1982 in literature
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See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.
New books
- The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals - Elizabeth Smart
- The Bride of Suleiman - Aileen Crawley
- The Color Purple - Alice Walker
- Consequences - Margaret Trudeau
- Crossings - Danielle Steel
- The Darkling - David Kesterton
- Different Seasons - Stephen King
- Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
- The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn
- La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits) - Isabel Allende
- In Search of Excellence - Tom Peters
- An Indecent Obsession - Colleen McCullough
- The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks
- Invasion of the Space Invaders - Martin Amis
- The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett
- Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
- Mistral's Daughter - Judith Krantz
- Monsignor Quixote - Graham Greene
- None is too many - Irving Abella and Harold Troper
- North and South - John Jakes
- The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000 - James Edward
- The Parsifal Mosaic - Robert Ludlum
- The Running Man - Stephen King
- Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally
- Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella
- Space - James A. Michener
- The Changing Light at Sandover - James Merrill
- 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke
- The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel
Births
Deaths
- March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer
- March 6 - Ayn Rand, author
- June 18 - John Cheever, writer
Awards
- Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
- See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez
- Prix Goncourt: Dominique Fernandez, dans la main de l'Ange
- Prix Médicis French: Jean-François Josselin, L'Enfer et Cie
- Prix Médicis International: Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Play
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Updike - Rabbit Is Rich
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill