1994 in literature
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The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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Events[edit]
- The first Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction is awarded.
New books[edit]
- Kevin J. Anderson - Champions of the Force, Dark Apprentice and Jedi Search
- Reed Arvin - The Wind in the Wheat
- Thomas Berger - Robert Crews
- Louis de Bernières - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Lily Brett - Just Like That
- George Mackay Brown - Beside the Ocean of Time
- Christopher Bulis - State of Change
- James Chapman - Glass (Pray the Electrons Back to Sand)
- Tom Clancy - Debt of Honor
- Michael Connelly - The Concrete Blonde
- Paul Cornell - Goth Opera and No Future
- Bernard Cornwell - Copperhead
- Douglas Coupland - Life After God
- Michael Crichton - Disclosure
- Terrance Dicks - Blood Harvest
- Stephen R. Donaldson - The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order
- Bret Easton Ellis - The Informers
- Valerio Evangelisti - Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
- David Frum - Dead Right
- Stephen Fry - The Hippopotamus
- John Gardner - SeaFire
- James Finn Garner - Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
- David S. Garnett - Stargonauts
- Mark Gatiss - St Anthony's Fire
- Judith Godrèche - Point de côté
- John Grisham - The Chamber
- Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
- Joseph Heller - Closing Time
- James Herbert - The Ghosts of Sleath
- Craig Hinton - The Crystal Bucephalus
- Alan Hollinghurst - The Folding Star
- Nancy Huston - La Virevolte
- Alexander Jablokov - The Breath of Suspension
- James Kelman - How late it was, how late
- Stephen King - Insomnia'
- Dean R. Koontz - Dark Rivers of the Heart
- Andy Lane - All-Consuming Fire
- Madeleine L'Engle - Troubling a Star
- Paul Leonard - Venusian Lullaby
- Jonathan Lethem - Gun, with Occasional Music
- H. P. Lovecraft - Miscellaneous Writings
- Steve Lyons - Conundrum
- F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - The Woman Between the Worlds
- David A. McIntee - First Frontier
- Simon Messingham - Strange England
- James A. Michener - Recessional
- Rick Moody - The Ice Storm
- Jim Mortimore - Parasite
- Tim O'Brien - In the Lake of the Woods
- Daniel O'Mahony - Falls the Shadow
- John Peel - Evolution
- Ellis Peters - Brother Cadfael's Penance
- Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times and Soul Music
- James Redfield - The Celestine Prophecy
- Matthew Reilly - Contest
- Justin Richards - Theatre of War
- Gareth Roberts - Tragedy Day
- Gary Russell - Legacy
- Sidney Sheldon - Nothing Lasts Forever
- Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
- Michael Slade - Ripper
- S. P. Somtow - Jasmine Nights
- Danielle Steel - Accident, The Gift and Wings
- William Trevor - Felicia's Journey
- Andrew Vachss - Down in the Zero
- Jill Paton Walsh - Knowledge of Angels
- Binod Bihari Verma - Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi
New drama[edit]
Poetry[edit]
Main article: 1994 in poetry
- Sophie Cabot Black - The Misunderstanding of Nature
Non-fiction[edit]
- Michael Asher - Thesiger
- Denise Chong - The Concubine's Children[1]
- Leon Forrest - Relocations of the Spirit: Collected Essays
- Martin Gilbert - In Search of Churchill
- Will Hutton - The State We're In
- Richard Leakey - The Origin of Humankind
- Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct
- Elizabeth Wurtzel - Prozac Nation
- Li Zhisui - The Private Life of Chairman Mao
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- January 3 - Frank Belknap Long, horror, fantasy and science fiction writer, 92
- January 30 - Pierre Boulle, author
- February 6 - Jack Kirby, comic book writer
- February 11 - Paul Feyerabend, philosopher of science
- February 26 - J. L. Carr, novelist, 81
- February 27 - Harold Acton, author, the inspiration for Anthony Blanche, 89
- March 9 - Charles Bukowski, poet and novelist, 73
- March 28 - Eugène Ionesco, playwright, 84
- April 16 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer
- May 30 – Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer
- June 7 - Dennis Potter, controversial TV dramatist
- June 17 - Yuri Nagibin, Soviet screenwriter and novelist, 74
- June 26 - Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and political activist, 65
- July 5 - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Malayalam short story writer, 86
- July 30 - Robin Cook, novelist
- August 7 - Rosa Chacel, controversial Spanish writer, 96
- September 7 - James Clavell, blockbusting novelist, 69
- November 12 - J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes), novelist and critic, 86
- December 24 - John Osborne, dramatist, 65
Awards[edit]
Australia[edit]
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Darren Williams, Swimming In Silk
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray, Certain Things
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Barry Hill, Ghosting William Buckley
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Deborah Staines, Now, Millennium
Canada[edit]
- Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
- Edna Staebler Award: Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life [2]
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: M.G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets
- See 1994 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
France[edit]
- Prix Goncourt: Didier Van Cauwelaert, Un Aller simple
- Prix Décembre: Jean Hatzfeld, L'Air de guerre and Éric Holder, La Belle Jardinière
- Prix Médicis French: Yves Berger, Immobile dans le courant du fleuve
- Prix Médicis International: Robert Schneider, Frère Sommeil
United Kingdom[edit]
- Booker Prize: James Kelman, How Late It Was, How Late
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Theresa Breslin, Whispers in the Graveyard
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Doris Lessing, Under My Skin
- Cholmondeley Award: Ruth Fainlight, Gwen Harwood, Elizabeth Jennings, John Mole
- Eric Gregory Award: Julia Copus, Alice Oswald, Steven Blyth, Kate Clanchy, Giles Goodland
- Whitbread Best Book Award: William Trevor, Felicia's Journey
United States[edit]
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Jan Beatty, Mad River
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Wendell Berry
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Stewart James, "Vanessa", and (separately) Marilyn Hacker, "Cancer Winter"
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Garbage
- Compton Crook Award: Mary Rosenblum, The Drylands
- Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Moving Mars
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Lois Lowry, The Giver
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, Three Tall Women
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems
- Wallace Stevens Award inaugurated with first award this year: W. S. Merwin
Elsewhere[edit]
- Montana Book Award for Poetry: Bill Manhire, ed., 100 New Zealand Poems
- New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Andrew Johnston, How to Talk
- Premio Nadal: Rosa Regàs, Azul
References[edit]
- ^ Faculty of Arts, 1995, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Denise Chong, Retrieved 11/17/2012
- ^ Faculty of Arts, 1994, Edna Staebler Award Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Linda Johns, Retrieved 11/21/2012
