The year 1970 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events - Deliverance by American poet James Dickey published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
[edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry Main article: 1970 in poetry[edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births [edit] Deaths - January 10 - Charles Olson, poet
- January 29 - Basil Liddell Hart, military historian
- February 2 - Bertrand Russell, philosopher
- March 11 - Erle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason author
- March 29 - Vera Brittain, novelist and poet
- April 11 - John O'Hara, novelist
- May 12 - Nelly Sachs, poet and dramatist
- June 3 - Adrian Conan Doyle, son and literary executor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- June 7 - E. M. Forster, novelist
- June 16 - Elsa Triolet, novelist
- July 15 - Eric Berne, psychiatrist and author
- September 1 - François Mauriac, novelist
- September 28 - John Dos Passos, novelist
- November 25 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese author and rightist political activist (suicide)
[edit] Awards [edit] Canada [edit] France [edit] United Kingdom - Booker Prize: Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member
- Cholmondeley Award: Kathleen Raine, Douglas Livingstone, Edward Brathwaite
- Eric Gregory Award: Helen Frye, Paul Mills, John Mole, Brian Morse, Alan Perry, Richard Tibbitts
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Lily Powell, The Bird of Paradise
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Jasper Ridley, Lord Palmerston
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Roy Fuller
[edit] United States [edit] Elsewhere |
