See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

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."

Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. ... G. P. Putnams Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. ... Berkley Books is a paperback imprint of Penguin Group (USA). ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiographical journey through the early years of the life of the author Maya Angelou. ... Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into...

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
• Budgie: The Little Helicopter - Sarah Ferguson
• Cat & Mouse - James Patterson
• Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
• Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs - Dave Barry
• Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
• Diana: Her True Story - Andrew Morton
• 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
• Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry (autobiography)
• Morisson of Peking - Cyril Pearl
• Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet - Karen Armstrong
• 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
• Toulouse-Lautrec: The Soul of Montmartre - Reinhold Heller
• Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
• Unnatural Exposure - Patricia Cornwell
• A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
• A Wiccan's Guide to Prophecy and Divination - Gerina Dunwich
• Zero Minus Ten - Raymond Benson

American Pastoral cover American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel about concerns Seymour Swede Levov, an all around good guy, whose life is ruined by the basic American berzerk. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933) is an American novelist who is best known for his sexually explicit comedic novel Portnoys Complaint (1969) and for his late-90s trilogy comprising the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral (1997), I Married a Communist (1998), and The Human Stain (2000). ... William Sutcliffe (born 1971) is a British novelist. ... Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter, and essayist. ... Sidney Sheldon (born February 11, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American screenwriter and novelist. ... The Bible Code is a best-selling controversial book by Michael Drosnin, first published in 1997. ... Sarah, Duchess of York (born 15 October 1959) is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. ... James Patterson is an award winning American author of fiction. ... See Han-Shan (Cold Mountain) for the Chinese poet. ... Charles Frazier, American novelist, was born in 1950 in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... Dave Barry David Barry, Jr. ... Kathy Reichs (or Kathleen J. Reichs) is probably the alias of a forensic scientist and writer of mystery novels, who works in Canada and the United States. ... Andrew Morton is a writer. ... Gerina Dunwich (born December 27, 1959, in Illinois) is a professional astrologer, occult historian, and popular New Age author, best known for her books on Wicca and the spellcasting arts. ... Ann-Marie MacDonald, born in 1958, is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Danielle Steel (b. ... Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books for children written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ... J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling, OBE (born 31 July 1965 in Yate), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: role-ing, as in rolling stone) is a British fiction writer. ... Patricia Cornwell (born June 9, 1956) is the author of a popular series of crime novels featuring the fictional heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner for a Virginia police department. ... Marie Bashkirtseff (November 11, 1858 - October 31, 1884) was a Ukrainian-born Russian diarist, painter and sculptor Marie Bashkirtseff Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsy near Poltava, to a wealthy noble family, she grew up abroad, traveling with her mother across most of Europe. ... Nancy Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born author who writes primarily in French. ... Jingo is a novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his phenomenally popular Discworld series. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry – following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. ... Larrys Party is a 1997 novel by Carol Shields. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... Winona LaDuke (1959 - ) is a Native American activist and an environmentalist. ... Stephen Fry on the cover of his autobiography Stephen John Fry (born 24 August, 1957) is a British comedian, author, actor, and director. ... Karen Armstrong is an author, feminist and writer on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Photo of Martin Amis by Robert Birnbaum Martin Amis (born in Oxford, August 25, 1949) is an English novelist and son of Sir Kingsley Amis. ... The Partner (1997) is a legal/thriller novel by noted American author John Grisham. ... Grishams 2005 Novel The Broker John Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama. ... Mary Higgins Clark (born December 24, 1929) is a best-selling American mystery and suspense writer. ... Alternate meaning: Area 51 (video game) Satellite view of Area 51 from 1968, more construction happened since then Area 51 is a parcel of U.S. military-controlled land in southern Nevada, apparently containing a secret aircraft testing facility. ... Danielle Steel (b. ... Anita Diamant Anita Diamant is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. ... Danielle Steel (b. ... Oxford (in red) The Subtle Knife is the second novel in the His Dark Materials series, written by British novelist Philip Pullman, and published in 1997. ... Philip Pullman Philip Pullman, (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, who is the bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels and a number of other books, purportedly for children, but attracting increasing attention by adult readers. ... Timequake is a semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... This article is about the film Tomorrow Never Dies for the video game see Tomorrow Never Dies (video game) Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. ... Raymond Benson, born September 6, 1955, is an American author best known for being the most recent author of the official James Bond novels. ... Tuesdays With Morrie was a 1999 television movie based on a 1997 novel of the same name by Mitch Albom. ... Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an award-winning sportswriter novelist, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, syndicated radio host, and TV commentator. ... Patricia Cornwell (born June 9, 1956) is the author of a popular series of crime novels featuring the fictional heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner for a Virginia police department. ... A Walk in the Woods is a book by Bill Bryson describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend Katz. ... Bill Bryson (born December 8, 1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects. ... Gerina Dunwich (born December 27, 1959, in Illinois) is a professional astrologer, occult historian, and popular New Age author, best known for her books on Wicca and the spellcasting arts. ... Categories: Literature stubs | James Bond books | 1997 books ... Raymond Benson, born September 6, 1955, is an American author best known for being the most recent author of the official James Bond novels. ...

Births

Deaths

• January 19 - James Dickey, poet, novelist
• April 5 - Allen Ginsberg, poet
• October 14 - Harold Robbins, novelist

January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James Dickey (February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997) was a popular United States poet and novelist. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Allen Ginsberg in San Francisco. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... Harold Robbins (originally Harold Rubin) (May 21, 1916–October 14, 1997) was an American author. ...

Awards

• Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
• Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Mordecai Richler: - Barney's Version
• See 1997 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Javier Marias, A Heart So White
• Nebula Award: Vonda McIntyre, The Moon and the Sun
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: E. L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Dario Fo
• Orange Prize for Fiction: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
• Prix Goncourt: Patrick Rambaud, La Bataille
• Prix Décembre: Lydie Salvayre, La Compagnie des spectres
• Prix Médicis International: T. Coraghessan Boyle, America
• Prix Médicis French: Les Sept Noms du peintre - Philippe Le Guillou
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Steven Millhauser - Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Lisel Mueller: Live Together: New and Selected Poems
• Whitbread Best Book Award: Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid