1992 in literature

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1 Events

2 New books

3 Births

4 Deaths

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Events

The Bridges of Madison County, originally self-published by author Robert James Waller, will go on to become the largest selling novel in history with more than 60 million copies sold.
The Goosebumps series of books, penned by R.L. Stine, are first published.

New books

All Around the Town - Mary Higgins Clark
Anvil of Stars - Greg Bear
The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
The Children of Men - P.D. James
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Jazz - Toni Morrison
Jewels - Danielle Steel
Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - John Gray
Mixed Blessings - Danielle Steel
Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! - Mordecai Richler
Paddy Clarke - Roddy Doyle
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
The Queen and I - Sue Townsend
Secrets of Love Magick - Gerina Dunwich
Shampoo Planet - Douglas Coupland
Silent Passage - Gail Sheehy
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
The Stars Shine Down - Sidney Sheldon
The Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice
Tales from Firozsha Baag - Rohinton Mistry
The Thief of Always - Clive Barker
The Trial of Madame Caillaux - Edward Berenson
The Valkyries - Paulo Coelho
Waiting to Exhale - Terry McMillan

Births

Deaths

February 10 - Alex Haley, Roots author
February 16 - Angela Carter, author
April 6 - Isaac Asimov, author
April 21 - Väinö Linna, Finnish novelist
April 28 - Iceberg Slim, novelist
May 22 - Elizabeth David, cookery writer
July 22 - Reginald Bretnor, science fiction writer
September 5 - Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr., American writer of fantasy and science fiction
December 25 - Monica Dickens, novelist
December 27 - Kay Boyle, writer, educator, political activist

Awards

Booker Prize: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Nebula Award: Connie Willis, Doomsday Book
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
Nobel Prize for Literature: Derek Walcott
Prix Goncourt: Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco
Prix Décembre: Henri Thomas, La Chasse au trésor and Roger Grenier, Regardez la neige qui tombe
Prix Médicis French: Michel Rio, Tlacuilo
Prix Médicis International: Louis Begley, Une éducation polonaise
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Tate, Selected Poems
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Robert Schenkkan, The Kentucky Cycle
Whitbread Best Book Award: Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!

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