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- June 21 – The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, is opened as a multiracial venue by Barney Simon.[1]
- September 3 – Novelist Antonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under the National Reorganization Process (military dictatorship) in Argentina.[2]
- September 9 – The Royal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the leading roles, directed by Trevor Nunn.[3]
- October 25 – The Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank opens in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, with a performance of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy Il Campiello.[4]
- unknown dates
- Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers is established in new premises at Nanterre.[5]
- Mary Ronnie became the world's first female national librarian, at the National Library of New Zealand.[6]
Fiction
- Ann Beattie – Chilly Scenes of Winter[7]
- John Braine – Waiting for Sheila[8]
- William F. Buckley – Saving the Queen (the first Blackford Oakes thriller)[9]
- Anthony Burgess – Beard's Roman Women[10]
- Ramsey Campbell – The Height of the Scream[11]
- Brian Garfield – Gundown[12]
- Fănuș Neagu – Frumoșii nebuni ai marilor orașe ("Those Beautiful Lunatics of the Great Cities")[13]
Children and young people
- Richard Adams – The Tyger Voyage[14]
Drama
- October 31 – Seth Abramson, American journalist and poet[17]
- unknown dates
- Bora Chung, Korean short story writer and novelist[18]
- January 12 – Agatha Christie, English crime writer (born 1890)[19]
- January 25 – Victor Ehrenberg, German historian (born 1891)[20]
- February 2 – Barbara Euphan Todd, English children's writer (born 1890)[21]
- February 12 – John Lewis, Welsh philosopher (born 1889)[22]
- March 5 – Charles Lederer, American screenwriter and film director (born 1910)[23]
- March 7 – Tove Ditlevsen, Danish poet and fiction writer (suicide, born 1917)[24]
- March 13 – Sergiu Dan, Romanian novelist and journalist (born 1903)[25]
- April 2 – Taos Amrouche, Algerian novelist (born 1913)[26]
- April 28 – Richard Hughes, British novelist (born 1900)[27]
- May 7 – Alison Uttley, English writer of children's books (born 1884)[28]
- July 3 – Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Austrian poet, dramatist and fiction writer (born 1897)[29]
- July 15 – Paul Gallico, American novelist, short story and sports writer (born 1897)[30]
- August 9 – José Lezama Lima, Cuban writer and poet (born [1910)[31]
- August 29 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet (born 1899)[32][33]
- September 10 – Dalton Trumbo, American novelist and screenwriter (born 1905)[34]
- October 30 – Barbu Solacolu, Romanian poet, translator and economist (born 1897)[35]
- November 4 – Robert Speaight, English actor, biographer and essayist (born 1904)[36]
- November 6 – Patrick Dennis, American novelist (pancreatic cancer, born 1921)[37]
- November 23 – André Malraux, French novelist (born 1901)[38]
- December 21 – Munro Leaf, American children's author (born 1905)[39]
- December 22 – Martín Luis Guzmán, Mexican novelist and journalist (born 1887)[40]
- December 26 – Yashpal, Hindi novelist (born 1903)[41]
- December 29 – G. B. Edwards, Guernsey-born writer (born 1899)[42]
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