1983 in literature

none 1983 literature poetry 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.Irina Ratushinskaya: Soviet dissident who turned captivity into poetry https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/irina-ratushinskaya-soviet-dissident-who-turned-captivity-into-poetry-obituary-a7833391.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/irina-ratushinskaya-soviet-dissident-who-turned-captivity-into-poetry-obituary-a7833391.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 4 April 2020 en 12 July 2017 June 2 – The Francophone Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor becomes the first black African writer elected as a member of the Académie française. July – Barbara Cartland, who reaches the age of 82, writes 23 romantic novels this year. November – Bruce Bethke's short story "Cyberpunk", written in 1980, is published in Amazing Stories magazine in the United States, giving a name to the science fiction subgenre of cyberpunk. unknown date – Salvage for the Saint by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse is published, as the final book in a series of novels, novellas and short stories featuring the Leslie Charteris creation "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 HoSamuel Beckett, the maestro of failure https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/jul/07/samuel-beckett-the-maestro-of-failure the Guardian 14 January 2022 en 7 July 2016 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 J. M. Coetzee – 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 György Dalos – 1985 L. Sprague de Camp The Reluctant King The Unbeheaded King Jim Dodge – Fup Stephen R. Donaldson – 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 Elizabeth Jolley – Woman in a Lamp Shade Ernst Jünger – Aladdin's Problem William Kennedy – Ironweed Stephen King Christine Pet Sematary Dean R. Koontz – Phantoms Louis L'Amour – The Lonesome Gods Derek Lambert – The Judas Code John le Carré – The Little Drummer GirlJohn Le Carré The Little Drummer Girl: Soon to be a major TV series https://books.google.com/books?id=l8ye119mGlkC&pg=PT4 16 October 2008 Hodder & Stoughton 978-1-84456-910-6 4 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 The Sanctuary Sparrow The Devil's Novice Tim Powers – The Anubis Gates Terry Pratchett – The Colour of Magic Salman Rushdie – Shame Joanna Russ – The Zanzibar Cat Danielle Steel – Changes Peter Straub – Floating Dragon 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 A. N. Wilson – 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 Roald Dahl – The Witches Lynley Dodd – Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (first of the Hairy Maclary and Friends series) Mem Fox – Possum Magic Dick King-Smith – The Sheep-Pig (also as 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 Julian F. Thompson - The Grounding of Group 6 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 Joan Didion – Salvador 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 Ann Rule – Lust Killer Colin Thubron – Among the Russians A. N. Wilson – The Life of John Milton: A Biography Births November 17 – Christopher Paolini, American fantasy novelistLiterary Birthday - 17 November - Christopher Paolini https://writerswrite.co.za/literary-birthday-17-november-christopher-pao/ Writers Write 4 April 2020 17 November 2012 December 6 – Jason Reynolds, African American children's novelist and poetJason Reynolds named Library of Congress' national ambassador for young people's literature https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-reynolds-library-of-congress-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/ 2020-01-13 CBS News 2020-05-23 2020-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20200523153726/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-reynolds-library-of-congress-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/ live unknown date – Sarah Howe, Hong Kong-born poet writing in Englishhttp://www.sarahhowepoetry.com/biography.html Sarah Howe - Biography Sarah Howe 1 January 2021 Deaths January 5 – Chapman Grant, American historian and publisher (born 1887) January 18 – Colin Watson, English crime fiction writer (born 1920) February 14 – Brita von Horn, Swedish theater director, dramatist and novelist (born 1886) February 18 – Robert Payne, English author, poet and biographer (born 1911) 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) May 21 – Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol, Egyptian poet (born 1940) May 26 – Jack Hilton, British writer (born 1900) June 19 – Vilmundur Gylfason, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (suicide, born 1948) June 27 – Alden Nowlan, Canadian poet, novelist and playwright (born 1933) July 27 – Gladys Mitchell, English crime fiction writer (born 1901) August 12 – Mikey Smith, Jamaican dub poet (stoned to death; born 1954) August 18 – Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British art historian (born 1902) September 15 – Beverley Nichols, English writer and playwright (born 1898) September 16 – Roy Andries De Groot, English-born American food writer (born 1910) November 30 – Richard Llewellyn, British novelist (heart attack, born 1906) December 5 – John Robinson, English religious writer and bishop (born 1919) December 13 – Mary Renault, British novelist (born 1905) December 27 – Wilson Starbuck, American playwright and author (born 1897) Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: William GoldingThe Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1983/summary/ NobelPrize.org 4 April 2020 Australia The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Jenny Summerville, Shields Of Trell Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Vivian Smith, Tide CountryNeil James Writers on Writing https://books.google.com/books?id=EdcgAQAAIAAJ 1999 Halstead Press 978-1-875684-27-4 147 Miles Franklin Award: No award presentedAustralian Book Review https://books.google.com/books?id=JT8iAQAAMAAJ 2001 Australian Book Review 49 Canada See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. France Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan, Les ÉgarésDouglas W. Alden French XX Bibliography https://books.google.com/books?id=Oce-j9U47T4C&pg=PA9598 December 1985 Associated University Presse 978-0-933444-45-4 9598 Prix Médicis French: Jean Echenoz, Cherokee Prix Médicis International: Kenneth White, La Route bleue Spain Miguel de Cervantes Prize: Rafael AlbertiLumea https://books.google.com/books?id=CHFWYq5_tt0C 1984 29 United Kingdom Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -Life and Times of Michael KLuke Strongman The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire https://books.google.com/books?id=PLwASJC0ga4C&pg=PA78 2002 Rodopi 90-420-1488-1 78 Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Jan Mark, Handles Cholmondeley Award: John Fuller,The Publishers Weekly https://books.google.com/books?id=yQ-g_jH2kcYC 1984 F. Leypoldt 45 Craig Raine,Ed. Mohit K. Ray The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English https://books.google.com/books?id=A_YatfLrgnMC&pg=PA435 September 2007 Atlantic Publishers & Dist 978-81-269-0832-5 435 Anthony ThwaiteEuropa Publications International Who's Who in Poetry 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=mAY2Ja6t6eAC&pg=PA1551 2 August 2004 Routledge 978-1-135-35519-7 1551 Eric Gregory Award: Martin Stokes, Hilary Davies, Michael O'Neill, Lisa St Aubin De Teran, Deidre Shanahan James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Jonathan Keates, Allegro PostillionsJenny Stringer John Sutherland The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English https://books.google.com/books?id=_HEoxN_I4NAC&pg=PA355 1996 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-212271-1 355 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: 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 Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marsha Norman, 'Night, Mother Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker – The Color Purple Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell – Selected PoemsElizabeth A. Brennan Elizabeth C. Clarage Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA542 1999 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-1-57356-111-2 542 Pulitzer Prize for History: The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 by Rhys Isaac Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction: Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan Elsewhere Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Manès Sperber Hugo Award for Best Novel: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov Premio Nadal: Salvador García Aguilar, Regocijo en el hombre References 30em 1980s Literature External links Popular Books of 1983 at Goodreads Published 1983 Books at Goodreads 1983 Books at Goodreads