1992 in literature
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The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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Events [edit]
- The Goosebumps series of books, penned by R.L. Stine, are first published.
New books [edit]
- Ben Aaronovitch – Transit
- Tariq Ali – Shadows of the Pomegranite Tree
- Julia Álvarez – How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
- Paul Auster – Leviathan
- Iain Banks – The Crow Road
- Clive Barker – The Thief of Always
- Greg Bear – Anvil of Stars
- Thomas Berger – Meeting Evil
- Louis de Bernières – The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
- James P. Blaylock – Lord Kelvin's Machine
- A. S. Byatt – Morpho Eugenia
- Roger Caron – Dreamcaper
- Andrew Cartmel – Cat's Cradle: Warhead
- Paulo Coelho – The Valkyries
- Michael Connelly – The Black Echo
- Hugh Cook – The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster and The Worshippers and the Way
- Paul Cornell – Love and War
- Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe's Devil and Scoundrel
- Douglas Coupland – Shampoo Planet
- Robert Crais – Lullaby Town
- L. Sprague de Camp and Christopher Stasheff – The Enchanter Reborn
- Leon Forrest – Divine Days
- John Gardner – Death is Forever
- Mark Gatiss – Nightshade
- Ann Granger – Cold in the Earth
- Alasdair Gray – Poor Things
- John Grisham – The Pelican Brief
- Andrew Hunt – Cat's Cradle: Witchmark
- P. D. James – The Children of Men
- John Kessel – Meeting in Infinity
- Stephen King – Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game
- Val McDermid – Dead Beat
- Terry McMillan – Waiting to Exhale
- Rohinton Mistry – Tales from Firozsha Baag
- Toni Morrison – Jazz
- Michael Ondaatje – The English Patient
- Ellis Peters – The Holy Thief
- Marc Platt – Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
- Terry Pratchett – Lords and Ladies and Small Gods
- Anne Rice – The Tale of the Body Thief
- Mordecai Richler – Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!
- Gail Sheehy – Silent Passage
- Sidney Sheldon – The Stars Shine Down
- Michael Slade – Cutthroat
- Danielle Steel – Jewels and Mixed Blessings
- Neal Stephenson – Snow Crash
- Adam Thorpe – Ulverton
- Sue Townsend – The Queen and I
- Barry Unsworth – Sacred Hunger
- Gore Vidal – Live from Golgotha: The Gospel according to Gore Vidal
- Vernor Vinge – A Fire Upon the Deep
- Robert James Waller – The Bridges of Madison County
- Connie Willis – Doomsday Book
- Timothy Zahn – Dark Force Rising
- Roger Zelazny and Thomas Thurston Thomas – Flare
New drama [edit]
- David Mamet – Oleanna
- Herb Gardner – Conversations with My Father
- Louis Nowra – Così
- Michael Wall – Women Laughing
Poetry [edit]
Main article: 1992 in poetry
- Ben Okri – An African Elegy
Non-fiction [edit]
- Karen Armstrong – Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
- Gerina Dunwich – Secrets of Love Magick
- John Gray – Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Elizabeth Hay – The Only Snow in Havana [1]
- Nick Hornby – Fever Pitch
- Andrew Morton – Diana: Her True Story
- Mark E. Neely, Jr. – The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
- Liza Potvin – White Lies (for my mother) [2]
Births [edit]
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Deaths [edit]
- January 4 – Alejandro Carrión, Ecuadorian poet and journalist, 76
- January 9 – Bill Naughton, playwright and novelist, 81
- February 10 – Alex Haley, Roots author, 70
- February 16
- Angela Carter, novelist, 51 (lung cancer)
- George MacBeth, poet and novelist, 60 (motor neurone disease)
- April 6 – Isaac Asimov, science fiction author, 72
- April 21 – Väinö Linna, Finnish novelist, 71
- April 28 – Iceberg Slim, novelist, 73
- May 22 – Elizabeth David, cookery writer, 78
- July 22 – Reginald Bretnor, science fiction writer, 80
- September 5 – Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr., American writer of fantasy and science fiction, 81
- November 7 – Richard Yates, American novelist and short-story writer, 66 (emphysema)[3]
- December 22 – Ted Willis, TV dramatist, 78
- December 25 – Monica Dickens, novelist, 77
- December 27 – Kay Boyle, writer, educator, political activist, 90
Awards [edit]
Australia [edit]
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Fotini Epanomitis, The Mule's Foal
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon – This is the Stone
Canada [edit]
- See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Marie Wadden, Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland [4]
France [edit]
- Prix Goncourt: Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco
- Prix Décembre: Henri Thomas, La Chasse au trésor and Roger Grenier, Regardez la neige qui tombe
- Prix Médicis French: Michel Rio, Tlacuilo
- Prix Médicis International: Louis Begley, Une éducation polonaise
United Kingdom [edit]
- Booker Prize: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Anne Fine, Flour Babies
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Rose Tremain, Sacred Country
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Charles Nicholl, The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
- Cholmondeley Award: Allen Curnow, Donald Davie, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger Woddis
- Eric Gregory Award: Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Kathleen Raine
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!
- The Sunday Express Book of the Year: Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
United States [edit]
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Hunt Hawkins, The Domestic Life
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama: Sam Shepard
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Louise Glück for Ararat, and Mark Strand for The Continuous Life
- Compton Crook Award: Carol Severance, Reefsong
- Frost Medal: Adrienne Rich / David Ignatow
- Nebula Award: Connie Willis, Doomsday Book
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Tate, Selected Poems
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Robert Schenkkan, The Kentucky Cycle
Elsewhere [edit]
- Premio Nadal: Alejandro Gándara, Ciegas esperanzas
References [edit]
- ^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay, (retrieved 11/20/2012)
- ^ White Lies (for my mother) Goodreads, (retrieved 11/20/2012)
- ^ Pace, Eric (1992-11-09). "Richard Yates, Novelist, 66, Dies; Chronicler of Disappointed Lives". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous winners – 1992: Marie Wadden, (retrieved 11/19/2012)
