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The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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Events
- The Goosebumps series of books, penned by R.L. Stine, are first published.
New books
- Ben Aaronovitch - Transit
- Julia Álvarez - How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
- Iain Banks - The Crow Road
- Clive Barker - The Thief of Always
- Greg Bear - Anvil of Stars
- James P. Blaylock - Lord Kelvin's Machine
- A. S. Byatt - Morpho Eugenia
- Roger Caron - Dreamcaper
- Andrew Cartmel - Cat's Cradle: Warhead
- Paulo Coelho - The Valkyries
- Hugh Cook - The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster and The Worshippers and the Way
- Paul Cornell - Love and War
- Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Devil and Scoundrel
- Douglas Coupland - Shampoo Planet
- L. Sprague de Camp and Christopher Stasheff - The Enchanter Reborn
- Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- John Gardner - Death is Forever
- Mark Gatiss - Nightshade
- Ann Granger - Cold in the Earth
- John Grisham - The Pelican Brief
- Andrew Hunt - Cat's Cradle: Witchmark
- P. D. James - The Children of Men
- John Kessel - Meeting in Infinity
- Stephen King - Dolores Claiborne
- Val McDermid - Dead Beat
- Terry McMillan - Waiting to Exhale
- Rohinton Mistry - Tales from Firozsha Baag
- Toni Morrison - Jazz
- Danielle Steel - Jewels and Mixed Blessings
- Michael Ondaatje - The English Patient
- Marc Platt - Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
- Terry Pratchett - Lords and Ladies and Small Gods
- Anne Rice - The Tale of the Body Thief
- Mordecai Richler - Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!
- Gail Sheehy - Silent Passage
- Sidney Sheldon - The Stars Shine Down
- Michael Slade - Cutthroat
- Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
- Adam Thorpe - Ulverton
- Sue Townsend - The Queen and I
- Barry Unsworth - Sacred Hunger
- Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison County
- Timothy Zahn - Dark Force Rising
- Michael Connelly - The Black Echo
- Roger Zelazny and Thomas Thurston Thomas - Flare
New drama
- David Mamet - Oleanna
- Herb Gardner - Conversations with My Father
- Louis Nowra - Così
- Michael Wall - Women Laughing
Poetry
- Ben Okri - An African Elegy
Non-fiction
- Gerina Dunwich - Secrets of Love Magick
- John Gray - Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Andrew Morton - Diana: Her True Story
Births
- Quamar Quazi
Deaths
- February 10 - Alex Haley, Roots author
- February 16 - Angela Carter, author
- April 6 - Isaac Asimov, author
- April 21 - Väinö Linna, Finnish novelist
- April 28 - Iceberg Slim, novelist
- May 22 - Elizabeth David, cookery writer
- July 22 - Reginald Bretnor, science fiction writer
- September 5 - Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr., American writer of fantasy and science fiction
- November 7 - Richard Yates, American novelist and short-story writer
- December 25 - Monica Dickens, novelist
- December 27 - Kay Boyle, writer, educator, political activist
Awards
Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Fotini Epanomitis, The Mule's Foal
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems
- Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone
Canada
- See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
France
- Prix Goncourt: Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco
- Prix Décembre: Henri Thomas, La Chasse au trésor and Roger Grenier, Regardez la neige qui tombe
- Prix Médicis French: Michel Rio, Tlacuilo
- Prix Médicis International: Louis Begley, Une éducation polonaise
United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Rose Tremain, Sacred Country
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Charles Nicholl, The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
- Cholmondeley Award: Allen Curnow, Donald Davie, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger Woddis
- Eric Gregory Award: Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Kathleen Raine
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!
- The Sunday Express Book of the Year: Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Hunt Hawkins, The Domestic Life
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama: Sam Shepard
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Louise Glück for Ararat, and Mark Strand for The Continuous Life
- Compton Crook Award: Carol Severance, Reefsong
- Frost Medal: Adrienne Rich / David Ignatow
- Nebula Award: Connie Willis, Doomsday Book
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: James Tate, Selected Poems
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Robert Schenkkan, The Kentucky Cycle
Elsewhere
- Premio Nadal: Alejandro Gándara, Ciegas esperanzas
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