1996 in literature
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See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas because it "conflicted with the values of the community."
- In the United Kingdom, the first Orange Prize for Fiction for female novelists is awarded.
- First performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
New books
- Absolute Power - David Baldacci
- Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
- Bandarshah - Al-Tayyib Salih
- By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee - Tama Janowitz
- Excession - Iain M. Banks
- Executive Orders - Tom Clancy
- Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett
- Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
- Fighting for Canada (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!) - Diane Francis
- A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
- The Fourth Estate - Jeffrey Archer
- Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara
- The Goldberg Variations - Nancy Huston
- The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
- Hackers - short story collection
- Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry McMillan
- Intensity - Dean R. Koontz
- Kiki's Memoirs - Kiki, (translation by Samuel Putnam)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
- Moonlight Becomes You - Mary Higgins Clark
- Polaroids From The Dead - Douglas Coupland
- Primary Colors - Joe Klein as "Anonymous"
- The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
- Selected Stories - Mavis Gallant
- Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter - Ann Chamberlin
- The Tailor of Panama - John le Carré
- The Tenth Insight - James Redfield
- Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose
- A Vicious Circle - Amanda Craig
- The Wicca Garden - Gerina Dunwich
- The Wicca Source Book - Gerina Dunwich
- Wonder Bread and Ecstasy - Charles Isherwood
Births
Deaths
- January 28 - Jerry Siegel, cartoonist, creator of Superman
- February 11 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer.
- December 11 Willie Rushton, UK comedian and cartoonist
Awards
- Booker Prize: Graham Swift, Last Orders
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Margaret Atwood: - Alias Grace
- See 1996 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
- Nebula Award: Nicola Griffith, Slow River
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Karen Cushman, The Midwife's Apprentice
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Wislawa Szymborska
- Prix Goncourt: Pascale Roze, Le Chasseur Zéro
- Prix Décembre: Régis Debray, Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation politique
- Prix Médicis French: Orlanda - Jacqueline Harpman and L'Organisation - Jean Rolin
- Prix Médicis International: Himmelfarb - Michael Kruger, Germany and Sonietchka - Ludmila Oulitskaïa, Russia
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Jonathan Larson, Rent
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Richard Ford - Independence Day
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham: The Dream of the Unified Field
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level