See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New books
Births
Deaths
Awards
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Booker Prize: Graham Swift, Last Orders
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Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Margaret Atwood: - Alias Grace
- See 1996 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
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Nebula Award: Nicola Griffith, Slow River
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Karen Cushman , The Midwife's Apprentice
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Wislawa Szymborska
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Prix Goncourt: Pascale Roze , Le Chasseur Zéro
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Prix Décembre: Régis Debray, Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation politique
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Prix Médicis French: Orlanda - Jacqueline Harpman and L'Organisation - Jean Rolin
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Prix Médicis International: Himmelfarb - Michael Kruger , Germany and Sonietchka - Ludmila Oulitskaïa , Russia
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Orange Prize for Fiction: Helen Dunmore, A Spell of Winter
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Jonathan Larson, Rent
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Richard Ford - Independence Day
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Jorie Graham : The Dream of the Unified Field
- Whitbread Best Book Award : Seamus Heaney, The Spirit Level
Last updated: 05-22-2005 00:26:04