1985 in literature
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See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.
[edit] New books
- Isaac Asimov - Robots and Empire
- Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
- Jean M. Auel - The Mammoth Hunters
- Iain Banks - Walking on Glass
- Clive Barker - The Damnation Game
- Greg Bear
- Elizabeth Darrell - At the Going Down of the Sun
- Bret Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero
- Imil Habibi - The Secret Life of Saeed
- Amy Hempel - Reasons to Live
- Frank Herbert - Chapterhouse Dune
- John Irving - The Cider House Rules
- Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon Days
- Stephen King - Skeleton Crew
- H.P. Lovecraft
- At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels corrected edition
- The Dunwich Horror and Others corrected edition
- Richard A. Lupoff - Lovecraft's Book
- Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
- Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove
- Naguib Mahfouz - Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth
- Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
- James A. Michener - Texas
- Brian Moore - Black Robe
- Bharati Mukherjee - Darkness
- Robert B. Parker - Catskill Eagle
- Peter Pohl - Johnny, My Friend (Janne, min vän)
- Carl Sagan - Contact
- Sidney Sheldon - If Tomorrow Comes
- Danielle Steel - Secrets
- Sue Townsend - Rebuilding Coventry
- Anne Tyler - The Accidental Tourist
- Andrew Vachss - Flood
- Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Roger Zelazny - Trumps of Doom
[edit] New drama
- David Hare & Howard Brenton - Pravda
- Wallace Shawn - Aunt Dan and Lemon
- Sam Shepard - A Lie of the Mind
- Neil Simon - Biloxi Blues
- August Wilson - Fences
[edit] Poetry
- Carol Ann Duffy - Standing Female Nude
[edit] Non-fiction
- Roger Caron - Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot
- Michael Denton - Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
- Elaine Dundy - Elvis and Gladys
- Wayne Kritsberg - The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome
- Tim O'Brien - The Nuclear Age
- Priscilla Beaulieu Presley - Elvis and Me
- David Robinson - Chaplin: His Life and Art
- Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 6 - James Hadley Chase, novelist
- April 7 - Carl Schmitt, political theorist
- July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel laureate
- August 14 - Alfred Hayes, novelist and poet
- August 30 - Taylor Caldwell, novelist
- November 3 - John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, historian
- November 24 - László Bíró, inventor of the ballpoint pen
- November 25 - Geoffrey Grigson, poet and critic
- December 7 - Robert Graves
- date unknown
- Hedley Bull, economist
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: no award given out this year
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kevin Hart, Your Shadow; Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Doris Brett, The Truth about Unicorns
[edit] Canada
- See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Goncourt: Yann Queffelec, Les Noces barbares
- Prix Médicis French: Michel Braudeau, Naissance d'une passion
- Prix Médicis International: Joseph Heller, God Knows
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Keri Hulme, The Bone People
- Cholmondeley Award: Dannie Abse, Peter Redgrove, Brian Taylor
- Eric Gregory Award: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, Simon North, Julian May
- Newdigate prize: Robert Twigger
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Douglas Dunn, Elegies
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry, Robert Penn Warren
- Frost Medal: Robert Penn Warren
- Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: James Lapine for book; Stephen Sondheim for music and lyrics, Sunday in the Park With George
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alison Lurie - Foreign Affairs
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carolyn Kizer: Yin
[edit] Elsewhere
- Premio Nadal: Pau Faner Coll (Flor de sal
