1983 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1983.
Events
- April – The Russian samizdat poet Irina Ratushinskaya is sentenced to imprisonment in a labor camp for dissident activity. While there she continues to write poetry clandestinely.[1]
- Académie française.
- July – Barbara Cartland, who reaches the age of 82, writes 23 romantic novels this year.
- November – subgenre of cyberpunk.
- unknown date – The Saint", which started in 1928. (An attempt to revive the series in 1997 is unsuccessful.)
New books
Fiction
- Nelson Algren (posthumous) – The Devil's Stocking
- Isaac Asimov – The Robots of Dawn
- Greg Bear – The Wind from a Burning Woman
- Samuel Beckett – Worstward Ho[2]
- Thomas Bernhard – The Loser (Der Untergeher)
- Jorge Luis Borges – Shakespeare's Memory (La memoria de Shakespeare, short stories)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Mists of Avalon
- Morley Callaghan – A Time for Judas
- Raymond Carver – Cathedral
- Life and Times of Michael K
- Jackie Collins – Hollywood Wives
- Basil Copper – The House of the Wolf
- Bernard Cornwell
- Sharpe's Sword
- Sharpe's Enemy
- Bernard and Judy Cornwell (as Susannah Kells) – A Crowning Glory
- 1985
- L. Sprague de Camp
- Jim Dodge – Fup
- White Gold Wielder: Book Three of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Nora Ephron – Heartburn
- Ken Follett – On Wings of Eagles
- Ernest J. Gaines – A Gathering of Old Men
- John Gardner – Icebreaker
- Mark Helprin – Winter's Tale
- Susan Hill – The Woman in Black
- Woman in a Lamp Shade
- Ernst Jünger – Aladdin's Problem
- William Kennedy – Ironweed
- Stephen King – Christine
- Dean R. Koontz– Phantoms
- Louis L'Amour – The Lonesome Gods
- Derek Lambert – The Judas Code
- John le Carré – The Little Drummer Girl[3]
- Mary Mackey – The Last Warrior Queen
- Norman Mailer – Ancient Evenings
- James A. Michener – Poland
- R. K. Narayan – A Tiger for Malgudi
- Robert B. Parker – The Widening Gyre
- Ellis Peters
- Tim Powers – The Anubis Gates
- Terry Pratchett – The Colour of Magic
- Salman Rushdie – Shame
- Joanna Russ – The Zanzibar Cat
- Danielle Steel – Changes
- Walter Tevis – The Queen's Gambit
- Gore Vidal – Duluth
- Evangeline Walton – The Sword Is Forged
- Fay Weldon – The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
- Scandal
- Robert Anton Wilson – Prometheus Rising
- Christa Wolf – Cassandra (Kassandra)
- Roger Zelazny – Unicorn Variations (stories and essays)
Children and young people
- Chris Van Allsburg – The Wreck of the Zephyr
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (with Willi Glasauer) – Beauty and the Beast
- The Witches
- Lynley Dodd – Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (first of the Hairy Maclary and Friends series)
- Mem Fox – Possum Magic
- Babe, the Gallant Pig)
- Harold Lamb (with George Barr and Alicia Austin) - The Sea of the Ravens
- Jean Giono (with Willi Glasauer) – The Man Who Planted Trees
Drama
- Samuel Beckett – Nacht und Träume (television play, first broadcast)
- Ray Cooney – Run for Your Wife
- David Mamet – Glengarry Glen Ross
- Tom Murphy – The Gigli Concert
- Christina Reid – Tea in a China Cup
- Larry Shue – The Foreigner
- Neil Simon – Brighton Beach Memoirs
- Botho Strauß – The Park(Der Park)
Poetry
- Paul Durcan – Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela
- Grace Nichols – I is a long-memoried woman
Non-fiction
- Benedict Anderson – Imagined Communities
- Pascal Bruckner – The Tears of the White Man
- L. Sprague de Camp – The Fringe of the Unknown
- L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp and Jane Whittington Griffin – Dark Valley Destiny
- Tom Dardis – Harold Lloyd: The Man on the Clock
- Terry Eagleton – Literary Theory: An Introduction
- Anthony Grey – The Prime Minister Was a Spy
- Susan Oliver – Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey
- Renée Richards – Second Serve: The Renée Richards Story
- Colin Thubron – Among the Russians
- A. N. Wilson – The Life of John Milton: A Biography
Births
- November 17 – Christopher Paolini, American fantasy novelist[4]
- December 6 – Jason Reynolds, African American children's novelist and poet[5]
- unknown date – Sarah Howe, Hong Kong-born poet writing in English[6]
Deaths
- January 5 – Chapman Grant, American historian and publisher (born 1887)
- February 14 – Brita von Horn, Swedish theater director, dramatist and novelist (born 1886)
- February 25 – Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III), American playwright (born 1911)
- March 3 – Hergé (Georges Prosper Remi), Belgian comics creator (born 1907)
- March 15 – Dame Rebecca West, British writer (born 1892)
- April 12 – Desmond Bagley, English novelist (complications from stroke, born 1923))
- May 4 – Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司), Japanese poet, dramatist, and film director (cirrhosis, born 1935)
- Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol, Egyptian poet (born 1940)
- June 19 – Vilmundur Gylfason, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (suicide, born 1948)
- June 27 – Alden Nowlan, Canadian poet, novelist and playwright (born 1933)
- August 12 – Mikey Smith, Jamaican dub poet (stoned to death; born 1954)
- August 18 – Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British art historian (born 1902)
- Roy Andries De Groot, English-born American food writer (born 1910)
- December 5 – John Robinson, English religious writer and bishop (born 1919)
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding[7]
Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Jenny Summerville, Shields Of Trell
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Vivian Smith, Tide Country[8]
- Miles Franklin Award: No award presented[9]
Canada
- See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
France
- Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan, Les Égarés[10]
- Prix Médicis French: Jean Echenoz, Cherokee
- Kenneth White, La Route bleue
Spain
United Kingdom
- Life and Times of Michael K[12]
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Jan Mark, Handles
- Cholmondeley Award: John Fuller,[13] Craig Raine,[14] Anthony Thwaite[15]
- Lisa St Aubin De Teran, Deidre Shanahan
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Jonathan Keates, Allegro Postillions[16]
- Alan Walker, Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years
- Newdigate prize: Peter McDonald
- Whitbread Best Book Award: John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
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
- 'Night, Mother
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker – The Color Purple
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell – Selected Poems[17]
- Pulitzer Prize for History: The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 by Rhys Isaac
- Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction: Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan
Elsewhere
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
- Premio Nadal: Salvador García Aguilar, Regocijo en el hombre
References
- ^ "Irina Ratushinskaya: Soviet dissident who turned captivity into poetry". The Independent. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Samuel Beckett, the maestro of failure". the Guardian. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-84456-910-6.
- ^ "Literary Birthday - 17 November - Christopher Paolini". Writers Write. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Jason Reynolds named Library of Congress' national ambassador for young people's literature". CBS News. 2020-01-13. Archived from the original on 2020-05-23. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Sarah Howe - Biography". Sarah Howe. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-875684-27-4.
- ^ Australian Book Review. Australian Book Review. 2001. p. 49.
- ISBN 978-0-933444-45-4.
- ^ Lumea. 1984. p. 29.
- ISBN 90-420-1488-1.
- ^ The Publishers Weekly. F. Leypoldt. 1984. p. 45.
- ISBN 978-81-269-0832-5.
- ISBN 978-1-135-35519-7.
- ISBN 978-0-19-212271-1.
- ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
