1996 in literature
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See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas because it "conflicted with the values of the community."
- In the United Kingdom, the first Orange Prize for Fiction for female novelists is awarded.
- First performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
- Peter O'Donnell publishes Cobra Trap, his final volume of adventures featuring Modesty Blaise; the first book in the series was published in 1965.
- Margaret Mitchell's long-lost first novella, Lost Laysen, is published 80 years after it was written.
- At the special request of Nelson Mandela, Benjamin Zephaniah hosts the president's Two Nations Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
[edit] New books
- Stephen Ambrose - Undaunted Courage
- Jeffrey Archer - The Fourth Estate
- Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
- David Baldacci - Absolute Power
- Iain M. Banks - Excession
- John Berendt - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Brett Butler - Knee Deep in Paradise
- Ann Chamberlin - Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter
- Tom Clancy - Executive Orders
- Mary Higgins Clark - Moonlight Becomes You
- Douglas Coupland - Polaroids from the Dead
- Amanda Craig - A Vicious Circle
- John Darnton - Neanderthal
- Seamus Deane - Reading in the Dark
- Mavis Gallant - Selected Stories
- John Gardner - COLD
- Richard Garfinkle - Celestial Matters
- John Grisham - The Runaway Jury
- Hackers - short story collection
- James L. Halperin - The Truth Machine
- Nancy Huston - The Goldberg Variations
- Tama Janowitz - By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee
- Joe Klein - Primary Colors (published anonymously)
- Dean R. Koontz - Intensity
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- Hugh Laurie - The Gun Seller
- John le Carré - The Tailor of Panama
- Terry McMillan - How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- Vladimir Megre - Anastasia
- Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
- Joyce Carol Oates - We Were the Mulvaneys
- Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
- Terry Pratchett
- James Redfield - The Tenth Insight
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The New Rebellion
- Al-Tayyib Salih - Bandarshah
- Jeff Shaara - Gods and Generals
- Michael Slade - Zombie aka Evil Eye
- Michael Stackpole
[edit] Non-fiction
- Diane Francis - Fighting for Canada (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!)
- Charles Isherwood - Wonder Bread and Ecstasy
- Michael Moore - Downsize This!
- Kiki - Kiki's Memoirs (translation by Samuel Putnam)
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Jerry Siegel, cartoonist, creator of Superman
- February 11 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer.
- December 11 Willie Rushton, UK comedian and cartoonist
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Bernard Cohen, The Blindman's Hat
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Peter Bakowski, In the Human Night
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Eric Beach, Weeping for Lost Babylon
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Morgan Yasbincek - Night Reversing
[edit] Canada
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Margaret Atwood: - Alias Grace
- See 1996 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Goncourt: Pascale Roze, Le Chasseur Zéro
- Prix Décembre: Régis Debray, Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation politique
- Prix Médicis French: Orlanda - Jacqueline Harpman and L'Organisation - Jean Rolin
- Prix Médicis International: Himmelfarb - Michael Kruger, Germany and Sonietchka - Ludmila Oulitskaïa, Russia
[edit] United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Graham Swift, Last Orders
- Cholmondeley Award: Elizabeth Bartlett, Dorothy Nimmo, Peter Scupham, Iain Crichton Smith
- Eric Gregory Award: Sue Butler, Cathy Cullis, Jane Griffiths, Jane Holland, Chris Jones, Sinead Morrissey, Kate Thomas
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Peter Redgrove
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Helen Conkling, Red Peony Night
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: John Voiklis, "The Princeling's Apology", and (separately) Sarah Arvio, "Visits from the Seventh"
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Kenneth Koch, One Train
- Compton Crook Award: Daniel Graham Jr., The Gatekeepers
- Nebula Award: Nicola Griffith, Slow River
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Karen Cushman, The Midwife's Apprentice
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Jonathan Larson, Rent
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Richard Ford - Independence Day
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham: The Dream of the Unified Field
- Wallace Stevens Award: Adrienne Rich
[edit] Elsewhere
- IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: David Malouf, Remembering Babylonfr:1996 en littérature
