1982 in literature

Events

• La Bicyclette Bleue[?] (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.

New Books

• The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals[?] - Elizabeth Smart
• The Bride of Suleiman[?] - Aileen Crawley[?]
• The Color Purple - Alice Walker
• Crossings[?] - Danielle Steel
• The Darkling[?] - David Kesterton[?]
• Different Seasons - Stephen King
• The Horse Goddess[?] - Morgan Llywelyn[?]
• In Search of Excellence[?] - Tom Peters[?]
• An Indecent Obsession[?] - Colleen McCullough[?]
• The Indian in the Cupboard[?] - Lynne Reid Banks[?]
• The Man from St Petersburg[?] - Ken Follett
• Master of the Game[?] - Sidney Sheldon[?]
• Mistral's Daughter[?] - Judith Krantz[?]
• Monsignor Quixote[?] - Graham Greene
• North and South - John Jakes[?]
• The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000[?] - James Edward[?]
• The Parsifal Mosaic[?] - Robert Ludlum
• The Running Man - Stephen King
• Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally
• Shoeless Joe[?] - W.P. Kinsella[?]
• Space[?] - James A. Michener
• 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke
• The Valley of Horses[?] - Jean M. Auel[?]

Births

Deaths

• March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer
• March 6 - Ayn Rand, author
• June 18 - John Cheever[?], writer

Awards

• Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard[?], A Visit to William Blake's Inn
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller[?], A Soldier's Play
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Updike - Rabbit Is Rich
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems