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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1986 in literature}}
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1986'''.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1986'''.
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*[[Marguerite Duras]] – ''[[Blue Eyes, Black Hair]]''
*[[Marguerite Duras]] – ''[[Blue Eyes, Black Hair]]''
*[[James Ellroy]] – ''[[Killer on the Road|Silent Terror]]''
*[[James Ellroy]] – ''[[Killer on the Road|Silent Terror]]''
*[[Shusaku Endo]] (遠藤 周作) – ''[[Scandal (1986 novel)|Scandal]]'' (スキャンダル)
*[[Steve Erickson]] – ''Rubicon Beach''
*[[Steve Erickson]] – ''Rubicon Beach''
*[[Nuruddin Farah]] – ''Maps'' (first part of ''Blood in the Sun'' trilogy)
*[[Nuruddin Farah]] – ''Maps'' (first part of ''Blood in the Sun'' trilogy)
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*[[Brian Jacques]] – ''[[Redwall]]''
*[[Brian Jacques]] – ''[[Redwall]]''
*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[It (novel)|It]]''
*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[It (novel)|It]]''
*[[Ivan Klíma]] – ''[[Love and Garbage|Láska a smetí]] (''Love and Garbage'', banned until 1989)
*[[Judith Krantz]] – ''[[I'll Take Manhattan]]''
*[[Judith Krantz]] – ''[[I'll Take Manhattan]]''
*[[Brigitte Kronauer]] – ''Berittener Bogenschütze''
*[[Brigitte Kronauer]] – ''Berittener Bogenschütze''
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*[[Robert Ludlum]] – ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]''
*[[Robert Ludlum]] – ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]''
*[[Amin Maalouf]] – ''[[Leo Africanus (novel)|Leo Africanus]]''
*[[Amin Maalouf]] – ''[[Leo Africanus (novel)|Leo Africanus]]''
*[[Javier Marías]] – ''El hombre sentimental'' (''The Man of Feeling'', 2003)
*[[Allan Massie]] – ''[[Augustus (Massie novel)|Augustus]]'' (first in the Roman series)
*[[Allan Massie]] – ''[[Augustus (Massie novel)|Augustus]]'' (first in the Roman series)
*[[Frank Miller]] – ''[[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]'' (graphic novel)
*[[Frank Miller]] – ''[[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]'' (graphic novel)
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*[[Jean Raspail]] – ''[[Who Will Remember the People...]]''
*[[Jean Raspail]] – ''[[Who Will Remember the People...]]''
*[[Mercè Rodoreda]] (died 1983) – ''La mort i la primavera'' (Death in Spring)
*[[Mercè Rodoreda]] (died 1983) – ''La mort i la primavera'' (Death in Spring)
*[[Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio]] – ''El testimonio de Yarfoz''
*[[José Saramago]] – ''[[The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis]] (O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis)''
*[[José Saramago]] – ''[[The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis]] (O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis)''
*[[Ken Saro-Wiwa]] – ''Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English''
*[[Ken Saro-Wiwa]] – ''Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English''
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*[[Jill Eggleton]] (with Kelvin Hawley) – ''Cat and Mouse''
*[[Jill Eggleton]] (with Kelvin Hawley) – ''Cat and Mouse''
*[[Berniece T. Hiser]] – ''[[The Adventure of Charlie and His Wheat-Straw Hat]]''
*[[Berniece T. Hiser]] – ''[[The Adventure of Charlie and His Wheat-Straw Hat]]''
*[[Diana Wynne Jones]] – ''[[Howl's Moving Castle]]''
*[[Diana Wynne Jones]] – ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''
*[[Michael de Larrabeiti]]
*[[Michael de Larrabeiti]]
**''[[The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis]]''
**''[[The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis]]''
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==Births==
==Births==
*[[January 24]] - [[Aimee Carter]], American young-adult fiction writer
*[[January 24]] - [[Aimee Carter]], American young-adult fiction writer
*[[June 6]] - [[Rachelle Dekker]], American science-fiction writer
*[[July 3]] – [[Chris Bush (playwright)|Chris Bush]], English playwright, artistic director and comedian
*[[July 3]] – [[Chris Bush (playwright)|Chris Bush]], English playwright, artistic director and comedian
*''unknown dates''
*''unknown dates''
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**[[P. D. Eastman]], American author and illustrator (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
**[[P. D. Eastman]], American author and illustrator (born [[1909 in literature|1909]])
**[[Juan Rulfo]], Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer (born [[1917 in literature|1917]])
**[[Juan Rulfo]], Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer (born [[1917 in literature|1917]])
*[[January 9]] – [[W. S. Graham]], Scottish poet (born [[1918 in literature|1918]])
*[[January 24]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American science fiction writer, founder of [[Scientology]] (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])
*[[January 24]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American science fiction writer, founder of [[Scientology]] (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])
*[[January 26]] – [[Nicholas Moore]], English poet (born [[1911 in literature|1911]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Phyllis Shand Allfrey]], [[Dominica]]n writer (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Phyllis Shand Allfrey]], [[Dominica]]n writer (born [[1908 in literature|1908]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Dora Oake Russell]], Newfoundland writer, diarist and journalist (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Dora Oake Russell]], Newfoundland writer, diarist and journalist (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])
*[[February 11]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American science fiction novelist (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])
*[[February 11]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American science fiction novelist (born [[1920 in literature|1920]])
*[[February 27]] – [[Nancy Brysson Morrison]], Scottish novelist (born [[1903 in literature|1903]])
*[[February 28]] – [[Edith Ditmas]], English archivist, historian and writer (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[February 28]] – [[Edith Ditmas]], English archivist, historian and writer (born [[1896 in literature|1896]])
*[[March 4]]
*[[March 4]]
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*[[May 15]] – [[Theodore H. White]], American journalist, historian and novelist (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])
*[[May 15]] – [[Theodore H. White]], American journalist, historian and novelist (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Jorge Luis Borges]], Argentine writer (born [[1899 in literature|1899]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Jorge Luis Borges]], Argentine writer (born [[1899 in literature|1899]])
*[[July 16]] – [[Stephen Coulter]], English writer (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Lena Kennedy]], English romantic novelist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Lena Kennedy]], English romantic novelist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[August 3]] – [[Beryl Markham]], English-born Kenyan aviator and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[August 3]] – [[Beryl Markham]], English-born Kenyan aviator and author (born [[1902 in literature|1902]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Vivian Stuart]], English novelist (born [[1914 in literature|1914]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Milton Acorn]], Canadian poet, writer and playwright (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Milton Acorn]], Canadian poet, writer and playwright (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])
*[[September 11]] – [[Noel Streatfeild]], English novelist and children's writer (born [[1895 in literature|1895]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Trish Burgess|title=Annual Obituary, 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZPZBuqy_SYC|date=1 August 1989|publisher=St James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-013-1|page=556}}</ref>
*[[September 11]] – [[Noel Streatfeild]], English novelist and children's writer (born [[1895 in literature|1895]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Trish Burgess|title=Annual Obituary, 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZPZBuqy_SYC|date=1 August 1989|publisher=St James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-013-1|page=556}}</ref>
*[[October 28]] – [[John Braine]], English novelist (born [[1922 in literature|1922]])
*[[December 17]] – [[J. F. Hendry]], Scottish poet (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])
*[[December 17]] – [[J. F. Hendry]], Scottish poet (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])
*[[December 19]] – [[V. C. Andrews]], American novelist (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])
*[[December 19]] – [[V. C. Andrews]], American novelist (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])
*[[December 28]] – [[John D. MacDonald]], American novelist and short story writer (born [[1916 in literature|1916]])


==Awards==<!-- This section is linked from [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] -->
==Awards==<!-- This section is linked from [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] -->

Latest revision as of 19:22, 19 June 2024

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1986.

Events[edit]

New books[edit]

Fiction[edit]

Children and young people[edit]

Drama[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Non-fiction[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Awards[edit]

Australia[edit]

Canada[edit]

France[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

Elsewhere[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orlean, Susan (2018). The Library Book. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-4018-8.
  2. ^ Ian Curteis (1987). The Falklands Play: A Television Play. Hutchinson. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-09-170611-1.
  3. ^ Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1988). RSA Journal. Royal Society of Arts. p. 163.
  4. ^ Dominic Head (26 January 2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-521-83179-6.
  5. ^ a b Studies in Medievalism. D.S. Brewer. 1992. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-85991-348-5.
  6. ^ "Books of the Times". The New York Times. 1987-06-02.
  7. ^ Gay, Jane (2003). Languages of theatre shaped by women. Bristol, UK Portland, OR: Intellect. ISBN 9781871516784.
  8. ^ Erskine, Thomas (2000). Video versions : film adaptations of plays on video. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780313301858.
  9. ^ George C. Schoolfield (1998). A History of Finland's Literature. University of Nebraska Press. p. 240.
  10. ^ "Caroline Bird". Poetry Foundation. 2020-11-02. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  11. ^ The George Eliot, George Henry Lewes Newsletter. West Midlands College, English Division. 1986. p. 4.
  12. ^ Patricia Burgess; Trish Burgess (1 August 1989). Annual Obituary, 1986. St James Press. p. 556. ISBN 978-1-55862-013-1.
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