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 620
  19. ^ Gussow, Mel (12 April 1981). "STAGE: WORLD PREMIERE OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S 'ROCKABY' AT STATE U." The New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  20. ^ Howard Frederic Vos (1985). Genesis and Archaeology. Academic Books. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-310-33901-4.
  21. ^ Schwartzbrod, Alexandra (29 September 2014). "Leïla Slimani. "Madame Bovary X"". Liberation (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  22. ^ "NoViolet Bulawayo [real name Elizabeth Zandile Tshele] (1981 -)". Zimbabwe Monitor. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  23. ^ "The Still Point by Amy Sackville". Orange Prize for Fiction. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  24. ^ "Sunjeev Sahota". Picador. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  25. ^ "UKRAIŃSKIE POETKI O WOJNIE". Wizje (in Polish). 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  26. ^ Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence] (PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 24.
  27. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (10 January 1981). "A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  28. ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. 1981. p. 99.
  29. ^ "Normand Poirier." New York Times. February 4, 1981
  30. ^ Palmer, Alan; Alan Warwick Palmer; Veronica Palmer (1987). Who's who in Bloomsbury. Harvester Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7108-0312-2.
  31. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (March 8, 1981). "Bosley Crowther, 27 Years a Critic of Film for Times, is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  32. ^ Willis, John A. (1982). Screen World. Crown Publishers. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-517-54740-3.
  33. ^ Sobrer, Josep Miquel (1992). Catalonia, a Self-portrait. Indiana University Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-253-28883-5.
  34. ^ "Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet". The New York Times. 10 May 1981.
  35. ^ Hamalian, Leo (1987). William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8386-3308-3.
  36. ^ Ohles, Frederik; Shirley G. Ohles; Shirley M. Ohles; John G. Ramsay (1997). Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-313-29133-3.
  37. ^ David, Deirdre (2017). Pamela Hansford Johnson : a writing life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-184328-0. OCLC 980257624.
  38. ^ Cullinan, Bernice E.; Person, Diane Goetz (2005). The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. New York: Continuum. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-82641-778-7.
  39. ^ Peterkin, Tom (6 November 2007). "Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  40. ^ Robinson, Alice M.; Vera Mowry Roberts; Milly S. Barranger (1989). Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-313-27217-2.
  41. ^ "Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding". BBC News. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  42. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 660
  43. ^ Hahn 2015, p. 657
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