Events New Books The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson Beggarman, Thief - Irwin Shaw Bloodline - Sidney Sheldon A Bonus - Elizabeth Smart The Chancellor Manuscript - Robert Ludlum Child of the Morning - Pauline Gedge The Complete Book of Running - Jim Fixx Dreams Die First - Harold Robbins The Honourable Schoolboy - John le Carré How to Save Your Own Life - Erica Jong Illusions - Richard Bach Oliver's Story - Erich Segal A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch The Shining - Stephen King The Slave Girl - Buchi Emecheta Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison Terms of Endearment - Larry McMurtry The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough The True American, A Folk Fable - Melvin Van Peebles The Wars - Timothy Findley Rocky Marciano. Biography of A First Son - Everett M. Skehan Births Deaths July 2 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American novelist October 27 - James M. Cain, novelist, newspaperman December 22 - Frank Thiess, German writer Awards Booker Prize: Paul Scott, Staying On Nebula Award: Frederik Pohl, Gateway Newbery Medal for children's literature: Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Nobel Prize for Literature: Vicente Aleixandre Prix Goncourt: Didier Decoin, John l'enfer Prix Médicis French: Michel Butel, L'Autre Amour Prix Médicis International: Hector Bianciotti, Le Traité des saisons - Argentina Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Michael Cristofer, The Shadow Box Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: no award given Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Merrill, Divine Comedies Viareggio Prize: Davide Lajolo, Veder l'erba dalla parte delle radici 1977 Governor General's Awards