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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1982.

Events

February 17 – Philip K. Dick ignores advice to go immediately to hospital. A fortnight later, after two strokes, he is pronounced brain-dead and disconnected from his life-support machine.^[1]
March 18 – A legal case brought on behalf of Mary Whitehouse against theater director Michael Bogdanov concerning alleged indecency in a performance of Howard Brenton's play The Romans in Britain at the National Theatre in London is dropped after the Attorney General intervenes.^[2]^[3]
June 25 – In Island Trees School District v. Pico ( 457 U.S. 853 (1982)), the Supreme Court of the United States concludes that "local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books and seek by their removal to 'prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.'"
September – Banned Books Week is instituted in the United States.
October 7 – After Sue Townsend's comic character Adrian Mole is introduced (as Nigel Mole,^[4] aged 13¼, living in the East Midlands of England) in a BBC Radio 4 play, the book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, is released; it sells 1.9 million copies in three years.^[5]
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- La Bicyclette bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine Deforges is a runaway success and becomes one of France's all-time bestselling novels.^[6]
- The Oxford Shakespeare, under the general editorship of Stanley Wells, begins publication.
- Dorling Kindersley, formerly a book packager, begins publishing.

New books

Births

January 14
- Joe Dunthorne, Welsh novelist and poet
- Luke Wright, English poet
February 5 – Lauren Gunderson, American playwright
February 23 – Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Ukrainian poet, children's writer, translator and editor
March 24 – Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir, Icelandic children's fiction writer^[22]
April 21 – Claybourne Elder, American actor, singer and writer^[23]
May 10 – Jeremy Gable, English-American playwright
June 29
- Colin Jost, American actor, screenwriter and comedian^[24]
- Ott Sepp, Estonian actor, singer, writer and television presenter
July 8 – James Graham, English playwright
July 16 – Angel David Revilla, Venezuelan journalist and writer

Deaths

January 16 – Ramón J. Sender, Spanish novelist (b. 1901)^[25]
February 5 – Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Felton) Welsh novelist and children's writer writing in English (born 1909)^[26]
February 11 – Albert Facey, Australian autobiographer (born 1894)
February 13 – Barbara Sleigh, English children's writer (born 1906)^[27]
February 18 – Dame Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand crime writer and theatre director (born 1895)^[28]
March 2 – Philip K. Dick, American writer (stroke; born 1928)^[29]
March 3 – Georges Perec, French novelist (lung cancer; born 1936)^[30]
March 6 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist, playwright and screenwriter (born 1905)^[31]
March 25
- Goodman Ace, American humorist (born 1899)^[32]
- Hugo Huppert, Austrian poet, writer and translator (born 1902)
March 27
- Harriet Adams, American novelist (born 1892)^[33]
- Ted Lewis, English crime novelist (born 1940)^[34]
May 10 – Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (born 1916)^[35]
June 6 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and critic (born 1905)^[36]
June 18
- Djuna Barnes, American writer (born 1892)^[37]
- John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (born 1912)^[38]
July 3 – Engvald Bakkan, Norwegian novelist and children's writer (born 1897)
August 6 – S. K. Pottekkatt, Indian writer (born 1913)^[39]
September 14 – John Gardner, American novelist (motorcycle accident, born 1933)^[40]
October 7 – Alejandro Núñez Alonso, Spanish novelist (born 1905)
October 22 – Savitri Devi, French-born writer and philosopher (born 1905)^[41]
October 30 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian writer (born 1907)
November 5 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean-American novelist (murdered; born 1951)^[42]
December 5 – Caryl Brahms, English critic, novelist and journalist (born 1901)^[43]
December 21 – Ants Oras, Estonian writer (born 1900)
December 24 – Louis Aragon, French poet and writer (born 1897)^[44]

Awards

Nobel Prize in Literature: Gabriel García Márquez

Australia

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Brian Castro, Birds of Passage; Nigel Krauth, Matilda, My Darling
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Fay Zwicky, Kaddish and Other Poems
Miles Franklin Award: Rodney Hall, Just Relations

Canada

See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

France

Prix Goncourt: Dominique Fernandez, Dans la main de l'Ange
Prix Médicis French: Jean-François Josselin, L'Enfer et Cie
Prix Médicis International: Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

Spain

Miguel de Cervantes Prize: Luis Rosales

United Kingdom

Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Margaret Mahy, The Haunting
Cholmondeley Award: Basil Bunting, Herbert Lomas, William Scammell
Eric Gregory Award: Steve Ellis, Jeremy Reed, Alison Brackenbury, Neil Astley, Chris O'Neill, Joseph Bristow, John Gibbens, James Lasdun
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Richard Ellmann, James Joyce
Whitbread Best Book Award: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill

United States

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Lawrence Joseph, Shouting at No One
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Bernard Malamud
Nebula Award for Best Novel: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn
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

Elsewhere

Hugo Award for Best Novel: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Premio Nadal: Fernando Arrabal, La torre herida por un rayo

References

^ Anne R. Dick (1995). Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982: A Memoir and Biography of the Science Fiction Writer. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7734-9137-3.
^ "1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial". BBC News. 1982-03-18. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
^ Brenton, Howard (2006-01-28). "Look back in anger". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
^ Contemporary Dramatists. St. James Press. 1993. p. 659. ISBN 978-1-55862-185-5.
^ Craddock, E. J. (1985-11-25). "Publishing: Friendly local book". The Times. London.
^ The Atlantic. Atlantic Monthly Company. 1987. p. 24.
^ Laurence Delord-Pieszczyk (1998). L'oeuvre de René Barjavel: de la science-fiction au Moyen Age, ou, l'itinéraire d'une symbolique. Presses universitaires du Septentrion. p. 228. ISBN 978-2-284-00366-3.
^ Contemporary Novelists. St. James Press. 1986. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-912289-58-8.
^ Helena Kaufman; Anna Klobucka (1997). After the Revolution: Twenty Years of Portuguese Literature, 1974-1994. Bucknell University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-8387-5336-1.
^ Albert James Arnold; Julio Rodríguez-Luis; J. Michael Dash (1 January 2001). A History of Literature in the Caribbean: English- and Dutch-speaking countries. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 90-272-3448-5.
^ Ryan, Alan (5 September 1982). "Destination Biafra by Buchi Emecheta". Washington Post.
^ Carl S. Leafstedt (4 November 1999). Inside Bluebeard's Castle: Music and Drama in Béla Bartók's Opera. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-19-535505-5.
^ Michael G. Brennan (20 May 2010). Graham Greene: Fictions, Faith and Authorship. A&C Black. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84706-339-7.
^ International Who's who of Authors and Writers. Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. 2008. p. 162.
^ The School Librarian. School Library Association. 1983. p. 53.
^ Lars G. Warme (1 January 1996). A History of Swedish Literature. U of Nebraska Press. p. 511. ISBN 0-8032-4750-8.
^ Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe (2005). Biographical Plays About Famous Artists. Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 25. ISBN 9781443814621.
^ Luc Brisson; Christoph Jamme (1995). Introduction à la philosophie du mythe: Sauver les mythes (in French). Vrin. p. 12. ISBN 978-2-7116-1271-0.
^ Bryan Strong (1983). The Marriage and Family Experience. West Publishing Company. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-314-69682-3.
^ Elaine Morgan (1982). The Aquatic Ape. Stein and Day. ISBN 978-0-8128-2873-3.
^ Donald McQuade; Robert Atwan (1985). Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience. Oxford University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-19-503589-6.
^ "Gothenburg". internationalwriters.se. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009". FamilySearch. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ Mandel, Peter; Baher, Cynthia (May 1983). "The Classes". Brown Alumni Monthly. 83 (8): 58. Retrieved September 13, 2014. Darnel A. Jost and his wife. Dr. Kerry Kelly '77 M.D., of Staten Island, N.Y., report the birth of their first child, Colin Kelly Jost, on June 29.
^ Mary Seale Vásquez (1987). Homenaje a Ramón J. Sender. Juan de la Cuesta. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-936388-35-9.
^ Pamela Dear (1 January 2000). Contemporary authors: New revision series. Gale / Cengage Learning. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7876-3095-9.
^ Something about the Author. Gale Research. 1983. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8103-0055-2.
^ Kathryne Slate McDorman (1991). Ngaio Marsh. Twayne Publishers. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0-8057-6999-9.
^ Kenneth T. Jackson; Karen Markoe; Arnie Markoe (1998). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1981-1985. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-684-80492-7.
^ Paul Schwartz (1988). Georges Perec: Traces of His Passage. Summa Publications, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-917786-60-0.
^ Judith Freeman Clark (1987). Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century. Prentice Hall. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-13-022658-7.
^ "Goodman Ace, Comedy Writer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 27 March 1982. Retrieved 23 September 2010.^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ Chira, Susan. "Harriet Adams Dies. Nancy Drew Author Wrote Over 200 Novels", The New York Times, March 29, 1982. Accessed October 7, 2007. "Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who wrote nearly 200 children's books including many of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, died Saturday evening. She was 89 years old, and lived in Pottersville and Maplewood, N.J."
^ "Lewis, Alfred Edward [Ted] (1940–1982), novelist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/105384. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2020-12-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Robert Cohen (1993). Understanding Peter Weiss. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-87249-898-3.
^ Harold Bloom (1985). Twentieth-century American Literature. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 3336. ISBN 978-0-87754-806-5.
^ Review of Contemporary Fiction. John O'Brien. 1993. p. 7.
^ Gale, Cengage Learning. A Study Guide for John Cheever's "Swimmer". Gale, Cengage Learning. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4103-5981-0.
^ Malayalam Literary Survey. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 1982. p. 18.
^ United Press International (15 September 1982), "John Gardner Killed on His Motorcycle", Schenectady Gazette, Oakland, Pennsylvania, p. 2, retrieved 2010-09-03
^ Koenraad Elst (2001). The Saffron Swastika: The Notion of "Hindu Fascism". Voice of India. ISBN 978-81-85990-69-9.
^ "Tributes & Obituaries: Theresa Cha, Keith Haring & Barbara Lehmann". Homicide, Homelessness & Winged Pigs. The Village Voice. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
^ Sherrin, Ned. "Abrahams, Doris Caroline [Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 24 September 2011 (subscription required)
^ Gale Cengage (2002). Modern French Poets. Gale Group. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7876-5252-4.

[1] Anne R. Dick (1995). Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982: A Memoir and Biography of the Science Fiction Writer. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7734-9137-3.

[2] "1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial". BBC News. 1982-03-18. Retrieved 2007-11-30.

[3] Brenton, Howard (2006-01-28). "Look back in anger". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2007-11-30.

[4] Contemporary Dramatists. St. James Press. 1993. p. 659. ISBN 978-1-55862-185-5.

[5] Craddock, E. J. (1985-11-25). "Publishing: Friendly local book". The Times. London.

[6] The Atlantic. Atlantic Monthly Company. 1987. p. 24.

[7] Laurence Delord-Pieszczyk (1998). L'oeuvre de René Barjavel: de la science-fiction au Moyen Age, ou, l'itinéraire d'une symbolique. Presses universitaires du Septentrion. p. 228. ISBN 978-2-284-00366-3.

[8] Contemporary Novelists. St. James Press. 1986. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-912289-58-8.

[9] Helena Kaufman; Anna Klobucka (1997). After the Revolution: Twenty Years of Portuguese Literature, 1974-1994. Bucknell University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-8387-5336-1.

[10] Albert James Arnold; Julio Rodríguez-Luis; J. Michael Dash (1 January 2001). A History of Literature in the Caribbean: English- and Dutch-speaking countries. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 90-272-3448-5.

[11] Ryan, Alan (5 September 1982). "Destination Biafra by Buchi Emecheta". Washington Post.

[12] Carl S. Leafstedt (4 November 1999). Inside Bluebeard's Castle: Music and Drama in Béla Bartók's Opera. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-19-535505-5.

[13] Michael G. Brennan (20 May 2010). Graham Greene: Fictions, Faith and Authorship. A&C Black. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84706-339-7.

[14] International Who's who of Authors and Writers. Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. 2008. p. 162.

[15] The School Librarian. School Library Association. 1983. p. 53.

[16] Lars G. Warme (1 January 1996). A History of Swedish Literature. U of Nebraska Press. p. 511. ISBN 0-8032-4750-8.

[17] Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe (2005). Biographical Plays About Famous Artists. Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 25. ISBN 9781443814621.

[18] Luc Brisson; Christoph Jamme (1995). Introduction à la philosophie du mythe: Sauver les mythes (in French). Vrin. p. 12. ISBN 978-2-7116-1271-0.

[19] Bryan Strong (1983). The Marriage and Family Experience. West Publishing Company. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-314-69682-3.

[20] Elaine Morgan (1982). The Aquatic Ape. Stein and Day. ISBN 978-0-8128-2873-3.

[21] Donald McQuade; Robert Atwan (1985). Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience. Oxford University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-19-503589-6.

[22] "Gothenburg". internationalwriters.se. Retrieved May 24, 2021.

[23] "United States Public Records, 1970-2009". FamilySearch. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[24] Mandel, Peter; Baher, Cynthia (May 1983). "The Classes". Brown Alumni Monthly. 83 (8): 58. Retrieved September 13, 2014. Darnel A. Jost and his wife. Dr. Kerry Kelly '77 M.D., of Staten Island, N.Y., report the birth of their first child, Colin Kelly Jost, on June 29.

[25] Mary Seale Vásquez (1987). Homenaje a Ramón J. Sender. Juan de la Cuesta. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-936388-35-9.

[26] Pamela Dear (1 January 2000). Contemporary authors: New revision series. Gale / Cengage Learning. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7876-3095-9.

[27] Something about the Author. Gale Research. 1983. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8103-0055-2.

[28] Kathryne Slate McDorman (1991). Ngaio Marsh. Twayne Publishers. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0-8057-6999-9.

[29] Kenneth T. Jackson; Karen Markoe; Arnie Markoe (1998). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1981-1985. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-684-80492-7.

[30] Paul Schwartz (1988). Georges Perec: Traces of His Passage. Summa Publications, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-917786-60-0.

[31] Judith Freeman Clark (1987). Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century. Prentice Hall. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-13-022658-7.

[32] "Goodman Ace, Comedy Writer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 27 March 1982. Retrieved 23 September 2010.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[33] Chira, Susan. "Harriet Adams Dies. Nancy Drew Author Wrote Over 200 Novels", The New York Times, March 29, 1982. Accessed October 7, 2007. "Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who wrote nearly 200 children's books including many of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, died Saturday evening. She was 89 years old, and lived in Pottersville and Maplewood, N.J."

[34] "Lewis, Alfred Edward [Ted] (1940–1982), novelist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/105384. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2020-12-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[35] Robert Cohen (1993). Understanding Peter Weiss. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-87249-898-3.

[36] Harold Bloom (1985). Twentieth-century American Literature. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 3336. ISBN 978-0-87754-806-5.

[37] Review of Contemporary Fiction. John O'Brien. 1993. p. 7.

[38] Gale, Cengage Learning. A Study Guide for John Cheever's "Swimmer". Gale, Cengage Learning. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4103-5981-0.

[39] Malayalam Literary Survey. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 1982. p. 18.

[40] United Press International (15 September 1982), "John Gardner Killed on His Motorcycle", Schenectady Gazette, Oakland, Pennsylvania, p. 2, retrieved 2010-09-03

[41] Koenraad Elst (2001). The Saffron Swastika: The Notion of "Hindu Fascism". Voice of India. ISBN 978-81-85990-69-9.

[42] "Tributes & Obituaries: Theresa Cha, Keith Haring & Barbara Lehmann". Homicide, Homelessness & Winged Pigs. The Village Voice. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

[43] Sherrin, Ned. "Abrahams, Doris Caroline [Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 24 September 2011 (subscription required)

[44] Gale Cengage (2002). Modern French Poets. Gale Group. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7876-5252-4.

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Events

New books

Fiction

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Births

Deaths

Awards

Australia

Canada

France

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Elsewhere

References