See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999-The Bomb 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• Frank Herbert's Dune wins the first ever Nebula Award
• The Magus - John Fowles is published.

Frank Herbert Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965 . ... The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Magus by John Fowles, cover painting by Tom Adams The Magus is the first novel by British author John Fowles, but actually the second to be published, following the success of The Collector (1963). ... John Fowles is an English novelist and essayist. ...

New books

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Alex Haley & Malcolm X
• The British Museum Is Falling Down - David Lodge
• Dune - Frank Herbert
• Georgy Girl - Margaret Forster
• The Green Berets - Robin Moore
• Hotel - Arthur Hailey
• The Looking-Glass War - John le Carré
• The Magus - John Fowles
• The Man with the Golden Gun - Ian Fleming
• Markings - Dag Hammarskjöld
• Morning's at Seven - Eric Malpass
• The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski
• The Source - James A. Michener
• Those Who Love - Irving Stone
• The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick
• Up the Down Staircase - Bel Kaufman

The Autobiography of Malcolm X cover The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written by Alex Haley between 1964 and 1965, based on interviews conducted shortly before Malcolms death (and with an epilogue for after it), and was published in 1972. ... Jump to: navigation, search Alex Haley Alexander Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 - February 10, 1992) was an African American writer (though he was also proud of his Irish and Cherokee ancestry). ... Jump to: navigation, search Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 – also known as: Detroit Red, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and Omowale) was an American spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965) is a comic novel by David Lodge about a 25 year-old poverty-stricken student of English literature who, rather than working on his thesis (entitled The Structure of Long Sentences in Three Modern English Novels) in the reading room of the British... David Lodge (born January 28, 1935 at London, England) is a British author. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965 . ... Frank Herbert Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film, based on a novel by Margaret Forster. ... Margaret Forster (born 1938) is a British author. ... This article is about the U.S. Special Operations Force. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robin Moore (born October 31, 1925) is a U.S. writer who authored the lyrics of Ballad of the Green Berets, and the books The Green Berets, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy... Categories: Literature stubs | Novels ... Jump to: navigation, search Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 - November 24, 2004) was a British/Canadian/American/Bahamian novelist. ... The Looking Glass War is a spy novel by John le Carré, published in 1965. ... John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Magus by John Fowles, cover painting by Tom Adams The Magus is the first novel by British author John Fowles, but actually the second to be published, following the success of The Collector (1963). ... John Fowles is an English novelist and essayist. ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... A marking might be: an annotation an animal marking, such as the spots of a leopard a road marking, such as lines or words, or the stripes of a Zebra crossing. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld â–¶(?) (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September, 1961. ... Eric Lawson Malpass (November 14, 1910 - October 16, 1996) was an English novelist noted for his humorous and witty descriptions of rural family life, in particular that of his creation, the extended Pentecost family. ... The Painted Bird is a controversial novel by Jerzy Kosinski in which the world is described through the eyes of a young, black haired, black eyed boy who finds himself lost in small towns scattered around Eastern Europe (presumably Poland or Bellorussia) during World War II. The book has been... Jerzy Kosiński. ... Jump to: navigation, search There have been a number of things known as The Source: The Source is a 1967 novel by James A. Michener. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907? - October 16, 1997) was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans... Irving Stone (July 14, 1903 - August 26, 1989) is an American writer known for his biographical novels of famous historical personalities. ... The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a typically complex novel by the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. ... Jump to: navigation, search Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (16 December 1928 — 2 March 1982), often known by his initials PKD, and sometimes by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. ... Up the Down Staircase is a humorous novel written by Bel Kaufman, and published in 1965. ... Bel Kaufman is a Russian-American professor and author. ...

Births

• March 4 - Andrew Collins, journalist and scriptwriter
• March 30 - Piers Morgan, controversial journalist and editor
• July 31 - Joanne Kathleen Rowling, author
• October 23 - Augusten Burroughs, memoirist
• November 11 - Thomas K. Ward, software project manager
• December 31 - Nicholas Sparks, novelist
• date unknown - Patience Agbabi, performance poet
• date unknown - Thomas Brussig, novelist

Jump to: navigation, search March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Collins Andrew John Collins (born March 4, 1965, Northampton, United Kingdom) is a British journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born March 30, 1965 in Newick, East Sussex) was editor of The Daily Mirror, a British tabloid newspaper, from 1995 until he was sacked in 2004. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search Augusten Xon Burroughs (born October 23, 1965) is an American writer, best known for his memoirs, Running with Scissors and Dry. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nicholas Sparks (born December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American author and writer. ... Patience Agbabi (born 1965) is a British poet and performer with a particular emphasis on the spoken word. ... Thomas Brussig (born 1965) is a German writer who was born in Berlin. ...

Deaths

• January 4 - T. S. Eliot, American/British poet
• January 12 - Lorraine Hansberry, writer
• May 3 - Howard Spring, novelist
• June 5 - Thornton Burgess, children's author
• July 9 - Jacques Audiberti
• October 8 - Thomas B. Costain, popular historian
• October 15 - Randall Jarrell, poet
• November 8 - Dorothy Kilgallen, journalist
• November 20 - Katharine Anthony, biographer
• December 16 - William Somerset Maugham

Jump to: navigation, search January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major... Jump to: navigation, search January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Howard Spring (1889-1965) was a Welsh author. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Thornton W. Burgess (1874 – 1965) was an American conservationist and author of childrens stories featuring the wildlife of his native Massachusetts—Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Grandfather Frog, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Jacques Audiberti (March 25, 1899 - July 9, 1965) was a French author. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... Thomas Bertram Costain (1885-1965) was a Canadian journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965) was a United States author, writer and poet. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Dorothy Kilgallen, with husband Dick Kollmar Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 - November 8, 1965) was an Irish-American actress, socialite, reporter and television presenter. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Katharine Susan Anthony (Sometimes also spelled Katherine) (27 November 1877 Roseville, Logan County, Arkansas - 20 November 1965 New York City) was an US biographer best known for The Lambs (1945), a controversial study of the British writers Charles and Mary Lamb. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ...

Awards

• See 1965 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Hugo Award: Fritz Leiber, The Wanderer
• Nebula Award: Frank Herbert, Dune
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Maia Wojciechowska, Shadow of a Bull
• Nobel Prize for literature - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
• Prix Goncourt: J. Borel, L'Adoration
• Prix Médicis: René-Victor Pilhes, La Rhubarbe
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Frank D. Gilroy, The Subject Was Roses
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Shirley Ann Grau - The Keepers Of The House
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: John Berryman: 77 Dream Songs
• Viareggio Prize: Goffredo Parise, Il Padrone (The Boss)