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1 Events  





2 New books  



2.1  Fiction  





2.2  Children and young people  





2.3  Drama  





2.4  Poetry  





2.5  Non-fiction  





2.6  Anthologies  







3 Births  





4 Deaths  





5 Awards  



5.1  Australia  





5.2  Canada  





5.3  France  





5.4  United Kingdom  





5.5  United States  





5.6  Elsewhere  







6 References  














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==Events==

==Events==

*[[July]] – The ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series of children's horror fiction, penned by [[R. L. Stine]], is first published in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Book Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Km4gAQAAMAAJ|date=April 1994|publisher=New York Times Company|pages=26–27}}</ref>

*August – An attempt is made to set fire to the National Library of [[Abkhazia]] in [[Sukhumi]] during the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)|War in Abkhazia]] by Georgian forces.

*August – An attempt is made to set fire to the National Library of [[Abkhazia]] in [[Sukhumi]] during the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)|War in Abkhazia]] by Georgian forces.

*[[August 25]] – The [[National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] is annihilated during the [[Siege of Sarajevo]] by the [[Army of Republika Srpska]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bmip.info/articles/articles.html |title=The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project: Fighting the Destruction of Memory |accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref>

*[[August 25]] – The [[National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] is annihilated during the [[Siege of Sarajevo]] by the [[Army of Republika Srpska]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bmip.info/articles/articles.html |title=The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project: Fighting the Destruction of Memory |access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

*September – [[Michael Ondaatje]]'s [[historiographic metafiction]] ''[[The English Patient]]'' is published in Canada. It will win [[The Golden Man Booker]] in [[2018 in literature|2018]].

*September – [[Michael Ondaatje]]'s [[historiographic metafiction]] ''[[The English Patient]]'' is published in Canada. It will win [[The Golden Man Booker]] in [[2018 in literature|2018]].


''Uncertain date''

*The ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series of children's horror fiction, penned by [[R. L. Stine]], is first published in the United States.



==New books==

==New books==

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*[[Douglas Coupland]] – ''[[Shampoo Planet]]''

*[[Douglas Coupland]] – ''[[Shampoo Planet]]''

*[[Mia Couto]] – ''[[Sleepwalking Land]]'' (''[[Terra Sonâmbula]]'')

*[[Mia Couto]] – ''[[Sleepwalking Land]]'' (''[[Terra Sonâmbula]]'')

*[[Robert Crais]] – ''[[Lullaby Town]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=LeRoy Panek|title=New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcujfJ0WHhYC&pg=PA141|year=2000|publisher=Popular Press|isbn=978-0-87972-820-5|pages=141}}</ref>

*[[Robert Crais]] – ''[[Lullaby Town]]''

*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] and [[Christopher Stasheff]] – ''[[The Enchanter Reborn]]''

*[[L. Sprague de Camp]] and [[Christopher Stasheff]] – ''[[The Enchanter Reborn]]''

*[[Clarissa Pinkola Estés]] – ''[[Women Who Run with the Wolves]]''

*[[Elena Ferrante]] – ''[[L'amore molesto]] (Troubling Love)''

*[[Elena Ferrante]] – ''[[L'amore molesto]] (Troubling Love)''

*[[Tibor Fischer]] – ''[[Under the Frog]]''

*[[Tibor Fischer]] – ''[[Under the Frog]]''

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*[[Robert Schneider (writer)|Robert Schneider]] – ''[[Schlafes Bruder]]''

*[[Robert Schneider (writer)|Robert Schneider]] – ''[[Schlafes Bruder]]''

*[[Patricia Schonstein]] – ''[[A Time of Angels]]''

*[[Patricia Schonstein]] – ''[[A Time of Angels]]''

*[[W. G. Sebald]] – ''[[The Emigrants (Sebald novel)|The Emigrants]] (Die Ausgewanderten: Vier lange Erzählungen)''

*[[W. G. Sebald]] – ''[[The Emigrants (Sebald novel)|The Emigrants]] (Die Ausgewanderten: Vier lange Erzählungen)''<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Jacobs|title=Sebald's Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQVaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR14|date=20 October 2015|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-54010-0|pages=14}}</ref>

*[[Gail Sheehy]] – ''Silent Passage''

*[[Gail Sheehy]] – ''Silent Passage''

*[[Sidney Sheldon]] – ''The Stars Shine Down''

*[[Sidney Sheldon]] – ''The Stars Shine Down''

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**''[[Mixed Blessings (novel)|Mixed Blessings]]''

**''[[Mixed Blessings (novel)|Mixed Blessings]]''

*[[Neal Stephenson]] – ''[[Snow Crash]]''

*[[Neal Stephenson]] – ''[[Snow Crash]]''

*[[Adam Thorpe]] – ''[[Ulverton]]''

*[[Adam Thorpe]] – ''[[Ulverton (novel)|Ulverton]]''

*[[Sue Townsend]] – ''[[The Queen and I (novel)|The Queen and I]]''

*[[Sue Townsend]] – ''[[The Queen and I (novel)|The Queen and I]]''

*[[Rose Tremain]] – ''[[Sacred Country]]''

*[[Rose Tremain]] – ''[[Sacred Country]]''

*[[Barry Unsworth]] – ''[[Sacred Hunger]]''

*[[Barry Unsworth]] – ''[[Sacred Hunger]]''

*[[John Updike]] – ''[[Memories of the Ford Administration]]''

*[[Gore Vidal]] – ''[[Live from Golgotha: The Gospel according to Gore Vidal]]''

*[[Gore Vidal]] – ''[[Live from Golgotha: The Gospel according to Gore Vidal]]''

*[[Vernor Vinge]] – ''[[A Fire Upon the Deep]]''

*[[Vernor Vinge]] – ''[[A Fire Upon the Deep]]''

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*[[Michael Morpurgo]] – ''[[Waiting for Anya]]''

*[[Michael Morpurgo]] – ''[[Waiting for Anya]]''

*[[Barry Moser]] – ''Polly Vaughn: A Traditional British Ballad''

*[[Barry Moser]] – ''Polly Vaughn: A Traditional British Ballad''

*[[Jim Murphy (author)|Jim Murphy]] – ''[[The Long Road to GETTYSBURG]]''

*[[Jim Murphy (author)|Jim Murphy]] – ''[[The Long Road to Gettysburg]]''

*[[Barbara Park]] – ''Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus'' (first in the [[Junie B. Jones]] series)

*[[Marcus Pfister]] – ''[[Rainbow Fish]] (Der Regenbogenfisch)''

*[[Marcus Pfister]] – ''[[Rainbow Fish]] (Der Regenbogenfisch)''

*[[Gloria Jean Pinkney]] (with [[Jerry Pinkney]]) – ''[[Back Home (Pinkney Book)|Back Home]]''

*[[Gloria Jean Pinkney]] (with [[Jerry Pinkney]]) – ''[[Back Home (Pinkney Book)|Back Home]]''

*[[Marjorie W. Sharmat]] (with [[Marc Simont]]) – ''[[Nate the Great and the Stolen Base]]''

*[[Marjorie W. Sharmat]] (with [[Marc Simont]]) – ''[[Nate the Great and the Stolen Base]]''

*[[Ulf Stark]] – ''[[Can You Whistle, Johanna?]]'' (''Kan du vissla Johanna?'')

*[[Ulf Stark]] – ''[[Can You Whistle, Johanna?]]'' (''Kan du vissla Johanna?'')<ref>{{cite book|author1=W. Michelle Wang|author2=Daniel K. Jernigan|author3=Neil Murphy|title=The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxEIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT123|date=7 December 2020|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-00-022074-2|pages=123}}</ref>

*[[Christopher Tolkien]] (with [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[Alan Lee (illustrator)|Alan Lee]]) – ''[[Sauron Defeated]]''

*[[Christopher Tolkien]] (with [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[Alan Lee (illustrator)|Alan Lee]]) – ''[[Sauron Defeated]]''

*[[Judith Vigna]] – ''[[Black Like Kyra White Like Me]]''

*[[Judith Vigna]] – ''[[Black Like Kyra White Like Me]]''

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*[[Nancy Willard]] (with [[Barry Moser]]) – ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''

*[[Nancy Willard]] (with [[Barry Moser]]) – ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''

*[[Douglas Wood (naturalist)|Douglas Wood]] – ''[[Old Turtle]]''

*[[Douglas Wood (naturalist)|Douglas Wood]] – ''[[Old Turtle]]''

*[[Susan Meddaugh]] – ''[[Martha Speaks (book)|Martha Speaks]]''



===Drama===

===Drama===

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*[[Karen Armstrong]] – ''[[Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet]]''

*[[Karen Armstrong]] – ''[[Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet]]''

*[[Bill Bryson]] – ''[[Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe]]''

*[[Bill Bryson]] – ''[[Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe]]''

*[[Margaret Busby]] (ed.) – ''[[Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present]]''

*[[Linda Colley]] – ''[[Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837]]''

*[[Linda Colley]] – ''[[Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837]]''

*[[Esther Delisle]] – ''[[The Traitor and the Jew]] (Le Traître et le Juif: Lionel Groulx, le Devoir et le délire du nationalisme d'extrême droite dans la province de Québec, 1929–1939)''

*[[Esther Delisle]] – ''[[The Traitor and the Jew]] (Le Traître et le Juif: Lionel Groulx, le Devoir et le délire du nationalisme d'extrême droite dans la province de Québec, 1929–1939)''

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*[[Eamon Duffy]] – ''[[The Stripping of the Altars]]: Traditional Religion in England, c. 1400 to c. 1580''

*[[Eamon Duffy]] – ''[[The Stripping of the Altars]]: Traditional Religion in England, c. 1400 to c. 1580''

*[[Gerina Dunwich]] – ''Secrets of Love Magick''

*[[Gerina Dunwich]] – ''Secrets of Love Magick''

*[[Christiane Éluère]] – ''[[Christiane Éluère#L'Europe des Celtes|L'Europe des Celtes]]''

*[[Christiane Éluère]] – ''[[The Celts: First Masters of Europe]]''

*[[John Gray (U.S. author)|John Gray]] – ''[[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]''

*[[John Gray (U.S. author)|John Gray]] – ''[[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]''

*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]] – ''[[The Only Snow in Havana]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11321 |publisher=[[Wilfrid Laurier University]] |title=Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay |accessdate=2012-11-19 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140606164249/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11321 |archive-date=2014-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]] – ''[[The Only Snow in Havana]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11321 |publisher=[[Wilfrid Laurier University]] |title=Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay |access-date= |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140606164249/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11321 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Nick Hornby]] – ''[[Fever Pitch]]''

*[[Nick Hornby]] – ''[[Fever Pitch]]''

*Charles Jennings - ''[[Up North (book)|Up North]]''

*Charles Jennings - ''[[Up North (book)|Up North]]''

*[[Neil Lyndon]] – ''No More Sex War: The Failures of Feminism''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/11216787/22-years-on-Im-republishing-my-controversial-book-on-the-failings-of-feminism.html |title=22 years on, I'm republishing my controversial book on the failings of feminism |newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Neil |last=Lyndon|date=10 November 2014}}</ref>

*[[K. S. Lal]] – ''[[The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India]]''

*[[Neil Lyndon]] – ''No More Sex War: The Failures of Feminism''<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/11216787/22-years-on-Im-republishing-my-controversial-book-on-the-failings-of-feminism.html 22 years on, I'm republishing my controversial book on the failings of feminism - Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

*[[Jean Marigny]] – ''[[Sang pour sang, le réveil des vampires]]''

*[[Andrew Morton (writer)|Andrew Morton]] – ''Diana: Her True Story''

*[[Andrew Morton (writer)|Andrew Morton]] – ''Diana: Her True Story''

*[[Mark E. Neely, Jr.]] – ''[[The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties]]''

*[[Mark E. Neely, Jr.]] – ''[[The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties]]''

*[[Liza Potvin]] – ''[[White Lies (for my mother)]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2992445-white-lies|title=White Lies (for my mother)|work=Goodreads|accessdate=2012-11-20}}</ref>

*[[Liza Potvin]] – ''[[White Lies (for my mother)]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2992445-white-lies|title=White Lies (for my mother)|work=Goodreads|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

*[[Léon Werth]] (died [[1955 in literature|1955]]) – ''33 Jours'' (written [[1940 in literature|1940]])

*[[Léon Werth]] (died [[1955 in literature|1955]]) – ''33 Jours'' (written [[1940 in literature|1940]])

*[[Michael Jackson]] – ''[[Dancing the Dream]]''


===Anthologies===

*[[Margaret Busby]] (ed.) – ''[[Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present]]''



==Births==

==Births==

*[[March 4]] - [[Gaurav Sharma (author)|Gaurav Sharma]], Indian author

*[[May 12]] – [[Kyra Halland]], American fantasy novelist

*[[April 14]] - [[Naoise Dolan]], Irish novelist

*[[August 12]] - Naoki Higashida, Japanese [[autistic]] author

*[[September 18]] - [[Jidanun Lueangpiansamut]], Thai writer

*[[October 5]] - [[Rupi Kaur]], Indian-born Canadian poet, illustrator, photographer, and author

*[[October 30]] - [[Édouard Louis]], French writer

*[[November 11]] - [[Aya Mansour]], Iraqi poet, writer, and journalist



==Deaths==

==Deaths==

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*[[January 9]] – [[Bill Naughton]], Irish-born English playwright and novelist (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])

*[[January 9]] – [[Bill Naughton]], Irish-born English playwright and novelist (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])

*[[January 4]] – [[John Hanbury Angus Sparrow|John Sparrow]], English literary scholar (born [[1906 in literature|1906]])

*[[January 4]] – [[John Hanbury Angus Sparrow|John Sparrow]], English literary scholar (born [[1906 in literature|1906]])

*[[January 14]] – [[Irakli Abashidze]], Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])<ref>Martin MacCauley (1997), ''Who's Who in Russia Since 1900'', p. 2. Routledge, {{ISBN|0-415-13898-1}}.</ref>

*[[January 28]] – [[Dora Birtles]], Australian novelist, poet and children's writer (born [[1903 in literature|1903]])

*[[January 28]] – [[Dora Birtles]], Australian novelist, poet and children's writer (born [[1903 in literature|1903]])

*[[February 10]] – [[Alex Haley]], African-American writer (born [[1921 in literature|1921]])

*[[February 10]] – [[Alex Haley]], African-American writer (born [[1921 in literature|1921]])

*[[February 16]]

*[[February 16]]

**[[Angela Carter]], English novelist (lung cancer, born [[1940 in literature|1940]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Carter |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/angela-carter |website=The British Library |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref>

**[[Angela Carter]], English novelist (lung cancer, born [[1940 in literature|1940]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Carter |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/angela-carter |website=The British Library |access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

**[[George MacBeth]], Scottish poet and novelist (motor neurone disease, born [[1932 in literature|1932]])

**[[George MacBeth]], Scottish poet and novelist (motor neurone disease, born [[1932 in literature|1932]])

*[[April 4]] – [[Vintilă Horia]], Romanian writer (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rri.ro/es_es/vintila_horia_y_el_escandalo_del_premio_goncourt-15687|language=es|title=Radio Romania International - Vintila Horia y el escándalo del Premio Goncourt|access-date=10 June 2022|website=Radio Romania International}}</ref>

*[[April 6]] – [[Isaac Asimov]], American science fiction author (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])

*[[April 6]] – [[Isaac Asimov]], American science fiction author (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Isaac Asimov obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1992/apr/07/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.isaacasimov |first=Brian|last= Aldiss|author-link=Brian Aldiss|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en |date=7 April 1992}}</ref>

*[[April 21]] – [[Väinö Linna]], Finnish novelist (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])

*[[April 21]] – [[Väinö Linna]], Finnish novelist (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])<ref>{{cite web |author=Nummi, Jyrki|title=Linna, Väinö (1920–1992)|work=100 Faces from Finland – a Biographical Kaleidoscope |publisher=the Biographical Centre of the Finnish Literature Society |date=2003–2007 |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/701 |access-date=9 December 2020 }}</ref>

*[[April 28]] – [[Iceberg Slim]] (Robert Beck), American novelist (born [[1918 in literature|1918]])

*[[April 28]] – [[Iceberg Slim]] (Robert Beck), American novelist (born [[1918 in literature|1918]])

*[[May 22]] – [[Elizabeth David]], English cookery writer (born [[1913 in literature|1913]])

*[[May 22]] – [[Elizabeth David]], English cookery writer (born [[1913 in literature|1913]])

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*[[July 22]] – [[Reginald Bretnor]], American science fiction writer (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])

*[[July 22]] – [[Reginald Bretnor]], American science fiction writer (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])

*[[July 23]] – [[Robert Liddell]], English biographer, novelist and poet (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])

*[[July 23]] – [[Robert Liddell]], English biographer, novelist and poet (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])

*[[August 4]] – [[Seichō Matsumoto]], Japanese mystery writer and journalist (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-seicho-matsumoto-1539784.html|title=Obituary: Seicho Matsumoto|date=11 August 1992|first=James|last= Kirkup|website=The Independent|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>

*[[September 5]] – [[Fritz Leiber]], American writer of fantasy and science fiction (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])

*[[August 29]] – [[Mary Norton (author)|Mary Norton]], English children's writer (born [[1903 in literature|1903]])

*[[August 29]] – [[Mary Norton (author)|Mary Norton]], English children's writer (born [[1903 in literature|1903]])

*[[November 7]] – [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]], American novelist and short-story writer (emphysema, born [[1926 in literature|1926]])<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Pace |title=Richard Yates, Novelist, 66, Dies; Chronicler of Disappointed Lives |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DD1138F93AA35752C1A964958260 |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=1992-11-09 |accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref>

*[[September 5]] – [[Fritz Leiber]], American writer of fantasy and science fiction (born [[1910 in literature|1910]])

*[[November 7]] – [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]], American novelist and short-story writer (emphysema, born [[1926 in literature|1926]])<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Pace |title=Richard Yates, Novelist, 66, Dies; Chronicler of Disappointed Lives |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DD1138F93AA35752C1A964958260 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 November 1992 |access-date=31 March 2008}}</ref>

*[[November 17]] – [[Audre Lorde]], American poet, writer and feminist (born [[1934 in literature|1934]])

*[[November 17]] – [[Audre Lorde]], American poet, writer and feminist (born [[1934 in literature|1934]])

*[[December 22]] – [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis|Ted Willis]], English TV dramatist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])

*[[December 22]] – [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis|Ted Willis]], English TV dramatist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])

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===Canada===

===Canada===

*See [[1992 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

*See [[1992 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

*[[Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction]]: [[Marie Wadden]], ''[[Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland|Nitassinan]]: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland''&nbsp;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11322 |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University |title=Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous winners – 1992: Marie Wadden |accessdate=2012-11-19 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140606164255/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11322 |archive-date=2014-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction]]: [[Marie Wadden]], ''[[Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland|Nitassinan]]: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland''&nbsp;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11322 |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University |title=Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous winners – 1992: Marie Wadden |access-date=19 November 2012 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140606164255/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11322 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>



===France===

===France===

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===United Kingdom===

===United Kingdom===

*[[Booker Prize]]: [[Michael Ondaatje]], ''[[The English Patient]]'' and [[Barry Unsworth]], ''[[Sacred Hunger]]''

*[[Booker Prize]]: [[Michael Ondaatje]], ''[[The English Patient]]'' and [[Barry Unsworth]], ''[[Sacred Hunger]]''

*[[Carnegie Medal in Literature|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Anne Fine]], ''[[Flour Babies]]''

*[[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] for [[children's literature]]: [[Anne Fine]], ''[[Flour Babies]]''

*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Rose Tremain]], ''Sacred Country''

*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Rose Tremain]], ''Sacred Country''

*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Charles Nicholl (author)|Charles Nicholl]], ''The Reckoning: The Murder of [[Christopher Marlowe]]''

*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Charles Nicholl (author)|Charles Nicholl]], ''The Reckoning: The Murder of [[Christopher Marlowe]]''

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==References==

==References==

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    This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1992.

    Events[edit]

    New books[edit]

    Fiction[edit]

    Children and young people[edit]

    Drama[edit]

    Poetry[edit]

    Non-fiction[edit]

    Anthologies[edit]

    Births[edit]

    Deaths[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Australia[edit]

    Canada[edit]

    France[edit]

    United Kingdom[edit]

    United States[edit]

    Fiction: R.S. Jones, J.S. Marcus, Damien Wilkins
    Nonfiction: Eva Hoffman, Katha Pollitt (poetry/nonfiction)
    Plays: Suzan-Lori Parks, Keith Reddin, José Rivera
    Poetry: Roger Fanning, Jane Mead

    Elsewhere[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company. April 1994. pp. 26–27.
  • ^ "The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project: Fighting the Destruction of Memory". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  • ^ LeRoy Panek (2000). New Hard-boiled Writers, 1970s-1990s. Popular Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-87972-820-5.
  • ^ Carol Jacobs (20 October 2015). Sebald's Vision. Columbia University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-231-54010-0.
  • ^ W. Michelle Wang; Daniel K. Jernigan; Neil Murphy (7 December 2020). The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-00-022074-2.
  • ^ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous Winners – 1993: Elizabeth Hay". Wilfrid Laurier University. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  • ^ Lyndon, Neil (10 November 2014). "22 years on, I'm republishing my controversial book on the failings of feminism". The Telegraph.
  • ^ "White Lies (for my mother)". Goodreads. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  • ^ Martin MacCauley (1997), Who's Who in Russia Since 1900, p. 2. Routledge, ISBN 0-415-13898-1.
  • ^ "Angela Carter". The British Library. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  • ^ "Radio Romania International - Vintila Horia y el escándalo del Premio Goncourt". Radio Romania International (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  • ^ Aldiss, Brian (7 April 1992). "Isaac Asimov obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  • ^ Nummi, Jyrki (2003–2007). "Linna, Väinö (1920–1992)". 100 Faces from Finland – a Biographical Kaleidoscope. the Biographical Centre of the Finnish Literature Society. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  • ^ Kirkup, James (11 August 1992). "Obituary: Seicho Matsumoto". The Independent. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  • ^ Pace, Eric (9 November 1992). "Richard Yates, Novelist, 66, Dies; Chronicler of Disappointed Lives". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  • ^ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction – Previous winners – 1992: Marie Wadden". Wilfrid Laurier University. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

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