1982 in literature

See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine 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
• Crossings - Danielle Steel
• The Darkling - David Kesterton
• Different Seasons - Stephen King
• The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn
• In Search of Excellence - Tom Peters
• An Indecent Obsession - Colleen McCullough
• The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks
• The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett
• Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
• Mistral's Daughter - Judith Krantz
• Monsignor Quixote - Graham Greene
• North and South - John Jakes
• The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000 - 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
• 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke
• The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel

Births

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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
• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez
• 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