1971 жылғы әдебиет оқиғаларына шолу

Overview of the events of 1971 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1971.

March 25–December 14 – The 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals reaches a peak. April 21 – The 13th century Codex Regius manuscript is returned by Denmark to Iceland under naval escort. June 30 – Release of musical film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in the United States, based on Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Although Dahl is credited for the screenplay, creative differences with the production team cause him to disown the picture. July 4 – Michael S. Hart posts the first e book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, as the origin of Project Gutenberg. July 14 – Simon Gray's play Butley has its first performance at the Criterion Theatre in London, produced by Michael Codron and directed by Harold Pinter, with Alan Bates in the lead. October 20 – The Destiny Waltz by Gerda Charles wins the U. K.'s first Whitbread Novel of the Year Award. Geoffrey Hill wins the poetry prize for Mercian Hymns and Michael Meyer the biography category for Henrik Ibsen. November – Hunter S. Thompson's roman à clef Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is first published in Rolling Stone, as a two part article illustrated by Ralph Steadman. November 29 – Yuri Lyubimov's production of Hamlet is seen first at the Taganka Theatre in Moscow, with singer songwriter and poet Vladimir Vysotsky in the lead. December 24 – The Dutch writer and broadcaster Godfried Bomans is buried in the Sint Adelbertskerkhof (St. Adelbert Cemetery) in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands, two days after he dies from a heart attack. unknown date – Powell's Books opens its first bookstore in Portland, Oregon.

See 1971 Governor General's Awards for complete list.