1980 year of literature
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
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Henry Miller, 1940. Photograph by Carl van Vechten
Henry Miller dies in 1980.
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The Chilean writer María Luisa Bombal dies in 1980.
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Elsa Faber dies in 1980.
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Events
- Marguerite Yourcenar , the first woman in the French Academy is chosen
- Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer (1979), reached No. 1 on the bestseller list of the New York Times .
- September - Shakespeare's Macbeth with Peter O'Toole kicked off the season at the Old Vic Theater , London , considered by some to be one of the theater's greatest disasters.
Literary prizes
- Gregory Benford , Timescape , Zeitschaft , Category: Best Novel
- Suzy McKee Charnas , Unicorn Tapestry , Chapter 3 The unicorn tapestry of the novel: The Vampire Baldachin , Category: Best Short Novel
- Howard Waldrop , The Ugly Chickens , The ugly chicken also: The ugly chickens , category: Best story
- Clifford D. Simak , Grotto of the Dancing Deer , Grotto of the Dancing Wilds , Category: Best Short Story
- Arthur C. Clarke , The Fountains of Paradise , Elevator to the Stars , Category: Best Novel
- Barry B. Longyear , Enemy Mine , You, my enemy too: My dear enemy , Category: Best short novel
- George RR Martin , Sandkings , Sandkönige , Category: Best Story
- George RR Martin, The Way of Cross and Dragon , The Way of the Cross and Dragon , Category: Best Short Story
- John Varley , Titan , The Satellite , Category: Best SF Novel
- Patricia A. McKillip , Harpist in the Wind , Harper in the Wind , Category: Best Fantasy Novel
- Barry B. Longyear, Enemy Mine , You, my enemy too: My dear enemy , Category: Best short novel
- George RR Martin, Sandkings , Sandkönige , Category: Best Story
- George RR Martin, The Way of Cross and Dragon , The Way of the Cross and Dragon , Category: Best Short Story
- Larry Niven , Convergent Series , Category: Best Collection
- Terry Carr , Universe 9 , Category: Best Anthology
New releases
Fiction
- Ayla and the Bear Clan - Jean M. Auel
- The best city for the blind and other reports - Jürg Federspiel
- The butler - Roald Dahl
- A demon with small flaws - Lyon Sprague de Camp
- Dr. Fischer from Geneva or The Bomb Party - Graham Greene
- Beyond Aran - Arnulf Zitelmann
- Cat with hat - Simon and Desi Ruge
- The long way of Lukas B. - Willi Fährmann
- Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Thy Neighbor's Wife - Gay Talese
- The restaurant at the end of the universe - Douglas Adams
- His battalion - Wassil Bykau
- The father of a murderer - Alfred Andersch
- The Twits - Roald Dahl
Anthony Burgess published Earthly Powers in 1980 .
James A. Michener published The Covenant in 1980 .
Gay Talese published Thy Neighbor's Wife in 1980 .
drama
- Educating Rita - Willy Russell
- True West (UA) - Sam Shepard
Poetry
Non-fiction
- The torch in the ear (autobiography, 2nd part) - Elias Canetti
- Friendly Fascism - Bertram Myron Gross
Born
- January 26th : Nora Gomringer , German-Swiss poet, prose writer and performance artist
- January 29 : Óttar M. Norðfjörð , Icelandic writer
- February 11th : Christian Rosenau , German poet and musician
- February 12 : Nicolai Lilin , Russian writer
- February 19 : Melanie Arns , German writer
- February 22nd : Sigrid Brandstetter , Austrian singer, actress and author
- February 24th : Manou Mansour , French poet
- March 13 : Sara Bergmark Elfgren , Swedish writer
- March 20 : Mikk Murdvee , Estonian conductor, violinist and writer
- April 7th : Sebastian Brock , German writer
- April 10 : Anna Godbersen , American author
- April 28 : Vincent Eugèn Noel , Polish-born German writer and playwright
- May 10 : Frida Skybäck , Swedish writer
- May 12 : Sergei Shargunov , Russian writer
- May 18 : Felicia Pearson , American actress and writer
- June 10 : Michaela Möller , German author and psychologist
- June 11 : Goran Vojnović , Slovenian writer and poet
- July 8 : Riikka Pulkkinen , Finnish writer
- July 17th : Gesa Schwartz , German writer
- July 23 : Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein , German photographer and diary author († 2001 )
- July 23 : Halyna Schyjan , Ukrainian writer and translator
- August 25 : Tilman Birr , German author, songwriter and cabaret artist
- September 2 : Joey Goebel , American author
- September 6 : Joshua Cohen , American writer
- September 8 : Kadri Kõusaar , Estonian writer, film director and journalist
- September 20 : Judith Schalansky , German writer and book designer
- October 17 : Tarell Alvin McCraney , American playwright and actor
- October 20 : Christiane Hagn , German writer
- November 13th : Judith Zander , German writer
- November 25th : Licia Troisi , Italian fantasy writer
- December 3 : Zlata Filipović , Bosnian writer
- December 27 : Nadia Anjuman , Afghan poet († 2005 )
Exact date unknown
- Theresa Bäuerlein , German journalist and author
- Ishmael Beah , Sierra Leonean author
- Paul Brodowsky , German author, playwright and literary scholar
- Nina Bussmann , German writer
- Lydia Hence , German poet and singer
- Milena Michiko Flašar , Austrian writer
- Nora Hecker , German theater director and author
- Kerry Hudson , British writer
- Edson Hurtado , Bolivian poet and writer
- Marina Jenkner , German filmmaker and author
- Oliver Kluck , German writer and playwright
- Lea Saskia Laasner , Swiss writer
- Reif Larsen , American author
- Sebastian Meschenmoser , German artist and children's book author
- Henning Mützlitz , German writer
- Kerstin Pflieger , German writer
- Julien Sandrel , French writer
- Max Scharnigg , German writer
- Barbara Schinko , Austrian writer
- Natasha Solomons , British writer
- Thomas Vaucher , Swiss author, musician, actor and teacher
- Levin Westermann , German poet
Died
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Carl van Vechten : Marc Connelly, 1937
- January 5 : Walter Lehmbecker , German senior teacher, local researcher and writer (* 1898 )
- January 8 : Kuroda Saburō , Japanese poet (* 1919 )
- January 9 : Mário-Henrique Leiria , Portuguese writer and painter (* 1923 )
- January 11 : Barbara Pym , British writer (* 1913 )
- January 23 : Lily Schwenger-Cords , German writer (* 1890 )
- January 28 : Ciril Kosmač , Slovenian writer (* 1910 )
- February 4 : Laye Camara , Guinean writer (* 1928 )
- February 15 : Albert Simonin , French writer, scenarioist, author of detective novels and lexicographer of Argot (* 1905 )
- February 17th : Oskar Paulini , German writer of Transylvanian-Saxon origin (* 1904 )
- February 21 : Alfred Andersch , German writer (* 1914 )
- February 22nd : Oskar Kokoschka , Austrian painter, graphic artist and writer of Expressionism and Viennese Modernism (* 1886 )
- March 2 : Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , Polish writer, musicologist and translator (* 1894 )
- March 8 : Friedrich Hecht , Austrian chemist and writer (* 1903 )
- March 12 : Heinrich Malzkorn , German writer, painter and conservationist (* 1892 )
- March 10 : Vasco de Lima Couto , Portuguese poet and actor (* 1923 )
- March 14 : Gerhard W. Menzel , German writer (* 1922 )
- March 20 : Illés Kaczér , Hungarian journalist and writer (* 1887 )
- March 23 : Bill S. Ballinger , American writer (* 1912 )
- March 26 : Roland Barthes , French philosopher, writer and literary critic (* 1915 )
- March 31 : Vladimír Holan , Czech poet (* 1905 )
- April 1 : Gomi Kōsuke , Japanese writer (* 1921 )
- April 1 : Ernst Johann , German writer and journalist (* 1909 )
- April 10 : Antonia White , British writer (* 1899 )
- April 12 : Hanna Stephan , German writer (* 1902 )
- April 14 : Gianni Rodari , Italian writer and children's book author (* 1920 )
- April 15 : Jean-Paul Sartre , French novelist, playwright, philosopher and publicist (* 1905 )
- April 21 : Sohrab Sepehri , Iranian poet and painter (* 1928 )
- April 24 : Alejo Carpentier , Cuban-French writer (* 1904 )
- May 1st : Eugen Gürster , German dramaturge, literary scholar, writer and diplomat
- May 6 : María Luisa Bombal , Chilean writer (* 1910 )
- May 9 : Joseph Breitbach , German-French writer and publicist (* 1903 )
- May 16 : Marin Preda , Romanian writer (* 1922 )
- May 16 : Walther Schmieding , German cultural journalist and writer (* 1928 )
- May 24 : NO Scarpi , Austrian-Swiss translator, columnist, anecdote collector and director (* 1888 )
- May 25 : Herbert Nachbar , German writer (* 1930 )
- June 7 : Henry Miller , American writer and painter (* 1891 )
- June 18 : Jochen Blume , German actor, radio play and dubbing speaker and playwright (* 1910 )
- June 30th : Galina Iossifowna Serebrjakowa , Russian writer (* 1905 )
- June: Lorenz Lotmar , Swiss writer (* 1945 )
- July 1 : Charles Percy Snow , English scientist and writer (* 1905 )
- July 4th : Georg Strnadt , Austrian writer and dialect poet (* 1909 )
- July 2 : Sócrates Nolasco , Dominican writer, essayist and historian, diplomat and politician (* 1884 )
- July 5 : Thaddäus Troll , German writer and Swabian dialect poet (* 1914 )
- July 6 : Mart Raud , Estonian writer, poet and playwright (* 1903 )
- July 9 : Vinícius de Moraes , Brazilian poet and diplomat (* 1913 )
- July 19 : Manuel Castilla , Argentine librarian, journalist and writer (* 1918 )
- July 19 : Margaret Craven , American writer (* 1901 )
- July 19 : Wolfgang Frank , German writer (* 1909 )
- July 23 : Olivia Manning , British writer (* 1908 )
- July 30 : Kurt Menke , German children's book author (* 1921 )
- August 12 : Tachihara Masaaki , Japanese writer (* 1926 )
- August 14 : Diego Fabbri , Italian playwright and screenwriter (* 1911 )
- August 17 : Gwen Bristow , American writer and journalist (* 1903 )
- August 22 : George R. Stewart , American writer, linguist and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley (* 1985 )
- August 28 : Kambayashi Akatsuki , Japanese writer (* 1902 )
- August: Wilhelm E. Liefland , German lyricist and lyric poet (* 1938 )
- September 8 : Hermann Claudius , German poet and storyteller (* 1878 )
- September 8th Maurice Genevoix , French writer (* 1890 )
- September 9 : John Howard Griffin , American author (born 1920 )
- September 15 : Juha Mannerkorpi , Finnish playwright and novelist (* 1915 )
- September 18 : Katherine Anne Porter , American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner (* 1890 )
- September 22 : Kawakami Tetsutarō , Japanese writer (* 1902 )
- September 25 : Marie Under , Estonian writer (* 1883 )
- September 30th : Vojtěch Cach , Czechoslovakian writer and playwright (* 1914 )
- October 14 : Louis Guilloux , French writer (* 1899 )
- October 14 : Mary O'Hara , American author and composer (* 1885 )
- October 24 : César Tiempo , Argentine journalist, actor and writer of Ukrainian origin (* 1906 )
- October 27 : José Rodrigues Miguéis , Portuguese writer (* 1901 )
- October 31 : Jan Werich , Czech actor, playwright and writer (* 1905 )
- November 3 : Ludwig Hohl , Swiss writer (* 1904 )
- November 4 : Elsa Faber von Bockelmann , German writer and fairy tale poet (* 1890 )
- November 6th : Erik Asklund , Swedish writer and screenwriter (* 1908 )
- November 7th : Adrienne Thomas , German writer (* 1897 )
- November 7th : Wolfgang Weyrauch , German writer (* 1904 )
- November 14th : Fritz Nölle , German writer (* 1899 )
- November 21 : Walter Rilla , German actor and writer (* 1894 )
- November 23 : Karel Nový , Czech writer and journalist (* 1890 )
- December 2 : Romain Gary , French writer, diplomat and translator (* 1914 )
- December 5 : Mary Lavater-Sloman , Swiss writer (* 1891 )
- December 6th : Margot Bennett , English writer of Scottish origin (* 1912 )
- December 18 : Dobriša Cesarić , Croatian poet (* 1902 )
- December 21 : Marc Connelly , American journalist, playwright and writer (* 1890 )
- December 22nd : Thomas Valentin , German writer (* 1922 )
- December 25 : Olav Dalgard , Norwegian director, literary critic, literary historian and writer (* 1898 )
- December 27 : Willis Todhunter Ballard , American writer (* 1903 )
- December 30th : Volker von Törne , German writer (* 1934 )
- December 31 : Maria Mönch-Tegeder , German poet (* 1903 )
- Unknown date: Adolfo Costa du Rels , Bolivian writer (* 1891 )
- Unknown date: Hermann Pirich , German writer and journalist (* 1906 )
- Unknown date: Karin Thimm , German journalist and writer (* 1931 )
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