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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993 .

Events [ edit ]

September 24 ? Former president and writer Zviad Gamsakhurdia returns to Georgia to establish a government in exile in the city of Zugdidi .
November 17 ? Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award in the United States for her novel The Shipping News .
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- Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen 's novel Cranes' Morning appears in India, but proves to be plagiarized from Elizabeth Goudge 's The Rosemary Tree (1956); its author will commit suicide in 1994. ^[1]
- Professor Stephen Hawking 's A Brief History of Time becomes the longest-running book on The Sunday Times UK bestseller list.
- Reality television contest Million's Poet (???? ???????) is launched in the United Arab Emirates .
- Todur Zanet 's translation of Jean Racine 's Bajazet is produced by Moldova 1 , a seminal moment in the development of Gagauz-language theatre. ^[2]
- The Guodian Chu Slips , including the oldest known version of Laozi 's Tao Te Ching , a chapter from the Book of Rites , content from the Book of Documents and the previously lost Xing Zi Ming Chu , written on bamboo and dated before 300 BCE (later Warring States period ), are found in a tomb near Guodian, Jingmen ( Hubei province of China). ^[3]

New books [ edit ]

Poetry [ edit ]

Leonard Cohen ? Stranger Music
Paul Durcan ? A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems
Dejan Stojanovi? ? Krugovanje: 1978?1987 (Circling: 1978?1987) ^[7]

Non-fiction [ edit ]

Martin Amis ? Visiting Mrs Nabokov: And Other Excursions
Khursheed Kamal Aziz ? The Murder of History in Pakistan: A critique of history textbooks used in Pakistan
Malcolm Bradbury ? The Modern British Novel
Richard Dawkins ? Viruses of the Mind
Shobha De and Khushwant Singh ? Uncertain Liaisons
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg ? Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Ages
Alexandre Farnoux ? Cnossos : L'archeologie d'un reve
Zlata Filipovi? ? Zlata's Diary
Bob Flowerdew ? The Organic Gardener
Tamala Krishna Goswami ? Happiness is a Science ? Aditi 's Vow
Linda Holmen, Mary Santella-Johnson and Bill Watterson ? Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes ^[8]
Laennec Hurbon ? Voodoo: Truth and Fantasy
Linda Johns ? Sharing a Robin's Life ^[9]
Leon M. Lederman and Dick Teresi ? The God Particle
James Lees-Milne ? People and Places: Country House Donors and the National Trust
Michel Maffesoli ? The Contemplation of the World
Jean Marigny ? Vampires: The World of the Undead
Scott McCloud ? Understanding Comics ^[10]
Ram Swarup ? Hindu View of Christianity and Islam
Miranda Seymour ? Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale
Howard Stern ? Private Parts
Walter Stewart ? Too Big to Fail
Margaret Thatcher ? The Downing Street Years
Gordon S. Wood ? The Radicalism of the American Revolution

Births [ edit ]

July 3 - Hayeon Lim , South Korean author
July 5 - Leah Johnson , American author
August 1 - Tomi Adeyemi , Nigerian?American novelist
August 26 - Nancy Yi Fan , Chinese American author
December 22 - Leema Dhar , Indian poet and novelist
unknown date - Idza Luhumyo , Kenyan short story writer

Deaths [ edit ]

January 6 ? ?tefan Baciu , Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (born 1918 )
January 18 ? Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy, etc.), English historical novelist (born 1906 ) ^[11]
January 22 ? K?b? Abe (安部公房), Japanese novelist and playwright (born 1924 )
January 29 ? Gustav Hasford , American marine, novelist, journalist, poet and book thief (born 1947 )
February 5 ? William Pene du Bois , American author and illustrator (born 1916 )
March 9 ? C. Northcote Parkinson , English naval historian and critic of business methods (born 1909 ) ^[12]
March 10 ? Dan Simonescu , Romanian literary historian and bibliographer (born 1902 )
March 16 ? Natalia Correia , Portuguese writer, poet and social activist (b. 1923 ) ^[13]
April 15
- Leslie Charteris , Anglo-American thriller writer (born 1907 )
- Robert Westall , English novelist and children's writer (born 1929 )
April 23 ? Bertus Aafjes , Dutch poet (born 1914 )
May 6 ? Dorothy B. Hughes , American crime writer and critic (born 1904 )
June 19 ? Sir William Golding , English novelist and poet (born 1911 ) ^[14]
July 10 ? Ruth Krauss , American children's author and poet (born 1901 )
August 28 ? E. P. Thompson , English political historian (born 1924 )
September ? Leonte R?utu , Bessarabian-born Romanian propagandist and censor (born 1910 )
September 7 ? Eugen Barbu , Romanian novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1924 )
September 16 ? Oodgeroo Noonuccal , aboriginal Australian poet (born 1920 )
November 1 ? Maeve Brennan , Irish short story writer and journalist (born 1917 ) ^[15]
November 22 ? Anthony Burgess , English novelist (born 1917 ) ^[16]
December 4 ? Margaret Landon , American historical novelist (born 1903 )
December 28 ? William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (born 1904 )
December 31 ? Zviad Gamsakhurdia , Georgian dissident, scientist and writer (possible suicide, born 1913 ) ^[17]
Unknown date ? Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepalese novelist and poet (born 1937 )

Awards [ edit ]

Australia [ edit ]

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award : Helen Demidenko , The Hand That Signed The Paper
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry : Les Murray , Translations from the Natural World
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry : Les Murray , Translations from the Natural World
Mary Gilmore Prize : Jill Jones , The Mask and Jagged Star
Miles Franklin Award : Alex Miller , The Ancestor Game

Canada [ edit ]

See 1993 Governor General's Awards for a complete list
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction : Liza Potvin (co-winner), White Lies (for my mother) ^[20]
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction : Elizabeth Hay (co-winner), The Only Snow in Havana ^[21]

France [ edit ]

Prix Goncourt : Amin Maalouf , Le Rocher de Tanios
Prix Decembre : Rene de Obaldia . Exobiographie
Prix Medicis French: Emmanuele Bernheim , Sa femme
Prix Medicis International: Paul Auster , Leviathan

United Kingdom [ edit ]

Booker Prize : Roddy Doyle , Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Carnegie Medal for children's literature : Robert Swindells , Stone Cold
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Caryl Phillips , Crossing the River
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Richard Holmes , Dr Johnson and Mr Savage
Cholmondeley Award : Patricia Beer , George Mackay Brown , P. J. Kavanagh , Michael Longley
Whitbread Book Award : Joan Brady , Theory of War ^[22]
The Sunday Express Book of the Year : William Boyd , The Blue Afternoon

United States [ edit ]

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize : Natasha Saj, Red Under the Skin
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry : George Starbuck
American Academy of Arts and Letters gold Medal for Belles Lettres , Elizabeth Hardwick
Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry : Stephen Yenser, "Blue Guide"
Compton Crook Award : Holly Lisle , Fire in the Mist
Frost Medal : William Stafford
National Book Award for Fiction : E. Annie Proulx , The Shipping News
National Book Critics Circle Award : Alan Lomax , The Land Where the Blues Began
Nebula Award : Kim Stanley Robinson , Red Mars
Newbery Medal for children's literature : Cynthia Rylant , Missing May
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : E. Annie Proulx , Postcards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama : Tony Kushner , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : Robert Olen Butler , A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Louise Gluck , The Wild Iris
Whiting Awards :

Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides , Dagoberto Gilb , Sigrid Nunez , Janet Peery , Lisa Shea

Plays: Kevin Kling

Poetry: Mark Levine , Nathaniel Mackey (poetry/fiction), Dionisio D. Martinez , Kathleen Peirce

Writers Guild of America Awards 1993 ( March 13 ): Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian , Schindler's List

Elsewhere [ edit ]

Premio Nadal : Rafael Argullol Murgadas, La razon del mal

References [ edit ]

^ Moore, Molly (1994-04-27). "Plagiarism and mystery" . Washington Post Foreign Service. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12 . Retrieved 2012-11-11 .
^ Ungureanu, Larisa; Sadovici, Maia; Volcov, Alexandr (2004). "Bucurii care se duc ?i speran?e care vin (note despre teatrul g?g?uz)" . Contrafort (in Romanian) (12). Archived from the original on 2017-06-25.
^ Chan, Alan (2013-05-02). "Laozi" . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Stanford University . Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ Harry G. Summers Jr. (September 6, 1992). "The Men of Company E" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
^ Brian M. Stableford (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia . Taylor & Francis. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8 .
^ Butler, Catherine; Reynolds, Kimberley (2014). Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-137-35745-8 .
^ Web page titled Dejan Stojanovi?, Krugovanje, Front Cover by Dejan Stojanovi? at the Internet Archive
^
Holmen, Linda; Santella-Johnson, Mary; Watterson, Bill (1993). Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes . Cover and supplementary art by Jan Roebken. Fargo, North Dakota: Playground Publishing. ISBN 1-878849-15-8 .
- Lay summary in: "Teaching With Calvin and Hobbes" . ignatz.brinkster.net . 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.
^ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" . Archived from the original on 2012-10-01 . Retrieved 2012-11-22 .
^ "scottmccloud.com ? Understanding Comics" . scottmccloud.com .
^ "Obituary: Jean Plaidy" . The Independent . 20 January 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01 . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ The Annual Obituary . St. Martin's. 1993. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-55862-320-0 .
^ "Natalia Correia; Poet, 69" . New York Times . March 17, 1993 . Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^ "William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of Lord of the Flies " . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "Author Profile: Maeve Brennan" . thresholds.chi.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "A brief life - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation" . The International Anthony Burgess Foundation . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ Thousands Pay Tribute to the First President Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine , Civil Georgia , March 31, 2007.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" . www.nobelprize.org . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "Camoes Prize - literary award" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ? Previous Winners ? 1993: Liza Potvin , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ? Previous Winners ? 1993: Elizabeth Hay , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^ "Joan Brady:Author" . www.joanbrady.co.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[1] Moore, Molly (1994-04-27). "Plagiarism and mystery" . Washington Post Foreign Service. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12 . Retrieved 2012-11-11 .

[2] Ungureanu, Larisa; Sadovici, Maia; Volcov, Alexandr (2004). "Bucurii care se duc ?i speran?e care vin (note despre teatrul g?g?uz)" . Contrafort (in Romanian) (12). Archived from the original on 2017-06-25.

[3] Chan, Alan (2013-05-02). "Laozi" . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Stanford University . Retrieved 2017-12-31 .

[4] Harry G. Summers Jr. (September 6, 1992). "The Men of Company E" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 17, 2017 .

[5] Brian M. Stableford (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia . Taylor & Francis. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8 .

[6] Butler, Catherine; Reynolds, Kimberley (2014). Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-137-35745-8 .

[7] Web page titled Dejan Stojanovi?, Krugovanje, Front Cover by Dejan Stojanovi? at the Internet Archive

[holmen1993-8] Holmen, Linda; Santella-Johnson, Mary; Watterson, Bill (1993). Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes . Cover and supplementary art by Jan Roebken. Fargo, North Dakota: Playground Publishing. ISBN 1-878849-15-8 .
Lay summary in: "Teaching With Calvin and Hobbes" . ignatz.brinkster.net . 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.

[9] Lay summary in: "Teaching With Calvin and Hobbes" . ignatz.brinkster.net . 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.

[9] "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" . Archived from the original on 2012-10-01 . Retrieved 2012-11-22 .

[10] "scottmccloud.com ? Understanding Comics" . scottmccloud.com .

[11] "Obituary: Jean Plaidy" . The Independent . 20 January 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01 . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[12] The Annual Obituary . St. Martin's. 1993. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-55862-320-0 .

[13] "Natalia Correia; Poet, 69" . New York Times . March 17, 1993 . Retrieved May 19, 2021 .

[14] "William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of Lord of the Flies " . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[15] "Author Profile: Maeve Brennan" . thresholds.chi.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[16] "A brief life - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation" . The International Anthony Burgess Foundation . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[17] Thousands Pay Tribute to the First President Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine , Civil Georgia , March 31, 2007.

[18] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" . www.nobelprize.org . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[19] "Camoes Prize - literary award" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

[20] Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ? Previous Winners ? 1993: Liza Potvin , (retrieved 11/20/2012)

[21] Wilfrid Laurier University Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ? Previous Winners ? 1993: Elizabeth Hay , (retrieved 11/20/2012)

[22] "Joan Brady:Author" . www.joanbrady.co.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .

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Events [ edit ]

New books [ edit ]

Fiction [ edit ]

Children and young people [ edit ]

Drama [ edit ]

Poetry [ edit ]

Non-fiction [ edit ]

Births [ edit ]

Deaths [ edit ]

Awards [ edit ]

Australia [ edit ]

Canada [ edit ]

France [ edit ]

United Kingdom [ edit ]

United States [ edit ]

Elsewhere [ edit ]

References [ edit ]