Overview of the events of 1993 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993 .
Children and young people [ edit ] January 6 – Ștefan Baciu , Romanian and Brazilian poet, novelist and literary promoter (born 1918 )
January 18 – Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy, etc.), English historical novelist (born 1906 )[ 11]
January 22 – Kōbō Abe (安部 公房), Japanese novelist and playwright (born 1924 )
January 29 – Gustav Hasford , American marine, novelist, journalist, poet and book thief (born 1947 )
February 5 – William Pène du Bois , American author and illustrator (born 1916 )
March 1 – Ronald McCuaig , Australian poet, journalist, and children's author (born 1908 )
March 9 – C. Northcote Parkinson , English naval historian and critic of business methods (born 1909 )[ 12]
March 10 – Dan Simonescu , Romanian literary historian and bibliographer (born 1902 )
March 13 – Claire Huchet Bishop , Swiss chldren's author (born 1898 )[ 13]
March 16 – Natália Correia , Portuguese writer, poet and social activist (b. 1923 )[ 14]
April 15
April 23 – Bertus Aafjes , Dutch poet (born 1914 )
May 6 – Dorothy B. Hughes , American crime writer and critic (born 1904 )
June 19 – Sir William Golding , English novelist and poet (born 1911 )[ 15]
July 10 – Ruth Krauss , American children's author and poet (born 1901 )
August 28 – E. P. Thompson , English political historian (born 1924 )
September – Leonte Răutu , Bessarabian-born Romanian propagandist and censor (born 1910 )
September 7 – Eugen Barbu , Romanian novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1924 )
September 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal , aboriginal Australian poet (born 1920 )
November 1 – Maeve Brennan , Irish short story writer and journalist (born 1917 )[ 16]
November 22 – Anthony Burgess , English novelist (born 1917 )[ 17]
December 4 – Margaret Landon , American historical novelist (born 1903 )
December 28 – William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (born 1904 )
December 31 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia , Georgian dissident, scientist and writer (possible suicide, born 1913 )[ 18]
Unknown date – Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepalese novelist and poet (born 1937 )Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize : Natasha Saj, Red Under the Skin
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry : George Starbuck
American Academy of Arts and Letters gold Medal for Belles Lettres , Elizabeth Hardwick
Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry : Stephen Yenser, "Blue Guide"
Compton Crook Award : Holly Lisle , Fire in the Mist
Frost Medal : William Stafford
National Book Award for Fiction : E. Annie Proulx , The Shipping News
National Book Critics Circle Award : Alan Lomax , The Land Where the Blues Began
Nebula Award : Kim Stanley Robinson , Red Mars
Newbery Medal for children's literature : Cynthia Rylant , Missing May
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : E. Annie Proulx , Postcards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama : Tony Kushner , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : Robert Olen Butler , A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Louise Gluck , The Wild Iris
Whiting Awards :Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides , Dagoberto Gilb , Sigrid Nunez , Janet Peery , Lisa Shea
Plays: Kevin Kling
Poetry: Mark Levine , Nathaniel Mackey (poetry/fiction), Dionisio D. Martinez , Kathleen Peirce
^ Moore, Molly (1994-04-27). "Plagiarism and mystery" . Washington Post Foreign Service. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-11-11 .
^ Ungureanu, Larisa; Sadovici, Maia; Volcov, Alexandr (2004). "Bucurii care se duc și speranțe care vin (note despre teatrul găgăuz)" . Contrafort (in Romanian) (12). Archived from the original on 2017-06-25.
^ Chan, Alan (2013-05-02). "Laozi" . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Stanford University. Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ Harry G. Summers Jr. (September 6, 1992). "The Men of Company E" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
^ Brian M. Stableford (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia . Taylor & Francis. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8 .
^ Butler, Catherine; Reynolds, Kimberley (2014). Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-137-35745-8 .
^ Web page titled Dejan Stojanović, Krugovanje, Front Cover by Dejan Stojanović at the Internet Archive
^ Holmen, Linda; Santella-Johnson, Mary; Watterson, Bill (1993). Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes . Cover and supplementary art by Jan Roebken. Fargo, North Dakota: Playground Publishing. ISBN 1-878849-15-8 .
^ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" . Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-11-22 .
^ "scottmccloud.com – Understanding Comics" . scottmccloud.com .
^ "Obituary: Jean Plaidy" . The Independent . 20 January 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ The Annual Obituary . St. Martin's. 1993. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-55862-320-0 .
^ Claire Huchet Bishop
^ "Natalia Correia; Poet, 69" . New York Times . March 17, 1993. Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^ "William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of Lord of the Flies " . The New York Times . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "Author Profile: Maeve Brennan" . thresholds.chi.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "A brief life - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation" . The International Anthony Burgess Foundation . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ Thousands Pay Tribute to the First President Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine , Civil Georgia , March 31, 2007.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" . www.nobelprize.org . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ "Camoes Prize - literary award" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Liza Potvin , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^ Wilfrid Laurier University Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay , (retrieved 11/20/2012)
^ "Joan Brady:Author" . www.joanbrady.co.uk . Retrieved 27 December 2016 .