1982 in literature
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See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.
[edit] New books
- Isabel Allende - La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits)
- Martin Amis - Invasion of the Space Invaders
- Isaac Asimov - Foundation's Edge
- Jean M. Auel - The Valley of Horses
- Lynne Reid Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard
- Arthur C. Clarke - 2010: Odyssey Two
- Aileen Crawley - The Bride of Suleiman
- Ken Follett - The Man from St Petersburg
- John Gardner - For Special Services
- Graham Greene -Monsignor Quixote
- John Jakes - North and South
- Thomas Keneally - Schindler's Ark
- David Kesterton - The Darkling
- Stephen King
- W.P. Kinsella - Shoeless Joe
- Judith Krantz - Mistral's Daughter
- Morgan Llywelyn - The Horse Goddess
- Robert Ludlum - The Parsifal Mosaic
- Colleen McCullough - An Indecent Obsession
- George R. R. Martin - Fevre Dream
- James Merrill - The Changing Light at Sandover
- James A. Michener - Space
- Chris Mullin - A Very British Coup
- Sidney Sheldon - Master of the Game
- Elizabeth Smart - The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals
- Danielle Steel - Crossings
- Alice Walker - The Color Purple
- Gene Wolfe - The Citadel of the Autarch
[edit] New drama
- Peter Flannery - Our Friends in the North
- Michael Frayn - Noises Off
- Stephen MacDonald - Not About Heroes
- Frank McGuinness - The Factory Girls
- Tom Stoppard - The Real Thing
[edit] Non-fiction
- Irving Abella and Harold Troper - None is Too Many
- Edward James - The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000
- John Naisbitt - Megatrends
- Tom Peters - In Search of Excellence
- Margaret Trudeau - Consequences
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer
- March 6 - Ayn Rand, author
- June 18 - John Cheever, writer
[edit] Awards
[edit] 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
[edit] Canada
- See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] 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
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
- 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
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill
[edit] 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: 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
