1983 in literature
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The year 1983 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- Ironweed by William Kennedy is published.
- Salvage for the Saint by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse is published. This is the final book in a series of novels, novellas and short stories featuring the Leslie Charteris creation The Saint that started in 1928. An unsuccessful attempt at restarting the series would occur in 1997.
[edit] New books
- Isaac Asimov - The Robots of Dawn
- Greg Bear - The Wind from a Burning Woman
- Samuel Beckett - Worstward Ho
- Thomas Berger - The Feud
- Thomas Bernhard - The Loser
- Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Mists of Avalon
- Morley Callaghan - A Time for Judas
- Raymond Carver - Cathedral
- Hugo Claus - Het verdriet van België
- J. M. Coetzee - Life and Times of Michael K
- Jackie Collins - Hollywood Wives
- Basil Copper - The House of the Wolf
- Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Sword and Sharpe's Enemy
- Bernard & Judy Cornwell (as Susannah Kells) - A Crowning Glory
- L. Sprague de Camp - The Reluctant King and The Unbeheaded King
- Stephen R. Donaldson - White Gold Wielder: Book Three of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Allan W. Eckert - The Dark Green Tunnel
- Ken Follett - On Wings of Eagles
- Ernest J. Gaines - A Gathering of Old Men
- John Gardner - Icebreaker
- Gery Greer and Bob Ruddick - Max and Me and the Time Machine
- Mark Helprin - Winter's Tale
- Elfriede Jelinek - The Piano Teacher
- William Kennedy -Ironweed
- Stephen King - Christine and Pet Sematary
- Dean R. Koontz - Phantoms
- Louis L'Amour - The Lonesome Gods
- John le Carré - The Little Drummer Girl
- Mary Mackey - The Last Warrior Queen
- Norman Mailer - Ancient Evenings
- James A. Michener - Poland
- Anita Brian Moore - Cold Heaven
- R. K. Narayan - A Tiger for Malgudi
- Robert B. Parker - The Widening Gyre
- Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates
- Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
- Salman Rushdie - Shame
- Joanna Russ - The Zanzibar Cat
- Danielle Steel - Changes (Danielle Steel novel)
- Walter Tevis - The Queen's Gambit
- Fay Weldon - The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
- A. N. Wilson - Scandal
- Robert Anton Wilson - Prometheus Rising
- Roger Zelazny - Unicorn Variations
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- Grace Nichols - i is a long memoried woman
- Paul Durcan - Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela
[edit] Non-fiction
- L. Sprague deCamp - The Fringe of the Unknown
- L. Sprague deCamp, Catherine Crook de Camp and Jane Whittington Griffin - Dark Valley Destiny: the Life of Robert E. Howard
- Susan Oliver - Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey
- Anna Rosmus - Resistance and Persecution in Passau from 1933 to 1939
[edit] Births
- November 17, Christopher Paolini, novelist
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Chapman Grant, historian and publisher
- February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- March 3 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator
- April 12 - Desmond Bagley, novelist
- June 19 - Vilmundur Gylfason, Icelandic historian and poer
- September 16 - Roy Andries De Groot, food writer
[edit] Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Jenny Summerville, Shields Of Trell
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Vivian Smith, Tide Country
[edit] Canada
- See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan, Les égarés
- Prix Médicis French: Jean Echenoz, Cherokee
- Prix Médicis International: Kenneth White, La route bleue
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -Life and Times of Michael K
- Cholmondeley Award: John Fuller, Craig Raine, Anthony Thwaite
- Eric Gregory Award: Martin Stokes, Hilary Davies, Michael O’Neill, Lisa St Aubin De Teran, Deidre Shanahan
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Jonathan Keates, Allegro Postillions
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Alan Walker, Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years
- Newdigate prize: Peter McDonald
- Whitbread Best Book Award: John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Kate Daniels, The White Wave
- Nebula Award: David Brin, Startide Rising
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Cynthia Voigt, Dicey's Song
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marsha Norman, 'Night, Mother
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker - The Color Purple
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell - Selected Poems
[edit] Elsewhere
- Premio Nadal: Salvador García Aguilar, Regocijo en el hombre
