See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New books
Births
Deaths
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January 24 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
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February 11 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction author
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February 26 - Robert Penn Warren, poet, author
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March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and novelist
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May 15 - Theodore H. White, writer
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June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
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August 20 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Awards
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Booker Prize: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils
- See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Speaker For the Dead
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Patricia MacLachlan , Sarah, Plain and Tall
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Wole Soyinka
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Prix Goncourt: Michel Host , Valet de nuit
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Prix Médicis French: Pierre Combescot , Les Funérailles de la Sardine
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Prix Médicis International: John Hawkes, Aventures dans le commerce des peaux en Alaska
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor, The Flying Change
- Whitbread Best Book Award : Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
Last updated: 05-22-2005 00:25:48