P. Lal inducted into the inaugural list of the Indian Publishing Hall of Fame, for “furthering the cause of Indian poetry in English”.

Debut of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Dark Like the River

First WW book by an author from South America (Guyana): Cyril Dabydeen’s novel, The Wizard Swami.

BBC-TV records a WW session in Lake Gardens for its acclaimed documentary titled The Story of English. 

Debut of Vikram Seth, Mappings

First WW book by an author from Africa (Gambia): Tijan Sallah’s When Africa Was a Young Woman.

Debut: Shashi Deshpande’s collection of short stories, The Legacy

WW releases its first audio recording, of P. Lal reading his transcreation of the Bhagavad-Gita on a long-playing double album (HMV Calcutta), followed by a series of over 50 cassettes of WW poets in their own voices.

First WW book by an Asian author from outside India (Bangladesh): Shamsur Rahman’s Selected Poems translated by Kabir Chowdhury.

Debut: Impressions (Lakshmi Kannan)