Events La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever. New Books The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals - Elizabeth Smart The Bride of Suleiman - Aileen Crawley The Color Purple - Alice Walker Consequences - Margaret Trudeau Crossings - Danielle Steel The Darkling - David Kesterton Different Seasons - Stephen King The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn In Search of Excellence - Tom Peters An Indecent Obsession - Colleen McCullough The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon Mistral's Daughter - Judith Krantz Monsignor Quixote - Graham Greene North and South - John Jakes The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000 - James Edward The Parsifal Mosaic - Robert Ludlum The Running Man - Stephen King Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella Space - James A. Michener 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel Births Deaths March 2 - Philip K. Dick, writer March 6 - Ayn Rand, author June 18 - John Cheever, writer Awards Booker Prize: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Nebula Award: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time Newbery Medal for children's literature: Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez Prix Goncourt: Dominique Fernandez, dans la main de l'Ange Prix Médicis French: Jean-François Josselin, L'Enfer et Cie Prix Médicis International: Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Play Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Updike - Rabbit Is Rich Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems Whitbread Best Book Award: Bruce Chatwin, On the Black Hill