Overview of the events of 1983 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1983.
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
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)
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
Spain
United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -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]
- 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 Postillions[16]
- 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
Elsewhere
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.
- ^ John Le Carré (16 October 2008). The Little Drummer Girl: Soon to be a major TV series. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 4. 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.
- ^ Neil James (1999). Writers on Writing. Halstead Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-875684-27-4.
- ^ Australian Book Review. Australian Book Review. 2001. p. 49.
- ^ Douglas W. Alden (December 1985). French XX Bibliography. Associated University Presse. p. 9598. ISBN 978-0-933444-45-4.
- ^ Lumea. 1984. p. 29.
- ^ Luke Strongman (2002). The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire. Rodopi. p. 78. ISBN 90-420-1488-1.
- ^ The Publishers Weekly. F. Leypoldt. 1984. p. 45.
- ^ Ed. Mohit K. Ray (September 2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 435. ISBN 978-81-269-0832-5.
- ^ Europa Publications (2 August 2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Routledge. p. 1551. ISBN 978-1-135-35519-7.
- ^ Jenny Stringer; John Sutherland (1996). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-19-212271-1.
- ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.