1994 in literature
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See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- First Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction awarded.
[edit] New books
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Reed Arvin - The Wind in the Wheat
- Greg Bear - Songs of Earth and Power
- Lily Brett - Just Like That
- George Mackay Brown - Beside the Ocean of Time
- James Chapman - Glass (Pray the Electrons Back to Sand)
- Tom Clancy - The Debt of Honor
- Douglas Coupland - Life After God
- Michael Crichton - Disclosure
- Bret Easton Ellis - The Informers
- Valerio Evangelisti - Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
- David Frum - Dead Right
- John Gardner - SeaFire
- James Finn Garner - Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
- Judith Godrèche - Point de côté
- John Grisham - The Chamber
- Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
- James Herbert - The Ghosts of Sleath
- Alan Hollinghurst - The Folding Star
- Nancy Huston - La Virevolte
- James Kelman - How late it was, how late
- Stephen King - Insomnia'
- Dean R. Koontz - Dark Rivers of the Heart
- Madeleine L'Engle - Troubling a Star
- James A. Michener
- Rick Moody - The Ice Storm
- Tim O'Brien - In the Lake of the Woods
- Terry Pratchett
- James Redfield - The Celestine Prophecy
- Matthew Reilly - Contest
- Sidney Sheldon - Nothing Lasts Forever
- Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
- Michael Slade - Ripper
- Danielle Steel
- Shiham Turjuman - Daughter of Damascus
- Jill Paton Walsh - Knowledge of Angels
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- Sophie Cabot Black - The Misunderstanding of Nature
[edit] Non-fiction
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - Pierre Boulle, author
- February 6 - Jack Kirby, comic book writer
- February 11 - Paul Feyerabend, philosopher of science
- February 26 - J. L. Carr, novelist
- February 27 - Harold Acton, author, the inspiration for Anthony Blanche
- March 9 - Charles Bukowski, poet and novelist
- March 28 - Eugène Ionesco, playwright
- April 16 - Ralph Ellison, scholar, writer
- May 30 – Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer
- June 7 - Dennis Potter, controversial TV dramatist
- July 30 - Robin Cook, novelist
- August 7 - Rosa Chacel, controversial Spanish writer
- September 7 - James Clavell, blockbusting novelist
- November 12 - J. I. M. Stewart, novelist and critic
- December 24 - John Osborne, dramatist
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Darren Williams, Swimming In Silk
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray, Certain Things
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Barry Hill, Ghosting William Buckley
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Aileen Kelly - Coming Up for Light
[edit] Canada
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: M.G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets
- See 1994 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Goncourt: Didier Van Cauwelaert, Un Aller simple
- Prix Décembre: Jean Hatzfeld, L'Air de guerre and Éric Holder, La Belle Jardinière
- Prix Médicis French: Yves Berger, Immobile dans le courant du fleuve
- Prix Médicis International: Robert Schneider, Frère Sommeil
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: James Kelman, How Late It Was, How Late
- Cholmondeley Award: Ruth Fainlight, Gwen Harwood, Elizabeth Jennings, John Mole
- Eric Gregory Award: Julia Copus, Alice Oswald, Steven Blyth, Kate Clanchy, Giles Goodland
- Whitbread Best Book Award: William Trevor, Felicia’s Journey
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Jan Beatty, Mad River
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Wendell Berry
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Stewart James, "Vanessa", and (separately) Marilyn Hacker, "Cancer Winter"
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: A. R. Ammons, Garbage
- Compton Crook Award: Mary Rosenblum, The Drylands
- Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Moving Mars
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Lois Lowry, The Giver
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Edward Albee, Three Tall Women
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems
- Wallace Stevens Award inaugurated with first award this year: W. S. Merwin
[edit] Elsewhere
- Montana Book Award for Poetry: Bill Manhire, ed., 100 New Zealand Poems
- New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Andrew Johnston, How to Talkfr:1994 en littérature
