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1996 in literature
See also:
1995 in literature
,
other events of 1996
,
1997 in literature
,
list of years in literature
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
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.
New Books
Absolute Power[?]
-
David Baldacci[?]
Alias Grace[?]
-
Margaret Atwood
Bandarshah[?]
-
Al-Tayyib Salih[?]
Executive Orders
-
Tom Clancy
Feet of Clay[?]
-
Terry Pratchett
A Fine Balance[?]
-
Rohinton Mistry
The Fourth Estate[?]
-
Jeffrey Archer
Gods and Generals[?]
-
Jeff Shaara[?]
The Goldberg Variations[?]
-
Nancy Huston
How Stella Got Her Groove Back[?]
-
Terry McMillan[?]
Intensity
-
Dean R. Koontz
Kiki's Memoirs[?]
-
Kiki
, (translation by Samuel Putnam)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil[?]
-
John Berendt[?]
Moonlight Becomes You[?]
-
Mary Higgins Clark[?]
Primary Colors
-
Joe Klein[?]
as "
Anonymous
"
The Runaway Jury[?]
-
John Grisham
Selected Stories[?]
-
Mavis Gallant
Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter[?]
-
Ann Chamberlin[?]
The Tailor of Panama[?]
-
John le Carré
The Tenth Insight[?]
-
James Redfield[?]
Undaunted Courage[?]
-
Stephen Ambrose
A Vicious Circle
-
Amanda Craig
Births
Deaths
January 28
-
Jerry Seigel[?]
,
cartoonist
, creator of
Superman
February 11
-
Bob Shaw
,
science fiction
writer.
December 11
Willie Rushton
, UK
comedian
and
cartoonist
Awards
Booker Prize
:
Graham Swift[?]
,
Last Orders
Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction
:
Margaret Atwood
: -
Alias Grace
Newberry Medal
for
children's literature
:
Karen Cushman[?]
,
The Midwife's Apprentice
Nobel Prize for Literature
:
Wislawa Szymborska
Orange Prize for Fiction
:
Helen Dunmore[?]
,
A Spell of Winter
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
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