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1981 in literature
See also:
1980 in literature
,
other events of 1981
,
1982 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
Events
February 24
-
Jean Harris[?]
is convicted of murdering Dr.
Herman Tarnower[?]
, the author of the bestselling
The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet[?]
New Books
Arabian Nights and Days[?]
-
Naguib Mahfouz
La Bicyclette Bleue[?]
(
The Blue Bicycle
) -
Régine Deforges
Bliss[?]
-
Peter Carey
Creation
-
Gore Vidal
Cujo
-
Stephen King
Distant Star[?]
-
Samuel R. Delany
Famous Last Words[?]
-
Timothy Findley
Flames Across the Border[?]
-
Pierre Berton
The Glitter Dome[?]
-
Joseph Wambaugh[?]
Goodbye, Janette[?]
-
Harold Robbins
Gorky Park[?]
-
Martin Cruz Smith[?]
Hotel New Hampshire[?]
-
John Irving
An Indecent Obsession[?]
-
Colleen McCullough[?]
Masquerade
-
Kit Williams
Midnight's Children
-
Salman Rushdie
No Time for Tears[?]
-
Cynthia Freeman[?]
Nobel House[?]
-
James Clavell
Red Dragon[?]
-
Thomas Harris[?]
Tar Baby[?]
-
Toni Morrison
The Third Deadly Sin[?]
-
Lawrence Sanders[?]
Births
Deaths
January 6
-
A.J. Cronin
, writer
Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Elias Canetti
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Katherine Paterson[?]
,
Jacob Have I Loved
Booker Prize
:
Salman Rushdie
,
Midnight's Chidlren
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
:
Beth Henley[?]
,
Crimes of the Heart
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
:
John Kennedy Toole
-
A Confederacy of Dunces
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
:
James Schuyler[?]
:
The Morning of the Poem
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