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| 1975 |
| | | US author E.L. Doctorow sets his novel Ragtime in the early years of the 20th century | |
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| 1975 |
| | | English author Ruth Prawer Jhabwala wins the Booker Prize with her novel Heat and Dust | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Canadian novelist Robertson Davies completes his semi-autobiographical Deptford Trilogy | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Black American author Alex Haley traces his family origins in Africa in Roots | |
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| 1977 |
| | | German author Botho Strauss's play Three Acts of Recognition wins him an international audience | |
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| 1978 |
| | | US author John Irving has wide success with his novel The World According to Garp | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Iris Murdoch publishes The Sea, the Sea, and wins the 1978 Booker Prize | |
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| 1978 |
| | | English author Andrew Motion publishes his first collection of poems, The Pleasure Steamers | |
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| 1978 |
| | | British author Ian McEwan publishes his first novel, The Cement Garden | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Peter Shaffer's play about Mozart, Amadeus, has its premiere in London | |
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