1965 in literature

1965 in literature

The year 1965 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* Frank Herbert's "Dune" wins the first ever Nebula Award

New books

*Lloyd Alexander - "The Black Cauldron"
*J. G. Ballard - "The Drought"
*Ray Bradbury - "The Vintage Bradbury"
*John Brunner
**"The Martian Sphinx" as Keith Woodcott
**"The Squares of the City"
*Kenneth Bulmer - "Land Beyond the Map"
*Edgar Rice Burroughs - "Tarzan and the Castaways"
*L. Sprague de Camp - "The Arrows of Hercules"
*L. Sprague de Camp, editor - "The Spell of Seven"
*August Derleth - "The Casebook of Solar Pons"
*Philip K. Dick - "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"
*Margaret Drabble - "The Millstone"
*Ian Fleming - "The Man with the Golden Gun"
*Margaret Forster - "Georgy Girl"
*Frank Herbert - "Dune"
*Arthur Hailey - "Hotel"
*Bel Kaufman - "Up the Down Staircase"
*Jerzy Kosinski - "The Painted Bird"
*John le Carré - "The Looking-Glass War"
*David Lodge - "The British Museum Is Falling Down"
*H. P. Lovecraft - "Dagon and Other Macabre Tales"
*Eric Malpass - "Morning's at Seven"
*Ruth Manning-Sanders - "A Book of Dragons"
*James A. Michener - "The Source"
*Iris Murdoch - "The Red and the Green"
*Peter O'Donnell - "Modesty Blaise"
*Raymond Queneau - "Les fleurs bleues"
*Françoise Sagan - "La chamade"
*Vincent Starrett - "The Quick and the Dead"
*Irving Stone - "Those Who Love"
*Rex Stout - "The Doorbell Rang"
*Jack Vance - "Space Opera"
*Kurt Vonnegut - "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater"
*Donald Wandrei - "Strange Harvest"

New drama

*Samuel Beckett - "Come and Go"
*Edward Bond - "Saved"
*John Osborne - "A Patriot for Me"
*Michel Tremblay - "Les Belles-Sœurs"

Poetry

*Stanley McNail - "Something Breathing"
*Sylvia Plath - "Ariel"
*Clark Ashton Smith - "Poems in Prose"

Non-fiction

*Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss - "Awareness of Dying"
*William Golding - "The Hot Gates"
*Alex Haley & Malcolm X - "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
*H. P. Lovecraft - "Selected Letters I (1911-1924)"
*Truman Capote - "In Cold Blood"
*Robin Moore - "The Green Berets"

Births

*March 4 - Andrew Collins, journalist and scriptwriter
*March 30 - Piers Morgan, controversial journalist and editor
*July 31 - Joanne Rowling, author
*October 23 - Augusten Burroughs, memoirist
*November 11 - Thomas K. Ward, software project manager
*December 31 - Nicholas Sparks, novelist
*"date unknown" - Patience Agbabi, performance poet
*"date unknown" - Thomas Brussig, novelist
*September 21 - Robert Zilliox Network Management Systems

Deaths

*January 4 - T. S. Eliot, American/British poet
*January 12 - Lorraine Hansberry, writer
*May 3 - Howard Spring, novelist
*June 5 - Thornton Burgess, children's author
*July 9 - Jacques Audiberti
*July 31 - John Metcalfe UK writer
*August 17 - Jack Spicer, poet
*October 8 - Thomas B. Costain, popular historian
*October 15 - Randall Jarrell, poet
*November 8 - Dorothy Kilgallen, journalist
*November 20 - Katharine Anthony, biographer
*December 16 - William Somerset Maugham

++++

Awards

* Nobel Prize for literature - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov

Canada

* See 1965 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

France

* Prix Goncourt: J. Borel, "L'Adoration"
* Prix Médicis: René-Victor Pilhes, "La Rhubarbe"

United Kingdom

* Eric Gregory Award: John Fuller, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Norman Talbot
* Newdigate prize: Peter Jay
* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Muriel Spark, "The Mandelbaum Gate"
* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Mary Moorman, "William Wordsworth: The Later Years 1803-1850"
* Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Philip Larkin

United States

* American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Criticism: Walter Lippmann
* Hugo Award: Fritz Leiber, "The Wanderer"
* Nebula Award: Frank Herbert, "Dune"
* Newbery Medal for children's literature: Maia Wojciechowska, "Shadow of a Bull"
* Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Frank D. Gilroy, "The Subject Was Roses"
* Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Shirley Ann Grau - "The Keepers Of The House"
* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: John Berryman: "77 Dream Songs"

Elsewhere

*Premio Nadal: E. Cabalero Calderón, "El buen salvaje"
* Viareggio Prize: Goffredo Parise, "Il Padrone" ("The Boss")


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1965 in New Zealand — Population* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,663,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8 E7B5 4CF2 B17C 15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls] * Increase since 31/12/1964: 46,800 (1.79%) * Males per 100 Females:… …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • 1965 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=19th century c=20th century cf=21st century yp1=1962 yp2=1963 yp3=1964 year=1965 ya1=1966 ya2=1967 ya3=1968 dp3=1930s dp2=1940s dp1=1950s d=1960s da=0 dn1=1970s dn2=1980s dn3=1990s|Events* Meic… …   Wikipedia

  • 1965 — This article is about the year 1965. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1930s  1940s  1950s  – 1960s –  1970s   …   Wikipedia

  • Literature of the Philippines — The literature of the Philippines started with fables and legends of pre colonial Philippines, written in a pre hispanic writing system, down to the Mexican (New Spain) and Spanish influences, until today where a lot of Philippine literature is… …   Wikipedia

  • Literature of Singapore — The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country s four main languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. While Singaporean literary works may be considered as also belonging to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Literature, Burmese /Modern —    Because of Western influences, Burmese literature had undergone great changes by the beginning of the 20th century. One was the appearance of the novel. In the Burmese (Myanmar) language, novel is translated as ka la paw wut htu, the day s… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • literature, Northern Irish —    While the identity politics central to the ‘Troubles’ which have dominated Northern Ireland since the mid 1960s are a major factor in the works of many writers, it should be remembered that the Troubles themselves are a response to broader… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • Literature of Mangalorean Catholics — The Literature of Mangalorean Catholics refers to the diverse literature of Mangalorean Catholics.HistoryMangalorean Catholics have immensly contributed towards Media Activities in Mangalore, Bombay and other cities in India. The Konknni Dirvem… …   Wikipedia

  • 1965 in Canada — See also: 1964 in Canada, other events of 1965, 1966 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Incumbents * Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II * Governor General: Georges Vanier * Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson * Premier of Alberta: Ernest… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”