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Overview of the events of 1976 in literature
Overview of the events of 1976 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 12 –
Agatha Christie , English crime writer (born
1890 )
[7]
January 25 –
Victor Ehrenberg , German historian (born
1891 )
[8]
February 2 –
Barbara Euphan Todd , English children's writer (born
1890 )
[9]
February 12 –
John Lewis , Welsh philosopher (born
1889 )
March 5 –
Charles Lederer , American screenwriter and film director (born
1910 )
March 7 –
Tove Ditlevsen , Danish poet and fiction writer, suicide (born
1917 )
March 13 –
Sergiu Dan , Romanian novelist and journalist (born
1903 )
March 24 –
E. H. Shepard , English illustrator and autobiographer (born
1879 )
March 31 –
Edward Streeter , American humorist (born
1891 )
April 17 –
Allardyce Nicoll , British literary scholar (born
1894 )
April 22 –
Joe David Brown , American novelist and journalist (born
1915 )
April 28 –
Richard Hughes , British novelist (born
1900 )
[10]
May 7 –
Alison Uttley , English writer of children's books (born
1884 )
[11]
June 18 –
Malcolm Johnson , American journalist (born
1904 )
July 3 –
Alexander Lernet-Holenia , Austrian poet, dramatist and fiction writer (born
1897 )
July 15 –
Paul Gallico , American novelist, short story and sports writer (born
1897 )
[12]
August 9 –
José Lezama Lima , Cuban writer and poet (born
[1910 )
August 29 –
Kazi Nazrul Islam , Bengali poet (born
1899 )
September 10 –
Dalton Trumbo , American novelist and screenwriter (born
1905 )
[13]
October 30 –
Barbu Solacolu , Romanian poet, translator and economist (born
1897 )
November 4 –
Robert Speaight , English actor, biographer and essayist (born
1904 )
November 6 –
Patrick Dennis , American novelist (pancreatic cancer, born
1921 )
November 23 –
André Malraux , French novelist (born
1901 )
December 21 –
Munro Leaf , American children's author (born
1905 )
December 22 –
Martín Luis Guzmán , Mexican novelist and journalist (born
1887 )
December 26 –
Yashpal , Hindi novelist (born
1903 )
December 29 –
G. B. Edwards , Guernsey-born writer (born
1899 )
Awards
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
Booker Prize :
David Storey ,
Saville
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Jan Mark ,
Thunder and Lightnings
Cholmondeley Award :
Peter Porter ,
Fleur Adcock
Eric Gregory Award :
Stewart Brown ,
Valerie Gillies ,
Paul Groves ,
Paul Hyland ,
Nigel Jenkins ,
Andrew Motion ,
Tom Paulin ,
William Peskett
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
John Banville , Doctor Copernicus
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Ronald Hingley , A New Life of
Chekhov
United States
Frost Medal :
A. M. Sullivan
Nebula Award :
Frederik Pohl ,
Man Plus
Newbery Medal for
children's literature :
Susan Cooper ,
The Grey King
Pulitzer Prize for Drama :
Michael Bennett for concept, choreography, and direction;
James Kirkwood, Jr. for book,
Marvin Hamlisch for lyrics,
Nicholas Dante for music,
A Chorus Line
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :
Saul Bellow ,
Humboldt's Gift
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry :
John Ashbery , Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Elsewhere
References
^ Antonio Di Benedetto (23 August 2016).
Zama . New York Review Books. p. 5.
ISBN
978-1-59017-735-8 .
^
"Queen opens National Theatre in London" . On This Day .
BBC . 1976-10-25.
Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-02 .
^
"Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers" (in French). evene.fr. Retrieved 2013-11-29 .
^ Millen, Julia (2014-10-22).
"Mary Ronnie, National Librarian, 1978" . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved 2019-06-28 .
^ Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 3.
ISBN
9780198715542 .
^
"Bora Chung" . The Booker Prizes . Retrieved 2022-05-25 .
^
"Agatha Christie | Biography, Novels, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
^ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. p. 239.
ISBN
9781403939104 .
^ Twentieth-century Children's Writers . Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 1226.
ISBN
9781349036486 .
^ Twentieth-century Children's Writers . Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 624.
ISBN
9781349036486 .
^ Twentieth-century Children's Writers . Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 1279.
ISBN
9781349036486 .
^ Molly Ivins (July 17, 1976).
"Paul Gallico, Sportswriter And Author, Is Dead at 78" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 25, 2020 .
^ Nordheimer, Jon (September 11, 1976).
"Dalton Trumbo, Film Writer, Dies. Oscar Winner Had Been Blacklisted" .
The New York Times . Retrieved June 18, 2008 .