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Overview of the events of 1986 in literature
Overview of the events of 1986 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1986
.
Events
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New books
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Fiction
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Children and young people
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Drama
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Poetry
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Non-fiction
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Births
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Deaths
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- January 1
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Lord David Cecil
, English critic and biographer (born
1902
)
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- January 4
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Christopher Isherwood
, English-born novelist (born
1904
)
- January 7
- January 24
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L. Ron Hubbard
, American science fiction writer, founder of
Scientology
(born
1911
)
- February 4
?
Phyllis Shand Allfrey
,
Dominican
writer (born
1908
)
- February 9
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Dora Oake Russell
, Newfoundland writer, diarist and journalist (born
1912
)
- February 11
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Frank Herbert
, American science fiction novelist (born
1920
)
- February 28
?
Edith Ditmas
, English archivist, historian and writer (born
1896
)
- March 4
- March 15
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Pandelis Prevelakis
, Greek novelist, poet, dramatist and essayist (born
1909
)
- March 18
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Bernard Malamud
, American novelist (born
1914
)
- April 12
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Valentin Kataev
, Russian novelist and dramatist (born
1897
)
- April 14
- April 17
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Bessie Head
, Botswanan fiction writer (born
1937
)
- April 22
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Mircea Eliade
, Romanian historian, philosopher and novelist (born
1907
)
- May 15
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Theodore H. White
, American journalist, historian and novelist (born
1915
)
- June 14
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Jorge Luis Borges
, Argentine writer (born
1899
)
- August 1
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Lena Kennedy
, English romantic novelist (born
1914
)
- August 3
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Beryl Markham
, English-born Kenyan aviator and author (born
1902
)
- August 20
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Milton Acorn
, Canadian poet, writer and playwright (born
1923
)
- September 11
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Noel Streatfeild
, English novelist and children's writer (born
1895
)
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- December 17
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J. F. Hendry
, Scottish poet (born
1912
)
- December 19
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V. C. Andrews
, American novelist (born
1923
)
- December 28
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John D. MacDonald
, American novelist and short story writer (born
1916
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Awards
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Australia
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Canada
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France
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United Kingdom
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- Booker Prize
:
Kingsley Amis
,
The Old Devils
- Carnegie Medal
for
children's literature
:
Berlie Doherty
,
Granny Was a Buffer Girl
- Cholmondeley Award
:
Lawrence Durrell
,
James Fenton
,
Selima Hill
- Eric Gregory Award
:
Mick North
,
Lachlan Mackinnon
,
Oliver Reynolds
,
Stephen Romer
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for fiction:
Jenny Joseph
,
Persephone
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for biography:
D. Felicitas Corrigan
,
Helen Waddell
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
:
Norman MacCaig
- Whitbread Best Book Award
:
Kazuo Ishiguro
,
An Artist of the Floating World
United States
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- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
:
Robley Wilson
,
Kingdoms of the Ordinary
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama
:
Sidney Kingsley
- Frost Medal
:
Allen Ginsberg
/
Richard Eberhart
- Nebula Award
:
Orson Scott Card
,
Speaker For the Dead
- Newbery Medal
for
children's literature
:
Patricia MacLachlan
,
Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Prometheus Award
:
Robert Shea
and
Robert Anton Wilson
,
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
Larry McMurtry
,
Lonesome Dove
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Henry Taylor
,
The Flying Change
- Whiting Awards
: Fiction:
Kent Haruf
,
Denis Johnson
,
Padgett Powell
,
Mona Simpson
; Poetry:
John Ash
,
Hayden Carruth
,
Frank Stewart
,
Ruth Stone
; Nonfiction:
Darryl Pinckney
(nonfiction/fiction); Plays:
August Wilson
Elsewhere
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References
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