1974 year of literature
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
Events
Literary prizes
- Ursula K. Le Guin , The Dispossessed , Planet of the Have-nots , also: The Dispossessed , Category: Best Novel
- Robert Silverberg , Born with the Dead , Born with the dead , Category: Best Short Novel
- Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford , If the Stars Are Gods , If the Stars Were Gods , Category: Best Narration
- Ursula K. Le Guin , The Day Before the Revolution , The Day Before the Revolution , Category: Best Short Story
- Arthur C. Clarke , Rendezvous with Rama , Rendezvous with 31/439 , Category: Best Novel
- James Tiptree, Jr. , The Girl Who Was Plugged In , The switched on and off girls , Category: Best Short Novel
- Harlan Ellison , The Death Bird , the bird of death , Category: Best story
- Ursula K. Le Guin , The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas , The Omelas Turn Their Backs , Category: Best Short Story
- Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama , Rendezvous with 31/439 , Category: Best Novel
- Gene Wolfe , The Death of Doctor Island , The Death of Dr. Iceland , Category: Best Short Novel
- Harlan Ellison, The Death Bird , the bird of death , Category: Best Short Story
New releases
Fiction
- One woman - Peter Härtling
- The fifth head of Cerberus - Gene Wolfe
- Same and similar - Sami Michael
- The royal project - Carl Amery
- Life and adventure of the trobadora Beatriz - Irmtraud Morgner
- The damned of the taiga - Heinz G. Konsalik
- From the sky high - Gerhard Branstner
- Great white shark - Peter Benchley
- The wide sky. The Big Sky - AB Guthrie Junior
- Wolf Pack - Wassil Bykau
drama
- The hunting party - Thomas Bernhard
- The power of habit - Thomas Bernhard
- Sexual Perversity in Chicago - David Mamet
Children's and young people's literature
additional
- Pro Contra. Arguments at the time from Die Zeit - Rudolf Walter Leonhardt
- Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft - Paul Samuel Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum
Born
- January 24th: Enne Koens , Dutch writer
- February 15: Miranda July , American writer
- March 27: Felicitas von Lovenberg , German literary critic, author and designated publisher
- April 2: Davide Enia , Italian writer and playwright
- April 4: Gion Mathias Cavelty , Swiss writer and playwright
- July 22nd: Manu Joseph , Indian writer
- September 4th: José Luís Peixoto , Portuguese poet, writer and playwright
- September 19: Sabrina Calvo , French novelist, comic book and games author
- October 23: Naomi Alderman , British writer
- October 23: Derek Landy , Irish writer
- October 28: David Foenkinos , French writer
- December 1: Rosa Yassin Hassan , Syrian writer and human rights activist
- December 21: Manja Präkels , German writer and musician
Exact date unknown
- Pegah Ahmadi , Iranian poet, literary critic and translator
- Brian McGilloway , Northern Irish writer
- Thomas Reverdy , French writer
- Minna Rytisalo , Finnish writer
- Tanya Stewner , German children's book and novelist
Died
- February 2: Marieluise Fleißer , German writer (* 1901)
- February 3: Erhart Kästner , German writer and librarian (* 1904)
- March 3: Carl Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss essayist and historian (* 1891)
- April 18: Marcel Pagnol , French writer (* 1895)
- April 20: Richard Huelsenbeck , German writer (* 1892)
- April 24: Wilhelm Goldmann , German publisher (* 1897)
- June 4: Ernst Nebhut , German writer, librettist and screenwriter (* 1898)
- July 5: Georgette Heyer , British writer (* 1902)
- July 11: Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish writer and poet (* 1891)
- July 29: Erich Kästner , German writer (* 1899)
- August 13: Kate O'Brien , Irish writer (* 1897)
- August 17th: Aldo Palazzeschi , Italian writer and poet (* 1885)
- October 2: Ina Seidel , German writer and poet (* 1885)
- October 4: Anne Sexton , American poet (* 1928)
- October 10: Marie Luise Kaschnitz , German poet and writer (* 1901)
- December 14: Walter Lippmann , American journalist and writer (* 1889)
