Literature year 1964
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
Events
- The Klaus Wagenbach publishing house is founded in Berlin .
- Ariston Verlag is founded in Geneva .
- The Institute for the German Language is founded in Mannheim .
- The International Lenau Society is founded in Stockerau .
- A Hermann Hesse memorial is opened in Calw .
- The literary magazine Alternative appears in Berlin for the first time : magazine for literature and discussion .
- Of the German Academy for Language and Literature is Friedrich Gundolf Prize donated and awarded for the first time.
- The Johann Heinrich Merck Prize for literary criticism and essay is donated and awarded for the first time by Merck KGaA .
- The Sigmund Freud Prize for scientific prose is donated and awarded for the first time by HEAG .
- The 1st “ Berlin Theatertreffen ” takes place under the name “Berliner Theaterwettbewerb” .
- Jean-Paul Sartre refuses to accept the Nobel Prize awarded to him .
- November 29th: The 126th and final episode of the detective radio play series The Hunt for the Perpetrator is running .
- The Franco-Belgian comic series Howard Flynn appears in the Belgian comic magazine Tintin between 1964 and 1969 .
- In 1964 and 1965, a treasure trove of gallant literature was published in twelve volumes using existing translations .
- The short story The Word of Unbinding is the first publication on the Earth Sea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin .
- The first two translations by Eva Moldenhauer (1934–2019) from French appear.
- The first volumes of the “ Oxford Library of African Literature ” appear.
- The last volumes of the "Fischer Library of a Hundred Books: Exempla Classica " are published.
- The last four volumes of the 81-part Danish youth book series Jan (Eng: Jan as a detective ) are published.
- The Deutsche Rundschau , a cultural and literary magazine that has existed since 1874, is discontinued.
- After 202 issues since the end of 1957 published German Heftroman row soldier stories from around the world (later soldiers and airmen stories from around the world ) set.
- The first performance of the drama Maria by Isaak Babel from 1935 takes place in Florence .
- At the Municipal Theater Frankfurt is on 25 June , the Ethiopian by Tankred Dorst premiered.
- At the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Puss in Boots or How to Play the Game will be premiered by Tankred Dorst on December 18 .
- On December 31, the “Swiss-German musical” Bibi Balù will be premiered at the Theater am Hechtplatz in Zurich .
Literature adaptations (selection)
- The film Die Zeit der Schuldlosen based on the author 's drama of almost the same name will be released with the help of the screenplay by Siegfried Lenz .
- In the fall, the resulting film at its screenplay seems Matthew - The first Gospel of Pier Paolo Pasolini (whose documentary love feast is also premiered in 1964).
- The Swedish Wedding Night is based on Stig Dagerman's novel Bröllopsbesvär from 1949 .
- The novella Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann is filmed by Rolf Thiele under the same title .
- Thomas Mann's novella Wälsungenblut is filmed by Rolf Thiele under the same title (premiered in January 1965).
- The story The divided sky by Christa Wolf is filmed by Konrad Wolf under the same title .
- Some of Ludwig Thoma's rascal stories are filmed by Helmut Käutner under the same title .
- The novel Goldfinger by Ian Fleming is under the same title by Guy Hamilton filmed.
- The novel Marnie by the British writer Winston Graham is being filmed by Alfred Hitchcock under the same title .
- Based on a novel by Jean Ray , Jean-Pierre Mocky is filming the crime farce Angst in der Stadt .
New releases
- The Act of Creation - Arthur Koestler (non-fiction book)
- Akuma-kun - Shigeru Mizuki (Manga)
- Alpine Ballad - Wassil Bykau (OA)
- Amras - Thomas Bernhard
- At the border - Hans Mühlethaler (drama)
- An Area of Darkness - VS Naipaul
- Bartl's Adventure - Marlen Haushofer
- The Berlin Antigone - Rolf Hochhuth
- Blooming Judas Tree - Katherine Anne Porter (extended English edition as Collected Stories and German new translation)
- Boys and Girls - Alice Munro
- Brothers under an Alien Sun - Chad Oliver
- The Burning World - JG Ballard
- A Caribbean Mystery - Agatha Christie
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
- Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang - Ian Fleming (text) and John Burningham (illustrations) - children's book
- Chloé - Boris Vian
- The third flare - Wassil Bykau
- Eichmann in Jerusalem - Hannah Arendt (first German edition)
- Actually, Mrs. Blum would like to get to know the milkman - Peter Bichsel ; it includes the short stories:
- Removal from the troops - Heinrich Böll
- It is not easy to be a god - Arkadi and Boris Strugazki (OA)
- The Trap - Wassil Bykau (OA)
- Wrong game - Georgette Heyer
- Holidays on Saltkrokan - Astrid Lindgren
- Distant Stars - Eric Frank Russell
- Continuation of the report - Ror Wolf
- Friedrich Engels and the problem of peoples without history - Roman Rosdolsky (first edition of the main part of the dissertation from 1929)
- Heaven divided - Christa Wolf (first "Western Edition")
- The bells of Bicêtre - Georges Simenon
- The great protocol against Zwetschkenbaum - Albert Drach (created 1939)
- The great journey - Jorge Semprún
- Greed - Gabriele Wohmann (created 1964)
- Hello, Dolly! (Musical) - Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
- The heart of the 6th Army - Heinz G. Konsalik
- Duke - Saul Bellow
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Hannah Green
- I want to go to school too - Astrid Lindgren
- Impromptu or the Shepherd and his Chameleon - Eugène Ionesco (Drama)
- In the Ruins - Roald Dahl (short story)
- In the case of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Heinar Kipphardt (drama)
- Island of Conquerors - Nelson S. Bond
- Jargon of authenticity - Theodor W. Adorno (Critical Theory)
- Der Kleine Pauly (specialist encyclopedia in five volumes; 1964–1975)
- Cows in half mourning - Arno Schmidt ; it contains the stories:
- Lehmann's Tales - Siegfried Lenz
- Love - Henry Green
- The Llano on fire - Juan Rulfo
- Lies - Martin Walser
- The girl behind the window - Patricia Highsmith
- Maigret is angry and Maigret se défend and Maigret et le fantôme and Maigret with the Flemish - Georges Simenon
- You ask to ring the bell - Günter Eich (radio play)
- Marat / Sade - Peter Weiss
- Martian Time Slip - Philip K. Dick
- The martyrdom of Peter O Hey - Sławomir Mrożek
- My friend Bunbury - Lyrics: Jürgen Degenhardt (Musical based on Oscar Wilde)
- My Catalonia - George Orwell
- My name is Gantenbein - Max Frisch
- The Mohrin (drama) - Tankred Dorst
- Les mots - Jean-Paul Sartre
- Mountain Engines - Wilbert Vere Awdry (children's book)
- A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
- The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot - Robert Arthur (Vol. 2 in the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators series )
- Everyday Myths - Roland Barthes
- Night - Edgar Hilsenrath
- Nathalie and L'Orange - Gilbert Bécaud (music) and Pierre Delanoë (lyrics)
- Public opinion - Walter Lippmann (non-fiction book)
- One-Dimensional Man - Herbert Marcuse
- Uncle Poppoff can fly on trees - Janosch
- A personal experience - Kenzaburō Ōe
- The empire of this world - Alejo Carpentier
- The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (Musical)
- Red Fox - Jules Renard (TB Reissue)
- The collector - John Fowles
- The Shipwrecked of Time - Author: Jean-Claude Forest ; Draftsman (later also author): Paul Gillon (comic series, published from 1964)
- The beautiful summer - Cesare Pavese
- The Schuhu and the Flying Princess - Peter Hacks
- The Black Swan - Martin Walser (Drama)
- The Secret of Terror Castle - Robert Arthur (Vol. 1 in the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators series )
- The Seed from the Sepulcher - Clark Ashton Smith (first book published)
- Be Kind to Mr. Sloane - Joe Orton (Drama)
- The seven deadly sins of the German Empire in the First World War - Sebastian Haffner (non-fiction book)
- The Seven Underground Kings - Alexander Volkov (OA)
- Simulacron-3 (also: Counterfeit World ) - Daniel F. Galouye (OA)
- A Single Man ( s ) - Christopher Isherwood
- The spy who came in from the cold - John le Carré
- The storm out of nowhere - JG Ballard
- A Feast of Atonement - Brian Moore
- Summa technologiae - Stanisław Lem (OA)
- Swimmy - Leo Lionni (picture book)
- The Day of Resurrection - Sakyō Komatsu (OA)
- The Day of the Owl - Leonardo Sciascia
- Day of the Locust - Nathanael West
- The daughter of Jephthas - Gertrud von le Fort
- Todas las sangres - José María Arguedas
- Transit - Edmund Cooper
- The Invincible and Robot Tale - Stanisław Lem (OA)
- The accident and other cases - Agatha Christie
- The Conspiracy of Equals - Ilja Ehrenburg (Russian first publication in book form)
- Truth and Politics - Hannah Arendt (essay)
- Truly - Ingeborg Bachmann (dedication poem)
- The waters of the hills - Marcel Pagnol
- You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming
- The Wizard of the Emerald City - Alexander Volkov
- Signs on the way - Sayyid Qutb (non-fiction book)
Born
January - March
- Ekkehart Baumgartner , German social scientist, writer and essayist January 2:
- Ulrich Blumenbach , German literary translator January 2nd:
- Margret Kreidl , Austrian writer January 2nd:
- Carlo Schäfer , German crime writer († 2015) January 2:
- Toshiyuki Horie , Japanese writer and translator January 3:
- Michael Brenner , German historian January 4th:
- Stanislav Struhar , Czech-Austrian poet and writer January 4th:
- Alfred Goubran , Austrian writer, publisher and translator January 6th:
- Dirk Kruse , German journalist, writer, essayist and critic January 6th:
- January 13: Ulrike Herrmann , German business journalist and publicist
- January 16: Lutz Huebner , German playwright, actor and director
- January 17th: Jörg Bernig , German poet, writer, essayist and editor
- January 17th: Raoul Schrott , Austrian writer
- January 18: Anne Oterholm , Norwegian writer and literary critic
- January 18: Daniel Schäfer , German medical historian and book author
- January 18: Fabian Stech , German-French author and translator († 2015)
- January 19: Marit Törnqvist , Swedish-Dutch illustrator for children's books and author
- January 20: Christine Roiter , Austrian poet and writer
- January 20: Fareed Zakaria , American journalist and book author
- January 22nd: Christian Bernhardt , German writer
- January 25: Roland Buti , French-speaking Swiss writer
- January 25: Andreas Neeser , Swiss poet and writer
- January 25: Grit Poppe , German writer
- January 26th: Chico César , Brazilian musician and author
- January 29th: Minetarō Mochizuki , Japanese mangaka
- January 31: Hasso Krull , Estonian poet, essayist and translator
- Stefan Gandler , German author and translator January:
- Roland Voggenauer , German crime novelist January:
- Kaká Werá , Brazilian (Kayapo) writer February 1:
- Raymond Paul Mears , British non-fiction author February 7:
- February 12: Andreas Eckert , German historian and Africanist
- February 13: Pierre Bottero , French writer († 2009)
- February 15: Duran Çetin , Turkish writer
- February 17th: Adeeb Khalid , author especially on Central Asian Islam
- February 19: Jonathan Lethem , American writer
- February 21: Klaus Böldl , German Scandinavian artist and writer
- February 21: Holger Kreitling , German (cultural) journalist and author
- February 21: Boris Pfeiffer , German author
- February 23: Joseph O'Neill , Irish writer and critic
- February 23: Gregor Seferens , German translator
- February 24: Robert McLiam Wilson , Northern Irish writer
- February 25: Holger Hauer , German actor, theater director and musical writer
- February 25: Lisa Weichart , German author
- February 27: Ilse Helbrecht , German cultural and social geographer and author
- February 28: Lotta Lotass , Swedish writer and literary scholar
- February 28: Daniel Munduruku , Brazilian writer of indigenous origin
- İsmet Elçi , Kurdish-German director and writer March 2nd:
- Ayfer Tunç , Turkish writer March 2nd:
- Sujata Massey , American crime writer March 4:
- Sylke Tannhäuser , German crime writer March 6th:
- Bret Easton Ellis , American writer March 7:
- Alberto Fuguet , Chilean writer and film director March 7th:
- March 11: Barbara Bollwahn , German writer and translator († 2018)
- March 11: Leena Lehtolainen , Finnish writer
- March 12th: Kathrin Razum , German editor and translator
- March 16: Thomas Fuchs , German writer
- March 16: Sören Olsson , Swedish author for children and young people
- March 16: Carola Wegerle , German actress and author
- March 17th: Ilona Stumpe-Speer , German poet and writer
- March 18: Sadie Plant , British cultural philosopher and author
- March 19: Andrea Tornielli , Italian journalist, author and biographer
- March 20: Anne Dufourmantelle , French philosopher, psychoanalyst and author († 2017)
- March 21: Magnus Brechtken , German historian and (biographical) author
- March 21: Kaori Ekuni , Japanese writer
- March 22nd: Tom Wolf , German literary scholar and writer
- March 23: Bettina Obrecht , German writer, children's and young adult book author and translator
- March 24th: Verena Kiefer , German translator from Dutch
- March 24th: Guy Krneta , Swiss writer and playwright
- March 25: Kate DiCamillo , American children's book author
- March 25th: Maja Nielsen , German writer
April June
- Dagmar Missfeldt , German translator and editor April 1:
- José Rodrigues dos Santos , Portuguese journalist and writer April 1st:
- Manuela Kay , German author April 2nd:
- Stephan Kaluza , German picture. Artist and author April 5:
- Martin Willi , Swiss writer April 5:
- Dirk Schmidt , German radio play author and writer April 6:
- Frank Ramond , German-French songwriter and ... April 7th:
- Janne Teller , Danish writer April 8th:
- Gonda Van Steen , Belgian-American classical philologist and neo-Greekist April 8:
- Margaret Peterson Haddix , American writer April 9:
- April 12th: Ana Lederer , Croatian theater scholar, critic, director and author
- April 13: Jürgen Joachimsthaler , German literary scholar and author († 2018)
- April 16: Corinna Waffender , German writer, journalist and translator
- April 18: Niall Ferguson , British historian and author
- April 18: Isabella von Treskow , German Romanist and author
- April 20: Nasar Honchar , Ukrainian poet and writer († 2009)
- April 20: Dea Loher , German playwright and prose writer
- April 25: Marie Myung-Ok Lee , American writer and essayist
- April 27: Alexander Pschera , German writer and translator
- April 28: Ann-Marie Ljungberg , Swedish writer and translator
- Peter Schwindt , German writer May 3:
- Petra A. Bauer , German writer and non-fiction author May 5th:
- Gui Minhai , Sino-Swedish author and publisher May 5:
- Tom Reiss , American author and biographer May 5:
- Elliot Perlman , Australian writer May 7:
- Torsten Meireis , German theologian and author May 8:
- May 10: Mats Malm , Swedish literary scholar, author and translator
- May 11: EO Chirovici , Romanian writer
- May 12: Ferdinand von Schirach , German defense attorney and writer
- May 13: Mari Akasaka , Japanese writer
- May 13: Stephen Colbert , American presenter and (satirical) author
- May 13: Katia Fox , German novelist
- May 14: David Chotjewitz , German writer and translator
- May 15: Michael Lentz , German writer, poet, ...
- May 18: Tim Moore , British author and journalist
- May 19: Timo Parvela , Finnish writer
- May 21: Walter Homolka , German religious philosopher, author and editor
- May 21: Maria Semple , American writer
- May 21: Miriam Toews , Canadian writer
- May 26: Caitlín R. Kiernan , American writer of science fiction, dark fantasy and comics
- May 26: Rainer Merkel , German writer
- May 28: David Baddiel , British comedian and writer
- May 30th: Rita Falk , German (crime) writer
- May 30th: Thomas Grasberger , German journalist and writer
- Ulf Kaack , German author and journalist June 3:
- Rafael Cardoso , Brazilian writer and art historian June 4th:
- Rick Riordan , American writer June 5:
- Christoph Poschenrieder , German writer June 6:
- TD Reda , German writer June 6th:
- Steven Uhly , German writer and translator June 6:
- Petr Hruška , Czech poet and literary scholar June 7:
- Francesca Melandri , Italian writer and screenwriter June 9:
- Bart Moeyaert , Belgian-Flemish (children and young people) author June 9:
- June 10: Lutz Büge , German journalist and writer
- June 12: Rebecca Noldus , Dutch writer
- June 13: André Gago , Portuguese actor, writer and translator
- June 13: Tobias Scheffel , German translator from French
- June 15: Bunjūrō Nakayama , Japanese novelist and manga writer
- June 18: Éric Chevillard , French writer and blogger
- June 18: Michael Imhof , German art historian and publisher
- June 18: Yang Yi , Sino-Japanese writer
- June 19: Boris Johnson , British publicist and politician
- June 20: Markus Schroer , German sociologist, author and editor
- June 22nd: Dan Brown , American thriller writer
- June 22nd: Christoph Quarch , German author and publicist
- June 22nd: Robsie Richter , German author, poet, publisher
- June 23: Piotr Kępiński , Polish poet, literary critic and essayist
- June 26th: Marek Pivovar , Czech dramaturge and writer
- June 26: Sérgio Vaz , Brazilian poet and cultural mediator
- June 28th: Sebastian Brather , German medieval archaeologist and author
- June 28: Ilmar Tomusk , Estonian children's author, essayist and language politician
July September
- Karen Anne Buljo , Sami-Norwegian writer and poet July 1:
- Jörg Bergstedt , German environmental activist and writer July 2nd:
- Elizabeth Graver (en), American writer July 2nd:
- Sascha Berst-Frediani , German-Italian lawyer and writer July 3:
- Susanne Lange , German Romance philologist and translator (predominantly) from Spanish July 5th:
- July 11: Helmut Krausser , German writer and playwright
- July 11: Christine Pitzke , German writer
- July 12: Lisbeth Exner , Austrian author and editor
- July 12: Serge Lehman , French science fiction writer, comic book writer and editor
- July 13: Michael Fisch , German literary scholar and writer
- July 13: Hans Rosenfeldt , Swedish writer
- July 15: Johann Hinrich Claussen , German theologian and author
- July 17: Malte Prietzel , German medieval historian, author and biographer
- July 18: Armin Senser , Swiss poet and writer
- July 19: Sämi Weber , Swiss author of children's books
- July 20: Astrid Vollenbruch , German writer (pseudonym Sophie Matuschka )
- July 22nd: Amir Zaidan , German-speaking Syrian author and translator
- July 24th: Banana Yoshimoto , Japanese writer
- July 25: Anne Applebaum , US-Polish historian and essayist
- July 26th: Philippe Blasband , Iranian-Belgian writer
- July 26th: Anne Provoost , Flemish writer
- July 26: Carl-Johan Vallgren , Swedish writer and musician
- July 29th: Susanne Fritz , German writer and director
- July 29: TJ Stiles , American writer, esp. biographer
- July 31: Michael Bienert , German literary scholar and essayist
- Daniel Doujenis , Greek-Austrian theater director, actor and reciter July:
- Sarah Nemitz , German theater and screenwriter and actress July:
- Edward van de Vendel , Dutch author of picture, children's and youth books August 1st:
- Radek Knapp , Austrian writer August 3:
- Ulrich Schaal , German journalist and short story writer August 3rd:
- Stefan Lehnberg , German director and author August 5th:
- Antonio Manzini , Italian writer August 7th:
- Klaus Ebner , Austrian poet, writer and essayist August 8:
- August 10: Anja Fröhlich , German writer
- August 13: Susanne Geiger , German writer
- August 15: Guido Eckert , German journalist and writer
- August 15: Rainer Forst , German political scientist and philosopher
- August 16: Stefan Moster , German writer and translator
- August 17th: Ana Cecilia Prenz Kopušar , Argentine writer and translator (living in Trieste)
- August 19: Daniel Mylow , German writer
- August 19: Valeria Ränik , Estonian poet and writer
- August 20: Benedikt Ledebur , German-Austrian poet, essayist, critic and translator
- August 21: Rachel Ward , British writer for young people
- August 23: Miriam Margraf , German writer and translator
- August 24: Sven Böttcher , German writer and translator
- August 24th: Beatrice Gründler , German Arabist and author
- August 26th: Joachim Helfer , German writer and translator
- August 29: Jérôme Leroy , French writer
- August 29: Laura S. Matthews , British children's author
- Martha Wells , American fantasy and science fiction writer September 1:
- Patrick Kokontis , Swiss writer (?) September 4th:
- Barbara Zoschke , German children's book author September 6:
- Aleksandar Hemon , Bosnian-American writer September 9:
- Laurenz Lütteken , German musicologist September 9:
- September 10: Klaus Cornfield , German comic author and illustrator
- September 10: Edmund de Waal , British ceramist and writer
- September 13: Rafał Ziemkiewicz , Polish writer
- September 15: Anne Kolb , German ancient historian, author and editor
- September 18: Franziska Augstein , German journalist, essayist, biographer
- September 19: Simon Singh , British science writer
- September 19: Yvonne Vera , Zimbabwean writer († 2005)
- September 21: Andy Duncan , American science fiction and fantasy writer
- September 22: Tanja Jeschke , German writer and literary critic
- September 24: Rebecca Stott , British literary scholar and writer
- September 25: Rebecca Gablé , German writer
- September 25: Ida Jessen , Danish writer
- September 25: Carlos Ruiz Zafón , Spanish writer († 2020)
- September 25th: Thomas Tuma , German journalist and (crime) author
- September 26: Stefan Berger , German historian and author
- September 27th: Alfred Bekker , German writer
October - December
- Bernd Kreimeier , German science fiction writer October 1:
- Cristina Rivera Garza , Mexican sociologist, historian, writer and poet October 1st:
- Morten Søndergaard , Danish poet, writer, translator and sound installer October 3rd:
- Christopher Schmidt , German literary and theater critic († 2017) October 5:
- Max Otte , German-American economist and author October 7th:
- Dan Savage , American journalist and author October 7th:
- Jakob Arjouni , German writer († 2013) October 8:
- Vasyl Machno , Ukrainian writer, poet and translator October 8:
- Jacqueline Carey , American fantasy novelist October 9:
- Martina Sens , German naturopath and author October 9th:
- Guillermo del Toro , Mexican filmmaker and writer October 9:
- October 16: Jean-Philippe Blondel , French writer
- October 16: Jörg Jacob , German writer
- October 16: Emanuel Pastreich , American East Asian specialist and essayist
- October 18: Charles Stross , British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer
- October 20: Ela Angerer , Austrian journalist and writer
- October 24: Amor Towles , American writer
- October 26: Kazuaki Takano , Japanese writer
- October 29: Snježana Kordić , Croatian sociolinguist and author
- October 31: Nils Jörn , German historian, author and editor
- October 31: Patrick Schimanski , German theater director
- Veiko Märka , Estonian writer and critic November 2nd:
- Salah Naoura , German children's book author and translator November 2nd:
- Lynn Nottage , American playwright November 2:
- Oliver Mertins , German poet, writer and translator († 2020) November 4:
- Simon Borowiak , German writer November 8:
- November 10: Zyta Rudzka , Polish poet, writer and playwright
- November 11th: Mark Gevisser , South African journalist and writer
- November 11th: Wolfram Weimer , German publisher, publicist and author
- November 12: Eric Nylund , American author
- November 13: Denis Scuto , Luxembourg historian and author
- November 13: Małgorzata Saramonowicz , Polish writer
- November 13: Anne Weber , German writer and translator
- November 13: Frank Westerman , Dutch journalist and writer
- November 14th: Ana Cristina Silva , Portuguese writer
- November 17th: Marina Carr , Irish playwright
- November 17th: Elmar Tannert , German writer and translator
- November 21: Andreas P. Pittler , Austrian writer
- November 22nd: Henning Ahrens , German writer and translator
- November 24th: Rainer Juriatti , Austrian writer
- November 26th: Andrés Echevarría , Uruguayan writer, poet and playwright
- November 27th: Silvia Helene Henke , German author
- November 27: David Rakoff , Canadian-American author and comedian († 2012)
- November 28: Sherko Fatah , German writer
- November 30th: Thomas Hettche , German writer, essayist and translator
- November 30th: Sonja Röder , German writer
- Jutta Oltmanns , German writer November:
- Micha Pansi , Swiss fantasy author November:
- Jo Walton , Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer December 1st:
- Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein , German historian December 2nd:
- Feridun Zaimoglu , German writer December 4th:
- Sylvie Goulard , French political scientist, politician and essayist December 6:
- JR Moehringer , American journalist and writer December 7th:
- Richard David Precht , German author December 8:
- Hanna Caspian , German writer December 9th:
- Hape Kerkeling , German author December 9th:
- December 10: Oliver Czeslik , German playwright
- December 11: Helene Uri , Norwegian linguist and writer
- December 11: Ayelet Waldman , American lawyer, writer, and essayist
- December 15: Karen-Susan Fessel , German writer
- December 15: Rainer Kersten , German translator
- December 15: Denis Scheck , German literary critic
- December 16: Sylvia Brownrigg , American writer and literary critic
- December 19: Thomas Brussig , German writer
- December 19: Clementine Skorpil , Austrian writer and editor
- December 21: Daniel Suarez , American writer
- December 21: Bibi Dumon Tak , Dutch author for children and young people
- December 24th: Robert von Rimscha , German non-fiction author and biographer
- December 25th: Ian Bostridge , British opera singer and writer
- December 25th: Nino Vetri , Italian writer and musician
- December 26th: Ulf S. Graupner , German comic artist, author and illustrator
- December 26: Elizabeth Kostova , American writer
- December 29th: Philip Ridley , British illustrator. Artist, writer and playwright
- December 30th: Christof Rapp , German philosopher and historian of philosophy
Exact date unknown
- Ben Aaronovitch , British writer
- Leila Aboulela , Sudanese writer
- Neshani Andreas , Namibian writer († 2011)
- Michael Angele , German-Swiss journalist, literary scholar and writer
- Louis Anschel (pseud.), German writer
- Vüqar Aslanov , Azerbaijani writer and journalist
- Sefi Atta , Nigerian writer
- Stéphane Audeguy , French writer and literary scholar
- Alexander Bálly , German writer
- Nikolaus Bernau , German architecture critic and author
- Bi Feiyu , Chinese writer
- Ljubomir Bratić , Yugoslav-Austrian migration researcher and author
- Claudia Breitsprecher , German writer
- Franz Brendle , German historian and author
- Rhidian Brook , British novelist, screenwriter and journalist
- Anette Brunner , German art historian and author
- Sabine Büchner , German picture and children's book illustrator
- Anke Caroline Burger , German translator
- Dulce Maria Cardoso , Portuguese writer
- María do Mar Castro Varela , Spanish political scientist, psychologist and educator
- Thomas Dellenbusch , German writer and publisher
- Mirko Demić , Serbian writer
- Robin Detje , German author and translator
- Dominik Dombrowski , German-American poet, editor, critic and translator
- Frank Domeier , German writer
- Jenny Downham , British writer
- Markus Dullin , German writer
- Ekrem Dumanlı , Turkish writer and journalist
- Hartmut El Kurdi , German writer
- Paul Finch , British writer
- Anne Fingerling , German author
- Jürgen Flenker , German author
- Aminatta Forna , British writer
- Bernd Frenz , German author
- Jason Goodwin , British historian and writer
- Nada Gordon , American poet
- Heike B. Görtemaker , German historian and biographer
- Annett Gröschner , German writer and journalist
- Ulrike Guérot , German political scientist and publicist
- Rainer Gussek , German author
- Markus Guthmann , German writer
- Varg Gyllander , Swedish crime writer
- Rawi Hage , Lebanese-Canadian writer
- Susanne Hahn , German philosopher
- Dörte Hansen , German linguist, journalist and writer
- Stephan Harbort , German criminalist and non-fiction author
- Andrew Harman , British fantasy author
- Harald Havas , Austrian author
- Yael Hedaya , Israeli writer
- Ann-Marlene Henning , Danish psychologist and author
- Marc Höpfner , German writer
- Huh Su-kyung , South Korean poet and writer († 2018)
- Bożena Intrator , Polish-American writer and translator
- Helena Janeczek , German-Italian writer
- Paul Kainbacher , Austrian geography historian (exploring Africa) and antiquarian
- Orsolya Kalász , Hungarian poet and literary translator
- Heike Kamaris , German fantasy author
- Ralph Keim , German journalist and writer
- Ursula Keller , German author and translator
- Khaled Khalifa , Syrian writer
- Chip Kidd , American book illustrator and author
- Robert Klanten , German publisher
- Gisa Klönne , German crime writer and journalist
- Gerhard Kölsch , German art historian and academic author
- Conor Kostick , British-Irish historian and writer
- Erwin Köstler , Austrian literary scholar, translator and essayist
- Joanna Krakowska , Polish theater scholar and translator
- Martin Krauss , German political scientist, journalist and (sports) book author
- Birgit Kreipe , German poet
- Silke Lambeck , German writer and journalist
- Jörg Lau , German journalist and author
- Guillermo Lema , Argentine writer
- Patrick Lennon , British writer
- Christiane Lind , German social researcher and writer
- Stephan Lohse , German actor and writer
- Helmut Lugmayr , Austrian translator from Icelandic
- Hartwig Mauritz , German author
- Molly McCloskey , American writer
- Ian McGuire , British writer, biographer and literary scholar
- Karim Miské , French documentary filmmaker and writer
- Karen Marie Moning , American fantasy writer
- Rainer Nikowitz , Austrian journalist and writer
- David Nirenberg , American historian and author
- Regina Nössler , German writer
- Brenda Novak , American writer
- Oh Soo-yeon , South Korean writer
- Susanne Oswald , German writer
- Maria Papayanni , Greek writer and translator
- Isabel Pérez Montalbán , Spanish poet
- Thomas Peter , German police officer and author of detective novels
- Olaf Peters , German art historian and biographer
- Armin Petras , German theater director, theater director and playwright (also under the pseud. Fritz Kater )
- Joerg M. Pfuhl , German publishing manager or publisher
- Marietta Piekenbrock , German curator, dramaturge, author and translator
- Kirsten Plötz , German historian and author
- Jacek Podsiadło , Polish poet, prose writer and translator
- Kai Pohl , German poet and writer
- Theo Pointner , German crime novelist
- Antonio José Ponte , Cuban writer and poet
- Hardy Pundt , German non-fiction and crime novel writer
- Dana Ranga , Romanian-German poet, writer, translator, filmmaker
- Claudia Rath , German writer
- Annette Reber , German author († 2008)
- Oliver Reese , German theater director, director, dramaturge and author
- Elvira Rodriguez Puerto , Cuban poet, writer, photo and film artist
- Carola Rönneburg , German journalist and book author
- Karen Rose , American thriller writer
- Astrid Ruppert , German author
- Simona Sabato , German writer
- Martin Schemm , German author
- Michael Scheuermann , Austrian crime writer
- Tina Schick , German crime writer
- Norbert W. Schlinkert , German writer and cultural scientist
- Harald Schmid , German political scientist, contemporary historian, author and editor
- Rainer Schmidt , German journalist and writer
- Robert Schmidt , German journalist and writer
- Simone Schmollack , German journalist and book author
- Oliver Schröm , German journalist and book author
- Michelle Schwefel , German author
- Márcio Seligmann-Silva , Brazilian literary scholar, theorist, critic, author and translator
- Abdulkadir Selvi , Turkish journalist and book author
- Stefan from Siepen , German lawyer, diplomat and writer
- Jarkko Sipilä , Finnish journalist and (crime) writer
- Neil Smith , Canadian writer and translator
- Francesco P. Sorti , Italian writer
- Kadir Sözen , Turkish-German author and filmmaker
- Martin Spiewak , German science journalist and essayist
- Maik Hendrik Sprotte , German Japanologist and author
- Angela Standhartinger , German theologian and author
- Antje Steinhäuser , German editor and author (possibly * 1965)
- Magnus Striet , German theologian and author
- Daniela Strigl , Austrian literary critic, essayist, biographer, editor
- Markus Stromiedel , German author and journalist
- Peter Süß , German author and editor
- Leyla Taşdelen , Turkish poet (writes haiku in German)
- Marc Thörner , German journalist and book author
- Vincenzo Todisco , Swiss writer (writing in Italian)
- Anton Valens , Dutch writer and painter
- Ángela Vallvey , Spanish poet and writer
- Albert Villaró , Andorran writer
- Andreas Vonderach , German anthropologist and publicist
- Alexander Wallasch , German author
- Thomas Weiss , German writer
- Jane Welch , British fantasy writer
- Klaudia Wick , German journalist and essayist
- Martin Wigger , German dramaturge and theater director
- Laura Wilson , British crime and children's book author
- Peter Wohlleben , German conservationist and author
- Yusuf Yeşilöz , German-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish-Kurdish origin
- Michal Zamir , Israeli writer
- Nell Zink , American writer
- Katrin Zipse , German writer and radio play author
Died
January - June
- Emma Cramer-Crummenerl , German poet and writer January 1st:
- Edgar Maass , German writer January 6th:
- Halide Edib Adıvar , Turkish writer January 9:
- January 11th: Franc Ksaver Meško , Slovenian clergyman and writer
- January 13: Felisberto Hernández , Uruguayan writer
- January 13: Nemesio Zúñiga Cazorla , Peruvian clergyman and Quechua playwright
- January 17: TH White , British writer
- January 21: Luis Martín-Santos , Spanish writer
- January 21: Bruno E. Werner , German writer, essayist, ...
- January 25th: Théodore Fraenkel , French doctor and writer
- Rudolf Kayser , German literary historian, editor and biographer February 5:
- February 11: Cleve Cartmill , American writer
- February 12: Arthur W. Upfield , Australian crime novelist
- February 18: Maurice Walsh , Irish writer
- February 19: Wilhelm Fraenger , German art historian and author
- February 19: Ozaki Shirō , Japanese writer
- February 25: Johnny Burke , American lyricist
- February 25: Grace Metalious , American writer
- February 25: Eduard Stemplinger , German philologist and (Bavarian) writer
- February 27: Carlos Brandt , Venezuelan author
- Davíð Stefánsson , Icelandic poet, playwright and writer March 1:
- Robert S. Lemmon , American naturalist and non-fiction author March 3:
- Karl Theodor Bluth , German psychiatrist and writer March 5:
- Franz Alexander , Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and author March 8:
- March 10: Bobby E. Lüthge , German screenwriter and novelist, also as a Nazi propagandist
- March 11th: Helene Johanna Zeller , German (children's) author and translator
- March 12: Abbas el-Akkad , Egyptian writer
- March 18: Norbert Wiener , American mathematician (cyberneticist) and author
- March 19: Fritz Diettrich , German poet and writer
- March 20: Brendan Behan , Irish novelist and playwright
- March 24th: Lotte Rose , German writer
- March 26: Paul A. Baran , American economist and author
- March 29: Ernst Feder , German journalist and writer
- March 30th: Erich Frey , German lawyer and playwright
- March 30: Nella Larsen , African American writer
- Alfred Duggan , British writer April 4:
- Miyoshi Tatsuji , Japanese poet, translator and essayist April 5:
- Daniel Filipe , Cape Verdean journalist and poet April 6:
- Hanna Meuter , German sociologist, author and translator April 6:
- April 11th: Hannes Bok , American illustrator and writer
- April 11th: Hans Franck , German (National Socialist) writer and dramaturge
- April 12th: Agnes von Segesser , Swiss writer
- April 14: Rachel Carson , American zoologist and author
- April 14th: Edmond Vermeil , French Germanist and essayist
- April 16: Ilo Mitkë Qafëzezi , writer, historian and Koran translator from Albania
- April 17th: Walter Scheffler , German poet
- April 18: Ben Hecht , American journalist, writer, screenwriter
- April 22nd: Wolfgang Schumann , German writer and journalist
- April 26: EJ Pratt , Canadian lyric poet
- April 27: Georg Britting , German writer and poet
- April 27: Alan Le May , American novelist and screenwriter
- April 27: Robert Roetschi , Swiss philosopher and poet
- April 27: Gottfried Salomon , German-American sociologist and author
- April 28: Alexandre Koyré , French philosopher and historian of science
- April 29: Wenceslao Fernández Flórez , Spanish journalist and writer
- Emil Vachek , Czech writer May 1st:
- Satō Haruo , Japanese poet, narrator and essayist May 6:
- May 13: Hamilton Basso , American writer
- May 16: Georg Breuker , German writer and poet
- May 21: Tudor Vianu , Romanian writer
- May 24th: Friedrich Markus Huebner , German writer (living in the Netherlands)
- May 24th: Dora Sophie Kellner , Austrian journalist, writer and translator
- May 30th: Leó Szilárd , Hungarian-German-American physicist and author
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish writer June 3:
- Pamela Moore , American writer June 7:
- June 20: Valentin Pfeifer , German writer and fairy tale collector
- June 23: Erich Eyck , German historian and author
- June 23: Adolf Reitz , German popular science non-fiction author
- June 25: Gavin Casey , Australian writer
- June 27: Luciano De Nardis , Italian poet and painter of Futurism
- June 29: Franz Ludwig Habbel , German publisher
- June 30th: María Lombardo de Caso , Mexican writer
- June 30th: Fily Dabo Sissoko , Malian writer
July - December
- Bernard Zimmer , French playwright and film writer July 2nd:
- Ulrich Leo , German-Canadian literary scholar July 4th:
- Samuil Marschak , Russian writer and translator July 4th:
- Rafael Cansinos Assens , Spanish poet, translator, essayist and literary critic July 6:
- Siegfried Buchenau , German book designer and publisher July 8:
- Charles E. Raven , British theologian and author July 8:
- July 18: Max Glass , Austrian writer and screenwriter
- July 19: Olavi Paavolainen , Finnish writer
- July 19: Friedrich Sieburg , German writer
- July 22nd: Paul Eipper , German writer (especially narrative animal books)
- July 22: Heinz Herald , German essayist
- July 24: Maksym Rylskyj , Ukrainian poet and translator
- July 27th: Hermann Hagedorn , American author and biographer
- July 28: Karl Friedrich Borée , German lawyer, narrator and essayist
- July 29: Wanda Wasilewska , Polish and Soviet politician (Stalinist) and writer
- Flannery O'Connor , American writer August 3:
- Moa Martinson , Swedish writer August 5th:
- August 12: Karl Dietz , German publisher
- August 12: Ian Fleming , British writer
- August 17th: Heinz Bingenheimer , German science fiction writer and translator
- August 18: Raul Leal , Portuguese writer
- August 19: Ardengo Soffici , Italian art and literary critic
- August 23: Karl Schnog , German writer, poet, playwright, radio play author
- August 23: Frida Schuhmacher , German writer (also during the Nazi era)
- August 28: Heinrich Karl Adolf Krüger , Low German writer and literary historian
- August 29: Juš Kozak , Slovenian writer
- August 30th: August Hermann Zeiz , German writer, poet, playwright and publisher
- Jacques Martin , French philosopher and translator August:
- Ernst Moritz Mungenast , German writer of Lorraine origin September 3:
- Dora Wentscher , German actress, writer and translator September 3:
- Werner Bergengruen , German-Baltic writer September 4th:
- Ángel Cruchaga Santa María , Chilean poet and writer September 5th:
- September 12: Sergiusz Piasecki , Polish writer
- September 14th: Vasily Grossman , Soviet writer
- September 16: Leo Weismantel , German writer
- September 17th: Clive Bell , British art critic and author
- September 17th: Jean Ray , Belgian writer
- September 18: Seán O'Casey , Irish writer and playwright
- September 23: Ernst Lindenborn , German pedagogue, evangelical theologian and author
- September 27: Nora Waln , American journalist and writer
- September 28: Mikhail Svetlov , Soviet writer and playwright
- Otto Lehmann-Rußbüldt , German political publicist October 7th:
- October 10: Konrad Bayer , Austrian writer
- October 10: Adolf Spemann , German publisher
- October 11: Salamon Dembitzer , predominantly German-speaking writer, poet and journalist
- October 12: Levin Ludwig Schücking , German literary scholar
- October 13: Madeleine Delbrêl , French writer
- October 15: Erich Kloss , German author
- October 15: Cole Porter , American composer and lyricist
- October 16: Hans Franke , German theater critic, lecturer, poet, playwright and publicist
- Nettie Palmer , Australian poet, essayist and literary critic October:
- October 18 or 22: Maurice Constantin-Weyer , French writer
- October 26th: Agnes Miegel , German writer and ballad poet
- October 27: Willi Bredel , German writer
- October 30: Luise Schneider , German publisher of books for children and young people
- Richard McKenna , American writer November 1:
- Ferdinand Hesse , German journalist, writer and theater founder November 2nd:
- Julian MacLaren-Ross , British writer November 3:
- Hermann Pfeiffer , German graphic artist and author November 3rd:
- Ezequiel Martínez Estrada , Argentine writer November 4th:
- ≈ November 6th: H. Beam Piper , American science fiction writer
- Kurt Hirschfeld , German theater director, dramaturge and lecturer November 8th:
- Cecília Meireles , Brazilian poet November 9:
- Felix Weltsch , Bohemian-Israeli librarian, philosopher and writer November 9:
- November 13: Robert Brennan , Irish diplomat, writer and playwright
- November 21: Fritz Harzendorf , German journalist and author
- November 23: Jan Fabricius , Dutch playwright and journalist
- November 26th: Glauco Natoli , Italian poet and translator
- November 26: Emil Szittya , Hungarian writer (among others)
- November 29: Anne de Vries , Dutch writer
- JBS Haldane , British-Indian geneticist and author December 1:
- Josef Michels , German writer December 7th:
- Edwin Rollett , Austrian writer and publicist December 7th:
- Percy Crosby , American writer, illustrator and cartoonist December 8:
- Cecil Street , British military and crime writer December 8th:
- Gustav Wyneken , German “reform pedagogue” and author December 8:
- Edith Sitwell , British poet and writer December 9th:
- December 11th: Alma Mahler-Werfel , Austrian personality among others in the literary scene
- December 19: Margarete Paulick , German comedian and librettist, active especially during the Nazi era
- December 21: Carl Van Vechten , American photographer and writer
- December 23: Nathan Asch , Polish-American writer
- December 24th: Badr Shakir as-Sayyab , Iraqi poet
- December 25th: Friedrich Lorenz , Austrian writer
- December 27: Hans Heinrich Borcherdt , German Germanist and literary historian
- December 29: Bernard von Brentano , German writer and playwright
- December 29: Miki Rofu , Japanese poet, children's book author and essayist
- December 31: William RD Fairbairn , British psychoanalyst and essayist
Exact date unknown
- Walter Buchebner , Austrian poet
- Frederick Charles Green , British Romance studies and literary scholar
- Lothar Heinecke , German translator and editor of science fiction literature
- Jorge Huebner Bezanilla , Chilean author
- John Okute Sica , Canadian Lakota writer
- Alix de Watteville , Swiss writer
- Margarete Wittber , German writer
100 years earlier ...
- ... the German writer John Henry Mackay was born on February 6th († 1933).
- ... the French writer Jules Renard was born on February 22nd († 1910).
- ... the Estonian poet and storyteller Juhan Liiv was born on April 30th († 1913).
- ... the German writer and playwright Otto Erich Hartleben was born on June 3rd († 1905).
- ... the German poet and writer Ricarda Huch was born on July 18th († 1947).
- ... the German writer and playwright Frank Wedekind was born on July 24th († 1918).
- ... the Spanish philosopher and writer Miguel de Unamuno was born on September 29th († 1936).
- ... the Serbian writer Branislav Nušić was born on October 20th († 1938).
- ... the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (* 1804) died on May 19th .
- ... the Austrian-American writer Charles Sealsfield (* 1793) died on May 26th .
- ... the Hungarian playwright Imre Madách (* 1823) died on October 5th .
- ... published the pictures antics , including the fact Bildergeschichten The Eispeter and Krischan with Piepe , and the picture story Eginhard and Emma of Wilhelm Busch .
- ... the picture story Saint Anthony of Padua by Wilhelm Busch was created .
- ... the novella Eine Meerfahrt by Joseph von Eichendorff appeared posthumously .
- ... the novel was published Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky .
- ... the novel The Journey to the Center of the Earth and the essay Edgard Poe et ses œuvres by Jules Verne were published .
200 years earlier ...
- ... the German grammarian and lexicographer Johann Christian August Heyse was born on April 21 († 1829).
- ... the German publisher Johann Friedrich Cotta was born on April 27th († 1832).
- ... the British writer Ann Radcliffe was born on July 9th († 1823).
- ... the German writer and Salonnière Henriette Herz was born on September 5th († 1847).
- ... the German literary critic and writer Dorothea Schlegel was born on October 24th († 1839).
- ... the German composer and music writer Johann Mattheson (* 1681) died on April 17th .
- ... the horror novel The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole was published .
Literature prizes 1964
German literary prizes
- Alexander Zinn Prize : Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach
- Bodensee Literature Prize : Jacob Picard for The Old Teaching
- Bremen Literature Prize : Christa Reinig for poems
-
German Youth Book Prize :
- Children's book: Dolphin Summer by Katherine Allfrey
- Youth book: ... and best regards from Wancho from Miep Diekmann
- German Critics' Prize : Peter Härtling
- Eichendorff Literature Prize : Egon H. Rakette
- Fontane Prize : Arno Schmidt
- Freudenthal Prize : Otto Tenne
- Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize : The one from the jungle came from Herbert Plate
- Georg Büchner Prize : Ingeborg Bachmann
- Georg Mackensen Literature Prize : Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- Gerhart Hauptmann Prize : Tankred Dorst / Peter Hirche / Heinar Kipphardt
- Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main : Benno Reifenberg
- Heinrich Heine Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the GDR : Günther Deicke , Hugo Huppert
- Heinrich Mann Prize : Günter de Bruyn
- Radio play award of the war blind : The buzzard about us by Margarete Jehn
- Johann Heinrich Merck Prize : Günter Blöcker
- Johann Peter Hebel Prize : Albert Bächtold
- Julius Campe Prize : Thomas Bernhard
- Lessing Prize of the GDR : Armin-Gerd Kuckhoff and Joachim Tenschert
- Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts : Heimito von Doderer
- Literature Prize of the City of Munich : Tankred Dorst
- Quickborn Prize : Alma Rogge (NS-affine)
- Theodor Fontane Prize of the Potsdam district (selection): Ilse Korn , Vilmos Korn
International literary prizes
- Akutagawa Prize : Saredo wareraga hibi by Shō Shibata
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (selection): The New World of Negro Americans by Harold Isaacs
- Anni Swan Medal : Tove Jansson for Det osynliga barnet
- Anton Wild Goose Prize : Christine Lavant
- Bancroft Prize (selection): Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal by William E. Leuchtenburg
- Bellman Prize : Artur Lundkvist
- Bialik Prize : Jocheved Bat-Miriam
- Caldecott Medal : Maurice Sendak for Where the Wild Things Are
-
CNA Literary Award (South Africa):
- Afrikaans: Een vir Azazel by Etienne Leroux
- English: Hofmeyr by Alan Paton
- Constantijn Huygensprijs : Abel Herzberg
- Dagger Award (Best Foreign Detective Novel category): The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
- De Gyldne Laurbær : Erik Aalbæk Jensen
- Det Danske Akademis Store Pris : Jacob Paludan
- Dobloug Prize : Lars Gyllensten (Sweden) and Torborg Nedreaas (Norway)
- Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel): The Light of Day by Eric Ambler
- Faroese Literature Prize : Heðin Brú
- Women's Literature Prize (Japan): Hideyoshi to Rikyū by Nogami Yaeko
- Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize : The Broken Places. Poems by George MacBeth and Torse. 3 Poems 1949–1961 by Christopher Middleton
- Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry : Christine Lavant
- Grand Prix Gobert (selection): Alésia by Joël Le Gall ; Les sciences de la vie dans la pensée française du XVIIIe siècle by Jacques Roger
- Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire : Contes et Lavanes by Birago Diop
- Grand prix de littérature policière (International): La Tête sur le billot (in the original: A key to the suite ) by John D. MacDonald
- Grand Prix de Poésie : André Salmon
- Grand Prix du Roman : Le Retour by Michel Droit
- Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature: Johannes Urzidil
- Samfundet De Nio Grand Prix : Rabbe Enckell and Peder Sjögren
- Hans Christian Andersen Prize : René Guillot
- Hawthornden Prize : Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion by VS Naipaul
- Herder Prize : Jan Kott
- Hertzogprys for prose: Sewe dae by die Silbersteins by Etienne Leroux
-
Hugo Award :
- Best novel: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- Best Short Story: No Truce With Kings by Poul Anderson
-
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (allocation year as for the awarder) :
- Fiction: The Ice Saints by Frank Tuohy
- Biography: Victoria RI by Elizabeth Longford
- Cog Literature Prize : Jean Gebser
- Kościelski Prize (selection): Tadeusz Konwicki ; Bogdan Wojdowski
- Critic prizes (Denmark) : Perleporten by Erik Aalbæk Jensen
- Critics' prizes (Norway) : Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen for Frokost i det grønne
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award : Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Nordic Council Literature Prize : Is-slottet by Tarjei Vesaas
- Literature Prize of the City of Vienna : Christine Busta
- Lucy B. en CW van der Hoogtprijs : J. Bernlef for Dit heugd verval
- Mainichi Culture Prize (category "Literature and Art"; selection): Morio Kita for Nireke no Hitobito and Aono Suekichi for Aono Suekichi nikki (posthumous)
- Nadal Literature Prize : Alfredo Martínez Garrido
-
National Book Award :
- Fiction: John Updike for The Centaur
- Nonfiction (selection): William Hardy McNeill for The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community ; Aileen Ward for John Keats: The Making of a Poet
- Poetry: John Crowe Ransom for Selected Poems
- New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Best Play): Luther by John Osborne
- Nobel Prize in Literature : Jean-Paul Sartre (acceptance rejected)
- Noma Literature Prize : Nakayama Gishū for Shōan (novel) and Takami Jun for Shi no fuchi yori (poems)
- O. Henry Prize : The Embarkment for Cythera by John Cheever
- Austrian Prize for Promotion of Literature (radio play section): Juliane Windhager
- PC Hooft Prize : Leo Vroman
-
Premio Atenea :
- Memorial de Isla Negra by Pablo Neruda
- Contra la muerte by Gonzalo Rojas
- Eusebio Lillo by Raúl Silva Castro
- Premio Biblioteca Breve : Vista de amanecer en el trópico by Guillermo Cabrera Infante
- Premio Campiello : Il male oscuro by Giuseppe Berto
- Prêmio Jabuti for Poetry: Solombra by Cecília Meireles
- Prêmio Juca Pato : Alceu Amoroso Lima
- Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile : Francisco Coloane
- Premio Planeta : Concha Alós
- Premio Strega : L'ombra delle colline by Giovanni Arpino
- Premio Viareggio : Giuseppe Berto for Il male oscuro
- Prix Claude-Farrère : Les Voyageurs by Jacques Deval
- Prix des Critiques : Jacques Audiberti for Ange aux entrailles
- Prix Femina : Le Faussaire by Jean Blanzat
- Prix Goncourt : L'État sauvage by Georges Conchon
- Prix des Libraires : Le Sable vif by Pierre Moinot
- Prix Médicis : L'Opoponax by Monique Wittig
- Prix du Meilleur livre étranger : Le Magicien de Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Prix Renaudot : L'Écluse by Jean-Pierre Faye
- Pulitzer Prize / Poetry : At the End of the Open Road by Louis Simpson
- Pulitzer Prize / Non-fiction : Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : RS Thomas
- Swiss Youth Book Prize : Cécile Lauber
- Swiss Schiller Foundation - Total Works Prize : Cécile Lauber for her narrative work
- Swiss Schiller Foundation - individual work prices (selection):
- Ms. Blum actually wants to get to know the milkman from Peter Bichsel
- Wastewater, a report by Hugo Loetscher
- Somerset Maugham Award : John le Carré for The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Dan Jacobson for Time of Arrival
- Søren Gyldendal Prize : Ole Sarvig
- Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur : Annie MG Schmidt
- Tamura Toshiko Prize : Takenishi Hiroko for Ōkan no ki
- Taras Shevchenko Prize (selection): Andrij Malyschko ; Nikolai Tikhonov
- Theodor Körner Prize : Alfred Doppler ; Lorenz Mack
-
Yomiuri Literature Prize :
- Novel literature: Shiroi yakatabune by Kambayashi Akatsuki
- Drama: Kiteki-issei by Nakamura Mitsuo
Related awards and honors
- Asahi Prize (selection): Naka Kansuke ; Osaragi Jirō
- Boekenweek present : Four vingers from Robert van Gulik
- Carl von Ossietzky Medal : Joseph Wulf
- Ćišinski Prize : Jan Cyž and Mina Witkojc
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize : Herbert Meier
- Dimitrov Prize : Dimityr Metodiew
- Erich Weinert Medal : Volker Braun , Jens Gerlach , Otto Gotsche , Heiner Müller , Benno Pludra
- Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists (selection): Walter Aue
- Francis Parkman Prize : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal by William E. Leuchtenburg
- Peace Prize of the German Book Trade : Gabriel Marcel
- Friedrich Gundolf Prize : Robert Minder
- Goethe plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main : Harry Buckwitz
- Johann Heinrich Voss Prize for Translation : Michael Hamburger
- Johannes R. Becher Medal in gold: Dieter Noll
- Joseph E. Drexel Prize (selection): Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
- Justus Möser Medal : Erich Maria Remarque
- Konrad Duden Prize : Hugo Moser
- Kossuth Prize (selection): Károly Lyka
- Cultural honorary award of the state capital Munich : Anna Freud
- Kurt Magnus Prize : Erasmus Schöfer
- Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize (selection): Annemarie Reinhard
- Molson Prize (selection): Alain Grandbois
- National Prize of the GDR III. Art and literature class (selection): Jurij Brězan , Erik Neutsch , Max Walter Schulz , Erwin Strittmatter , Christa Wolf
- Nordgau culture award of the city of Amberg for poetry: Regensburg writers group
- Austrian Decoration of Honor or Cross of Honor for Science and Art (selection): Hermine Cloeter ; Albin Lesky ; Konrad Lorenz ; Percy Ernst Schramm
- Person with special cultural merits (Japan; selection): Osaragi Jirō
- Reuben Award : Charles M. Schulz for The Peanuts
- Bushel Prize : Dirk Hoeges
- Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim : Golo Mann
- Schwabing Art Prize (Honorary Prize): Georg Britting (posthumous)
- Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose : Hugo Friedrich
- Tony Award / Best Play : Luther by John Osborne
- Medal of Merit of the GDR : Fred Rodrian