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1998 in literature
See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New books
Births
Deaths
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January 2 - Frank Muir, comedy writer
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January 11 - John Wells, satirical writer
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January 23 - John Forbes, Australian poet
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January 27 - Geoffrey Trease, historical novelist
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February 7 - Lawrence Sanders, author
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February 17 - Ernst Jünger, novelist and war memoirist
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March 15 - Dr Benjamin Spock, childcare expert
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April 11 - Francis Durbridge, playwright
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April 19 - Octavio Paz, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature
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April 27 - Pauline Réage, author
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April 27 - Carlos Castaneda
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May 9 - Nat Perrin, comedy writer
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June 10 - Hammond Innes, novelist
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June 11 - Dame Catherine Cookson, bestselling novelist
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July 1 - Martin Seymour-Smith, biographer
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July 5 - Johnny Speight, comedy writer
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July 14 - Miroslav Holub, Czech poet
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July 23 - John Hopkins, film and television writer
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September 28 - Eric Malling, journalist
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October 22 - Eric Ambler, novelist
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October 28 - Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate
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November 8 - Rumer Godden, novelist
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date unknown - Ian Wallace, science fiction author
Awards
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Booker Prize: Ian McEwan - Amsterdam
- See 1998 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Alice Munro: The Love of a Good Woman
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Hugo Award for Best Novel: Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace
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IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Herta Muller , The Grand of Green Plums
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Nebula Award: Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Keran Hess , Out of the Dust
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Nobel Prize for Literature: José Saramago
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Orange Prize for Fiction: Carol Shields, Larry's Party
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Prix Goncourt: Paule Constant , Confidence pour confidence
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Prix Décembre: Michel Houellebecq, Les Particules élémentaires
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Prix Médicis French: Le Loup mongol
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Prix Médicis International: The House of Sleep - Jonathan Coe
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Paula Vogel, How I Learned to Drive
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Philip Roth, American Pastoral
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Charles Wright, Black Zodiac
- Whitbread Best Book Award : Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters
Last updated: 05-22-2005 00:26:08
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