1974 in literature
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See also: 1973 in literature, other events of 1974, 1975 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- All the President's Men - Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
- Carrie - Stephen King
- Centennial - James A. Michener
- Crime Partners - Donald Goines
- The Cry of the Halidon - Robert Ludlum
- Death Sleep - John Hawkes
- The Diviners - Margaret Laurence
- The Dogs of War - Frederick Forsyth
- The Ebony Tower - John Fowles
- Ending Up - Kingsley Amis
- Falstaff - Robert Nye
- Fear of Flying - Erica Jong
- Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick
- The Last Days of Louisiana Red - Ishmael Reed
- Let Me Alone - Anna Kavan
- Look at the Harlequins - Vladimir Nabokov
- The Other Side of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - Annie Dillard
- The Pirate - Harold Robbins
- The Power Broker - Robert A. Caro
- Something Happened - Joseph Heller
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carré
- Wait Until the Evening - Hal Bennett
- A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
- Working - Studs Terkel
Births
- April 13 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (d. 2005)
Deaths
- March 24 - Olive Higgins Prouty, American novelist
- July 4 - Georgette Heyer, author
- October 4 - Anne Sexton, poet
- December 14 - Walter Lippmann, writer
Awards
- Booker Prize: Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist
- See 1974 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Hugo Award: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
- Nebula Award: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Paula Fox, The Slave Dancer
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Evyind Johnson and Harry Martinson
- Prix Goncourt: Pascal Lainé, La Dentellière
- Prix Médicis French: Porporino ou les Mystèrs de Naples
- Prix Médicis International: Julio Cortázar, Libro de Manuel
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Lowell, The Dolphin
- Viareggio Prize: Clotilde Marghieri, Amati enigmi