1978 year of literature
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
Events
Literary prizes
- Helmut M. Braem Translator Award : Traugott König for the translation of The Idiot of the Family by Jean-Paul Sartre
- Vonda N. McIntyre , Dreamsnake , The Dream Snake , Category: Best Novel
- John Varley , The Persistence of Vision , The Sluggishness of the Eye , Category: Best Short Novel
- Charles L. Grant , A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye , The glow of candles, the eye of the unicorn , Category: Best story
- Edward Bryant , Stone , The Scissors Break On The Stone , Category: Best Short Story
- Frederik Pohl , Gateway , Gateway , Category: Best Novel
- Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson , Stardance , Part 1 of the novel: Star dance , Category: Best short novel
- Joan D. Vinge , Eyes of Amber , Amber Eyes , Category: Best Story
- Harlan Ellison , Jeffty Is Five , Jeffty is five , Category: Best Short Story
- Frederik Pohl, Gateway , Gateway , Category: Best SF Novel
- JRR Tolkien , The Silmarillion , The Silmarillion , Category: Best Fantasy Novel
- Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson, Stardance , Part 1 of the novel: Star dance , Category: Best short novel
- Joe Haldeman , Tricentennial , Category: Best Short Story
New releases
Fiction
- 1985 - Anthony Burgess
- The blue bidet - Joseph Breitbach
- The golden notebook - Doris Lessing
- Local history museum - Siegfried Lenz
- Hurray we're still alive - Johannes Mario Simmel
- Yes - Thomas Bernhard
- Morenga - Uwe Timm
- November 1918. A German Revolution (1st complete edition of the work) - Alfred Döblin
- The voice simulator - Thomas Bernhard
drama
Poetry
Born
- January 27: Paolo Cognetti , Italian writer
- March 8: Samanta Schweblin , Argentine writer
- April 3: Benjamin Maack , German journalist, poet and writer
- June 11th: Mario Fesler , German writer
- July 24: Madeline Miller , American writer
- September 6: Peeter Helme , Estonian writer, literary critic and translator
- anonymous: Stefanie Höfler , German author of books for children and young people
- anonymous: Anne Lepper , German writer and playwright
Died
- January 13: Maurice Carême , Belgian poet and writer (* 1899)
- January 22: Léon-Gontran Damas , Guayan poet and writer (* 1912)
- January 28: Arnold Hauser , Hungarian art historian and sociologist (* 1892)
- January 29: Stanisław Dygat , Polish writer (* 1914)
- February 11: Harry Martinson , Swedish writer and Nobel Prize winner (* 1904)
- February 15: Josef Pelz von Felinau , Austrian writer and radio play author (* 1895)
- February 25: Hugo Friedrich , German Romanist (* 1904)
- February 28: Eric Frank Russell , British science fiction writer (born 1905)
- March 12: Agustín Acosta , Cuban politician and writer (* 1886)
- March 17: Horst Biernath , German writer (* 1905)
- March 17: Leigh Brackett , American writer (* 1915)
- March 19: Herbert Günther , German writer (* 1906)
- March 20: Robert Gilbert , German lyricist, poet and novelist (* 1899)
- April 25: Zenta Mauriņa , Latvian writer (* 1897)
- May 1: Sylvia Townsend Warner , British writer (* 1893)
- May 21: Kurt Halbritter , German satirical draftsman and author (* 1924)
- June 12: Guo Moruo , Chinese writer and politician (* 1892)
- July 31: Werner Finck , German cabaret artist and writer (* 1902)
- August 22nd: Ignazio Silone , Italian writer (* 1900)
- September 2nd: Gerhard Wahrig , German linguist and lexicographer (* 1923)
- September 11th: Georgi Markow , Bulgarian writer (* 1929)
- October 9: Jacques Brel , Belgian chansonnier (* 1929)
- October 16: Alexander Spoerl , German writer (* 1917)
- October 17: Jean Améry , Austrian writer (* 1912)
- November 2: Giuseppe Berto , Italian writer (* 1914)
- November 7th: Jorge Carrera Andrade , Ecuadorian poet, writer and diplomat (* 1903)
- November 15: Margaret Mead , American anthropologist and ethnologist (* 1901)
- November 23: Hanns Johst , German writer and National Socialist functionary (* 1890)
- December 14: Salvador de Madariaga , Spanish diplomat and writer (* 1886)
