See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New books
Births
Deaths
Awards
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Akutagawa Prize: Azuma Mineo , Okinawan Boy
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Booker Prize: V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State
- See 1971 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Hugo Award: Larry Niven, Ringworld
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Nebula Award: Robert Silverberg, A Time of Changes
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Betsy Bears , Summer of the Swans
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Pablo Neruda
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Prix Goncourt: Jacques Laurent , Les Bêtises
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Prix Médicis: Pascal Lainé , L'Irrévolution
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Paul Zindel, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William S. Merwin , The Carrier of Ladders
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Viareggio Prize: Ugo Attardi , L'erede selvaggio
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