1973 in literature
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See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Frank Herbert becomes director-photographer of the television show, The Tillers.
- Michael Crichton directs the film, Westworld.
- Robert B. Parker starts the Spenser book series.
[edit] New books
- Martin Amis – The Rachel Papers
- Ernest Becker – The Denial of Death
- John Brunner - The Stone That Never Came Down
- Jerome Charyn – Tar Baby
- Michael Ende – Momo
- Paul E. Erdman – The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
- Leon Forrest – There Is A Tree More Ancient Than Eden
- Graham Greene - The Honorary Consul
- James Jones – A Touch of Danger
- Anna Kavan – Who Are You?
- Brian Killick – The Heralds
- Dean R. Koontz – Demon Seed
- Jerzy Kosinski – Devil Tree
- Robert Ludlum – The Matlock Paper
- Cormac McCarthy – Child of God
- Ruth Manning-Sanders – A Book of Ogres and Trolls
- Robert Marasco – Burnt Offerings
- Toni Morrison – Sula
- Iris Murdoch – The Black Prince
- Robert B. Parker – The Godwulf Manuscript
- Mervyn Peake – The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (posthumously published)
- Anthony Powell – Temporary Kings
- Thomas Pynchon – Gravity's Rainbow
- Irwin Shaw – Evening in Byzantium
- Jacqueline Susann – Once Is Not Enough
- Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
- Gore Vidal – Burr
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. – Breakfast of Champions
- Patrick White – Eye of the Storm
- Rudy Wiebe – Temptations of Big Bear
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- Allen Curnow – An Abominable Temper and Other Poems
- Tomás Rivera – Always and other poems
[edit] Non-fiction
- Allan W. Eckert - The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone
- Antonia Fraser - Cromwell, our Chief of Men
- Tim O'Brien – If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Send Me Home
- John Pearson - James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 22 - Elizabeth Bowen, novelist
- March 6 - Pearl S. Buck
- March 26 - Sir Noel Coward, dramatist and humorist
- April 9 - Warren Lewis, author, Inkling, and brother of C. S. Lewis
- April 28 - Jacques Maritain, philosopher
- June 9 - John Creasey, author
- June 30 - Nancy Mitford, English novelist and biographer
- July 29 - Henri Charrière, Papillon author
- September 2 - J. R. R. Tolkien, fantasy writer
- September 23 - Pablo Neruda, poet
- September 29 - W. H. Auden, poet
- October 28 - Sergio Tofano, dramatist
- December 9 - Anthony Gilbert, crime writer
[edit] Awards
[edit] Canada
- See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Goncourt: Jacques Chessex, L'Ogre
- Prix Médicis French: Tony Duvert, Paysage de fantaisie
- Prix Médicis International: Milan Kundera, Life Is Elsewhere
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
- Cholmondeley Award: Patric Dickinson, Philip Larkin
- Eric Gregory Award: John Beynon, Ian Caws, James Fenton, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: John Heath-Stubbs
[edit] United States
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, John Crowe Ransom
- Hugo Award: Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves
- Nebula Award: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Jason Miller, That Championship Season
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Eudora Welty, The Optimists Daughter
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Maxine Kumin, Up Country
[edit] Elsewhere
- Viareggio Prize: Achille Campanile, Manuale di conversazione
