Literature year 1970

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Overview of the literary years
Further events

New releases

Foundations

The American book publisher Abaris Books , specializing in art history publications, is founded.
The Assoverlag , which specializes in contemporary literature from the Ruhr area, is founded.
The Hamburg office for exile literature is founded at the University of Hamburg.
The Berlin-based Karin Kramer Verlag , which existed until 2014, is founded.
Today's Swiss Peter Lang Publishing Group is founded as Peter Lang GmbH in Frankfurt am Main.
The Merve Verlag was founded in West Berlin.
The later Stroemfeld Verlag is founded in Frankfurt am Main under the name Roter Stern .
The academic paperback series Uni-Taschenbücher is founded by eleven specialist book publishers; the first titles appear in spring 1971.
The German writers' association Werkkreis Literatur der Arbeitswelt is founded.

First events

The Mainz mini press fair is held for the first time.
The FDJ's “Central Poetry Seminar ” for young people aged 14 to 26 is taking place in Schwerin for the first time.

For the first time appear ...

Aesthetics & Communication , German cultural magazine
BASAR , literary book series in the GDR published by Neues Leben in Berlin until 1990
Charlie Hebdo , French satirical magazine
DIE - Criminal Evidence Investigations , until 2001 (initially in the GDR) published book series in paperback format for detective novels
Journal for General Philosophy of Science , English-language epistemological journal
Luchterhand Collection , series of paperback books by Luchterhand Verlag
Silberpfeil - The young chief , until 1988 published by Bastei Verlag western comic
Subaru , Japanese literary magazine
Texts Metzler , series of literary studies published by JB Metzler Verlag until 1981
Tommy Banco , Franco-Belgian comic series that appeared until 1975
Trajekt , in-house magazine of the Hinstorff Verlag in Rostock, published until 1990

Last appear ...

Epoca , monthly magazine for cultural and political topics published since 1963
Writings at the time. Series of cultural publications by Artemis Verlag, series published by Artemis Verlag in Switzerland since 1942

Anniversaries (selection)

Born in 1970

January - March

0January 4th: Carl Frode Tiller , Norwegian writer
January 16: Garth Ennis , Northern Irish comic book writer
January 16: Petra Neomillnerová , Czech science fiction writer
January 22nd: Philipp Blom , German writer, essayist, journalist and translator
January 24th: Lynn Coady , Canadian English language writer
January 25: Stephen Chbosky , American novelist and screenwriter
0February 3: Katja Petrowskaja , Ukrainian-German literary scholar, writer and journalist
0February 4th: Norman Ohler , German author
0February 8: Kathrin Heinrichs , German writer and cabaret artist
February 10: Åsne Seierstad , Norwegian writer and journalist
February 11: Reinhard Kleist , German graphic designer, comic book author and illustrator
February 20: Julia Franck , German writer
February 27: Jørn Lier Horst , Norwegian writer
February 28: Daniel Handler , American writer ( Lemony Snicket )
0March 3rd: Timm Kruse , German journalist and book author
0March 5th: Simone Meier , Swiss journalist and writer
March 12: Dave Eggers , American writer and editor
March 18: Andreas Reckwitz , German sociologist and cultural scientist
March 26: Martin McDonagh , Irish playwright, screenwriter and film director
March 28: Jennifer Weiner , American writer
March 31: Agnes Hammer , German writer

April June

0April 1: Brad Meltzer , American novelist and comic book writer
0April 3: Dietmar Dath , German writer and translator
0April 4: Paavo Matsin , Estonian writer
0April 9th: Anatol Stefanowitsch , German English scholar, linguist and author
April 10: Christophe Honoré , French director and writer
April 14: Michelle McNamara , American "True Crime" author († 2016)
April 14: Faruk Šehić , Bosnian writer and journalist
April 17th: Petr Borkovec , Czech poet, translator and cultural editor
April 17th: Lars Rensmann , German political scientist
April 18: Lena Andersson , Swedish writer and journalist
April 19: Mariko Kikuta , Japanese children's author and illustrator
April 23: James Knapp , American science fiction writer
April 25: Adriana Lisboa , Brazilian writer and translator
April 25: Jörg Sundermeier , German journalist, author and publisher
April 26th: Nicole Rensmann , German writer (fantastic literature)
0May 5th: Mario Schneider , German filmmaker, film composer and author
May 11: Eva Menasse , Austrian journalist and writer
May 15: Judith Hermann , German writer
May 20: Dorthe Nors , Danish writer
May 23: Dorothee Brantz , German historian and author
May 24th: Nika Bertram , German writer
May 26: Alex Garland , British writer, screenwriter and director
May 30th: René Steininger , Austrian poet and prose author
May 31: Paolo Sorrentino , Italian film director and writer
0June 3: Stefán Máni , Icelandic writer
0June 5: Gayle Forman , American writer
0June 6: Sarah Dessen , American author of children's books
0June 6: Benjamin Stein , German writer, journalist and publicist
June 10: Gerður Kristný , Icelandic writer
June 11: Jane Goldman , British author
June 15: Naomi Schenck , German production designer and author
June 17th: Kamel Daoud , Algerian journalist and writer (writing in French)
June 18: Karin Fellner , German poet, author, translator
June 20: Anni Bürkl , Austrian writer and publicist
June 21: Märten Kross , Estonian musician, photographer and writer
June 25th: Sven Stricker , German radio play director and author
June 27: Cecily von Ziegesar , American writer
June 28th: Chris Paja , German children's book author

July September

0July 2nd: Alexandra Hildebrandt , German publicist

0July 4th: Nora Amin , Egyptian writer, essayist and translator

0July 7th: Dunja Arnaszus , German radio play author
0July 7: Christian Schuldt , German sociologist and author
July 12: Indrek Hargla , Estonian writer
July 15: İlhan Atasoy , German-Turkish cabaret artist and author
July 16: Tommy Jaud , German writer
July 23: Thea Dorn , German writer, playwright and literary critic
July 25: Harold Ian Miltner , Scottish poet and non-fiction author
August 11th: Eduard Freundlinger , Austrian writer
August 17th: Andrus Kivirähk , Estonian writer and journalist
August 17th: Heike Omerzu , German Protestant theologian and author
August 18: Harald Rosenløw Eeg , Norwegian writer
August 19: Luc Bürgin , Swiss journalist, publicist and author
August 23: Johan Heliot , French writer
August 23: Nikolai Starikov , politicizing Russian author
August 24: Heiko Werning , German author of non-fiction and fiction
August 25: Dominique Ziegler , Swiss writer and playwright
August 26: Mark Benecke , German criminal biologist and author
August 28: Mian Mian , Chinese writer
August 30: Isabel Ashdown , British writer
August 30: Kätlin Kaldmaa , Estonian writer, translator and literary critic
00.August: Christian Schüle , German writer and essayist
0September 2nd: Sybille Hein , German children's book author, cabaret artist and illustrator
0September 3: Sandra Kegel , German literary critic and culture editor
0September 7th: Maximilian Steinbeis , German writer, journalist, blogger and lawyer
September 11th: Paul B. Preciado , Spanish philosopher and gender researcher
September 12: Jacek Gutorow , Polish poet, essayist, literary historian, literary critic and translator
September 14: János Térey , Hungarian poet, writer, playwright and translator († 2019)
September 16: Nick Sagan , American novelist and screenwriter
September 17th: Christina Lutter , Austrian historian and cultural scientist
September 17th: Marko Martin , German writer and publicist
September 21: Samantha Power , Irish-American writer and diplomat
September 22nd: David J. Schwartz , American science fiction and fantasy writer
September 23: Pierre Grimbert , French fantasy writer
September 25: David Benioff , American writer
September 27: Pedro Mairal , Argentine writer
September 27: Nathalie Mälzer-Semlinger , German literary scholar and translator

October - December

0October 2nd: Martin Poltrum , Austrian philosopher, psychotherapist and essayist
October 12: Kai Agthe , German writer and literary critic
October 12: Sven Nagel , German director and author
October 16: Lisa Spalt , Austrian writer
October 20: Anna Katharina Hahn , German writer
October 20: Aapo Ilves , Estonian writer, poet, essayist, ...
October 21: Birgit Lengers , German theater scholar, theater director, dramaturge and author
October 25: Micha Krämer , German writer
October 27: Jonathan Stroud , British writer
October 28: Ayad Akhtar , American novelist and playwright
October 28: Stephan Knösel , German youth writer and screenwriter
0November 6: Ethan Hawke , American actor and writer
0November 7: Chris Adrian , American pediatrician and author
0November 9: Jochen Schmidt , German writer and translator
November 13: Charlotte Martinz-Turek , Austrian cultural historian and author († 2009)
November 15: Enrico Ianniello , Italian actor, writer and translator
November 24th: Marlon James , Jamaican writer
November 27: Han Kang , South Korean writer
00.November: Andrew Sean Greer , American writer
0December 1: Sarah Silverman , American comedian, actress, and writer
0December 6th: Joumana Haddad , Lebanese poet, writer and translator
0December 9: Anna Gavalda , French writer and journalist
0December 9: Kevin Hearne , American fantasy writer
December 11th: Wendy Guerra , Cuban poet and writer
December 24: Adam Haslett , American writer
December 26th: Joachim Geil , German writer and essayist
December 31: Eleonora Hummel , German writer

Exact date unknown

Michele Abbate , Italian classical philologist and historian of philosophy
Raja Alem , Saudi Arabian writer
Caroline Arni , Swiss historian and sociologist
Anita Augustin , Austrian dramaturge and writer
Shalom foreigner , American author and essayist
Esmahan Aykol , Turkish-German journalist and crime novelist
Daniel Bax , German-Dutch journalist, publicist and non-fiction author
Josh Bazell , American crime novel writer
Eva Bonné , German translator from English
Andreas Borcholte , German culture editor
Katja Brandis , German writer
Michael A. Burstein , American science fiction writer
Marvin Chlada , German social and cultural scientist, writer and essayist
Gunnar Cynybulk , German publisher and writer
Matthias Debureaux , French journalist and book author
Paul Divjak , Austrian author and (media) artist
Nathan Englander , American writer
Gerd Fischer , German author of crime novels
Corinna Harder , German author, especially of children's and youth literature
Petra Hartmann , German writer (fantastic literature)
Yuri Herrera , Mexican writer
Annette Hug , Swiss author
Matto Kämpf , Swiss writer as well as film and theater maker
Ben Kane , Irish writer
Kim Sun-Woo , South Korean writer and poet
Kim Yeon-su , South Korean writer, poet, and essayist
Verena von Koskull , German translator from Italian and English
Andreas Kossert , German historian
Anke Kuhl , German illustrator and author of children's books
Amara Lakhous , Algerian journalist and writer
Rachida Lamrabet , Belgian lawyer and writer of Moroccan origin
Giuseppe Maio , Italian author and director of German-language radio plays and radio features
Beate Maly , Austrian writer
Christoph Marzi , German writer
Michael Mastrototaro , Austrian media artist, also an author
Hisham Matar , Libyan writer (writing in English)
Christopher Mlalazi , Zimbabwean writer
Maren Möhring , German historian and cultural scientist
Sue Mongredien , British writer
Neel Mukherjee , Indian writer (writing in English)
Jan-Werner Müller , German political scientist and historian (political theory and history of ideas)
Patrice Nganang , Cameroonian writer, poet, essayist and literary scholar
Margareth Obexer , German-Italian writer, playwright, essayist, radio play author and translator
Sebastian Orlac , German director and writer
Katja Oskamp , German writer
Carolin Pienkos , German-Austrian theater director
Wolfgang Popp , Austrian writer and journalist
Heinz Praßl , Austrian writer
Dagmar Pruin , German Protestant theologian, author and editor
Thomas Raab , Austrian writer and musician
Jens Raschke , German children's theater maker, playwright and author
Jonathan Robijn , Belgian writer
Thomas Sautner , Austrian writer and essayist
Hans Bernhard Schmid , Swiss philosopher and sociologist
Christian Schoen , German art historian, curator and author
Christoph Schubert , German classical philologist
Michał Sobol , Polish poet
Rafael Spregelburd , Argentine playwright, director and translator
Tanja Stelzer , German journalist and book author
Gonçalo M. Tavares , Portuguese writer, playwright, poet and essayist
Verena Themsen , German writer
Philipp Tingler , German-Swiss writer, essayist and literary critic
Gabriela Ruivo Trindade , Portuguese writer and psychologist
Kia Vahland , German art historian, biographer and essayist
Dennis Vlaminck , German writer and journalist
Hannes Wirlinger , Austrian screenwriter and writer for young people
Alissa York , Canadian English language writer

Died in 1970

January - March

0January 1: Freder van Holk , German author
0January 3rd: Raúl Aparicio , Cuban journalist and writer
0January 4th: Jürgen Dennert , German political scientist and author
0January 4th: Oleksa Stefanowytsch , Ukrainian poet and literary critic
0January 7th: Fritz Heinemann , German philosopher
0January 9: Mieczysław Grydzewski , Polish journalist, columnist, theater and literary critic
0January 9: Karl Unselt , German writer
January 10: Charles Olson , American poet and essayist, author of the "Mayan Letters"
January 14: Werner Wilk , German writer, lecturer and editor
January 15: Leah Goldberg , Israeli writer, poet and translator
January 15: Tomisawa Uio , Japanese writer and translator
January 19: Albert Mähl , German writer in High and Low German
January 29: Basil Liddell Hart , British military historian

0February 1: Ernst Waldinger , Austrian-American poet and essayist
0February 2: Bertrand Russell , British mathematician and philosopher
0February 3: Edwin Carlile Litsey , American poet and writer
0February 4: Louise Bogan , American poet and literary critic
0February 5: Eduard Fraenkel , German-British classical philologist
0February 9: Benno Reifenberg , German journalist, writer and publicist
February 11th: HM Bateman , British cartoonist and cartoonist
February 12: Guy Endore , American writer
February 12: Karl Raddatz , German editor, politician and author
February 13: Hans-Jürgen Krahl , German student activist and author
February 15: Gertrud Busch , German writer
February 17: Samuel Agnon , Hebrew writer
February 17th: Friedrich Bassenge , German legal philosopher, editor, translator, editor and author
February 17th: Andrij Malyschko , Ukrainian-Soviet poet, translator, literary critic and publicist
February 20: Johannes Pfeiffer , German literary scholar and essayist
February 21: Johannes Semper , Estonian-Soviet writer and translator
February 22nd: Hermine Cloeter , Austrian writer
February 22nd: Kurt Saucke , German bookseller and publisher
February 25: Siegfried Lang , Swiss philologist, poet and translator
February 27: Michael Lewis , British writer and naval historian

0March 1: Joseph Schechtman , Russian-born social scientist and author
0March 2nd: Joseph Vialatoux , French philosopher
0March 4th: Rodolfo Moleiro , Venezuelan poet
0March 8: Paul Mayer , German editor, poet, writer, biographer and translator
March 11: Erle Stanley Gardner , American writer
March 13: Sigismund von Radecki , German writer, essayist and translator
March 15: Arthur Adamov , French novelist and playwright
March 15: Josef Martin Bauer , German (Nazi affinity) writer and radio play author
March 15: Tarjei Vesaas , Norwegian writer and poet
March 17th: Jérôme Carcopino , French ancient historian
March 17: Fernand Crommelynck , French-speaking Belgian playwright
March 20: Herbert Grundmann , German medieval and religious historian
March 20: Erich Neubert , German book illustrator
March 21: GER Gedye , British journalist and author
March 21: Marlen Haushofer , Austrian writer
March 21: Henri de Ziegler , Swiss philologist; Writer, poet, biographer and translator
March 22nd: Walter Jockisch , German opera director and director
March 22nd: Robert Kahn , German-American Germanist and poet
March 24th: Walter Heichen , German writer, translator, editor and publishing director
March 24th: Hanns von Krannhals , German historian, author and translator
March 28: Nathan Alterman , Israeli poet, playwright, translator and journalist
March 28: Margarete Bonnevie , Norwegian author and politician
March 29: Vera Brittain , British writer
March 29: Anna Louise Strong , American journalist and author

April June

0April 2: Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg , German writer and translator
0April 4: Victor Otto Stomps , German publisher and writer
0April 7th: Auguste Lazar , Austrian-German writer
0April 8: Julius Pokorny , linguist and Celtologist from Prague
0April 9: Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , British ancient historian
0April 9: Gonzague de Reynold , Swiss writer and right-wing conservative intellectual
April 11: John O'Hara , American writer
April 11: Franz Schoenberner , German editor, lecturer and writer
April 17: Wilhelm E. Süskind , German writer, translator, editor and journalist
April 18: Hans Rost , German journalist and publicist
April 19: Friedrich Burschell , German writer and translator
April 20: Josef Beneš , Czech philosopher
April 20: Paul Celan , German-language poet
April 21: Enid Starkie , Irish Romance philologist, literary scholar and biographer
April 23: Hildegard Piscator , German writer
April 25th: Hans Haidenbauer , Austrian working-class poet
April 26: John Knittel , Swiss writer and playwright
April 26: Gypsy Rose Lee , American actress, dancer, writer, and playwright
April 27: Ilmari Kianto , Finnish writer
April 28: Herbert Burgmüller , German librarian and writer
April 28: Leopold Zahn , Austrian art historian, writer and biographer
April 30th: Jacques Presser , Dutch historian and writer

0May 1st: Nan Chauncy , British-Australian children's author
0May 6: Tikhon Syomushkin , Soviet writer
May 12th: Nelly Sachs , German-Swedish writer and poet
May 14th: Fritz Perls , German-American psychotherapist
May 15: Justin Steinfeld , German journalist and writer
May 17: Nigel Balchin , British writer
May 17: Heinz Hartmann , Austrian-American psychoanalyst and author
May 17th: Georges Limbour , French writer, poet and essayist
May 19: Tadeusz Breza , Polish writer
May 20: Hermann Nunberg , American psychoanalyst, author and editor of European origin
May 22nd: Willa Muir , British writer, essayist and translator
May 24: Frank Dalby Davison , Australian writer
May 26: Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley , British officer and writer
May 26: Karl Küpper , German hand-made speaker (Cologne)
May 26: Lambert Schneider , German publisher
May 29: John Gunther , American journalist and writer

0June 2: Valery Gerasimova , Soviet writer and literary critic
0June 2: Orhan Kemal , Turkish writer
0June 2nd: Albert Lamorisse , French film director and author
0June 2nd: Lucía Sánchez Saornil , Spanish poet, writer and feminist
0June 2nd: Giuseppe Ungaretti , Italian writer
0June 3: Roberto Longhi , Italian art historian
0June 5: Edward Williams , British journalist and writer
0June 6: Herberth E. Herlitschka , Austrian translator
0June 7: EM Forster , British writer
0June 8: Abraham Maslow , American psychologist
June 12: Anna von Rottauscher , Austrian sinologist, author and translator
June 13: Oksana Ljaturynska , Ukrainian poet and sculptor
June 14th: Roman Ingarden , Polish philosopher
June 15: José Sobral de Almada Negreiros , Portuguese visual artist and writer
June 15: Robert MacIver , American sociologist
June 15: Hortense Powdermaker , American anthropologist
June 15: Gerhard Zschäbitz , German historian
June 16: Elsa Triolet , Russian-French writer
June 18: NP van Wyk Louw , South African poet, novelist and playwright (writing in Afrikaans)
June 21: Lev Kassil , Soviet children's author and biographer
June 21: Cecil Roth , British historian of Judaism
June 23: István Fekete , Hungarian writer
June 24th: Artur Saternus , German journalist, author and translator
June 25: Henrique Galvão , Portuguese officer; Writer, playwright and translator
June 26: Leopoldo Marechal , Argentine writer
June 27: Poul F. Joensen , Faroese poet and satirist
June 27: Pierre Mac Orlan , French writer, poet and essayist
June 28: Erich von Kahler , German writer, cultural philosopher and sociologist
June 29th: Stefan Andres , German writer

July September

0July 7: Allen Lane , British publisher
July 14th: Adolf Uzarski , German writer, painter and graphic artist
July 14th: Herbert Zand , Austrian narrator, poet, essayist, translator, editor
July 15: Max Barth , German journalist, poet and writer
July 15: Eric Berne , Canadian-American psychotherapist and author
July 18: Harry Kahn , German writer, playwright, critic and translator
July 26th: Johann Sofer , Austrian Romance philologist
July 29th: Franz Ludwig Neher , German author
00.July: Annemarie Horschitz-Horst , German translator

August 10: Nikolai Erdman , Soviet playwright and text writer
August 12: Lu Märten , German publicist and writer
August 12: Hilde Roth , German children's book author
August 17th: Ernst Niefenthaler , Alemannic dialect poet
August 18: Heinrich Strobel , German musicologist, biographer and librettist
August 24: Rudolf Sirge , Estonian writer
August 24: Isa Strasser , Austrian journalist and writer
August 27: Henrikas Radauskas , Lithuanian poet and writer
August 28: Heinz Klemm , German journalist, editor and writer
August 29: Frederic Mellinger , German theater critic and director

0September 1: François Mauriac , French writer
0September 1: Agnes E. Meyer , American journalist, author, translator and patron
0September 2: Werner Schwidder , German psychoanalyst and author
0September 2nd: Vasyl Sukhomlynskyj , Ukrainian-Soviet educator and writer
0September 4th: Hans Heitmann , Nazi-affine German writer
0September 8: Leo Matthias , German journalist and travel writer
September 14: Rudolf Carnap , German philosopher
September 17th: France Bevk , Slovenian writer
September 22nd: Janko Alexy , Slovak painter and writer
September 22nd: Erich Ebermayer , German writer and playwright
September 23: Zhao Shuli , Chinese writer
September 25: Erich Maria Remarque , German writer
September 28: John Dos Passos , American writer
September 29th: Hans Aufricht-Ruda , German writer

October - December

0October 2nd: Charles Méré , French playwright, screenwriter and librettist
0October 5th: Hans Krieg , German ethnologist, zoologist and travel writer
0October 6: Julian Przyboś , Polish poet, essayist and translator
0October 8: Lucien Goldmann , French philosopher, sociologist and literary theorist
0October 9: Jean Giono , French writer
October 12: Feodor Rojankovsky , Russian-American illustrator and author
October 14: Jella Lepman , German journalist and children's book author and sponsor
October 17: Quincy Wright , American political scientist
October 18: Máirtín Ó Cadhain , Irish-speaking Irish writer and literary critic
October 19: Unica Zürn , German writer and illustrator
October 24: Richard Hofstadter , American historian
October 30: Alexandr Hořejší , Czech poet and translator
October 31: Tama Morita , Japanese essayist

0November 1: Robert Staughton Lynd , American sociologist
0November 2: Johannes Urzidil , Austrian-Czechoslovakian writer
0November 3rd: Ludwig Lazarus , German bookseller, antiquarian and writer
0November 4th: Hans Bauer , German theater director
0November 4th: Friedrich Kellner , German author of diaries during the Nazi era
0November 6th: Vilmos Korn , German writer
0November 8: Napoleon Hill , American author
November 12th: Percy Ernst Schramm , German historian and editor
November 15th: Arthur Georgi junior , German publisher and bookseller
November 16: Geo Hering , German journalist and writer
November 17: Andrejs Upīts , Latvian-Soviet writer, critic and literary scholar
November 18: Richard Feder , Czech rabbi and author
November 19: Kurt Frieberger , Austrian writer, playwright and translator
November 21: Anzia Yezierska , American writer
November 25: Yukio Mishima , Japanese writer and political activist
November 26: Sigfrid Siwertz , Swedish writer
November 27: Siegfried Behn , German philosopher and educator
November 28: Jan Drda , Czech prose writer and playwright
November 28th: Fritz von Unruh , German writer and playwright

0December 4: Carl Böckli , Swiss cartoonist, writer and publicist
0December 7th: Rube Goldberg , American cartoonist
December 12th: John Paddy Carstairs , British writer and film director
December 16: Oscar Lewis , American cultural anthropologist or ethnologist
December 16: Friedrich Pollock , German sociologist and economist
December 16: Charles Edward Smith , American jazz writer and critic
December 18: Marc Boegner , French theologian and essayist
December 21: Anna Elisabet Weirauch , German actress and writer
December 25th: Robert Lejeune , Swiss evangelical clergyman and author
December 29th: Adalbert von Bayern , German historian, author and biographer
December 31: Michael Balint , Hungarian-British psychoanalyst and author
December 31: Cyril Scott , British composer and writer
00.December: Katja Weintraub , German translator from Polish

in 1970: Wiktor Saparin , Soviet science fiction writer

Literature prizes 1970

German literary prizes

Alex Wedding Prize : Kurt David
Alexander Zinn Literature Prize : Dieter Meichsner
Andreas Gryphius Prize : Kurt Heynicke ; Honorary gifts: Barbara König and Dagmar Nick
Bremen Literature Prize : Christian Enzensberger for a larger attempt on dirt (acceptance of the prize rejected)
German critic award : Jean Améry
Eichendorff Literature Prize : Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf
F. C. Weiskopf Prize : Eva Schumann
Freudenthal Prize : Ewald Hillermann ; Gudrun Munster
Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize : Secret order from Christopher S. Hagen
Friedrich Hebbel Prize (selection): Albert Mähl
Georg Büchner Prize : Thomas Bernhard
Georg Mackensen Literature Prize : Ingeborg Drewitz ; Eva Zeller
Gerhart Hauptmann Prize : Siegfried Lenz for the time of the innocent
Gerhart Hauptmann Prize : Heinrich Henkel for iron wankers
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main : Georg Lukács
Great Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts : Rudolf Hartung and Hans Paeschke
Heinrich Heine Prize of the Ministry of Culture of the GDR : Rolf Recknagel , Manfred Streubel
Heinrich Mann Prize : Fritz Selbmann , Jeanne Stern , Kurt Stern , Martin Viertel
Radio play award of the war blind : Paul or the destruction of an audio sample by Wolf Wondratschek
Johann Heinrich Merck Prize : Joachim Kaiser
Johann Peter Hebel Prize : Marie Luise Kaschnitz
Lessing Prize of the GDR : Werner Mittenzwei ; Armin Stolper
Lessing-Ring : Siegfried Lenz
German Freemasons Prize for Literature : Siegfried Lenz
Quickborn Prize : Wilhelmine Siefkes

International literary prizes

Adalbert Stifter Medal (Austria): Jeannie Ebner
Akutagawa Prize :
- 1st half: Pureō eito no yoake by Komao Furuyama and Mumyōjōya by Tomoko Yoshida
- 2nd edition: Yōko by Yoshikichi Furui
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (selection):
- Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Junior
- The Negro in Brazilian Society by Florestan Fernandes
Anton Wildgans Prize : Peter Marginter
Astrid Lindgren Prize (Sweden) : Lennart Hellsing
Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards (selection):
- Best Australian Science Fiction: Dancing Gerontius by Lee Harding
- Best International Science Fiction: Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
Bancroft Prize (selection): The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 by Gordon S. Wood
Bialik Prize : Chajim Hasas
Bologna Ragazzi Award (selection):
- Premio Grafico BolognaFiere per l'Infanzia: 1, 2, 3 a train to the zoo by Eric Carle
Booker Prize : The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens
Books Abroad International Prize for Literature : Giuseppe Ungaretti
British Science Fiction Association Award (novel): The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
Caldecott Medal : William Steig for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Carnegie Medal : The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen
Cholmondeley Award (selection): Kamau Brathwaite ; Kathleen Raine
CNA Literary Award (Afrikaans literature): Lotus von Breyten Breytenbach
Dagger Award (category “Silver Dagger for Fiction”): The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price
Dobloug Prize : Kåre Holt (Norway) and Birgitta Potsig (Sweden)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (selection):
- Best novel: Forfeit by Dick Francis
- Best First Novel: A Time for Predators, by Joe Gores
- Best Short Story: Goodbye, Pops by Joe Gores
- Grand Master Award: James M. Cain
Esther Glen Award : Margaret Mahy for A Lion in the Meadow
Expressens Heffaklump :
- Tove Jansson for Sent i november
- Astrid Lindgren for Än lever Emil i Lönneberga
Franz Theodor Csokor Prize : Wolfgang Bauer
Women's Literature Prize (Japan; selection): Oyuki. Tosa Ichijō-ke no hōkai by Tomie Ōhara
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize : King Log by Geoffrey Hill
Georg Brandes Prize : Litteratursociologiske essays by Sven Møller Kristensen
Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry : Max Hölzer
Grand Prix Gobert (selection): L'Histoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale by Henri Michel
Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire : Kotia-Nima by Boubou Hama
Grand Prix du Roman : La Folle de Lituanie by Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature: Christine Lavant
Japanese Literature Grand Prize : Izumo no Okuni by Sawako Ariyoshi
Samfundet De Nio Grand Prix (selection): Stig Claesson
De Gyldne Laurbær : Leif Panduro
Hans Christian Andersen Prize : Gianni Rodari (author) and Maurice Sendak (illustrator)
Hawthornden Prize : Monk Dawson of Piers Paul Read
Herder Prize (selection): Gyula Illyés
Hertzogprys for prose: By fakkelig , 'n Lug vol Helder Cloud and Spiraal by Karel Schoeman
Hugo Awards :
- Best novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Best short novel: Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber
- Best Short Story: Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany
James Tait Black Memorial Prize :
- Fiction: Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
- Biography: Mary, Queen Of Scots by Antonia Fraser
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker (= 1976 retrospectively awarded for 1970)
Kikuchi Kan Prize (selection): Jun Etō ; Matsumoto Seicho
Critic prizes (Denmark) : Hyrder by Peter Seeberg

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award : Elwyn Brooks White

Literature Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft : Paul Jenni for his books for young people

Literature Prize of the Nordic Council : Anna (jeg) Anna by Klaus Rifbjerg

Literature Prize of the City of Vienna : Friedrich Schreyvogl

Lost Man Booker Prize : Troubles by JG Farrell (awarded in 2010)

Miles Franklin Award : A Horse of Air by Dal Stivens

Naoki Prize (selection): Hikari to kage by Jun'ichi Watanabe

National Book Awards :

Fiction : Joyce Carol Oates with Them
Nonfiction :
- Erik H. Erikson with Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
- Lillian Hellman with An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir
- T. Harry Williams with Huey Long
Poetry : Elizabeth Bishop with The Complete Poems
Children's Books : Isaac Bashevis Singer with A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw

Nebula Awards :

Best novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Short Novel: A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison
Best story: Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany
Best Short Story: Passengers by Robert Silverberg
The 15 best SF short stories before the Nebula Awards existed (selection): The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke

New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Best American Play): The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel

Nils Holgersson plaque : Stig Ericson

Nobel Prize in Literature : Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Noma Literature Prize : Jun Etō and Ken'ichi Yoshida

Austrian State Prize for European Literature : Eugène Ionesco

Peter Rosegger Prize : Wolfgang Bauer

Premio Alfaguara de Novela : Todas esas muertes by Carlos Droguett

Premio Campiello : L'attore by Mario Soldati

Prêmio Jabuti : Lúcia McCartney by Rubem Fonseca

Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile : Carlos Droguett

Premio Planeta : La cruz invertida by Marcos Aguinis

Prix Claude-Farrère : Pierre Fritsch for Nous cousins d'Allemagne and Henri Spade

Prix des Critiques : Edmond Jabès for Elya (price may not have been awarded until 1972)

Prix des Deux Magots : Joko fête son anniversaire by Roland Topor

Prix Femina : La Crève by François Nourissier

Prix Goncourt : Le Roi des Aulnes by Michel Tournier

Prix du Gouverneur général: poésie ou théâtre de langue anglaise (selection): The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje

Prix Interallié : Les Poneys sauvages by Michel Déon

Prix Médicis étranger : Saut de la mort by Luigi Malerba

Prix du Meilleur livre étranger : Trois tristes tigres by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca : Jean Anouilh

Pulitzer Prizes :

Fiction : The Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
Theater : No Place To Be Somebody by Charles Gordone
Poetry : Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard
Biography : Huey Long by T. Harry Williams
Story : Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department by Dean Acheson
Nonfiction book : Gandhi's Truth by Erik H. Erikson
Review : Ada Louise Huxtable for her contributions to The New York Times in 1969