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Overview of the events of 1973 in literature
Overview of the events of 1973 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1973 .
Events
March 6 – The
Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts , founded as the Montenegrin Society for Science and Arts (Crnogorsko društvo za nauku i umjetnost ) in
Podgorica , elects its first members.
[1]
March – 5 Italian fascists abduct
Franca Rame (wife of
Dario Fo ) and rape, beat and mutilate her.
[2] She and Fo continue to write and tour drama in Italy, although Fo is arrested by police in November.
May 14
June 21
July 26 –
Peter Shaffer 's drama
Equus is premièred in London by the
National Theatre company at
The Old Vic .
September – Following the overthrow of President Allende by a military regime,
book burnings take place in Chile .
[4]
September 16 –
Chilean poet and playwright
Víctor Jara , detained four days earlier as a political prisoner in
Estadio Chile and tortured during the
1973 Chilean coup d'état , is shot and killed. His last poem, "
Estadio Chile ", is preserved in memories and scraps of paper retained by fellow detainees.
September 25 – The funeral of Chilean poet
Pablo Neruda becomes a focus for protests against the new government of
Augusto Pinochet .
[5]
December 3 – French police of the
Direction de la surveillance du territoire , disguised as plumbers, are caught trying to install a spy microphone in the directors' office of the Paris satirical paper
Le Canard enchaîné .
c.
December 27 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 's novel
The Gulag Archipelago (Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, written 1958–1968) is first published, by the Paris publisher
Éditions du Seuil from a typescript smuggled out of the
Soviet Union .
unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 1 –
Bryan Thao Worra , Lao writer
January 8 –
Madhulika Liddle , Indian writer
January 13 –
Lois Pryce , Scottish-born travel writer and journalist
February 10 –
Núria Añó , Catalan writer
February 21
April 15 –
Maria V. Snyder , American fantasy and science-fiction writer
May 10 –
Tana French , American-born mystery novelist and actress
May 20 –
Natalka Sniadanko , Ukrainian writer, journalist and translator
June 2 –
David Bezmozgis , Latvian-Canadian writer
June 16 –
Veronica Rossi , Brazilian-American young adult novelist
August 13 –
Kamila Shamsie , Pakistan-born novelist
August 18 –
Victoria Coren Mitchell , English writer, presenter and poker player, daughter of Alan Coren
November 12 -
Jay Kristoff , Australian fantasy and science-fiction author
November 17 –
Marianna Kiyanovska , Ukrainian poet, translator and literary scholar
December 20 –
Maarja Kangro , Estonian author and poet
December 24 –
Stephenie Meyer , American young-adult vampire romance writer and film producer
unknown dates
Deaths
January 15 –
Neil M. Gunn , Scottish novelist, dramatist and critic (born
1891 )
February 22
March 5 -
Robert C. O'Brien , American novelist (born
1918 )
March 6 –
Pearl S. Buck , American novelist (born
1892 )
[11]
March 18 –
Roland Dorgelès , French novelist and memoirist (born
1885 )
[12]
March 26 – Sir
Noël Coward , English dramatist and humorist (born
1899 )
[13]
April 9 –
Warren Lewis , Irish author (born
1895 )
April 20 –
Elisabeth Hauptmann , German writer (born
1897 )
April 28 –
Jacques Maritain , French philosopher (born
1882 )
April 30 –
Jirō Osaragi (大佛 次郎, Haruhiku Nojiri ), Japanese novelist (born
1897 )
May 21 –
Carlo Emilio Gadda , Italian poet and linguist (born
1893 )
June 4 –
Arna Bontemps , American poet (born
1902 )
June 9 –
John Creasey , English crime writer (born
1908 )
[14]
June 10 –
William Inge , American playwright (born
1913 )
[15]
June 30 –
Nancy Mitford , English novelist and biographer (born
1904 )
[16]
July 11 –
Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋 信子, Yoshiya Nobuko ), Japanese romantic novelist (born
1896 )
July 29 –
Henri Charrière , French writer and criminal (born
1906 )
August 1 –
Ann Quin , English novelist (born
1936 )
September 2 –
J. R. R. Tolkien , English fantasy writer and scholar (born
1892 )
[17]
September 9 –
S. N. Behrman , American playwright, screenwriter and biographer (born
1893 )
September 13 –
Sajjad Zaheer , Urdu writer and revolutionary (born
1899 )
[18]
September 20 –
William Plomer , South African-born British novelist, poet and literary editor (born
1903 )
[19]
September 23 –
Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet (born
1904 )
[20]
September 29 –
W. H. Auden , English-born poet (born
1907 )
[21]
October 6 –
Margaret Wilson , American novelist (born
1882 )
October 28 –
Sergio Tofano , Italian dramatist (born
1886 )
November 8 –
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel , Turkish poet, author and playwright (born
1898 )
[22]
November 13 –
B. S. Johnson , English novelist (suicide) (born
1933 )
December 7 –
Benn Levy , English playwright and politician (born
1900 )
December 9 –
Anthony Gilbert , English crime writer (born
1899 )
December 11 –
May Wedderburn Cannan , English poet (born
1893 )
December 14 –
Josef Magnus Wehner , German poet and playwright (born
1891 )
unknown date –
Kathleen Lindsay , English-born South African romance novelist (born
1903 )
Awards
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Booker Prize :
J. G. Farrell ,
The Siege of Krishnapur
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Penelope Lively ,
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Cholmondeley Award :
Patric Dickinson ,
Philip Larkin
Eric Gregory Award :
John Beynon ,
Ian Caws ,
James Fenton ,
Keith Harris ,
David Howarth ,
Philip Pacey
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
Iris Murdoch ,
The Black Prince
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Robin Lane Fox ,
Alexander the Great
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry :
John Heath-Stubbs
United States
Elsewhere
References
^
"Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA)" . IAP. 2013. Archived from
the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-09 .
^ Mitchell, Tony (1999).
Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated & expanded ed.). London: Methuen. p. 122.
ISBN
0-413-73320-3 .
^
"The History of Virago" . Virago. 2013. Archived from
the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-01-09 .
^ Sonia Cardenas (2010).
Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure . University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 37.
ISBN
0-8122-2130-3 .
^
The Washington Post .
Archived December 21, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Peter France (2001).
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation . Oxford University Press. p. 137.
ISBN
978-0-19-924784-4 .
^
"1973 Award Winners & Nominees" . Worlds Without End . Retrieved 2009-09-29 .
^ Jan van Coillie (1999).
Leesbeesten en boekenfeesten: hoe werken (met) kinder- en jeugdboeken? . NBD Biblion Publishers. p. 285.
ISBN
978-90-5483-189-1 .
^ Bernard Alger Drew (1997).
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies . Libraries Unlimited. p. 453.
ISBN
978-1-56308-615-1 .
^ Juan Gabriel Vásquez (3 May 2018).
The Shape of the Ruins: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 . Quercus. p. 124.
ISBN
978-0-85705-660-3 .
^ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President . U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 163.
^ Obituaries on File: A-R . Facts on File. 1979. p. 163.
^ "Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", The Times , 27 March 1973, p. 18
^
"John Creasey, Author, Is Dead; Specialized in Mystery Novels" . New York Times . June 10, 1973. Retrieved March 8, 2022 .
^
"Inge's Funeral Today" . The New York Times . June 12, 1973. Retrieved 24 April 2017 .
^ Hastings, Selina (2015) [2004]. "Mitford, Nancy Freeman- (1904–1973)".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/31450 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"J. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81; Wrote 'The Lord of the Rings' " . The New York Times . 3 September 1973.
Archived from the original on 11 April 2009.
^ Shingavi, Snehal (2018-06-05).
Angaaray . Penguin UK.
ISBN
978-93-5118-695-3 .
^ Alexander, Peter F. (1989). William Plomer: A Biography . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-212243-8 .
^ "Pablo Neruda, Nobel Poet, Dies in a Chilean Hospital", The New York Times , 24 September 1973.
^ Shrenker, Israel (30 September 1973).
"W. H. Auden Dies in Vienna" . The New York Times . Retrieved 20 September 2017 .
^ Birinci, Necat (1993). Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler (in Turkish). Cağaloğlu: Boğaziçi yayınları. p. 13.
ISBN
978-9-75451-102-4 .
^ R. Reginald (1981).
Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards ... Borgo Press. p. 51.
ISBN
978-0-89370-806-1 .