1995 in literature
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The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea is opened by Jimmy Carter. Simon & Schuster paid US$4.2 million for the hardcover publishing rights for The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans after the self-published book appeared on The New York Times bestseller list.
[edit] New books
Ben Aaronovitch - The Also People Louisa May Alcott - A Long Fatal Love Chase (previously unpublished manuscript) Roger MacBride Allen - Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Selonia and Showdown at Centerpoint Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies Martin Amis - The Information Kevin J. Anderson - Darksaber Pat Barker - The Ghost Road Daniel Blythe - Infinite Requiem Christopher Bulis - The Sorcerer's Apprentice Edgar Rice Burroughs and Joe R. Lansdale - Tarzan: the Lost Adventure T. C. Boyle - The Tortilla Curtain Albert Camus - The First Man (Le premier homme) (unfinished novel, published posthumously) Andrew Cartmel - Warlock Mary Higgins Clark - Silent Night Michael Connelly - The Last Coyote Paul Cornell - Human Nature Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Battle, Battle Flag and The Winter King Douglas Coupland - Microserfs Michael Crichton - The Lost World Martin Day - The Menagerie L. Sprague de Camp and Christopher Stasheff - The Exotic Enchanter Terrance Dicks - Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans Umberto Eco - The Island of the Day Before Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer Timothy Findley - The Piano Man's Daughter Richard Ford - Independence Day John Gardner -GoldenEye John Grisham - The Rainmaker Barbara Hambly - Children of the Jedi Craig Hinton - Millennial Rites Kazuo Ishiguro - The Unconsoled Welwyn Wilton Katz - Out of the Dark Stephen King - Rose Madder John le Carré - Our Game Andy Lane - The Empire of Glass and Original Sin Paul Leonard - Dancing the Code and Toy Soldiers Jonathan Lethem - Amnesia Moon Barry Letts - The Ghosts of N-Space Robert Ludlum - The Apocalypse Watch Steve Lyons - Head Games and Time of Your Life Stephen Marley - Managra Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes David A. McIntee - Lords of the Storm and Sanctuary James A. Michener - Miracle in Seville Mary McGarry Morris - Songs in Ordinary Time Phil O'Brien - Memories of the Irish-Israeli War Kate Orman - Set Piece Terry Pratchett - Maskerade Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - Relic (novel) and Mount Dragon Philip Pullman - Northern Lights (published in North America as The Golden Compass) Justin Richards - System Shock Gareth Roberts - The Romance of Crime and Zamper Gary Russell - Invasion of the Cat-People Josè Saramago - Blindness Sidney Sheldon - Morning, Noon, & Night Danielle Steel - Five Days In Paris Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer James B. Stewart - Blood Sport Dave Stone - Sky Pirates! Jim Turner, editor - Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology Andrew Vachss - Footsteps of the Hawk Robert James Waller - Puerto Vallarta Squeeze Val McDermid - The Mermaids Singing
[edit] New drama
Horton Foote - The Young Man From Atlanta Terrence McNally - Love! Valour! Compassion! Tom Stoppard - Indian Ink
[edit] Poetry
[edit] Non-fiction
Jean Baudrillard - The Gulf War Did Not Take Place Paul Davies - About Time L. Sprague de Camp - The Ape-Man Within Mark Epstein - Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom Leonard Nimoy - I Am Spock Man Ray, Andre Breton - Man Ray, 1890-1976 Condoleezza Rice & Philip Zelikow -Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft Oliver Sacks - An Anthropologist on Mars Simon Schama - Landscape and Memory Miranda Seymour - Robert Graves: Life on the Edge Ibn Warraq - Why I Am Not a Muslim Binod Bihari Verma - Tapasa vai Ganga Maithili biography
[edit] Deaths
January 9 - Peter Cook, comedian, satirist and writer January 30 Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, writer January 31 - George Abbott, writer, director, producer February 4 - Patricia Highsmith, author February 12 - Robert Bolt, writer February 21 - Calder Willingham, writer February 23 - James Herriot, author April 14 - Brian Coffey, poet June 14 - Roger Zelazny, American writer of fantasy and science fiction July 16 - Stephen Spender, poet August 3 - Edward Whittemore, writer August 29 - Michael Ende, fantasy novelist October 22 - Kingsley Amis, author November 13 - Mary Elizabeth Counselman - American author and poet November 16 - Robert H. Adleman, American novelist and historian November 22 - Margaret St. Clair, science fiction writer December 2 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist December 30 - Heiner Müller, dramatist May Sarton - American writer
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Richard King, Kindling Does For Firewood C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Bruce Beaver - Anima and Other Poems Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Peter Boyle, Coming Home From the World Mary Gilmore Prize: Aileen Kelly, Coming Up for Light
[edit] Canada
Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance See 1995 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
Prix Goncourt: Andreï Makine, Le Testament français Prix Décembre: Jean Échenoz, Les Grandes Blondes Prix Médicis French: Vassilis Alexakis, La Langue maternelle and Andreï Makine, Le testament français Prix Médicis International: Alessandro Baricco, Châteaux de la colère
[edit] United Kingdom
Booker Prize: Pat Barker, The Ghost Road James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Christopher Priest, The Prestige James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Gitta Sereny, Albert Speer: His Battle with the Truth Cholmondeley Award: U.A. Fanthorpe, Christopher Reid, C. H. Sisson, Kit Wright Eric Gregory Award: Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald Newdigate prize: Antony Dunn Whitbread Book of the Year Award: Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
[edit] United States
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Maxine Kumin American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, William Maxwell Carnegie Medal: Philip Pullman, Northern Lights Compton Crook Award: Doranna Durgin, Dun Lady's Jess Hugo Award: Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance Nebula Award: Robert Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment Newbery Medal for children's literature: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlanta Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth Wallace Stevens Award: James Tate
[edit] Elsewhere
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry: Michele Leggott, Dia Montana Book Award for Poetry: Michael Jackson, Pieces of Music Premio Nadal: Ignacio Carrión Hernández, Cruzar el Danubio
