This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1973 .
March 6 – The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts , founded as the Montenegrin Society for Science and Arts (Crnogorsko društvo za nauku i umjetnost ) in Podgorica , elects its first members.[1]
March – 5 Italian fascists abduct Franca Rame (wife of Dario Fo ) and rape, beat and mutilate her.[2] She and Fo continue to write and tour drama in Italy, although Fo is arrested by police in November.
May 14
June 21
July 26 – Peter Shaffer 's drama Equus is premièred in London by the National Theatre company at The Old Vic .
September – Following the overthrow of President Allende by a military regime, book burnings take place in Chile .[4]
September 16 – Chilean poet and playwright Víctor Jara , detained four days earlier as a political prisoner in Estadio Chile and tortured during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état , is shot and killed. His last poem, "Estadio Chile ", is preserved in memories and scraps of paper retained by fellow detainees.
September 25 – The funeral of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda becomes a focus for protests against the new government of Augusto Pinochet .[5]
December 3 – French police of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire , disguised as plumbers, are caught trying to install a spy microphone in the directors' office of the Paris satirical paper Le Canard enchaîné .
c. December 27 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 's novel The Gulag Archipelago (Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, written 1958–1968) is first published, by the Paris publisher Éditions du Seuil from a typescript smuggled out of the Soviet Union .
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January 1 – Bryan Thao Worra , Lao writer
January 8 – Madhulika Liddle , Indian writer
January 13 – Lois Pryce , Scottish-born travel writer and journalist
February 10 – Núria Añó , Catalan writer
February 21
April 15 – Maria V. Snyder , American fantasy and science-fiction writer
May 10 – Tana French , American-born mystery novelist and actress
May 20 – Natalka Sniadanko , Ukrainian writer, journalist and translator
June 2 – David Bezmozgis , Latvian-Canadian writer
June 16 – Veronica Rossi , Brazilian-American young adult novelist
August 13 – Kamila Shamsie , Pakistan-born novelist
August 18 – Victoria Coren Mitchell , English writer, presenter and poker player, daughter of Alan Coren
November 12 - Jay Kristoff , Australian fantasy and science-fiction author
November 17 – Marianna Kiyanovska , Ukrainian poet, translator and literary scholar
December 20 – Maarja Kangro , Estonian author and poet
December 24 – Stephenie Meyer , American young-adult vampire romance writer and film producer
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January 15 – Neil M. Gunn , Scottish novelist, dramatist and critic (born 1891 )
February 22
March 5 - Robert C. O'Brien , American novelist (born 1918 )
March 6 – Pearl S. Buck , American novelist (born 1892 )[11]
March 18 – Roland Dorgelès , French novelist and memoirist (born 1885 )[12]
March 26 – Sir Noël Coward , English dramatist and humorist (born 1899 )[13]
April 9 – Warren Lewis , Irish author (born 1895 )
April 20 – Elisabeth Hauptmann , German writer (born 1897 )
April 28 – Jacques Maritain , French philosopher (born 1882 )
April 30 – Jirō Osaragi (大佛 次郎, Haruhiku Nojiri ), Japanese novelist (born 1897 )
May 21 – Carlo Emilio Gadda , Italian poet and linguist (born 1893 )
June 4 – Arna Bontemps , American poet (born 1902 )
June 9 – John Creasey , English crime writer (born 1908 )[14]
June 10 – William Inge , American playwright (born 1913 )[15]
June 30 – Nancy Mitford , English novelist and biographer (born 1904 )[16]
July 11 – Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋 信子, Yoshiya Nobuko ), Japanese romantic novelist (born 1896 )
July 29 – Henri Charrière , French writer and criminal (born 1906 )
August 1 – Ann Quin , English novelist (born 1936 )
September 2 – J. R. R. Tolkien , English fantasy writer and scholar (born 1892 )[17]
September 9 – S. N. Behrman , American playwright, screenwriter and biographer (born 1893 )
September 13 – Sajjad Zaheer , Urdu writer and revolutionary (born 1899 )[18]
September 20 – William Plomer , South African-born British novelist, poet and literary editor (born 1903 )[19]
September 23 – Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet (born 1904 )[20]
September 29 – W. H. Auden , English-born poet (born 1907 )[21]
October 6 – Margaret Wilson , American novelist (born 1882 )
October 28 – Sergio Tofano , Italian dramatist (born 1886 )
November 8 – Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel , Turkish poet, author and playwright (born 1898 )[22]
November 13 – B. S. Johnson , English novelist (suicide) (born 1933 )
December 7 – Benn Levy , English playwright and politician (born 1900 )
December 9 – Anthony Gilbert , English crime writer (born 1899 )
December 11 – May Wedderburn Cannan , English poet (born 1893 )
December 14 – Josef Magnus Wehner , German poet and playwright (born 1891 )
unknown date – Kathleen Lindsay , English-born South African romance novelist (born 1903 )
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Booker Prize : J. G. Farrell , The Siege of Krishnapur
Carnegie Medal for children's literature : Penelope Lively , The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Cholmondeley Award : Patric Dickinson , Philip Larkin
Eric Gregory Award : John Beynon , Ian Caws , James Fenton , Keith Harris , David Howarth , Philip Pacey
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Iris Murdoch , The Black Prince
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Robin Lane Fox , Alexander the Great
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : John Heath-Stubbs United States
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References
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^ "Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA)" . IAP. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-09 .
^ Mitchell, Tony (1999). Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated & expanded ed.). London: Methuen. p. 122. ISBN 0-413-73320-3 .
^ "The History of Virago" . Virago. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-01-09 .
^ Sonia Cardenas (2010). Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure . University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8122-2130-3 .
^ The Washington Post . Archived December 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Peter France (2001). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation . Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-19-924784-4 .
^ "1973 Award Winners & Nominees" . Worlds Without End . Retrieved 2009-09-29 .
^ Jan van Coillie (1999). Leesbeesten en boekenfeesten: hoe werken (met) kinder- en jeugdboeken? . NBD Biblion Publishers. p. 285. ISBN 978-90-5483-189-1 .
^ Bernard Alger Drew (1997). The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies . Libraries Unlimited. p. 453. ISBN 978-1-56308-615-1 .
^ Juan Gabriel Vásquez (3 May 2018). The Shape of the Ruins: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 . Quercus. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-85705-660-3 .
^ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President . U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 163.
^ Obituaries on File: A-R . Facts on File. 1979. p. 163.
^ "Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", The Times , 27 March 1973, p. 18
^ "John Creasey, Author, Is Dead; Specialized in Mystery Novels" . New York Times . June 10, 1973. Retrieved March 8, 2022 .
^ "Inge's Funeral Today" . The New York Times . June 12, 1973. Retrieved 24 April 2017 .
^ Hastings, Selina (2015) [2004]. "Mitford, Nancy Freeman- (1904–1973)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/31450 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "J. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81; Wrote 'The Lord of the Rings' " . The New York Times . 3 September 1973. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009.
^ Shingavi, Snehal (2018-06-05). Angaaray . Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-695-3 .
^ Alexander, Peter F. (1989). William Plomer: A Biography . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-212243-8 .
^ "Pablo Neruda, Nobel Poet, Dies in a Chilean Hospital", The New York Times , 24 September 1973.
^ Shrenker, Israel (30 September 1973). "W. H. Auden Dies in Vienna" . The New York Times . Retrieved 20 September 2017 .
^ Birinci, Necat (1993). Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler (in Turkish). Cağaloğlu: Boğaziçi yayınları. p. 13. ISBN 978-9-75451-102-4 .
^ R. Reginald (1981). Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards ... Borgo Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89370-806-1 .