1979 in literature

1979 in literature

See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards

Sophie's Choice by William Styron 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.

A Bend in the River[?] by V. S. Naipaul is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Naipaul to be included on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

A Bend in the River[?] - V. S. Naipaul
The Dead Zone[?] - Stephen King
The Executuoner's Song[?] - Norman Mailer
Ghost Story[?] - Peter Straub[?]
Ghost Writer[?] - Philip Roth
Jailbird[?] - Kurt Vonnegut
Kane and Abel[?] - Jeffrey Archer
Kindred[?] - Octavia Butler
The Last Enchantment[?] - Howard Fast
Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru[?] - Morgan Llywelyn[?]
The Matarese Circle[?] - Robert Ludlum
Memories of Another Day[?] - Harold Robbins
Montmartre - Philippe Jullian[?]
Overload - Arthur Hailey
The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
Smiley's People[?] - John le Carré
Sophie's Choice - William Styron
White House Years[?] - Henry Kissinger
Year of the French[?] - Thomas Flanagan[?]

Booker Prize: Penelope Fitzgerald[?], Offshore
Newberry Medal for children's literature: Ellen Raskin[?], The Westing Game
Odysseus Elytis[?] won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979.
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Sam Shepard, Buried Child
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Cheever[?] - The Stories of John Cheever
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren: Now and Then