1969 in literature

See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature.

Awards

• Booker Prize: P. H. Newby - Something to Answer For
• See 1969 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Hugo Award: John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar
• Nebula Award: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Lloyd Alexander, The High King
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Samuel Beckett
• Prix Goncourt: Félicien Marceau, Creezy
• Prix Médicis: Hélène Cixous, Dedans
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Howard Sackler, The Great White Hope
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: N. Scott Momaday - House Made of Dawn
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: George Oppen: Of Being Numerous
• Viareggio Prize: Fulvio Tomizza, L'albero dei sogni