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English Literature timeline
US poet Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London
English author John Le Carré publishes a Cold-War thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
English author Margaret Drabble publishes her first novel, A Summer Birdcage
Sexual intercourse begins in this year, according to Philip Larkin's 1974 poem Annus Mirabilis
Roald Dahl publishes a fantasy treat for a starving child, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
English author A.S. Byatt publishes her first novel, Shadow of a Sun
English novelist Paul Scott publishes The Jewel in the Crown, the first volume in his 'Raj Quartet'
Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins critical acclaim for Death of a Naturalist, his first volume containing more than a few poems
After a long period of obscurity, Wide Sargasso Sea brings novelist Jean Rhys back into the literary limelight
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, is produced at the Edinburgh Festival
English author Angela Carter wins recognition with her quirky second novel, The Magic Toyshop
English playwright Alan Ayckbourn has his first success with Relatively Speaking
Three young Liverpool poets publish a shared anthology under the title The Mersey Sound
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, by English dramatist Peter Nichols, has its premiere in London
English biographer Michael Holroyd completes his two-volume life of Lytton Strachey
English novelist John Fowles publishes The French Lieutenant's Woman, set in Lyme Regis in the 1860s
English dramatist Caryl Churchill's first play, Owners, is produced in London
English poet James Fenton publishes his first collection, Terminal Moraine
British economist Ernst Friedrich Schumacher publishes an influential economic tract, Small is Beautiful
Martin Amis, son of Kingsley Amis, publishes his first novel, The Rachel Papers
English author Ruth Prawer Jhabwala wins the Booker Prize with her novel Heat and Dust
Iris Murdoch publishes The Sea, the Sea, and wins the 1978 Booker Prize
English author Andrew Motion publishes his first collection of poems, The Pleasure Steamers
British author Ian McEwan publishes his first novel, The Cement Garden
Peter Shaffer's play about Mozart, Amadeus, has its premiere in London
