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Overview of the events of 1985 in literature
Overview of the events of 1985 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1985 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
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
April 25 –
Uku Masing , Estonian religious philosopher, linguist and writer (born
1909 )
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 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 )
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 11 –
James Hanley , English-born novelist and dramatist of Irish extraction (born
1897 )
[11]
November 25
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
Australia
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
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
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
References