1977 in literature

See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
• Beggarman, Thief - Irwin Shaw
• Bloodline - Sidney Sheldon
• A Bonus - Elizabeth Smart
• The Chancellor Manuscript - Robert Ludlum
• Child of the Morning - Pauline Gedge
• The Complete Book of Running - Jim Fixx
• Daniel Martin - John Fowles
• Dreams Die First - Harold Robbins
• The Honourable Schoolboy - John le Carré
• How to Save Your Own Life - Erica Jong
• Illusions - Richard Bach
• Oliver's Story - Erich Segal
• The Plague Dogs - Richard Adams
• Rage - Richard Bachman
• Refiner's Fire - Mark Helprin
• A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick
• The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
• The Shining - Stephen King
• The Slave Girl - Buchi Emecheta
• Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
• Terms of Endearment - Larry McMurtry
• The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
• The True American, A Folk Fable - Melvin Van Peebles
• The Wars - Timothy Findley
• Rocky Marciano. Biography of A First Son - Everett M. Skehan

Births

Deaths

• July 2 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American novelist
• October 27 - James M. Cain, novelist, newspaperman
• December 22 - Frank Thiess, German writer

Awards

• Booker Prize: Paul Scott, Staying On
• Nebula Award: Frederik Pohl, Gateway
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Vicente Aleixandre
• Prix Goncourt: Didier Decoin, John l'enfer
• Prix Médicis French: Michel Butel, L'Autre Amour
• Prix Médicis International: Hector Bianciotti, Le Traité des saisons - Argentina
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Michael Cristofer, The Shadow Box
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, Divine Comedies
• Viareggio Prize: Davide Lajolo, Veder l'erba dalla parte delle radici
• 1977 Governor General's Awards