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Overview of the events of 1989 in literature
Overview of the events of 1989 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1989 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 4 –
Srikrishna Alanahalli , Indian novelist and poet (born
1947 )
January 8 –
Bruce Chatwin , English travel writer and novelist (born
1940 )
February 3 –
John Cassavetes , American actor, director and writer (born
1929 )
February 12 –
Thomas Bernhard , Austrian author (born
1931 )
March 14 –
Edward Abbey , American essayist (born
1927 )
March 27 –
Malcolm Cowley , American novelist and poet (born
1898 )
April 14 –
Laurence Meynell (Valerie Baxter, A. Stephen Tring), English novelist and children's writer (born
1899 )
April 19 –
Daphne du Maurier , English novelist (born
1907 )
May 19 –
C. L. R. James , Trinidad-born American journalist (born
1901 )
May 20 –
Erzsébet Galgóczi , Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (born
1930 )
July 31 –
Zhou Yang , Chinese literary theorist (born
1908 )
August 23 –
R. D. Laing , Scottish psychologist and author (born
1927 )
August 26 –
Irving Stone , American novelist (born
1903 )
September 4
September 13 –
Acharya Aatreya , Telugu screenwriter (born
1921 )
September 15 –
Robert Penn Warren , American poet and novelist (born
1905 )
September 30
October 13 –
Cesare Zavattini , Italian screenwriter (born
1902 )
November 22 –
José Guadalupe Cruz , Mexican comics writer (born
1917 )
December 5 –
George Selden (Terry Andrews), American children's author (
gastrointestinal bleeding , born
1929 )
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December 19 –
Stella Gibbons , English novelist (born
1902 )
December 22 –
Samuel Beckett , Irish-born playwright, novelist and poet (born
1906 )
December 26 –
Paul Jennings , English humorist (born
1918 )
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Booker Prize :
Kazuo Ishiguro –
The Remains of the Day
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Anne Fine ,
Goggle-Eyes
Cholmondeley Award :
Peter Didsbury ,
Douglas Dunn ,
E. J. Scovell
Eric Gregory Award :
Gerard Woodward ,
David Morley ,
Katrina Porteous ,
Paul Henry
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
James Kelman , A Disaffection
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Ian Gibson ,
Federico Garcia Lorca : A Life
Newdigate prize :
Jane Griffiths
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry :
Allen Curnow
Whitbread Best Book Award :
Richard Holmes , Coleridge: Early Visions
The Sunday Express Book of the Year :
Rose Tremain ,
Restoration
United States
Fiction:
Ellen Akins ,
Marianne Wiggins
Nonfiction:
Ian Frazier ,
Natalie Kusz ,
Lucy Sante ,
Tobias Wolff (nonfiction/fiction)
Plays:
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Poetry:
Russell Edson ,
Mary Karr ,
C.D. Wright
Japan
References
^ Appignanesi, Lisa (February 1, 1990).
The Rushdie File . Syracuse University Press. p. 15.
ISBN
978-0-8156-0248-4 .
^ Thomas, Tobi (August 12, 2022).
"Salman Rushdie: timeline of the novelist's career" .
The Guardian . London. p. 5. Retrieved August 24, 2022 .
^
The Rose Theatre Trust . Accessed 15 July 2014
^ IFLA Office for International Lending (1991).
Interlending and Document Supply: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Held in London, November 1990 . IFLA Office for International Lending. p. 65.
ISBN
978-0-7123-2089-4 .
^ Dukes, Gerry (1991). "Reviewed Work: John Banville: A Critical Study by Joseph McMinn". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review . Vol. 80, no. 319. pp. 309–311.
JSTOR
30091627 .
^ Kenny, John (July 24, 1999).
"Reintroducing Banville" (PDF) .
The Irish Times . p. 8. Weekend .
^
"George Selden, 60, Writer of Tales Describing a Cricket's Adventures" .
The New York Times . December 6, 1989. Retrieved December 19, 2006 .
^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999).
Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 245.
ISBN
978-1-57356-111-2 . Retrieved January 10, 2021 .