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*May – The [[Merchant Ivory Productions]] film ''[[The Europeans (film)|The Europeans]]'' appears. Its screenplay by [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]] draws on the [[1878 in literature|1878]] [[Henry James]] [[The Europeans|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jessica Bomarito|author2=Jelena Krstovic|title=Short Story Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaF7YlVtB-UC|date=July 2006|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-8888-2|page=249}}</ref>
*May – The [[Merchant Ivory Productions]] film ''[[The Europeans (film)|The Europeans]]'' appears. Its screenplay by [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]] draws on the [[1878 in literature|1878]] [[Henry James]] [[The Europeans|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jessica Bomarito|author2=Jelena Krstovic|title=Short Story Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaF7YlVtB-UC|date=July 2006|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-8888-2|page=249}}</ref>
*[[October 25]] – The ''[[London Review of Books]]'' is first issued, its founding editors being [[Karl Miller]], [[Mary-Kay Wilmers]] and [[Susannah Clapp]]. For its first six months it appears as an insert to ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=William |last=Grimes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/books/a-whitney-ellsworth-new-york-review-publisher-dies-at-75.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss |title=A. Whitney Ellsworth, First Publisher of New York Review, Dies at 75 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011-06-20 |access-date=2011-06-20}}</ref>
*[[October 25]] – The ''[[London Review of Books]]'' is first issued, its founding editors being [[Karl Miller]], [[Mary-Kay Wilmers]] and [[Susannah Clapp]]. For its first six months it appears as an insert to ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=William |last=Grimes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/books/a-whitney-ellsworth-new-york-review-publisher-dies-at-75.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss |title=A. Whitney Ellsworth, First Publisher of New York Review, Dies at 75 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011-06-20 |access-date=2011-06-20}}</ref>
*November – [[Dambudzo Marechera]]'s ''[[The House of Hunger]]'' wins the [[Guardian Fiction Prize]].<ref name="Veit-Wild1992">{{cite book|author=Flora Veit-Wild|title=Dambudzo Marechera: A Source Book on His Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91QgAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Hans Zell|isbn=978-0-905450-97-1|page=188}}</ref>
*November – [[Dambudzo Marechera]]'s ''[[The House of Hunger]]'' wins the [[Guardian Fiction Prize]].<ref name="Veit-Wild1992">{{cite book|author=Flora Veit-Wild|author-link=Flora Veit-Wild|title=Dambudzo Marechera: A Source Book on His Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91QgAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Hans Zell|isbn=978-0-905450-97-1|page=188}}</ref>
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**[[K. W. Jeter]]'s novel ''[[Morlock Night]]'' pioneers full-length fiction in the genre he later calls [[steampunk]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dana Percec|title=Reading the Fantastic Imagination: The Avatars of a Literary Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJNJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA221|date=26 June 2014|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-6297-4|pages=221}}</ref>
**[[K. W. Jeter]]'s novel ''[[Morlock Night]]'' pioneers full-length fiction in the genre he later calls [[steampunk]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dana Percec|title=Reading the Fantastic Imagination: The Avatars of a Literary Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJNJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA221|date=26 June 2014|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-6297-4|pages=221}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:36, 20 January 2021

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1979.

Events

New books

Fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Poetry

Main article: 1979 in poetry

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

Awards

Canada

France

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Elsewhere

References

  1. ^ Jessica Bomarito; Jelena Krstovic (July 2006). Short Story Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers. Cengage Gale. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-7876-8888-2.
  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.
  3. ^ Flora Veit-Wild (1992). Dambudzo Marechera: A Source Book on His Life and Work. Hans Zell. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-905450-97-1.
  4. ^ Dana Percec (26 June 2014). Reading the Fantastic Imagination: The Avatars of a Literary Genre. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4438-6297-4.
  5. ^ James Fisher (1 June 2011). Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010. Scarecrow Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-8108-7950-8.
  6. ^ Stoppard plays at http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/stoppard-tom.html#33484
  7. ^ Brageprisen nominations 2010.
  8. ^ "Mandel, Emily St. John 1979– --" in Contemporary Authors, v. 301. Gale, 2010.
  9. ^ Anthony Pym; Miriam Shlesinger; Daniel Simeoni (2008). Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies: Investigations in Homage to Gideon Toury. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 90-272-1684-3.
  10. ^ Francois Chaubet (26 January 2018). Claude Durand, biographie. Editions du Cerf. p. 132. ISBN 978-2-204-12473-7.
  11. ^ Jeune Afrique. Société africaine de presse. 1980. p. 75.
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