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*The book ''[[Nineteen Eighty]]'' by [[George Orwell]] is read by many people, as that year has come. Luckily, we are not using doublethink yet. |
*The book ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]] is read by many people, as that year has come. Luckily, we are not using doublethink yet. |
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Revision as of 23:18, 22 March 2003
See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- The book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is read by many people, as that year has come. Luckily, we are not using doublethink yet.
New Books
- The Women of Montparnasse, the Americans in Paris - Morrill Cody
- Neuromancer - William Gibson
- Iacocca: An Autobiography - Lee Iacocca
- The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike
Births
Deaths
- February 22 - Jessamyn West, writer
Awards
- Jaroslav Seifert won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: William Kennedy - Ironweed
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mary Oliver: American Primitive