1976 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976.

Events

January – The first Kolkata Book Fair opens in India.
June 21 – The Market Theatre (Johannesburg) is opened as a multiracial venue by Barney Simon.
September 3 – Novelist Antonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under the National Reorganization Process (military dictatorship) in Argentina.[1]
September 9 – The Royal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the leading roles, directed by Trevor Nunn.
October 25 – The Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank opens in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, with a performance of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy Il Campiello.[2] Its Lyttleton Theatre first previews on 8 March, followed on 16 March by a performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet by Albert Finney directed by Peter Hall. Its Olivier Theatre opens on October 4 with Marlowe's Elizabethan drama Tamburlaine, also with Finney in the title rôle, directed by Peter Hall.
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- Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers is established in new premises at Nanterre.[3]
- Saul Bellow wins both the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- Mary Ronnie became the world's first female national librarian, at the National Library of New Zealand.[4]

New books

Births

February 3 – Isla Fisher, Australian actress and author
April 4 – Trevor Shane, American writer
July 5 – Claudia Salazar Jiménez, Peruvian writer, editor and academic
August 29 – T. James Belich (Colorado Tolston), American playwright, novelist and actor
October 31 – Seth Abramson, American professor and poet
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- Marion Brunet, French young adult and crime fiction writer
- Jon McGregor, Bermuda-born British fiction writer
- Bora Chung, Korean short story writer and novelist[6]

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

Nobel Prize for Literature: Saul Bellow

Canada

See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

France

Prix Goncourt: Patrick Grainville, Les Flamboyants
Prix Médicis French: Marc Cholodenko, Les États du désert
Prix Médicis International: Doris Lessing, The Gold Coronet – United Kingdom

Spain

Premio Miguel de Cervantes: Jorge Guillén

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

Miles Franklin Award: David Ireland, The Glass Canoe
Premio Nadal: Raúl Guerra Garrido, Lectura insólita de El Capital
Viareggio Prize: Mario Tobino, La bella degli specchi

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.

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[Benedetto2016-1] Antonio Di Benedetto (23 August 2016). Zama. New York Review Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-59017-735-8.

[2] "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.

[3] "Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers" (in French). evene.fr. Retrieved 2013-11-29.

[4] Millen, Julia (2014-10-22). "Mary Ronnie, National Librarian, 1978". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

[5] Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780198715542.

[6] "Bora Chung". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[7] "Agatha Christie | Biography, Novels, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

[8] The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. p. 239. ISBN 9781403939104.

[9] Twentieth-century Children's Writers. Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 1226. ISBN 9781349036486.

[10] Twentieth-century Children's Writers. Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 624. ISBN 9781349036486.

[11] Twentieth-century Children's Writers. Macmillan Education UK. 1978. p. 1279. ISBN 9781349036486.

[12] Molly Ivins (July 17, 1976). "Paul Gallico, Sportswriter And Author, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2020.

[13] Nordheimer, Jon (September 11, 1976). "Dalton Trumbo, Film Writer, Dies. Oscar Winner Had Been Blacklisted". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2008.