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1983 in literature
See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Ironweed by William Kennedy is published.
New Books
- The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers
- Changes - Danielle Steel
- Christine - Stephen King
- Cold Heaven - Anita Brian Moore
- The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
- The Dark Green Tunnel - Allan W. Eckert
- Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins
- Ironweed - William Kennedy
- The Last Warrior Queen - Mary Mackey
- Life and Times of Michael K - J. M. Coetzee
- The Little Drummer Girl - John le Carré
- The Lonesome Gods - Louis L'Amour
- The Loser - Thomas Bernhard
- The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
- On Wings of Eagles - Ken Follett
- Pet Sematary - Stephen King
- Phantoms - Dean R. Koontz
- The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek
- Poland - James A. Michener
- The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov
- Shame - Salman Rushdie
- A Time for Judas - Morley Callaghan
- - Stephen R. Donaldson
- Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin
- Worstward Ho - Samuel Beckett
Births
Deaths
- February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- March 3 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator
Awards
- Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -Life and Times of Michael K
- See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: David Brin, Startide Rising
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Cynthia Voight , Dicey's Song
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding
- Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan , Les égarés
- Prix Médicis French: Jean Echenoz , Cherokee
- Prix Médicis International: Kenneth White , La route bleue
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marsha Norman , 'Night, Mother
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker - The Color Purple
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell - Selected Poems
- Whitbread Best Book Award : John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
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