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Overview of the events of 1981 in literature
Overview of the events of 1981 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1981 .
New books [ edit ] Fiction [ edit ] Children and young people [ edit ] Non-fiction [ edit ] Jan 4 – Sarah Crossan , Irish young-adult writerApril 7 – Lili Wilkinson , Australian young-adult writerMay 19 – Kiera Cass , American young-adult writerMay 20 – Ottessa Moshfegh , American novelistJune 10 – Juno Dawson , born James Dawson, English young-adult LGBT writerJuly 10 – Karen Russell , American novelistJuly 27 – Dan Jones , British historian and TV presenterSeptember 30 – Cecelia Ahern , Irish novelistOctober 3 – Leïla Slimani , Franco-Moroccan novelist[21] October 12 – NoViolet Bulawayo (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele), Zimbabwe-born novelist[22] October 31 – Irina Denezhkina , Russian writerDecember 11 – Hamish Blake , Australian comedian, actor and authorDecember 13 – Mathis Bailey , American-Canadian novelist and fiction writerunknown dates
January 5 – Lanza del Vasto , Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (born 1901 )[26] January 6 – A. J. Cronin , Scottish novelist (born 1896 )[27] January 7 – John Pascal , American playwright, screenwriter, author and journalist (born 1932 )[28] January 23 – Lobsang Rampa (Cyril Henry Hoskin) , English author (born 1910 )February 3 – Normand Poirier , American newspaper editor, journalist and essayist (born 1928 )[29] February 17 – David Garnett , English novelist (born 1892 )[30] February 23 – Nan Shepherd , Scottish novelist and poet (born 1893 )March 7 – Bosley Crowther , American film critic (born 1905 )[31] March 14 – Eleanor Perry , American screenwriter and author (born 1914 )[32] March 20 – Pedro García Cabrera , Spanish poet (born 1905 )March 29 – Clive Sansom , English-born Tasmanian poet and playwright (born 1910 )April 23 – Josep Pla , Catalan Spanish journalist and writer (born 1897 )[33] April 26 – Robert Garioch , Scottish poet (born 1909 )May 8 – Uri Zvi Grinberg , Israeli poet writing in Hebrew and Yiddish (born 1896 )[34] May 9 – Nelson Algren , American novelist (born 1909 )May 18 – William Saroyan , American novelist and dramatist (born 1908 )[35] May 30 – Gwendolyn B. Bennett , African-American writer and artist (born 1902 )June 15 – Philip Toynbee , English novelist and journalist (born 1916 )June 17 – Zerna Sharp , American writer and educator (born 1889 )[36] June 18 – Pamela Hansford Johnson , English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic (born 1912 )[37] August 15 – Carol Ryrie Brink , American author (born 1895 )[38] September 3 – Alec Waugh , English novelist (born 1898 )September 7 – Christy Brown , Irish writer and painter (born 1932 )[39] September 12 – Eugenio Montale , Italian poet (born 1896 )October 20 – Mary Coyle Chase , American playwright (born 1906 )[40] December 26 – Amber Reeves , New Zealand-born English scholar, feminist and novelist (born 1887 )Australia [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Booker Prize : Salman Rushdie , Midnight's Children [41] Carnegie Medal for children's literature : Robert Westall , The Scarecrows [42] Cholmondeley Award : Roy Fisher , Robert Garioch , Charles Boyle Eric Gregory Award : Alan Jenkins , Simon Rae , Marion Lomax , Philip Gross , Kathleen Jamie , Mark Abley , Roger Crowley , Ian Gregson James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Salman Rushdie , Midnight's Children Paul Theroux , The Mosquito Coast James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Victoria Glendinning , Edith Sitwell : Unicorn Among Lions Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : D. J. Enright Whitbread Best Book Award : William Boyd , A Good Man in Africa United States [ edit ] Elsewhere [ edit ] Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198715542 References [ edit ]
^ Tassie Seneviratne (June 1, 2014). "Burning Of The Jaffna Public Library: Whodunit?" . Colombo Telegraph . Retrieved December 30, 2020 . ^ Newsweek Diacritics 12:1 (1982): 2–24, p. 2.^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979). Reports of the President and the Treasurer - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation ^ Brian M. Stableford (2004). Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature ISBN 978-0-8108-4938-9 ^ Janet Husband; Jonathan F. Husband (1990). Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series ISBN 978-0-8389-0533-3 ^ Michel Deon; Michel Déon (1983). Where are You Dying Tonight? ISBN 978-0-241-10908-3 ^ Stephen M. Hart (2005). Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de Una Muerte Anunciada ISBN 978-0-7293-0445-0 ^ "1981 - Alasdair Gray's Lanark" . National Library of Scotland . Retrieved 12 January 2022 .^ Michael Tapper (2014). Swedish Cops: From Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Stieg Larsson ISBN 978-1-78320-188-4 ^ Charles A. Carpenter (1997). Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990: An International Bibliography ISBN 978-0-8020-0914-2 ^ Hahn 2015, p. 609
^ Rothman, Lily (8 June 2013). "How is 'Tiger Eyes' the First Movie Based on a Judy Blume Book?" . Time . Retrieved 12 January 2022 . ^ a b c d Stein, Ruth M. (1982). "Book reMarks: A Personal View of Current Juvenile Literature" . Language Arts . 59 (4): 367–373. ISSN 0360-9170 . JSTOR 41404080 . Retrieved 12 January 2022 . ^ Hahn 2015, p. 227
^ Hahn 2015, p. 236
^ Hahn 2015, pp. 526-527
^ "Literature for Children" . The Reading Teacher . 35 (8): 972–976. 1982. ISSN 0034-0561 . JSTOR 20198135 . Retrieved 12 January 2022 .^ Hahn 2015, p. 620
^ Gussow, Mel (12 April 1981). "STAGE: WORLD PREMIERE OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S 'ROCKABY' AT STATE U." The New York Times . Retrieved 12 January 2022 . ^ Howard Frederic Vos (1985). Genesis and Archaeology ISBN 978-0-310-33901-4 ^ Schwartzbrod, Alexandra (29 September 2014). "Leïla Slimani. "Madame Bovary X" . Liberation (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2018 . ^ "NoViolet Bulawayo [real name Elizabeth Zandile Tshele] (1981 -)" . Zimbabwe Monitor . Retrieved 27 January 2021 .^ "The Still Point by Amy Sackville" . Orange Prize for Fiction . 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010 .^ "Sunjeev Sahota" . Picador . Retrieved 30 December 2020 .^ "UKRAIŃSKIE POETKI O WOJNIE" . Wizje (in Polish). 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-30 .^ Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence] (PDF) . ABC ^ Mitgang, Herbert (10 January 1981). "A. J. Cronin, author of 'Citadel' and 'Keys of the Kingdom', dies" . The New York Times . Retrieved 22 May 2021 . ^ The New York Times Biographical Service ^ "Normand Poirier." New York Times ^ Palmer, Alan; Alan Warwick Palmer; Veronica Palmer (1987). Who's who in Bloomsbury ISBN 978-0-7108-0312-2 ^ McFadden, Robert D. (March 8, 1981). "Bosley Crowther, 27 Years a Critic of Film for Times, is Dead at 75" . The New York Times . Retrieved 19 March 2016 . ^ Willis, John A. (1982). Screen World ISBN 978-0-517-54740-3 ^ Sobrer, Josep Miquel (1992). Catalonia, a Self-portrait ISBN 0-253-28883-5 ^ "Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet" . The New York Times . 10 May 1981.^ Hamalian, Leo (1987). William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered ISBN 978-0-8386-3308-3 ^ Ohles, Frederik; Shirley G. Ohles; Shirley M. Ohles; John G. Ramsay (1997). Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators ISBN 978-0-313-29133-3 ^ David, Deirdre (2017). Pamela Hansford Johnson : a writing life ISBN 978-0-19-184328-0 OCLC 980257624 . ^ Cullinan, Bernice E.; Person, Diane Goetz (2005). The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature . New York: Continuum. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-82641-778-7 ^ Peterkin, Tom (6 November 2007). "Christy Brown 'neglected by ex-prostitute wife' . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 6 November 2007 . ^ Robinson, Alice M.; Vera Mowry Roberts; Milly S. Barranger (1989). Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary ISBN 978-0-313-27217-2 ^ "Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding" . BBC News . 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022 .^ Hahn 2015, p. 660
^ Hahn 2015, p. 657
