1993 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1993.

Events

September 24 – Former president and writer Zviad Gamsakhurdia returns to Georgia to establish a government in exile in the city of Zugdidi.
November 17 – Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News.
Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen's novel Crane's Morning is published in India; it proves to have been plagiarized from Elizabeth Goudge's The Rosemary Tree (1956), and the author will commit suicide in 1994.^[1]
Professor Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time becomes the longest-running book on the The Sunday Times bestseller list.
Reality television contest Million's Poet (Arabic: شاعر المليون) is launched in the United Arab Emirates.

January 6 – Ștefan Baciu, Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (born 1918)
January 8 – Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy, etc.), English historical novelist (born 1906)
January 22 – Kōbō Abe (安部公房), Japanese novelist and playwright (born 1924)
February 5 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (born 1916)
March 9 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English naval historian and critic of business methods (born 1909)
April 15
- Leslie Charteris, Anglo-American thriller writer (born 1907)
- Robert Westall, English novelist and children's writer (born 1929)
April 23 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (born 1914)
June 19 – Sir William Golding, English novelist and poet (born 1911)
July 10 – Ruth Krauss, American children's author and poet (born 1901)
August 28 – E. P. Thompson, English political historian (born 1924)
September 7 – Eugen Barbu, Romanian novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1924)
September 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, aboriginal Australian poet (born 1920)
November 1 – Maeve Brennan, Irish short story writer and journalist (born 1917)
November 25 – Anthony Burgess, English novelist (born 1917)
December 4 – Margaret Landon, American historical novelist (born 1903)
December 28 – William L. Shirer, historian (born 1904)
December 31 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian dissident, scientist and writer (possible suicide, born 1913)^[6]
Undated – Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepalese novelist and poet (born 1937)

^ Moore, Molly (1994-04-27). "Plagiarism and mystery". Washington Post Foreign Service. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
^ Web page titled Dejan Stojanović, Krugovanje, Front Cover by Dejan Stojanović at the Internet Archive
^ Holmen, Linda; Santella-Johnson, Mary; Watterson, Bill (1993). Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes. Cover and supplementary art by Jan Roebken. Fargo, North Dakota: Playground Publishing. ISBN 1-878849-15-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |laydate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |laysummary= ignored (help)
^ Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
^ http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/index.html
^ Thousands Pay Tribute to the First President, Civil Georgia, March 31, 2007.
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Liza Potvin, (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay, (retrieved 11/20/2012)