Events
- August 12 — with the 20-year time limit stipulated by Thomas Mann at his death having expired, sealed packets containing 32 of the author's notebooks are opened in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Writing under the pseudonym of "Emile Ajar", author Romain Gary becomes the only person to ever win the Prix Goncourt twice.
- Hearing Secret Harmonies, the twelfth and final novel of the A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy by Anthony Powell is published.
- Milan Kundera emigrated to France.
- Petrarca-Preis was founded by Hubert Burda.
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