- 1994 in literature
The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
*The first Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction is awarded.
New books
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Kevin J. Anderson - "Champions of the Force ", "Dark Apprentice " and "Jedi Search "
*Reed Arvin - "The Wind in the Wheat "
*Greg Bear - "Songs of Earth and Power "
*Lily Brett - "Just Like That"
*George Mackay Brown - "Beside the Ocean of Time "
*Christopher Bulis - "State of Change "
*James Chapman - "Glass (Pray the Electrons Back to Sand) "
*Tom Clancy - "The Debt of Honor "
*Michael Connelly - "The Concrete Blonde "
*Paul Cornell - "Goth Opera " and "No Future "
*Bernard Cornwell - "Copperhead"
*Douglas Coupland - "Life After God "
*Michael Crichton - "Disclosure "
*Terrance Dicks - "Blood Harvest "
*Stephen R. Donaldson - ""
*Bret Easton Ellis - "The Informers "
*Valerio Evangelisti - "Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore"
*David Frum - "Dead Right "
*John Gardner - "SeaFire "
*James Finn Garner - "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories "
*Mark Gatiss - "St Anthony's Fire"
*Judith Godrèche - "Point de côté "
*John Grisham - "The Chamber "
*Romesh Gunesekera - "Reef"
*James Herbert - "The Ghosts of Sleath "
*Craig Hinton - "The Crystal Bucephalus "
*Alan Hollinghurst - "The Folding Star "
*Nancy Huston - "La Virevolte "
*Alexander Jablokov - "The Breath of Suspension "
*James Kelman - "How late it was, how late "
*Stephen King - "Insomnia'
*Dean R. Koontz - "Dark Rivers of the Heart "
*Andy Lane - "All-Consuming Fire "
*Madeleine L'Engle - "Troubling a Star "
*Paul Leonard - "Venusian Lullaby "
*Jonathan Lethem - "Gun, with Occasional Music "
*H. P. Lovecraft - "Miscellaneous Writings "
*Steve Lyons - "Conundrum"
*F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - "The Woman Between the Worlds "
*David A. McIntee - "First Frontier "
*Simon Messingham - "Strange England "
*James A. Michener - "Creatures of the Kingdom " and "Recessional "
*Rick Moody - "The Ice Storm "
*Jim Mortimore - "Parasite"
*Tim O'Brien - "In the Lake of the Woods "
*Daniel O'Mahony - "Falls the Shadow"
*John Peel - "Evolution"
*Terry Pratchett - "Interesting Times " and "Soul Music "
*James Redfield - "The Celestine Prophecy "
*Matthew Reilly - "Contest"
*Justin Richards - "Theatre of War"
*Gareth Roberts - "Tragedy Day "
*Gary Russell - "Legacy"
*Sidney Sheldon - "Nothing Lasts Forever"
*Carol Shields - "The Stone Diaries "
*Michael Slade - "Ripper"
*Danielle Steel - "Accident", "The Gift" and "Wings"
*Shiham Turjuman - "Daughter of Damascus "
*Andrew Vachss - "Down in the Zero"
*Jill Paton Walsh - "Knowledge of Angels "
*Binod Bihari Verma - "Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi "New drama
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Kevin Elyot - "My Night With Reg "
*Arthur Miller - "Broken Glass"Poetry
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Sophie Cabot Black - "The Misunderstanding of Nature"Non-fiction
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Martin Gilbert - "In Search of Churchill "Births
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Deaths
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January 30 -Pierre Boulle , author
*February 6 -Jack Kirby ,comic book writer
*February 11 -Paul Feyerabend , philosopher of science
*February 26 -J. L. Carr , novelist
*February 27 -Harold Acton , author, the inspiration for Anthony Blanche
*March 9 -Charles Bukowski , poet and novelist
*March 28 -Eugène Ionesco , playwright
*April 16 -Ralph Ellison , scholar, writer
*May 30 –Juan Carlos Onetti , Uruguayan writer
*June 7 -Dennis Potter , controversial TV dramatist
*July 30 - Robin Cook, novelist
*August 7 -Rosa Chacel , controversial Spanish writer
*September 7 -James Clavell , blockbusting novelist
*November 12 -J. I. M. Stewart , novelist and critic
*December 24 -John Osborne , dramatistAwards
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Nobel Prize for Literature :Kenzaburo Oe Australia
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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award : Darren Williams, "Swimming In Silk"
*C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry : Robert Gray, "Certain Things"
*Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry : Barry Hill, "Ghosting William Buckley"
*Mary Gilmore Prize :Deborah Staines , "Now, Millennium"Canada
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Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award
* Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction:M.G. Vassanji , "The Book of Secrets"
* See1994 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.France
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Prix Goncourt :Didier Van Cauwelaert , "Un Aller simple"
*Prix Décembre :Jean Hatzfeld , "L'Air de guerre" andÉric Holder , "La Belle Jardinière"
*Prix Médicis French:Yves Berger , "Immobile dans le courant du fleuve"
*Prix Médicis International:Robert Schneider , "Frère Sommeil"United Kingdom
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Booker Prize :James Kelman , "How Late It Was, How Late "
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:Alan Hollinghurst , "The Folding Star "
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:Doris Lessing , "Under My Skin"
*Cholmondeley Award :Ruth Fainlight ,Gwen Harwood ,Elizabeth Jennings ,John Mole
*Eric Gregory Award :Julia Copus ,Alice Oswald ,Steven Blyth ,Kate Clanchy ,Giles Goodland
* Whitbread Best Book Award:William Trevor , "Felicia's Journey "United States
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Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize :Jan Beatty , "Mad River"
*Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry :Wendell Berry
*Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry :Stewart James , "Vanessa", and (separately)Marilyn Hacker , "Cancer Winter"
*Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry :A. R. Ammons , "Garbage"
*Compton Crook Award :Mary Rosenblum , "The Drylands"
*Nebula Award :Greg Bear , "Moving Mars "
*Newbery Medal forchildren's literature :Lois Lowry , "The Giver "
*Pulitzer Prize for Drama :Edward Albee , "Three Tall Women "
*Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :E. Annie Proulx , "The Shipping News "
*Pulitzer Prize for Poetry :Yusef Komunyakaa , "Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems"
*Wallace Stevens Award inaugurated with first award this year:W. S. Merwin Elsewhere
* Montana Book Award for Poetry:
Bill Manhire , ed., "100 New Zealand Poems"
* New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Andrew Johnston, "How to Talk"
*Premio Nadal :Rosa Regás , "Azul"
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