Wikipedia: 1975 in literature

1975 in literature
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See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

Writing under the pseudonym of "Emile Ajar," author Romain Gary becomes the only person to ever win the Prix Goncourt twice.
Hearing Secret Harmonies, the twelfth and final novel of the A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy by Anthony Powell is published. In 2001, the A Dance to the Music of Time collection would be named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 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.

Booker Prize: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , Heat and Dust
See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Nebula Award: Joe Haldeman, The Forever War
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Virginia Hamilton, M. C. Higgins, the Great
Nobel Prize for Literature: Eugenio Montale
Prix Goncourt: Romain Gary as Emile Ajar - La vie devant soi
Prix Médicis French: Jacques Almira, Le Voyage à Naucratis
Prix Médicis International: Steven Millhauser, La Vie trop brève d'Edwin Mulhouse - United States
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, Seascape
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Shaara - The Killer Angels
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Gary Snyder - Turtle Island
Viareggio Prize: Paolo Volponi, Il sipario ducale