See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New books
Births
Deaths
Awards
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Booker Prize: William Golding, Rites of Passage
- See 1980 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Nebula Award: Gregory Benford, Timescape
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Joan Blos , A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Czeslaw Milosz
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Premio Cervantes : Juan Carlos Onetti
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Prix Goncourt: Yves Navarre , Le Jardin d'acclimatation
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Prix Médicis French: Jean-Luc Benoziglio , Cabinet-portrait who refused the prize, thus it was given to Jean Lahougue 's Comptine des Height
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Prix Médicis International: André Brink , Une saison blanche et sèche
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Lanford Wilson, Talley's Folly
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Donald Justice, Selected Poems
- Whitbread Best Book Award : David Lodge, How Far Can You Go?
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