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Overview of the events of 1984 in literature
Overview of the events of 1984 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1984 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
February 19 -
Marissa Meyer , American science-fiction author
April 16 –
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes , American novelist
May 9 –
Ezra Klein , American journalist and columnist
May 21 –
Jackson Pearce , American young-adult novelist
June 5 –
Simon Rich , American humorist, novelist and screenwriter
July 11 -
Marie Lu , American young-adult novelist
July 12 –
Amanda Hocking , American fantasy novelist
August 8 –
Owen Jones , English columnist and author and commentator
October 13 -
Lauren DeStefano , American young-adult author
November 20 –
Halley Feiffer , American playwright and actress
December 10 –
Helen Oyeyemi , English novelist and playwright
Deaths
February 12 –
Julio Cortázar , Argentine novelist, short story writer and essayist (born
1914 )
February 21 –
Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born
1905 )
February 22
March 4 –
Odd Bang-Hansen , Norwegian novelist and children's writer (born
1908 )
March 8 –
Eleanor Graham , English children's writer and editor (born
1896 )
March 12 –
Arnold Ridley , English playwright and actor (born
1896 )
March 26 –
Branko Ćopić , Bosnian Serb writer (suicide, born
1915 )
April 1 –
Elizabeth Goudge , English writer (born
1900 )
April 15
April 21
April 24 –
Rafael Pérez y Pérez , Spanish writer (born
1891 )
May 16 –
Irwin Shaw , American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (born
1913 )
May 19 –
John Betjeman , English poet laureate (born
1906 )
June 6 –
A. Bertram Chandler , English-Australian soldier and author (born
1912 ))
June 10 –
Halide Nusret Zorlutuna , Turkish poet and novelist (born
1901 )
June 30 –
Lillian Hellman , American playwright (born
1905 )
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July 6 –
Denys Val Baker , Welsh novelist and short story writer (born
1917 )
August 14 –
J. B. Priestley , English novelist and playwright (born
1894 )
August 25 –
Truman Capote (Truman Streckfus Persons), American fiction writer (born
1924 )
September 7 –
Liam O'Flaherty , Irish novelist and short story writer (born
1896 )
October 31 –
Eduardo De Filippo , Italian playwright (born
1900 )
November 6 –
Gastón Suárez , Bolivian novelist and dramatist (born
1929 )
November 10 –
Xavier Herbert , Australian novelist (born
1901 )
November 12 –
Chester Himes , American writer (born
1909 )
December 4 –
Ștefan Voitec , Romanian politician and journalist (born
1900 )
December 6 –
Gray Barker , American writer on paranormal (born
1925 )
December 14 –
Vicente Aleixandre , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born
1898 )
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
Betty Trask Award , established by
Society of Authors , Prize:
Ronald Frame , Winter Journey , Clare Nonhebel, Cold Showers
Booker Prize :
Anita Brookner ,
Hotel du Lac
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Margaret Mahy ,
The Changeover
Cholmondeley Award :
Michael Baldwin ,
Michael Hofmann , Carol Rumens
Eric Gregory Award : Martyn Crucefix, Mick Imlah, Jamie McKendrick, Bill Smith,
Carol Ann Duffy ,
Christopher Meredith , Peter Armstrong, Iain Bamforth
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
J. G. Ballard ,
Empire of the Sun , and
Angela Carter ,
Nights at the Circus
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Lyndall Gordon ,
Virginia Woolf : A Writer's Life
Whitbread Best Book Award :
James Buchan , A Parish of Rich Women
United States
Elsewhere
References