1967 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1966 in literature, other events of 1967, 1968 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Influential science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions published.

New Books

• The Arrangement - Elia Kazan
• The Chosen - Chaim Potok
• Christy - Catherine Marshall
• The Confessions of Nat Turner - William Styron
• The Crows of Pearblossom - Aldous Huxley
• Death of a President - William Manchester
• Down These Mean Streets - Piri Thomas
• The Eighth Day - Thornton Wilder
• The Exhibitionist - Henry Sutton
• The Gabriel Hounds - Mary Stewart
• Go to the Widow-Maker - James Jones
• Ice - Anna Kavan
• Jerusalm the Golden - Margaret Drabble
• Killing Time - Thomas Berger
• Miramar - Naguib Mahfouz
• One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
• Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
• Topaz - Leon Uris
• Wild Season - Allan W. Eckert

Births

Deaths

• August 29 - Sidney Bradshaw Fay, historian, author
• September 1 - Siegfried Sassoon, poet, author

Awards

• Akutagawa Prize: Oshiro Tatsuhiro, The Cocktail Party
• See 1967 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Hugo Award: Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
• Nebula Award: Samuel R. Delany, The Einstein Intersection
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Irene Hunt, Up a Pond Slowly
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Miguel Angel Asturias
• Prix Goncourt: André Pieyre de Mandiargues, La Marge
• Prix Médicis: Claude Simon, Histoire
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Bernard Malamud - The Fixer
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Anne Sexton: Live or Die
• Viareggio Prize: Raffaello Brignetti, Il gabbiano azzurro