Movatterモバイル変換

Jump to content

1976 in literature

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Overview of the events of 1976 in literature

List of years in literature
(table)
…1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 …
In poetry 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science+...
v t e

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of1976.

Events

June 21 – TheMarket Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, is opened as a multiracial venue byBarney Simon.^[1]
September 3 – NovelistAntonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under theNational Reorganization Process (military dictatorship) in Argentina.^[2]
September 9 – TheRoyal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production ofShakespeare'sMacbeth atThe Other Place,Stratford-upon-Avon, England, withIan McKellen andJudi Dench in the leading roles, directed byTrevor Nunn.^[3]
October 25 – TheRoyal National Theatre on London'sSouth Bank opens in premises designed by SirDenys Lasdun, with a performance ofGoldoni's 18th-century comedyIl Campiello.^[4]
unknown dates
- Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers is established in new premises atNanterre.^[5]
- Mary Ronnie became the world's first female national librarian, at theNational Library of New Zealand.^[6]

New books

Fiction

Brian Aldiss –The Malacia Tapestry
Nina Bawden –Afternoon of a Good Woman^[7]
Ann Beattie –Chilly Scenes of Winter^[8]
Peter Benchley –The Deep^[9]
John Blackburn –The Face of the Lion^[10]
Ben Bova
- City of Darkness
- The Multiple Man^[11]
John Braine –Waiting for Sheila^[12]
William F. Buckley –Saving the Queen (the firstBlackford Oakes thriller)^[13]
Anthony Burgess –Beard's Roman Women^[14]
Ramsey Campbell –The Height of the Scream^[15]
Rosemary Carter
- Forests of the Dragon
- Man of the Wild
Jack L. Chalker –A Jungle of Stars^[16]
Vera Chapman –The King's Damosel
Agatha Christie –Sleeping Murder
Jon Cleary –A Sound of Lightning
Theodore R. Cogswell (co-writing withCharles A. Spano, Jr.) –Spock, Messiah!
Michael Crichton –Eaters of the Dead
Clive Cussler –Raise the Titanic!
Robert Daley –To Kill a Cop
Len Deighton –Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy
Gordon R. Dickson –The Dragon and the George
Rosalyn Drexler (writing as Julia Sorel)
- Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (TV film novelization)
- Rocky (film novelization)
Lois Duncan –Summer of Fear
Charles Einstein –The Blackjack Hijack^[17]
John Farris –The Fury
Brian Freemantle –The November Man^[18]
Alan Dean Foster (ghostwriting asGeorge Lucas) –Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
Paula Fox –The Widow's Children
Christopher Frank –The Dream of the Mad Monkey
John Gardner
- Moriarty
- To Run a Little Faster
Brian Garfield –Gundown^[19]
Richard Gordon –Doctor on the Job
Gerald Green –The Hostage Heart^[20]
Peter Van Greenaway –Suffer! Little Children^[21]
Alex Haley –Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Frank Herbert –Children of Dune
James Herbert –The Survivor
James Herriot –Vets Might Fly (fifth in the James Herriot series)
Gayl Jones –Eva's Man
Dean Koontz
- Prison of Ice (writing as David Axton)
- Night Chills
John Lee –The Ninth Man
Ira Levin –The Boys from Brazil
Roger Longrigg –The Babe in the Wood^[22]
Richard A. Lupoff
- The Crack in the Sky
- Lisa Kane
- Sandworld
- The Triune Man
Ross Macdonald –The Blue Hammer (eighteenth and final novel in theLew Archer series)
Barbara Mertz
- Legend in Green Velvet
- Patriot's Dream (writing as Barbara Michaels)
Thomas F. Monteleone –The Time Connection
Robin Moore
- Dubai
- The Establishment (co-written with Harold Shumate)
- Hotel Tomayne
- The Kaufman Snatch
- The Pearl Harbor Cover-Up (co-written with Frank Schuler)
- The Season (co-written with Patricia Hornung)
- The Terminal Connection
- Valency Girl (co-written with Susan Deitz)
Fănuș Neagu –Frumoșii nebuni ai marilor orașe ("Those Beautiful Lunatics of the Great Cities")^[23]
Christopher Nicole (writing as Andrew York) –Dark Passage
Gary Paulsen
- The Death Specialists^[24]
- The Implosion Effect^[25]
Samuel Anthony Peeples –The Man Who Died Twice^[26]
Denis Pitts –The Predator^[27]
Timothy Powers –The Skies Discrowned^[28]
Terry Pratchett –The Dark Side of the Sun
Richard Price –Bloodbrothers
Christopher Priest –The Space Machine
Manuel Puig –Kiss of the Spider Woman
Simon Raven –The Survivors
Anne Rice –Interview with the Vampire
Tom Robbins –Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
William Rotsler (writing as John Ryder Hall) –Futureworld (film novelization)
David Seltzer –The Omen (film novelization)
Tom Sharpe –Wilt
Alan Sillitoe –The Widower's Son
Carolyn Slaughter –The Story of the Weasel
Guy N. Smith
- The Ghoul (film novelization)
- Night of the Crabs (first in theCrabs series)
- Return of the Werewolf (second in theWerewolf by Moonlight series)
Christina Stead –Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife)
Rosemary Sutcliff –Blood Feud
Bernard Taylor –The Godsend
Mildred D. Taylor –Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Craig Thomas –Rat Trap
Elleston Trevor (writing as Adam Hall) –The Kobra Manifesto (seventh in theQuiller series)
William Trevor –The Children of Dynmouth
Frank Waldman –The Pink Panther Strikes Again (film novelization)
Angus Wells
- The Burning Man (writing as Andrew Quiller)
- Death Wears Grey (writing as Andrew Quiller)
- The Golden Dead (writing as Andrew Quiller)
- The Land of Mist (writing as Andrew Quiller)
- The Return of a Man Called Horse (film novelization)
- Vengeance Hunt (writing as Andrew Quiller)
Morris West –The Navigator
Donald E. Westlake –Dancing Aztecs
Christopher Wood
- The Further Adventures of Barry Lyndon by Himself
- Seven Nights in Japan (writing as John Drew) (film novelization)
Richard Woodley –The Bad News Bears (film novelization)
Colin Wilson –The Space Vampires

Children and young people

Richard Adams –The Tyger Voyage^[29]
Lynne Reid Banks
- The Adventures of King Midas
- The Farthest-Away Mountain
Marc Brown –Arthur's Nose (first in theArthur Read series)
Jack Gantos –Rotten Ralph (first in theRotten Ralph series)
Roger Hargreaves (Mr. Men)
- Mr. Bounce
- Mr. Chatterbox
- Mr. Dizzy
- Mr. Impossible
- Mr. Jelly
- Mr. Funny
- Mr. Fussy
- Mr. Lazy
- Mr. Mean
- Mr. Muddle
- Mr. Noisy
Judith Kerr –Mog's Christmas (second in theMog series)
Alexander Key –Jagger, the Dog from Elsewhere
Diana Wynne Jones –Power of Three
Florence Engel Randall –A Watcher in the Woods
William Rawls –Summer of the Monkeys
Maurice Sendak (co-writing with Matthew Margolis) –Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog?
William Steig
- Abel's Island
- The Amazing Bone
Dr. Seuss
- The Cat's Quizzer
- Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (writing as Theo. LeSieg)
Eve Titus –Basil in Mexico (fourth in the Basil of Baker Street series)
Robert Westall –The Wind Eye

Drama

Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Mugo –The Trial of Dedan Kimathi^[30]
Neil Simon –California Suite^[31]

Non-fiction

Richard Dawkins –The Selfish Gene
William Stevenson –A Man Called Intrepid

Births

August 29 -Mieko Kawakami, Japanese novelist and poet
October 31 –Seth Abramson, American journalist and poet^[32]
unknown dates
- Bora Chung, Korean short story writer and novelist^[33]

Deaths

January 12 –Agatha Christie, English crime writer (born1890)^[34]
January 25 –Victor Ehrenberg, German historian (born1891)^[35]
February 2 –Barbara Euphan Todd, English children's writer (born1890)^[36]
February 12 –John Lewis, Welsh philosopher (born1889)^[37]
March 5 –Charles Lederer, American screenwriter and film director (born1910)^[38]
March 7 –Tove Ditlevsen, Danish poet and fiction writer (suicide, born1917)^[39]
March 13 –Sergiu Dan, Romanian novelist and journalist (born1903)^[40]
April 2 –Taos Amrouche, Algerian novelist (born1913)^[41]
April 28 –Richard Hughes, British novelist (born1900)^[42]
May 7 –Alison Uttley, English writer of children's books (born1884)^[43]
July 3 –Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Austrian poet, dramatist and fiction writer (born1897)^[44]
July 15 –Paul Gallico, American novelist, short story and sports writer (born1897)^[45]
August 9 –José Lezama Lima, Cuban writer and poet (born[1910)^[46]
August 29 –Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet (born1899)^[47]^[48]
September 10 –Dalton Trumbo, American novelist and screenwriter (born1905)^[49]
October 30 –Barbu Solacolu, Romanian poet, translator and economist (born1897)^[50]
November 4 –Robert Speaight, English actor, biographer and essayist (born1904)^[51]
November 6 –Patrick Dennis, American novelist (pancreatic cancer, born1921)^[52]
November 23 –André Malraux, French novelist (born1901)^[53]
December 21 –Munro Leaf, American children's author (born1905)^[54]
December 22 –Martín Luis Guzmán, Mexican novelist and journalist (born1887)^[55]
December 26 –Yashpal, Hindi novelist (born1903)^[56]
December 29 –G. B. Edwards, Guernsey-born writer (born1899)^[57]

Awards

Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels:Max Frisch^[58]

References

^Nigel Mandy."The Birth of the Market Theatre".Heritage Portal. Retrieved2024-07-09.
^Antonio Di Benedetto (August 23, 2016).Zama. New York Review Books. p. 5.ISBN 978-1-59017-735-8.
^"Macbeth".Ian McKellen official page. Retrieved2024-07-09.
^"Queen opens National Theatre in London".On This Day.BBC. October 25, 1976.Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved2012-03-02.
^"Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers" (in French). evene.fr. Retrieved2013-11-29.
^Millen, Julia (October 22, 2014)."Mary Ronnie, National Librarian, 1978".Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved2019-06-28.
^"Afternoon of a Good Woman - Bawden, Nina: 9780333211847 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^Beattie, Ann (September 24, 1976).Chilly scenes of winter. Doubleday.ISBN 9780385116589 – via Google Books.
^"The Deep by Peter Benchley: Very Good Hardcover (1976) First Edition".abebooks.co.uk.
^"THE FACE OF THE LION by Blackburn, John: (1976) Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The Multiple Man by Ben Bova: Very Good Hardcover (1976) First Edition".abebooks.co.uk.
^The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Limited. 2007. p. 61.ISBN 9788126908325.
^Paul Bodine (2002).Operative Words: Essays and Reviews on Literature and Culture. iUniverse. p. 133.ISBN 9780595243044.
^Anthony Burgess (1976).Beard's Roman Women: A novel. McGraw-Hill. p. 4.
^Jaffery, Sheldon (1989).The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 115.ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
^"A Jungle of Stars - Chalker, Jack L.: 9780345289605 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The Blackjack Hijack - Charles Einstein: 9780394494593 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The November Man - Freemantle, Brian: 9780224012331 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^Jeffrey M. Wallmann (1999).The Western: Parables of the American Dream. Texas Tech University Press. p. 163.ISBN 9780896724235.
^"The Hostage Heart by Green, Gerald: Good Hard Cover (1976) First Edition".abebooks.co.uk.
^"Suffer! Little Children - Greenaway, Peter Van: 9780575021259 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The Babe in the Wood - Longrigg, Roger: 9780718114589 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^Ungureanu, Cornel (1976). "Cronica literară.Frumoșii nebuni ai marilor orașe".Orizont.XXVII (15): 2.
^"The implosion effect - Gary Paulsen: 9780890410486 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The Death Specialists by Gary Paulsen: F Tacoma Book Center".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The man who died twice : a novel about Hollywoods most baffling murder - Peeples, Samuel A.: 9780399117770 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"The Predator - Pitts, Denis: 9780816164851 - AbeBooks".abebooks.co.uk.
^"THE SKIES DISCROWNED (vt - Forsake the Sky) by Powers, Timothy (Tim) (1976)".abebooks.co.uk.
^Hahn, Daniel (2015).The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 3.ISBN 9780198715542.
^"The Trial of Dedan Kimathi | play by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Mugo | Britannica".www.britannica.com. Retrieved2024-05-07.
^Susan Fehrenbacher Koprince (2002).Understanding Neil Simon. University of South Carolina Press. p. 76.ISBN 9781570034268.
^Brent Antonson (November 17, 2023)."The Bar Exam of Digital Success — Seth Abramson".Planksip. Retrieved2024-07-09.
^"Bora Chung".The Booker Prizes. Retrieved2022-05-25.
^"Agatha Christie | Biography, Novels, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved2020-09-14.
^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.
^Rajani Palme Dutt (1976).The Labour Monthly. Labour Publishing Company. p. 118.
^"Charles Lederer Dead at 65; The Stage and Screen Writer"(PDF).The New York Times. March 7, 1976. Retrieved2009-05-06.
^Liukkonen, Petri."Tove Ditlevsen".Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland:Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived fromthe original on 2011-11-05.
^"Calendar. Martie".Minimum.VII (72): 44. 1993.
^Gikandi, Simon (2003).Encyclopedia of African Literature.Taylor & Francis. pp. 31–32.ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5.
^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.
^"Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Dean of Austrian Writers".New York Times. July 5, 1976. Retrieved2024-07-10.
^Molly Ivins (July 17, 1976)."Paul Gallico, Sportswriter And Author, Is Dead at 78".The New York Times. Retrieved2020-10-25.
^Sandro R. Barros; Rafael Ocasio; Angela L. Willis (2022).The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum. University of Florida Press. p. 118.ISBN 9781683403098.
^Hasan, Abid (June 5, 2021)."যে মসজিদের পাশে শায়িত কবি নজরুল" [Poet Nazrul is lying next to the mosque].Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).Archived from the original on 2022-04-20. Retrieved2022-08-30.
^Zaman, Bipul (May 24, 2022)."ঢাকায় নজরুল, নজরুলের ঢাকা" [Nazrul in Dhaka, Nazrul's Dhaka].Sarabangla.net (in Bengali).Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. Retrieved2022-08-30.
^Nordheimer, Jon (September 11, 1976)."Dalton Trumbo, Film Writer, Dies. Oscar Winner Had Been Blacklisted".The New York Times. Retrieved2008-06-18.
^"Calendar".România Literară (46): 6. 1996.
^"Speaight, Robert William".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31704. (Subscription,Wikipedia Library access orUK public library membership required.)
^"Milestones, Nov. 22, 1976".Time. November 22, 1976. Archived fromthe original on 2011-02-20. Retrieved2010-06-01.
^"Andre Malraux, 75, Dies in Paris; Writer, War Hero, de Gaulle Aide".The New York Times. November 24, 1976.
^Franklin, Ben A. (December 22, 1976)."Munro Leaf, Author, Dead at 71; Creator of Ferdinand the Bull".The New York Times. Retrieved2020-02-27.
^Camp, Roderic Ai (1996). "Martín Luis Guzmán".Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 157.
^Datta, Amaresh, ed. (1987).Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 1. Sahitya Akademi. p. 279.ISBN 9788126018031.
^Edward Chaney."G B Edwards and The Book of Ebenezer le Page". Arts and Humanities Research Council, University of Southampton. Archived fromthe original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved2024-07-09.
^Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1976 Max Frisch Archived 5 July 2016 at theWayback Machine.Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1976_in_literature&oldid=1322304877"

Hidden categories:

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2025 Movatter.jp