This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977 .
February 20 – An episode of Doctor on the Go Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman , marks the beginning of Adams' career as a writer for BBC radio.[1] March 4 – Andrés Caicedo commits suicide by overdose, aged 25, about a month after the publication of his novel ¡Que viva la música! Liveforever ) in his hometown of Cali , Colombia .[2] April 27 – Héctor Germán Oesterheld , Argentine comic book writer born 1919 ), is kidnapped by the military authorities; he is believed to have died in detention a few months later.[3] July 11 – The English magazine Gay News blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem, "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name " by James Kirkup , in a case (Whitehouse v Lemon Old Bailey in London, on behalf of Mary Whitehouse 's National Viewers and Listeners Association . John Mortimer appears for the defence. It is the first such prosecution since 1921 and will be the last before the offense is abolished in 2008.[4] [5] September 15 – Christopher Tolkien , with Guy Gavriel Kay , completes and publishes his late father's work, The Silmarillion Fall – Philosophy and Literature Johns Hopkins University . It explores connections between literary and philosophical studies, presenting ideas on the aesthetics of literature, critical theory, and the philosophical interpretation of literature.
October – Norman Mailer punches Gore Vidal in the face at a New York City party.[6]
December – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii are detained in Kamiti Maximum Security Prison , Kenya, six weeks after the première of their political Kikuyu language play Ngaahika Ndeenda Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre . While imprisoned, Ngũgĩ will write the first modern novel in Kikuyu, Devil on the Cross Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ ), on prison-issue toilet paper . New books
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Ales Adamovich , Janka Bryl and Uladzimir Kalesnik – Я из огненной деревни (Belarusian: Я з вогненнай вёскі; Out of the Fire)Jorge Amado – Tieta do Agreste Eric Ambler – Send No More Roses Jay Anson – The Amityville Horror Margaret Atwood – Dancing Girls Richard Bach – Illusions Richard Bachman – Rage Leland Bardwell – Girl on a Bicycle Caroline Blackwood – Great Granny Webster Gerd Brantenberg – Egalias døtre (The Daughters of Egalia , 1985, also Egalia's Daughters , 1986)Terry Brooks – The Sword of Shannara Andrés Caicedo – ¡Que viva la música! J. M. Coetzee – In the Heart of the Country Robin Cook – Coma Robert Coover – The Public Burning Basil Copper – And Afterward, the Dark L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter – Conan of Aquilonia Edmund Crispin – The Glimpses of the Moon Michel Déon – The Foundling's War Kay Dick – They: a sequence of unease Philip K. Dick – A Scanner Darkly [7] Joan Didion – A Book of Common Prayer Buchi Emecheta – The Slave Girl Howard Fast – The Immigrants Timothy Findley – The Wars Leon Forrest – The Bloodworth Orphans John Fowles – Daniel Martin [8] Marilyn French – The Women's Room Jane Gardam – Bilgewater Helen Garner – Monkey Grip Pauline Gedge – Child of the Morning Richard Gordon – The Invisible Victory Günter Grass – The Flounder (Der Butt)Mark Helprin – Refiner's Fire Hammond Innes – The Big Footprints Erica Jong – How to Save Your Own Life Elias Khoury – الجبل الصغير (al-Jabal al-saghir , The Little Mountain)Stephen King – The Shining Derek Lambert – Blackstone on Broadway John le Carré – The Honourable Schoolboy Ernest Lehman – The French Atlantic Affair Robert Ludlum – The Chancellor Manuscript Brian Lumley – The Horror at Oakdeene and Others Ngaio Marsh – Last Ditch George R. R. Martin – Dying of the Light Colleen McCullough – The Thorn Birds Larry McMurtry – Terms of Endearment Robert Merle – Fortune de France Toni Morrison – Song of Solomon Iris Murdoch – The Sea, the Sea Péter Nádas – The End of a Family Story John Neal – The Genius of John Neal: Selections from His Writings (edited by Benjamin Lease and Hans-Joachim Lang)[9] Patrick O'Brian – The Mauritius Command Ellis Peters – A Morbid Taste for Bones Barbara Pym – Quartet in Autumn Ruth Rendell – A Judgement in Stone Alun Richards – Ennal's Point [10] Harold Robbins – Dreams Die First Paul Scott – Staying On Erich Segal – Oliver's Story Irwin Shaw – Beggarman, Thief M. P. Shiel – Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk Sidney Sheldon – Bloodline Leslie Marmon Silko – Ceremony Elizabeth Smart – A Bonus Botho Strauß – Devotion Remy Sylado – Gali Lobang Gila Lobang Craig Thomas – Firefox J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1973) – The Silmarillion Melvin Van Peebles – The True American, A Folk Fable Mario Vargas Llosa – Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter La tía Julia y el escribidor )P. G. Wodehouse (died 1975) – Sunset at Blandings Christopher Wood – James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me Children and young people
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January 14 – Anaïs Nin , French-Cuban erotic novelist and diarist (born 1903 )[25] January 18 – Carl Zuckmayer , German playwright (born 1896 )[26] January 26 – William Glynne-Jones , Welsh novelist and children's writer (born 1907 )February 19 – Anthony Crosland , British author and politician (born 1918 )[27] February 27 – John Dickson Carr , American crime novelist (born 1906 )[28] March 4
March 15 – Hubert Aquin , French Canadian novelist, essayist and political activist (suicide, born 1929 ))April 7 – Jim Thompson , American fiction writer (born 1906 )April 11 – Jacques Prévert , French poet and screenwriter (born 1900 )[29] May 9 – James Jones , American novelist (heart failure, born 1921 )July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov , Russian/American novelist (born 1899 )July 15 – Konstantin Fedin , Russian writer (born 1892 )July 20 – Friedrich Georg Jünger , German writer (born 1898 )August 13 – Henry Williamson , English naturalist and novelist (born 1895 )[30] August 20 – Gurbaksh Singh , Punjabi novelist (born 1914 )[31] August 26 – H. A. Rey , German-born American children's writer and illustrator (born 1898 )September 4 – E. F. Schumacher , German-born economist (born 1911 )September 12 – Robert Lowell , American poet (heart attack, born 1917 )[32] October 27 – James M. Cain , American novelist and newspaperman (born 1892 )November 10 – Dennis Wheatley , English occult novelist (born 1897 )November 30
December 9 – Clarice Lispector , Brazilian novelist (ovarian cancer, born 1920 )December 22 – Frank Thiess , German novelist (born 1890 )
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Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542 References
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