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Revision as of 15:24, 23 March 2003
See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New Books
Births
Deaths
- January 24 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
- February 26 - Robert Penn Warren, poet, author
- June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
- August 20 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Awards
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Wole Soyinka
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor: The Flying Change
- Booker Prize: Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils