Events New Books Beggar Maid - Alice Munro Bloodlines - Sidney Sheldon Bright Flows The River - Taylor Caldwell Chesapeake - James A. Michener Coup - John Updike Empire: A Visual Novel - Samuel R. Delany Evergreen - Belva Plain Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett Fools Die - Mario Puzo Going After Cacciato - Tim O'Brien Hail The Conquering Hero - Frank Yerby The Holcroft Covenant - Robert Ludlum Illusions - Richard Bach An Imaginary Life - David Malouf In My Father's House - Ernest J.Gaines The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - Richard Nixon Mommie Dearest - Christina Crawford Running Dogs - Don DeLillo Scruples - Judith Krantz Second Generation - Howard Fast The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle War and Remembrance - Herman Wouk The World According to Garp - John Irving Young Adolf - Beryl Bainbridge The Ends of Power - H. R. Haldeman Births Deaths March 24 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction writer Awards Booker Prize: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea See 1978 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Nebula Award: Vonda McIntyre, Dreamsnake Newbery Medal for children's literature: Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia Nobel Prize for Literature: Isaac Bashevis Singer Prix Goncourt: Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures Prix Médicis French: Georges Perec, La vie mode d'emploi Prix Médicis International: Alexandre Zinoviev, L’Avenir radieux - Russia Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald L. Coburn, The Gin Game Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James Alan McPherson, Elbow Room Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Howard Nemerov, Collected Poems Viareggio Prize: Antonio Altomonte, Dopo il presidente