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Overview of the events of 1993 in literature
Overview of the events of 1993 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 6 –
Ștefan Baciu , Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (born
1918 )
January 18 –
Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy, etc.), English historical novelist (born
1906 )
[11]
January 22 –
Kōbō Abe (安部 公房), Japanese novelist and playwright (born
1924 )
January 29 –
Gustav Hasford , American marine, novelist, journalist, poet and book thief (born
1947 )
February 5 –
William Pène du Bois , American author and illustrator (born
1916 )
March 9 –
C. Northcote Parkinson , English naval historian and critic of business methods (born
1909 )
[12]
March 10 –
Dan Simonescu , Romanian literary historian and bibliographer (born
1902 )
March 16 –
Natália Correia , Portuguese writer, poet and social activist (b.
1923 )
[13]
April 15
April 23 –
Bertus Aafjes , Dutch poet (born
1914 )
May 6 –
Dorothy B. Hughes , American crime writer and critic (born
1904 )
June 19 – Sir
William Golding , English novelist and poet (born
1911 )
[14]
July 10 –
Ruth Krauss , American children's author and poet (born
1901 )
August 28 –
E. P. Thompson , English political historian (born
1924 )
September –
Leonte Răutu , Bessarabian-born Romanian propagandist and censor (born
1910 )
September 7 –
Eugen Barbu , Romanian novelist, playwright and journalist (born
1924 )
September 16 –
Oodgeroo Noonuccal , aboriginal Australian poet (born
1920 )
November 1 –
Maeve Brennan , Irish short story writer and journalist (born
1917 )
[15]
November 22 –
Anthony Burgess , English novelist (born
1917 )
[16]
December 4 –
Margaret Landon , American historical novelist (born
1903 )
December 28 –
William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (born
1904 )
December 31 –
Zviad Gamsakhurdia , Georgian dissident, scientist and writer (possible suicide, born
1913 )
[17]
Unknown date –
Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepalese novelist and poet (born
1937 )
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
United States
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize : Natasha Saj, Red Under the Skin
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry :
George Starbuck
American Academy of Arts and Letters gold Medal for Belles Lettres ,
Elizabeth Hardwick
Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry : Stephen Yenser, "Blue Guide"
Compton Crook Award :
Holly Lisle , Fire in the Mist
Frost Medal :
William Stafford
National Book Award for Fiction :
E. Annie Proulx ,
The Shipping News
National Book Critics Circle Award :
Alan Lomax , The Land Where the Blues Began
Nebula Award :
Kim Stanley Robinson ,
Red Mars
Newbery Medal for
children's literature :
Cynthia Rylant ,
Missing May
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction :
E. Annie Proulx ,
Postcards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama :
Tony Kushner ,
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :
Robert Olen Butler ,
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry :
Louise Gluck , The Wild Iris
Whiting Awards :
Fiction:
Jeffrey Eugenides ,
Dagoberto Gilb ,
Sigrid Nunez ,
Janet Peery ,
Lisa Shea
Plays:
Kevin Kling
Poetry:
Mark Levine ,
Nathaniel Mackey (poetry/fiction),
Dionisio D. Martinez ,
Kathleen Peirce
Elsewhere
References
^ Moore, Molly (1994-04-27).
"Plagiarism and mystery" . Washington Post Foreign Service. Archived from
the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-11-11 .
^ Ungureanu, Larisa; Sadovici, Maia; Volcov, Alexandr (2004).
"Bucurii care se duc și speranțe care vin (note despre teatrul găgăuz)" . Contrafort (in Romanian) (12). Archived from
the original on 2017-06-25.
^ Chan, Alan (2013-05-02).
"Laozi" .
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Stanford University. Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ Harry G. Summers Jr. (September 6, 1992).
"The Men of Company E" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
^ Brian M. Stableford (2006).
Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia . Taylor & Francis. p. 283.
ISBN
978-0-415-97460-8 .
^ Butler, Catherine; Reynolds, Kimberley (2014).
Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave. p. 154.
ISBN
978-1-137-35745-8 .
^ Web page titled
Dejan Stojanović, Krugovanje, Front Cover by
Dejan Stojanović at the
Internet Archive
^ Holmen, Linda; Santella-Johnson, Mary;
Watterson, Bill (1993). Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes . Cover and supplementary art by Jan Roebken. Fargo, North Dakota: Playground Publishing.
ISBN
1-878849-15-8 .
^
"Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" . Archived from
the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-11-22 .
^
"scottmccloud.com – Understanding Comics" . scottmccloud.com .
^
"Obituary: Jean Plaidy" . The Independent . 20 January 1993.
Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
The Annual Obituary . St. Martin's. 1993. p. 264.
ISBN
978-1-55862-320-0 .
^
"Natalia Correia; Poet, 69" . New York Times . March 17, 1993. Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^
"William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of Lord of the Flies " . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
"Author Profile: Maeve Brennan" . thresholds.chi.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
"A brief life - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation" . The International Anthony Burgess Foundation . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
Thousands Pay Tribute to the First President
Archived 2008-12-01 at the
Wayback Machine , Civil Georgia , March 31, 2007.
^
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" . www.nobelprize.org . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
"Camoes Prize - literary award" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^
Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993:
Liza Potvin , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^
Wilfrid Laurier University
Archived 2014-06-06 at
Archive-It Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993:
Elizabeth Hay , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^
"Joan Brady:Author" . www.joanbrady.co.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .