1986 in literature (original) (raw)
See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature.
| Table of contents |
|---|
| 1 Events [2 New Books](#New Books) 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards |
Events
New Books
- The Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum
- Cadillac Desert - Marc Reisner
- The Fence Post Chronicles - W.P. Kinsella
- The Fisher King - Anthony Powell
- Ghost - Piers Anthony
- The Golden Cup - Belva Plain
- Hollywood Husbands - Jackie Collins
- I'll Take Manhattan - Judith Krantz
- In the Hollow of His Hand - James Purdy
- It (novel) - Stephen King
- Kara Kush - Idries Shah
- Last of the Breed - Louis L'Amour
- The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
- Love You Forever - Robert Munsch
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes
- A Matter of Honour - Jeffrey Archer
- The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis
- A Perfect Spy - John le Carr�
- The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
- Red Storm Rising - Tom Clancy
- Sportswriter - Richard Ford
- Wanderlust - Danielle Steel
- Whirlwind - James Clavell
- Women of the Left Bank: Paris 1900-1940 - Shari Benstock
Births
Deaths
- January 24 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
- February 26 - Robert Penn Warren, poet, author
- March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and novelist
- May 15 - Theodore H. White, writer
- June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
- August 20 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Awards
- Booker Prize: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils
- See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Speaker For the Dead
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Wole Soyinka
- Prix Goncourt: Michel Host , Valet de nuit
- Prix M�dicis French: Pierre Combescot, Les Fun�railles de la Sardine
- Prix M�dicis International: John Hawkes, Aventures dans le commerce des peaux en Alaska
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor, The Flying Change
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World