1982 In Literature

Events

• La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Rgine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.

New books

• The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals - Elizabeth Smart
• The Bride of Suleiman - Aileen Crawley
• The Color Purple - Alice Walker
• Consequences - Margaret Trudeau
• Crossings - Danielle Steel
• The Darkling - David Kesterton
• Different Seasons - Stephen King
• Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
• The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn
• La casa de los espritus (The House of the Spirits) - Isabel Allende
• In Search of Excellence - Tom Peters
• An Indecent Obsession - Colleen McCullough
• The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks
• Invasion of the Space Invaders - Martin Amis
• The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett
• Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
• Mistral's Daughter - Judith Krantz
• Monsignor Quixote - Graham Greene
• None is too many - Irving Abella and Harold Troper
• North and South - John Jakes
• - James Edward
• The Parsifal Mosaic - Robert Ludlum
• The Running Man - Stephen King
• Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally
• Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella
• Space - James A. Michener
• - Arthur C. Clarke
• The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel

Births

Deaths

• March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer
• March 6 - Ayn Rand, author
• June 18 - John Cheever, writer

Awards

• Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
• See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Nebula Award: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel Garca Mrquez
• Prix Goncourt: Dominique Fernandez, dans la main de l'Ange
• Prix Mdicis French: Jean-Franois Josselin, L'Enfer et Cie
• Prix Mdicis International: Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Play
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Updike - Rabbit Is Rich
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems
• Whitbread Best Book Award: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill

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