June – The federal Australian Government removes 1969 novel Portnoy's Complaint from the list of books prohibited from import into Australia in the face of its widespread legal availablity in the country. It is the last literary publication to have been challenged with censorship before the Australian courts.[1]
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.
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