1981 in literature
Overview of the events of 1981 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1981 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Jan 4 – Sarah Crossan , Irish young-adult writer
April 7 – Lili Wilkinson , Australian young-adult writer
May 19 – Kiera Cass , American young-adult writer
May 20 – Ottessa Moshfegh , American novelist
June 10 – Juno Dawson , born James Dawson, English young-adult LGBT writer
July 10 – Karen Russell , American novelist
July 27 – Dan Jones , British historian and TV presenter
September 30 – Cecelia Ahern , Irish novelist
October 3 – Leïla Slimani , Franco-Moroccan novelist[ 21]
October 12 – NoViolet Bulawayo (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele), Zimbabwe-born novelist[ 22]
October 31 – Irina Denezhkina , Russian writer
December 11 – Hamish Blake , Australian comedian, actor and author
December 13 – Mathis Bailey , American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer
unknown dates
Deaths
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 )
March 31 – Enid Bagnold , English writer and playwright (born 1889 )
April 1 – D. F. Jones , English science fiction writer (born 1918 )
April 13 – Gwyn Thomas , Welsh novelist and broadcaster (born 1913 )
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 23 – Rayner Heppenstall , English writer and poet (born 1911 )
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]
October 25 – Cynthia Harnett , English children's writer (born 1893 )
October 30 – Denys Rhodes , English novelist (born 1919 )
November 6 – Digby George Gerahty , English novelist (born 1898 )
November 30 – Charles Eric Maine , English science fiction writer (born 1921 )
December 9 – C. P. Taylor , Scottish playwright (born 1929 )
December 26 – Amber Reeves , New Zealand-born English scholar, feminist and novelist (born 1887 )
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
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 , and 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
Elsewhere
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198715542 .
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^ Hahn 2015, p. 660
^ Hahn 2015, p. 657