1995 in literature
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See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft - Condoleezza Rice & Philip Zelikow
- Simon & Schuster paid US$4.2 million for the hardcover publishing rights for The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans after the self-published book appeared on The New York Times bestseller list.
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New books
- The Apocalypse Watch - Robert Ludlum
- Blood Sport - James B. Stewart
- The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Neal Stephenson
- The First Man (Le premier homme) - Albert Camus
- Five Days In Paris - Danielle Steel
- GoldenEye - John Gardner
- The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans
- Independence Day - Richard Ford
- The Information - Martin Amis
- The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco
- Landscape and Memory - Simon Schama
- The Lost World - Michael Crichton
- Man Ray, 1890-1976 - Man Ray, Andre Breton
- Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
- Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
- Miracle in Seville - James A. Michener
- Morning, Noon, & Night - Sidney Sheldon
- Northern Lights (published in the US as The Golden Compass) - Philip Pullman
- Our Game - John le Carré
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze - Robert James Waller
- The Rainmaker - John Grisham
- Rose Madder - Stephen King
- Silent Night - Mary Higgins Clark
- The Tortilla Curtain - T.C. Boyle
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New drama
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Non-fiction
- Mark Epstein - Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective
- Gerina Dunwich - The Wicca Book of Days
- Miranda Seymour - Robert Graves: Life on the Edge
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Deaths
- January 9 - Peter Cook, comedian, satirist and writer
- January 31 - George Abbott, writer, director, producer
- February 4 - Patricia Highsmith, author
- February 12 - Robert Bolt, writer
- February 21 - Calder Willingham, writer
- February 23 - James Herriot, author
- April 14 - Brian Coffey, poet
- June 14 - Roger Zelazny, American writer of fantasy and science fiction
- July 16 - Stephen Spender, poet
- August 3 - Edward Whittemore, writer
- August 29 - Michael Ende, fantasy novelist
- October 22 - Kingsley Amis, author
- November 16 - Robert H. Adleman, American novelist and historian
- November 22 - Margaret St. Clair, science fiction writer
- December 2 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist
- December 30 - Heiner Müller, dramatist
- May Sarton - American writer
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Awards
- Booker Prize: Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
- Carnegie Medal: Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
- Hugo Award: Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
- See 1995 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: Robert Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Seamus Heaney
- Prix Goncourt: Andreï Makine, Le Testament français
- Prix Décembre: Jean Échenoz, Les Grandes Blondes
- Prix Médicis French: Vassilis Alexakis, La Langue maternelle and Andreï Makine, Le testament français
- Prix Médicis International: Alessandro Baricco, Les châteaux de la colère
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlanta
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museumfr:1995 en littérature