1994 in literature

none thumb | right | alt=Elderly Astrid Lindgren sitting at a table with a microphone, a pastry, the trophy and a magazine in it while talking to a little girl. | Astrid Lindgren receives the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament in 1994. 1994 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1994. Events October 11 – The choice of James Kelman's book How Late It Was, How Late as the year's Booker Prize winner proves controversial.Robert Winder https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/highly-literary-and-deeply-vulgar-if-james-kelmans-booker-novel-is-rude-it-is-in-good-company-argues-1442639.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/highly-literary-and-deeply-vulgar-if-james-kelmans-booker-novel-is-rude-it-is-in-good-company-argues-1442639.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Highly literary and deeply vulgar: If James Kelman's Booker novel is rude, it is in good company, argues Robert Winder The Independent London 13 October 1994 James Kelman's victory in the Booker Prize on Tuesday night has already provoked a not altogether polite discussion... One of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, declares it "a disgrace" and leaves the event, later calling the book "crap"; WHSmith's marketing manager calls the award "an embarrassment to the whole book trade"; Waterstone's in Glasgow (where it is set) sells a mere 13 copies of Kelman's "Mogadon" the following week.Maeve Walsh https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/it-was-five-years-ago-today-how-controversial-it-was-how-controversial-1081947.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/it-was-five-years-ago-today-how-controversial-it-was-how-controversial-1081947.html 2022-05-01 subscription live It was five years ago today: How controversial it was, how controversial The Independent 21 March 1999 November 26 – Poland's Ministry of Culture and Art orders the exhumation of the presumed grave of the absurdist painter, playwright and novelist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (suicide 1939) in Zakopane. Genetic tests on the remains show they belonged to an unknown woman."...Przeprowadzone badania wykazują, że szczątki kostne, przywiezione w 1988 roku ze wsi Jeziory na Ukrainie należą do kobiety w wieku 25–30 lat, o wzroście około 164 cm...." (The tests conducted indicate that the bone remains, brought in 1988 from the village Jeziory in the Ukraine, belong to a woman 25–30 years old and about 164 cm tall....") from the protocol of the commission called by the Ministry of Culture and Art after the exhumation on 26 November 1994 of the presumed grave of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz at Pęksowy Brzyzek cemetery in Zakopane. From:http://marczewski.pl/produ_witkacy_2.php Maciej Pinkwart, "Wygraliśmy" 2015-01-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100120020913/http://marczewski.pl/produ_witkacy_2.php 2010-01-20 in: Moje Zakopane, 21 February 2005. (Source: Komunikat Komisji powołanej przez Ministra Kultury i Sztuki do spraw pochówku Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza. Prof. dr. hab. Tadeusz Polak). Retrieved 11 November 2012. December 1 – Iceland's National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn) is founded in Reykjavík by merging the former national library, Landsbókasafn Íslands, established in 1818, with the university library of 1940. unknown dates Penguin Books offer Peter James's novel Host on two floppy disks as "the world's first electronic novel".http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10380579.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130206103002/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10380579.htm dead February 6, 2013 All Eight Roy Grace Novels by Peter James Now Available in e-Book Format in the United States: Author of "the world's first electronic novel" in 1994 prweb 2013-01-31 2015-10-31 The first Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction is awarded.https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/scotiabank-giller-prize#:~:text=Past%20juries%20have%20been%20composed,Mordecai%20Richler%2C%20and%20Rohinton%20Mistry Scotiabank Giller Prize July 7, 2015 The Canadian Encyclopedia February 13, 2021 New books Fiction Peter Ackroyd – Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem Nelson Algren (died 1981) – The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (short stories) Kevin J. Anderson Champions of the Force Dark Apprentice Jedi Search Reed Arvin – The Wind in the Wheat Thomas Berger – Robert Crews Louis de Bernières – Captain Corelli's MandolinGeorge Stade Karen Karbiener Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present https://books.google.com/books?id=T7pVTz46T3cC&pg=PA135 2010 Infobase Publishing 978-1-4381-1689-1 135 Lily Brett – Just Like That George Mackay Brown – Beside the Ocean of TimeGeorge Mackay Brown George Mackay-Brown Beside the Ocean of Time https://books.google.com/books?id=GUB-Uq1fvvAC&pg=PT3 2014 John Murray Press 978-1-4447-7973-8 3 Christopher Bulis – State of Change James Chapman – Glass (Pray the Electrons Back to Sand) Tom Clancy – Debt of Honor Jonathan Coe – What a Carve Up! Michael Connelly – The Concrete Blonde Paul Cornell Goth Opera 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 William Gaddis – A Frolic of His Own Neil Gaiman The Sandman: Brief Lives (graphic novel, seventh in The Sandman series) The Sandman: Worlds' End (graphic novel, eighth in The Sandman series) Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean – Mr. Punch (graphic novel) 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 Abdulrazak Gurnah – Paradise Suzette Haden Elgin – Earthsong Peter Handke – My Year in the No-Man's-Bay Epeli Hau'ofa – Tales of the Tikongs Dermot Healy – A Goat's Song Joseph Heller – Closing Time James Herbert – The Ghosts of Sleath Craig Hinton – The Crystal Bucephalus Alan Hollinghurst – The Folding Star Nancy Huston – La Virevolte John Irving – A Son of the Circus 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 Joe R. Lansdale – Mucho Mojo Andy Lane – All-Consuming Fire Ursula K. Le Guin – "The Matter of Seggri" (in Crank!) 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 Javier Marías – Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí) Simon Messingham – Strange England James A. Michener – Recessional Rick Moody – The Ice Storm Jim Mortimore – Parasite Herta Müller – The Land of Green Plums Ryū Murakami (村上 龍) – Piercing (ピアッシング, English translation 2007) Tim O'Brien – In the Lake of the Woods Daniel O'Mahony – Falls the Shadow V. S. Naipaul – A Way in the World John Peel – Evolution Tito Perdue – The New Austerities Ellis Peters – Brother Cadfael's Penance Terry Pratchett Interesting Times Soul Music Qiu Miaojin (邱妙津) – Notes of a Crocodile James Redfield – The Celestine Prophecy Matthew Reilly – Contest Justin Richards – Theatre of War Gareth Roberts – Tragedy Day Gary Russell – Legacy David Sedaris – Barrel Fever Sidney Sheldon – Nothing Lasts Forever Michael Slade – Ripper S. P. Somtow – Jasmine Nights Danielle Steel Accident The Gift Wings Botho Strauß – Living Glimmering Lying Antonio Tabucchi – Pereira Maintains (Sostiene Pereira) William Trevor – Felicia's Journey John Updike – Brazil Andrew Vachss – Down in the Zero Marlene van Niekerk – Triomf Jill Paton Walsh – Knowledge of Angels Tim Winton – The Riders Children and young people Pamela Allen – Clippity-Clop Chris Van Allsburg – The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Nancy Farmer – The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Mem Fox – Tough Boris Gayle Greeno – Mind-Speakers' Call Donald Hall (with Barry Moser) The Farm Summer 1942 I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat Julius Lester –John Henry J. Patrick Lewis (with Gary Kelley) – The Christmas of the Reddle Moon Sam McBratney – Guess How Much I Love You (board book) Andre Norton (with Martin H. Greenberg and Braldt Bralds) – Catfantastic III Glyn Parry –Monster Man Gloria Jean Pinkney –The Sunday Outing Jennifer Rowe (as Mary-Anne Dickinson) – The Charm Bracelet (first in the Fairy Realm series of ten books) Francesca Simon – Horrid Henry (first in the eponymous series of 24 books) Paul and Henrietta Stickland – Dinosaur Roar! Amy Tan – Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Jacqueline Wilson – Freddy's Teddy (first in the eponymous series of four books) Drama Marina Carr – The Mai Kevin Elyot – My Night With Reg Jon Fosse – Og aldri skal vi skiljast (And We'll Never Be Parted) Terry Johnson – Dead Funny Arthur Miller – Broken Glass Yasmina Reza – Art Poetry 1994 in poetry Sophie Cabot Black – The Misunderstanding of Nature Non-fiction Michael Asher – Thesiger Alan Bennett – Writing Home John Berendt – Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Harold Bloom – The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages Denise Chong – The Concubine's Childrenhttp://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11318 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners Wilfrid Laurier University 1995: Denise Chong 2016-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525090358/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11318 2011-05-25 dead Antonio Damasio – Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain Anne Hugon – Vers Tombouctou : L'Afrique des explorateurs II Paul Lawrence Farber – Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson Leon Forrest – Relocations of the Spirit: Collected Essays V. A. C. Gatrell – The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1780–1868 Martin Gilbert – In Search of Churchill Christina Hoff Sommers – Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Womenhttps://www.proquest.com/docview/398521549 Bookshelf: Taking feminism back Melanie Kirkpatrick July 14, 1994 A8 398521549 Will Hutton – The State We're In Richard Leakey – The Origin of Humankind Li Zhisui (邱妙津) – The Private Life of Chairman Mao Steven Pinker – The Language Instinct Tricia Rose – Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space Richard B. Trask – Pictures of the Pain: Photography and the Assassination of President Kennedy Gabrielle van Zuylen – The Garden: Visions of Paradise Charles P. Cozic – Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Elizabeth Wurtzel – Prozac Nation Births April 18 – Alexandra Adornetto, Australian children's novelist June 25 – Robbie Coburn, Australian poet October 16 – Alice Oseman, English author of young adult fiction Deaths January 3 – Frank Belknap Long, American horror, fantasy and sci-fi writer (born 1901) January 30 – Pierre Boulle, French novelist (born 1912) January 31 – Erwin Strittmatter, German writer (born 1912) February 6 – Jack Kirby, American comic book cartoonist (born 1917) February 11 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher of science (born 1924) February 26 – J. L. Carr, English novelist (born 1912) February 27 – Harold Acton, English writer, scholar and dilettante (born 1904) March 9 – Charles Bukowski, German-born American poet and novelist (born 1920) March 20 – Lewis Grizzard, American journalist and author (born 1946) March 28 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian playwright (born 1909) April 16 – Ralph Ellison, American scholar and writer (born 1914) May 24 – John Wain, English novelist, poet and critic (born 1925) May 30 Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (born 1909)https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/01/obituaries/juan-carlos-onetti-novelist-and-poet-dies-in-madrid-at-84.html Juan Carlos Onetti, Novelist and Poet, Dies in Madrid at 84 June 1, 1994 New York Times February 13, 2021 Isobel English (June Guesdon Jolliffe), English novelist (born 1920) June 7 – Dennis Potter, English TV dramatist (born 1935) June 17 – Yuri Nagibin, Soviet screenwriter and novelist (born 1920) June 26 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and political activist (born 1929) July 5 – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Malayalam short story writer (born 1908) July 30 – Robin Cook (Derek Raymond), English novelist (born 1931) August 7 – Rosa Chacel, Spanish writer (born 1898) August 14 – Alice Childress, African American playwright, actress and young-adult novelist (born 1916) August 25 – Bidhyanath Pokhrel, Nepali poet (born 1918) September 7 – James Clavell, Australian-born American novelist (born 1921) November 12 – J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes), Scottish novelist and critic (born 1906) November 15 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer (born 1908) November 28 – Ian Serraillier, English novelist and poet (born 1912) December 12 – Donna J. Stone, American poet and philanthropist (born 1933) December 20 – Eva Alexanderson, Swedish novelist and translator (born 1911) December 24 – John Osborne, English dramatist (born 1929)Luc Gilleman John Osborne: Vituperative Artist https://books.google.com/books?id=UMPKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA246 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-84281-1 246 Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Kenzaburō Ōe Europe Theatre Prize: Heiner Müller Camões Prize: Jorge Amado Australia 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 Miles Franklin Award: Rodney Hall, The Grisly Wife Canada Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award Edna Staebler Award: Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life,Faculty of Arts, 1994, Edna Staebler Award https://web.archive.org/web/20121001115341/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11319 2012-10-01 Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Linda Johns, Retrieved 21 November 2012. 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 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 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 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Jan Beatty, Mad River Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Wendell Berry Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry 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 National Book Award for Fiction: William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own National Book Critics Circle Award: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Moving Mars Newbery Medal for children's literature: Lois Lowry, The Giver PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Philip Roth, Operation Shylock Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, Three Tall Women Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping NewsElizabeth A. Brennan Elizabeth C. Clarage Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA247 1999 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-1-57356-111-2 247 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems Wallace Stevens Award inaugurated with first award this year: W. S. Merwin Whiting Awards: Fiction: Louis Edward, Mary Hood, Randall Kenan (fiction/nonfiction), Kate Wheeler Nonfiction: Kennedy Fraser, Wayne Koestenbaum (nonfiction/poetry), Rosemary Mahoney, Claudia Roth Pierpont Poetry: Mark Doty, Mary Swander (poetry/nonfiction) Elsewhere Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Jorge Semprún 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 Premio de la Crítica de narrativa gallega: Xurxo Borrazás, Vicious References 30em External links Popular Books of 1994 at Goodreads Published 1994 Books at Goodreads 1994 Books at Goodreads