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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1968.
Events
[edit]- January 1 – Cecil Day-Lewis is announced as the new Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.[1]
- April – The American edition of Andrew Garve's thriller The Long Short Cut becomes the first book printed completely by electronic composition.[2][3]
- May – The Action Theater in Munich is disbanded after its building is wrecked by one of its founders, jealous of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's growing power in the group.[4]
- June 17 – Tom Stoppard's parodic comedy The Real Inspector Hound opens at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End, starring Richard Briers and Ronnie Barker.[5]
- July 28 – Last Exit to Brooklyn is cleared of obscenity in the English appeal court. John Mortimer appears for the defence.[6]
- September 26 – Theatres Act 1968 (royal assent July 26) ends censorship of the theatre in the United Kingdom.[7][8]
- November – The English novelist Anthony Burgess and his new wife Liana settle in Lija on Malta.[9]
- unknown dates
- The first translations and book-length discussion of the Sumerian Enheduanna's work is published.[10]
- Dean R. Koontz's first novel, Star Quest, is published by Ace Books in the United States.[11]
- The Arvon Foundation is established by young poets John Fairfax and John Moat in the UK to promote creative writing.[12]
New books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Ayi Kwei Armah – The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born[13]
- Elizabeth Bowen – Eva Trout[14]
- Anthony Burgess – Enderby Outside[15]
- Victor Canning – The Melting Man[16]
- Per Anders Fogelström – Stad i världen[17]
- Michael Innes – Appleby at Allington[18]
- John Irving – Setting Free the Bears[19]
- Halldór Laxness – Kristnihald undir jökli (Christianity under the Glacier)[20]
- John le Carré – A Small Town in Germany[21]
- Helen MacInnes – The Salzburg Connection[22]
- Ngaio Marsh – Clutch of Constables[23]
- N. Scott Momaday – House Made of Dawn[24]
- Brian Moore – I Am Mary Dunne[25]
- Fănuș Neagu – Îngerul a strigat ("The Angel Has Shouted")[26]
- Anthony Powell – The Military Philosophers[27]
- Giorgio Scerbanenco – I ragazzi del massacro[28]
- Robert Silverberg – The Masks of Time[29]
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Cancer Ward («Раковый Корпус», Rakovy Korpus)[30]
- Muriel Spark – The Public Image[31]
Children and young people
[edit]- Lloyd Alexander – The High King[32]
- Joan Aiken – The Whispering Mountain[33]
- Don Freeman – Corduroy[34]
- Russell Hoban – The Mouse and His Child[35]
- Ted Hughes – The Iron Man[36]
- Judith Kerr – The Tiger Who Came to Tea[37]
- Alexander Key – Escape to Witch Mountain[38]
- David McKee – Elmer the Patchwork Elephant[39]
- Robert C. O'Brien – The Silver Crown[40]
- Jill Tomlinson – The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark[41]
- Paul Zindel – The Pigman (first in The Pigman trilogy)[42]
Drama
[edit]Poetry
[edit]Non-fiction
[edit]- Eldridge Cleaver – Soul on Ice[44]
- Joan Didion – Slouching Towards Bethlehem[45]
- Esther Hautzig – The Endless Steppe (autobiography)[46]
- Bevis Hillier – Art Deco of the 20s and 30s
- Pauline Kael – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang[47]
- Peter Maas – The Valachi Papers[48]
- Erich von Däniken – Chariots of the Gods? (Erinnerungen an die Zukunft)[49]
- Gwyn Thomas – A Few Selected Exits[50]
- James D. Watson – The Double Helix[51]
Births
[edit]- October 7 – Rachel Kushner, American writer
- unknown dates
- Brock Clarke, American writer[citation needed]
- K. V. Johansen, Canadian children's author[52]
Deaths
[edit]- January 21 – Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (born 1914)[53]
- March 23 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator (born 1918)[54]
- April 4 - Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi, Iranian-Iraqi Ja'fari jurist, religious teacher and poet (born 1889)[55]
- April 16 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer and playwright (born 1885)[56]
- April 27 – Vasily Azhayev, Soviet writer (born 1915)[57]
- April 29 – Anthony Boucher, American author, critic, and editor (born 1911)[58]
- May 1 – Sir Harold Nicolson, British biographer (born 1886)[59]
- May 30 – Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor, Romanian anthropologist, ethnographer and children's writer (born 1900)[60]
- May 31 – Abel Bonnard, French poet, novelist and politician (born 1883)[61]
- June 1 – Helen Keller, deaf-blind American author, activist and lecturer (born 1880)[62]
- August 21 - Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian writer (born 1893)[63]
- November 17 – Mervyn Peake, English novelist (dementia, born 1911)[64]
- November 25 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist and politician (born 1878)[65]
- November 28 – Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897)[66]
- December 5 – Anna Kavan, British novelist, short story writer and painter (born 1901)[67]
- December 20 – John Steinbeck, American novelist (congestive heart failure, born 1902)[68]
- December 24 – D. Gwenallt Jones, Welsh poet (born 1899)[69]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, Rita (January 2, 1968). "C. Day Lewis Is Poet Laureate". The Times. No. 57138. London. p. 1.
- ^ Altbach, Philip Gabriel; Hoshino, Edith S. (1995). International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8153-0786-0.
- ^ Kane, Joseph Nathan (1997). Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History (5th ed.). The H.W. Wilson Company. p. 67. ISBN 0-8242-0930-3.
- ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (1996). Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject. Amsterdam University Press. p. 301. ISBN 90-5356-059-9.
- ^ Stephen Hu (1989). Tom Stoppard's Stagecraft. P. Lang. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8204-0709-8.
- ^ Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2011). Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon. pp. 283–4. ISBN 978-184831-247-0.
- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85986-000-7.
- ^ Text of the Theatres Act 1968 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ "Going into Exile: Anthony Burgess in Malta". International Anthony Burgess Foundation. June 26, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Hallo, William W.; Van Dijk, J. J. A. (1968). The Exaltation of Inanna. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- ^ Christopher P. Stephens (1992). A Checklist of Dean R. Koontz. Ultramarine Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-89366-133-5.
- ^ Miranda H. Ferrara (2004). The Writers Directory: Vol. 1: A-L. 2004. St. James Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-55862-525-9.
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet (April 18, 2022). "The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen's jubilee book list". The Guardian. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Moving Out. 1975. p. 39.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1991). Reference Guide to English Literature: Introductions; Writers A-G. St. James Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-55862-078-0.
- ^ John M. Reilly (2015). Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer. p. 254.
- ^ Fogelström, Per Anders. "Stad i världen / Per Anders Fogelström". Stockholmskällan (in Swedish). Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ George L. Scheper (1986). Michael Innes. Ungar. p. 186.
- ^ Jim O'Loughlin (March 26, 2019). Kurt Vonnegut Remembered. University of Alabama Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-8173-2011-9.
- ^ Scandinavian Studies: Publication of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. The Society. 1985. p. 88.
- ^ BOSTON, RICHARD (October 27, 1968). "What Became Of Harting?". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ Hubin, Allen J. (September 15, 1968). "Blackmail unlimited". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Richardson, Maurice (October 27, 1968). "Crime Ration". The Observer. p. 29.
- ^ Scarberry-García, Susan. Landmarks of Healing: a Study of House Made of Dawn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1990. Print.
- ^ Fulford, Robert (January 12, 1999). "Brian Moore: A writer who never failed to surprise his readers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Raicu, Lucian (1968). "Mișcarea literară 1968. Romanul total". România Literară (11): 1.
- ^ Barnes, Simon, "Magic in Action: Coincidences in A Dance to the Music of Time." Secret Harmonies 10 (Spring 2023):149-157.
- ^ "Formats and Editions of I ragazzi del massacro". WorldCat. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ Chapman, Edgar L. (1999). The road to Castle Mount: the science fiction of Robert Silverberg. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-313-26145-8.
- ^ Frank Northen Magill (1989). Cyclopedia of World Authors II. Salem Press. p. 4391. ISBN 978-0-89356-516-9.
- ^ The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark. Edinburgh University Press. 2010. p. 21. ISBN 9780748637706.
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 14.
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 10.
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 142.
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 264.
- ^ "The Iron Man by Ted Hughes". www.bl.uk. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (February 5, 2018). "HarperCollins to celebrate 50 years of 'Tiger Who Came to Tea'". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ The Palgrave Handbook of Children's Film and Television. Springer International Publishing. 2019. p. 45. ISBN 9783030176204.
- ^ "The evolution of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant". BBC News. July 9, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 331. ISBN 9780547348896.
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 436.
- ^ "Obituary: Paul Zindel". The Guardian. April 2, 2003.
- ^ Lachance, François (2002), "Tremblay, Michel", glbtq.com, archived from the original on August 14, 2007, retrieved August 18, 2007
- ^ College Language Association (U.S.) (1977). CLA Journal. College Language Association. p. 556.
- ^ "Slouching Towards Bethlehem". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ "YIVO News" (PDF). No. 206. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Spring 2010. p. 12. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ Ronald Gottesman; Harry M. Geduld (1972). Guidebook to Film: An Eleven-in-one Reference. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 22.
- ^ Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives. National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1990. p. 104.
- ^ Story, Ronald (1976). The space-gods revealed : a close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken. New York: Harper & Row. p. 2. ISBN 0-06-014141-7. Citing Der Spiegel, in issue 12/1969 (March 17, 1969), p. 184 and issue 12/1973 (March 19, 1973), p. 145.
- ^ The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature. Cambridge University Press. 2019. p. 403. ISBN 9781107106765.
- ^ Feldman, Burton (2001). The Nobel prize: a history of genius, controversy, and prestige. Arcade Publishing. p. 263. ISBN 1-55970-592-2.
- ^ Book Review Digest. H.W. Wilson Company. December 2001. p. 90.
- ^ "Will Lang, Headed Life News Bureaus". The New York Times. January 23, 1968. p. 43.
- ^ Charles F. Duffy (2003). A Family of His Own: A Life of Edwin O'Connor. CUA Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-8132-1337-8.
- ^ Al-Khaqani, Abdullah (2000). Mawsūʻat al-Najaf al-Ashraf موسوعة النجف الأشرف [Encyclopedia of Najaf] (in Arabic). Vol. 20 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Adhwa. p. 143.
- ^ R. Baird Shuman (2002). Great American Writers: Twentieth Century. Marshall Cavendish. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-7614-7240-7.
- ^ Andreas Lahusen; Thomas Lahusen; Gene Kuperman (1993). Late Soviet Culture: From Perestroika to Novostroika. Duke University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-8223-1290-1.
- ^ Michael Ashley (2000). The History of the Science-fiction Magazine. Liverpool University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-85323-779-2.
- ^ Derek Drinkwater; Visiting Fellow Department of International Relations Derek Drinkwater (February 17, 2005). Sir Harold Nicolson and International Relations: The Practitioner as Theorist. OUP Oxford. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-19-927385-0.
- ^ "Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor". România Liberă. May 31, 1968. p. 5.
- ^ Olivier Mathieu (1988). Abel Bonnard, une aventure inachevée (in French). Paris: Léon Degrelle. p. 371.
- ^ Nigel Starck (January 1, 2006). Life After Death: The Art of the Obituary. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-522-85256-1.
- ^ Kuiper, Kathleen (1995). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Springfield: Merriam-Webster. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6.
- ^ Sahlas, Demetrios J. (2003). "Dementia With Lewy Bodies and the Neurobehavioral Decline of Mervyn Peake". Archives of Neurology. 60 (6): 889–892. doi:10.1001/archneur.60.6.889. PMID 12810496.
- ^ Jay Parini (2004). The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-515653-9.
- ^ Greenfield, George (1999). Enid Blyton. Oxford: Isis. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0-75310-720-1.
- ^ Ironside, Virginia. "Kavan, Anna [née Helen Emily Woods; married name Helen Emily Ferguson] (1901–1968)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76072. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "John Steinbeck Biography". National Steinbeck Centre. Archived from the original on March 5, 2010.
- ^ Brynley Francis Roberts. "Jones, David James ('Gwenallt'; 1899-1968), poet, critic and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.