1988 in literature
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See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye
- J.G. Ballard - Memories of the Space Age
- Iain M. Banks - The Player of Games
- Clive Barker
- Ray Bradbury - The Toynbee Convector
- Orson Scott Card - Treason
- Peter Carey - Oscar and Lucinda
- Roger Caron - Jojo
- Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
- Hugh Cook - The Walrus and the Warwolf
- Tsitsi Dangarembga - Nervous Conditions
- L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp - The Stones of Nomuru
- Allan W. Eckert - The Dark Green Tunnel
- Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum (Il pendolo di Foucault)
- John Gardner - Scorpius
- Alan Hollinghurst - The Swimming Pool Library
- William Horwood - Duncton Wood
- Judith Krantz - Til We Meet Again
- Doris Lessing - The Fifth Child
- Robert Ludlum - The Icarus Agenda
- James A. Michener - Alaska
- Robert B. Parker - Crimson Joy
- Belva Plain - Tapestry
- Terry Pratchett
- Alina Reyes - The Butcher
- Richard Russo - The Risk Pool
- Sidney Sheldon - The Sands of Time
- Clark Ashton Smith - A Rendezvous in Averoigne
- Danielle Steel - Zoya
- Thomas Sullivan - The Phases of Harry Moon
- Nikolai Tolstoy - The Coming of the King
- Anne Tyler - Breathing Lessons
- Andrew Vachss - Blue Belle
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- James Merrill - The Inner Room
- Grazyna Miller - Curriculum
[edit] Non-fiction
- Albert Goldman - The Lives of John Lennon
- Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
- Lou Mollgaard - Kiki: Reine de la Montparnasse
- Rosalind Miles - The Women's History of the World
- Alanna Nash - Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch
- Miranda Seymour - A Ring of Conspirators: Henry James and his literary circle, 1895-1915
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 3 - Robert Duncan, poet
- March - Máirtín Ó Direáin, Irish language poet
- April 12 - Alan Paton, novelist
- April 21 - I. A. L. Diamond, comedy writer
- May 8 - Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction author
- June 10 - Louis L'Amour, western novelist
- July 12 - Joshua Logan, stage and film writer
- August 28 - Max Shulman, novelist, short-story writer and dramatist
- September 28 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist
- October 1 - Sacheverell Sitwell, art critic, brother of Edith Sitwell and Osbert Sitwell
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Tom Flood, Oceana Fine
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Judith Beveridge, The Domesticity of Giraffes
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Judith Beveridge, The Domesticity of Giraffes
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Judith Beveridge, The Domesticity of Giraffes
[edit] Canada
- See 1988 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière International: Andrew Vachss, Strega
- Prix Goncourt: Erik Orsenna, L'Exposition coloniale
- Prix Médicis French: Christiane Rochefort, La Porte du fond
- Prix Médicis International: Thomas Bernhard, les Maîtres anciens
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda
- Cholmondeley Award: John Heath-Stubbs, Sean O'Brien, John Whitworth
- Eric Gregory Award: Michael Symmons Roberts, Gwyneth Lewis, Adrian Blackledge, Simon Armitage, Robert Crawford
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Derek Walcott
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Paul Sayer, The Comforts of Madness
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Maxine Scates, Toluca Street
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Richard Wilbur
- Frost Medal: Carolyn Kizer
- Nebula Award: Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Russell Freedman, Lincoln: A Photobiography
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Toni Morrison, Beloved
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Meredith: Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
[edit] Spain
- Premio Nadal: Juan Pedro Aparicio, Retratos de ambigú
