1992 in literature
See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- The Bridges of Madison County, originally self-published by author Robert James Waller, will go on to become the largest selling novel in history with more than 60 million copies sold.
- The Goosebumps series of books, penned by R.L. Stine, are first published.
New Books
Births
Deaths
Awards
- Booker Prize: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
- See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: Connie Willis, Doomsday Book
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Derek Walcott
- 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
- 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
- Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!