1989 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1989.

Events[]

  • February 14 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (died 3 June 1989), issues a fatwa calling for the death of Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers for issuing the novel The Satanic Verses (1988). On February 24 Iran places a US $3 million bounty on Rushdie's head.[1]
  • March 1 – The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 comes into effect in the United States, making the country a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886.
  • April 23 – Leading figures of the theatre mark William Shakespeare's birthday with a street party to oppose the destruction of the recently-discovered archaeological remains of the English Renaissance Rose Theatre and Globe theatres in London.[2]
  • October – The National Library of Norway is established, with a new building at Mo i Rana.[3]
  • December 29 – Playwright Václav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia.

New books[]

Fiction[]

Children and young people[]

Drama[]

  • Herman Brusselmans and Tom Lanoye – De Canadese muur (The Canadian Wall)
  • Jim Cartwright – Two
  • Nick Darke – Kissing the Pope (original title: Campesinos)
  • Michael Wall – Amongst Barbarians
  • Keith Waterhouse – Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell

Poetry[]

Main article: 1989 in poetry

Non-fiction[]

Births[]

  • July 11 – David Henrie, American actor and screenwriter[6]

Deaths[]

Awards[]

Australia[]

Canada[]

France[]

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Fiction: Ellen Akins, Marianne Wiggins
Nonfiction: Ian Frazier, Natalie Kusz, Lucy Sante, Tobias Wolff (nonfiction/fiction)
Plays: Timberlake Wertenbaker
Poetry: Russell Edson, Mary Karr, C.D. Wright

Japan[]

References[]

  1. ^ Appignanesi, Lisa (February 1, 1990). The Rushdie File. Syracuse University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8156-0248-4.
  2. ^ The Rose Theatre Trust. Accessed 15 July 2014
  3. ^ IFLA Office for International Lending (1991). Interlending and Document Supply: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Held in London, November 1990. IFLA Office for International Lending. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7123-2089-4.
  4. ^ Dukes, Gerry (1991). "Reviewed Work: John Banville: A Critical Study by Joseph McMinn". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. Vol. 80, no. 319. pp. 309–311. JSTOR 30091627.
  5. ^ Kenny, John (July 24, 1999). "Reintroducing Banville" (PDF). The Irish Times. p. 8. Weekend.
  6. ^ Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events (May 11, 2011). The Teachers Calendar 2011-2012. McGraw-Hill Education. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-07-183065-2. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "George Selden, 60, Writer of Tales Describing a Cricket's Adventures". The New York Times. December 6, 1989. Retrieved December 19, 2006.
  8. ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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