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1984 in literature
See also:
1983 in literature
,
other events of 1984
,
1985 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
The book
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by
George Orwell
is read by many people, as that year has come.
Of Mice and Men
, the novel by
John Steinbeck
, was removed from
Tennessee
public schools when the School Board Chair promised to remove all "filthy books" from public school curricula and libraries.
New Books
L'Amant
-
Marguerite Duras
The Aquitaine Progression[?]
-
Robert Ludlum
The Butter Battle Book[?]
-
Dr. Seuss
Empire of the Sun[?]
-
James Ballard[?]
First Among Equals[?]
-
Jeffrey Archer
The Fourth Protocol[?]
-
Frederick Forsyth[?]
Full Circle[?]
-
Danielle Steel
Iacocca: An Autobiography[?]
-
Lee Iacocca
Lincoln: A Novel[?]
-
Gore Vidal
Love and War[?]
-
John Jakes[?]
Hotel du Lac[?]
-
Anita Brookner
The Lover
-
Marguerite Duras
Neuromancer
-
William Gibson
The Outsider
-
Howard Fast
The Practice Effect
-
David Brin
The Sicilian[?]
-
Mario Puzo
The Talisman[?]
-
Stephen King
,
Peter Straub[?]
The Tie That Binds
-
Kent Haruf[?]
The Wasp Factory
-
Iain Banks
White Noise[?]
-
Don DeLillo
The Witches of Eastwick[?]
-
John Updike
The Women of Montparnasse, the Americans in Paris[?]
-
Morrill Cody[?]
&
Hugh Ford[?]
Births
Deaths
February 22
-
Jessamyn West[?]
, writer
Awards
Booker Prize
:
Anita Brookner
,
Hotel du Lac
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Beverly Cleary
,
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Jaroslav Seifert
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
David Mamet
,
Glengarry Glen Ross
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
William Kennedy[?]
-
Ironweed
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
Mary Oliver[?]
:
American Primitive
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