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1980 in literature
See also:
1979 in literature
,
other events of 1980
,
1981 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
Kane and Abel[?]
by
Jeffrey Archer
(published 1979), reaches #1 on the
New York Times
bestseller list.
Midnight's Children
by
Salman Rushdie
is 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
.
New Books
The Bourne Identity[?]
-
Robert Ludlum
A Confederacy of Dunces[?]
-
John Kennedy Toole
Cosmos
-
Carl Sagan
The Covenant[?]
-
James A. Michener
The Cradle Will Fall[?]
-
Mary Higgins Clark[?]
The Devil's Alternative[?]
-
Frederick Forsyth[?]
The Fifth Horseman[?]
-
Larry Collins[?]
and
Dominique Lapierre[?]
Firestarter[?]
-
Stephen King
Joshua Then and Now[?]
-
Mordecai Richler
In Loon Lake[?]
-
E.L. Doctorow
The Invasion of Canada[?]
-
Pierre Berton
The Key to Rebecca[?]
-
Ken Follett
The Name of the Rose
-
Umberto Eco
Princess Daisy[?]
-
Judith Krantz[?]
Rage of Angels[?]
-
Sidney Sheldon[?]
Random Winds[?]
-
Belva Plain[?]
A Ring of Endless Light[?]
-
Madeleine L'Engle[?]
Smiley's People[?]
-
John le Carré
Song of the Wild[?]
-
Allan W. Eckert
The Third Wave[?]
-
Alvin Toffler
Thy Neighbor's Wife[?]
-
Gay Talese[?]
Births
Deaths
January 3
-
Joy Adamson
, conservationist and author of
Born Free[?]
(killed by a servant in northern
Kenya
).
June 7
-
Henry Miller
, writer
December 2
-
Romain Gary
, writer
December 8
-
John Lennon
, musician, author
December 31
-
Marshall McLuhan
(author)
Awards
Booker Prize
:
William Golding
,
Rites of Passage
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Joan Blos[?]
,
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Czeslaw Milosz
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
Lanford Wilson
,
Talley's Folly
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
Norman Mailer
,
The Executioner's Song
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Donald Justice[?]
,
Selected Poems
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