1975 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.

New Books

• The Ascent of Man - Jacob Bronowski
• The Choirboys[?] - Joseph Wambaugh[?]
• Curtain[?] - Agatha Christie
• Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany
• The Eagle Has Landed[?] - Jack Higgins[?]
• A Fine and Private Place[?] - Morley Callaghan
• The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton
• Hang That Nigger[?] - Arthur Robinson[?]
• Hearing Secret Harmonies[?] - Anthony Powell
• The History Man - Malcolm Bradbury[?]
• Humboldt's Gift[?] - Saul Bellow
• In A Shallow Grave[?] - James Purdy[?]
• Looking for Mister Goodbar[?] - Judith Rossner[?]
• Mr. Schutzer[?] - Timothy L. Bottoms[?]
• The Moneychangers[?] - Arthur Hailey
• Northern Lights[?] - Tim O'Brien
• Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
• The Road to Gandolfo[?] - Robert Ludlum
• 'Salems's Lot[?] - Stephen King
• Shogun - James Clavell
• La vie devant soi[?] - Romain Gary as Emile Ajar
• World of Wonders[?] - Robertson Davies

Births

Deaths

Awards

• Booker Prize: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala [?], Heat and Dust
• Newberry 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
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, Seascape
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Shaara[?] - The Killer Angels
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Gary Snyder - Turtle Island