1983 in literature
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See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- Ironweed by William Kennedy is published.
- Salvage for the Saint by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse is published. This is the final book in a series of novels, novellas and short stories featuring the Leslie Charteris creation The Saint that started in 1928. An unsuccessful attempt at restarting the series would occur in 1997.
New books
- The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers
- Changes (Danielle Steel novel) - Danielle Steel
- Christine - Stephen King
- Cold Heaven - Anita Brian Moore
- The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
- The Dark Green Tunnel - Allan W. Eckert
- The Feud - Thomas Berger
- Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins
- Icebreaker - John Gardner
- Ironweed - William Kennedy
- The Last Warrior Queen - Mary Mackey
- Life and Times of Michael K - J. M. Coetzee
- The Little Drummer Girl - John le Carré
- The Lonesome Gods - Louis L'Amour
- The Loser - Thomas Bernhard
- The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
- - Susan Oliver
- On Wings of Eagles - Ken Follett
- Pet Sematary - Stephen King
- Phantoms - Dean R. Koontz
- The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek
- Poland - James A. Michener
- Resistance and Persecution in Passau from 1933 to 1939 - Anna Rosmus
- The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov
- Scandal - A. N. Wilson
- Shame - Salman Rushdie
- A Time for Judas - Morley Callaghan
- - Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Widening Gyre - Robert B. Parker
- Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin
- Worstward Ho - Samuel Beckett
New drama
- Larry Shue - The Foreigner
- Neil Simon - Brighton Beach Memoirs
Births
Deaths
- February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- March 3 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator
Awards
- Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee -Life and Times of Michael K
- See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: David Brin, Startide Rising
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Cynthia Voight, Dicey's Song
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding
- Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan, Les égarés
- Prix Médicis French: Jean Echenoz, Cherokee
- Prix Médicis International: Kenneth White, La route bleue
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marsha Norman, 'Night, Mother
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker - The Color Purple
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell - Selected Poems
- Whitbread Best Book Award: John Fuller, Flying to Nowhere
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