1983 in literature
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Events
- Bochum: George Tabori 1983 brings his third Holocaust drama out, which premiered occurs exactly on the 50th anniversary of the seizure of power on January 30, 1983 at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. The title anniversary is chosen obviously ironic. He first used historical material. The play will be awarded the 1983 Mülheim Dramatist Prize.
- Marbach am Neckar: The exhibition classics in dark times in the German Literature Archive in Marbach, which takes place during the time of National Socialism reception German classical literature is very popular.
- Vienna: The planned for December 1983 staging of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Vienna Burgtheater in an arrangement by Pavel Kohout fails because lead actor Oskar Werner commits an alcohol-related scandal when Oskar Werner Festival Wachau.
- Paris: A scandal rocked the publishing house Éditions Gallimard. Claude Gallimard son Cristian is disinherited because he had fallen after the loss- buying by the Fed in its favor.
- New York: In the United States breaks out through a series of articles in Publishers Weekly a discussion of the supposedly objective selection criteria of the bestseller lists of the New York Times.
- Toronto: The Board of Trustees of the Ontario Historical Studies presents first the Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario History for a historical fiction book about the history of Ontario.
New Books
Fiction
- Douglas Adams / John Lloyd: The Meaning of Liff
- Isaac Asimov - The Robots of Dawn
- Greg Bear - The Wind from a Burning Woman
- Henry N. Beard / Douglas C. Kenney - Lord of dark circles, German translation by Margaret Carroux
- Samuel Beckett - Worstward Ho
- Thomas Bernhard - The Loser
- Okot p'Bitek - Song of Lawino
- Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Mists of Avalon
- Morley Callaghan - A Time for Judas
- Hugo Claus - Het verdriet van België
- JM Coetzee - Life and Times of Michael K
- Jackie Collins - Hollywood Wives
- Basil Copper - The House of the Wolf
- Philip Curtis - Mister Browser and the Brain Sharpeners
- Roald Dahl - The Witches
- L. Sprague de Camp - The Reluctant King and The King Unbeheaded
- Jim Dodge - Fup
- Stephen R. Donaldson - White Gold Wielder: Book Three of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Allan W. Eckert - The Dark Green Tunnel
- Ken Follett - On Wings of Eagles
- Ernest J. Gaines - A Gathering of Old Men
- John Gardner - Icebreaker
- Roger Hargreaves - Little Miss Sunshine
- Maarten 't Hart - De kroongetuige
- Mark Helprin - Winter 's Tale
- Elfriede Jelinek - The Piano Teacher
- Uwe Johnson - Anniversaries ( novel), the conclusion of the novel cycle
- Ernst Jünger - Aladdin's problem story
- William Kennedy Ironweed
- Stephen King - Christine
- Dean R. Koontz - Phantoms
- Louis L' Amour - The Lonesome Gods
- John le Carré - The Little Drummer Girl
- Mary Mackey - The Last Warrior Queen
- Norman Mailer - Ancient Evenings
- James A. Michener - Poland
- Anita Brian Moore - Cold Heaven
- Sten Nadolny - The Discovery of Slowness
- R. K. Narayan - A Tiger for Malgudi
- Hanns -Josef Ortheil - hedge
- Robert B. Parker - The Widening Gyre
- Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates
- Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
- Salman Rushdie - Shame
- Joanna Russ - The Zanzibar Cat
- Arno Schmidt - Julia, or the paintings
- Danielle Steel - Changes
- Erwin Strittmatter - The store, beginning a trilogy
- Walter Tevis - The Queen's Gambit
- John Updike - Better relations, German translation by Barbara Henninges
- Fay Weldon - The Life and Loves of a She -Devil
- A. N. Wilson - Scandal
- Robert Anton Wilson - Prometheus Rising
- Christa Wolf - Kassandra's story
- Roger Zelazny - Unicorn Variations
Drama
- Volker Braun - pieces
Poetry
- Diana Hartog - Matinee Light
Non-fiction
- Julia Child / Simone Beck / Louisette Bertholle - Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first revision
- Julio Cortázar / Carol Dunlop - The Autonauten on the Kosmobahn
- Shirley Conran - The Magic Garden
- Frank Davey - Surviving the Paraphrase
- Dehio Vorarlberg 1983
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, 1st Edition
- Susan Oliver - Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey
- Anna Rosmus - Resistance and Persecution in Passau from 1933 to 1939
- Colin Thubron - Among the Russians
Died
Prices
- Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding
- Booker Prize: JM Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K
- Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario History: Gerald Killan, David Boyle: From Artisan to Archeologist
- Peace Prize of the German Book Trade: Manès Sperber
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Friederike Roth, The Book of Life
- Prix Goncourt: Frédérick Tristan, Les Egares
- 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
- Nebula Award: David Brin, Startide Rising
- Premio Nadal: Salvador García Aguilar, Regocijo en el hombre
- Georg Brandes Price: Pil Dahlerup, Det modern gennembruds kvinder
- Søren - Sansoni Price: Inger Christensen
- Critics pinches (Denmark): Dorrit Willumsen, Marie
- Weekendavisens litteraturpris: Jørgen Christian Hansen, Knæleren
- Critics pinches (Norway): Kjell Askildsen, Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til allmennheten