1997 In Literature

EVENTS

Tom Clancy signed a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. (both part of Pearson Education), that paid him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . He then signed a second agreement for another US$25 million for a four-year book/multimedia deal. Clancy followed this up with an agreement with Berkley Books for 24 paperbacks to tie in with the an ABC television miniseries in an agreement worth US$22 million bringing the total value of the package to US$97 million.

The memoir, '' I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings '' by Maya Angelou , is removed from the ninth-grade English curriculum in Anne Arundel County, Maryland , because it "portrays white people as being horrible, nasty, stupid people."

NEW BOOKS

'' American Pastoral '' - Philip Roth

'' Are You Experienced? '' - William Sutcliffe

'' Barney's Version '' - Mordecai Richler

'' The Best Laid Plans '' - Sidney Sheldon

'' The Bible Code '' - Michael Drosnin

'''' - Sarah Ferguson

'' Cat & Mouse '' - James Patterson

'' Cold Mountain '' - Charles Frazier

'' Dave Barry's Book Of Bad Songs '' - Dave Barry

'' Deja Dead '' - Kathy Reichs

'' Everyday Wicca '' - Gerina Dunwich

'' Fall On Your Knees '' - Ann-Marie MacDonald

'' The Ghost '' - Danielle Steel

'' Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone '' - J. K. Rowling

'' Hornet's Nest '' - Patricia Cornwell

'' I Am The Most Interesting Book Of All '' (translation) - Marie Bashkirtseff

'' Instruments Of Darkness '' - Nancy Huston

'' Jingo '' - Terry Pratchett

'' Larry's Party '' - Carol Shields

'' Last Standing Woman '' - Winona LaDuke

'' London Blues '' - Anthony Frewin

'' Mason & Dixon '' - Thomas Pynchon

'' Morisson Of Peking '' - Cyril Pearl

'' Night Train '' - Martin Amis

'' The Partner '' - John Grisham

'' Pretend You Don't See Her '' - Mary Higgins Clark

'' The Ranch '' - Danielle Steel

'' The Red Tent '' - Anita Diamant

'' Special Delivery '' - Danielle Steel

'' The Subtle Knife '' - Philip Pullman

'' Timequake '' - Kurt Vonnegut

'' Tomorrow Never Dies '' - Raymond Benson

'' Tuesdays With Morrie '' - Mitch Albom

'' Underworld '' - Don DeLillo

'' Unnatural Exposure '' - Patricia Cornwell

'' A Walk In The Woods '' - Bill Bryson

'' When The Sons Of Heaven Meet The Daughters Of The Earth '' - Fernanda Eberstadt

'' Zero Minus Ten '' - Raymond Benson

NEW DRAMA

Thomas Kilroy - ''The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde ''

Peter Whelan - '' The Herbal Bed ''

NON-FICTION

Gerina Dunwich - '' A Wiccan's Guide To Prophecy And Divination ''

Stephen Fry - '' Moab Is My Washpot '' (autobiography)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 19 - James Dickey , poet, novelist

April 5 - Allen Ginsberg , poet

October 14 - Harold Robbins , novelist

AWARDS

, '' The God Of Small Things ''

: - ''Barney's Version''

See 1997 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''A Heart So White''

, ''The Moon and the Sun''

, ''The View from Saturday''

, ''Fugitive Pieces''

, ''La Bataille''

, ''La Compagnie des spectres''

, ''America''

Pulitzer Prize For Drama : ''no award given''

- ''Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer''

: ''Live Together: New and Selected Poems''

, ''Tales from Ovid''

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