1973 year of literature
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
Born
- January 1st: Shumona Sinha , Indo-French writer
- February 12: Mariana Leky , German writer
- February 21: Martin Reichert , German journalist and book author
- March 3: Abbas Khider , Iraqi-German writer
- March 10: Pauls Bankovskis , Latvian writer and publicist († 2020)
- May 6: Jonas Moström , Swedish writer and doctor
- June 6th: Carsten Steenbergen , German writer
- June 29th: Anne von Canal , German writer and translator
- August 8: Abdellah Taïa , Moroccan writer and journalist
- August 9: Ulf Torreck , German writer
- August 13: Kamila Shamsie , Pakistani-British writer
- August 30: Nina George , German writer
- September 9: Zaza Burchuladze , Georgian writer, playwright and translator
- September 17th: Peter Daniell Porsche , German writer
- September 28: Cornelius Hartz , German classical philologist, editor, writer and translator
- October 10: Kalju Kruusa , Estonian poet and translator
- December 31: Ron Winkler , German poet, translator, editor
Exact date unknown
- Tana French , Irish crime novelist
- Que Du Luu , German writer
- Juan Pablo Villalobos , Mexican writer
Died
- February 22nd: Elizabeth Bowen , Irish writer (* 1899)
- March 6: Pearl S. Buck , American writer and Nobel Prize for Literature (* 1892)
- April 21: Kemal Tahir , Turkish writer and translator (* 1910)
- May 20: Philipp Keller , German writer and physician (* 1891)
- July 31: Guido Morselli , Italian writer (* 1912)
- December 13: Henry Green , British writer (* 1905)
Literary prizes
- Arthur C. Clarke , Rendezvous with Rama , Rendezvous with 31/439 , Category: Best Novel
- Gene Wolfe , The Death of Doctor Island , The Death of Doctor Eiland also: The Death of Dr. Iceland , Category: Best Short Novel
- Vonda N. McIntyre , Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand , Dunst und Gras und Sand also: Von Nebel, Gras und Sand , Category: Best story
- James Tiptree, Jr. , Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death , Love is the Plan, The Plan is Death too: The Plan is Love and Death ; Category: Best Short Story
- Isaac Asimov , The Gods Themselves , Lunatico or The Next World , Category: Best Novel
- Ursula K. Le Guin , The Word for World is Forest , The Word for World is Forest , Category: Best Short Novel
- Poul Anderson , Goat Song , Bocksgesang , Category: Best story
- RA Lafferty , Eurema's Dam , Mother of Inspiration , Category: Best Short Story
- Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth , The Meeting , The Decision , Category: Best Short Story (Prize was awarded twice)
- Isaac Asimov , The Gods Themselves , Lunatico or The Next World , Category: Best Novel
- Frederik Pohl , The Gold at the Starbow's End , Category: Best Short Novel
- Harlan Ellison , Basilisk , Category: Best Short Story
New releases
Fiction
- From the life of Hödlmoser - Reinhard P. Gruber
- The picture in the house - HP Lovecraft
- Dormir al sol - Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Hold on until morning! - Wassil Bykau
- The Honorary Consul - Graham Greene
- Fly maybeetle! - Christine Nöstlinger
- Momo - Michael Ende
- Paratuga returns - Jürg Federspiel
- City with no name - HP Lovecraft
- The huge waves at sea - Sarah Kirsch
- A jungle goddess is not allowed to cry - Heinz G. Konsalik
- A week full of Saturdays - Paul Maar
drama
