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Overview of the events of 1977 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1977 .
Events
February 20 – An episode of Doctor on the Go , co-written by Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman , marks the beginning of Adams' career writing for BBC radio.March 4 – Andrés Caicedo 's novel ¡Que viva la música! Liveforever ) is published in his hometown of Cali , Colombia . This afternoon he commits suicide by overdose, age 25.July 11 – The English magazine Gay News blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem, "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name " by James Kirkup , in a case (Whitehouse v Lemon Mary Whitehouse 's National Viewers and Listeners Association at the Old Bailey in London. John Mortimer appears for the defence. This is the first time a prosecution for this offence has been brought since 1921, and will be the last before the offence is abolished in 2008.[ 1] [ 2] September 15 – Christopher Tolkien , with Guy Gavriel Kay , completes and publishes his late father's work, The Silmarillion Fall – Philosophy and Literature Johns Hopkins University .
V. S. Naipaul declines the offer of a CBE .
New books
Fiction
Ales Adamovich , Janka Bryl and Uladzimir Kalesnik – Я из огненной деревни (Belarusian: Я з вогненнай вёскі; Out of the Fire)Jorge Amado – Tieta do Agreste Jay Anson – The Amityville Horror Margaret Atwood – Dancing Girls Richard Bach – Illusions Richard Bachman – Rage Leland Bardwell – Girl on a Bicycle Gerd Brantenberg – Egalias døtre (The Daughters of Egalia , 1985, also Egalia's Daughters , 1986)Terry Brooks – The Sword of Shannara Andrés Caicedo – ¡Que viva la música! J. M. Coetzee – In the Heart of the Country Robin Cook – Coma Robert Coover – The Public Burning Basil Copper – And Afterward, the Dark L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter – Conan of Aquilonia Michel Déon – The Foundling's War Philip K. Dick – A Scanner Darkly Joan Didion – A Book of Common Prayer Buchi Emecheta – The Slave Girl Howard Fast – The Immigrants Timothy Findley – The Wars Leon Forrest – The Bloodworth Orphans John Fowles – Daniel Martin Marilyn French – The Women's Room Pauline Gedge – Child of the Morning Günter Grass – The Flounder (Der Butt)Mark Helprin – Refiner's Fire Shirley Hughes – Dogger Erica Jong – How to Save Your Own Life Elias Khoury – الجبل الصغير (al-Jabal al-saghir , The Little Mountain)Stephen King – The Shining John le Carré – The Honourable Schoolboy Ernest Lehman – The French Atlantic Affair Robert Ludlum – The Chancellor Manuscript Brian Lumley – The Horror at Oakdeene and Others George R. R. Martin – Dying of the Light Colleen McCullough – The Thorn Birds Larry McMurtry – Terms of Endearment Robert Merle – Fortune de France Toni Morrison – Song of Solomon Iris Murdoch – The Sea, the Sea Péter Nádas – The End of a Family Story Patrick O'Brian – The Mauritius Command Ellis Peters – A Morbid Taste for Bones Barbara Pym – Quartet in Autumn Ruth Rendell – A Judgement in Stone Alun Richards – Ennal's Point [ 3] Harold Robbins – Dreams Die First Paul Scott – Staying On Erich Segal – Oliver's Story Irwin Shaw – Beggarman, Thief M. P. Shiel – Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk Sidney Sheldon – Bloodline Elizabeth Smart – A Bonus Botho Strauß – Devotion Remy Sylado – Gali Lobang Gila Lobang Craig Thomas – Firefox J. R. R. Tolkien – The Silmarillion Melvin Van Peebles – The True American, A Folk Fable Mario Vargas Llosa – Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter La tía Julia y el escribidor )P. G. Wodehouse – Sunset at Blandings Christopher Wood – James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 14 – Anaïs Nin , French-Cuban erotic novelist and diarist (born 1903 )February 27 – John Dickson Carr , American crime novelist (born 1906 )March 4
March 15 – Hubert Aquin , French Canadian novelist, essayist and political activist (suicide, born 1929 ))April 7 – Jim Thompson , American fiction writer (born 1906 )April 11 – Jacques Prévert , French poet and screenwriter (born 1900 )May 9 – James Jones , American novelist (heart failure, born 1921 )July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov , Russian/American novelist (born 1899 )August 26 – H. A. Rey , German-born American children's writer and illustrator (born 1898 )September 4 – E. F. Schumacher , German-born economist (born 1911 )September 12 – Robert Lowell , American poet (heart attack, born 1917 )October 27 – James M. Cain , American novelist and newspaperman (born 1892 )November 10 – Dennis Wheatley , English occult novelist (born 1897 )November 30
December 9 – Clarice Lispector , Brazilian novelist (ovarian cancer, born 1920 )December 22 – Frank Thiess , German novelist (born 1890 )Unknown dates
Awards
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
Rest of the World
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