Title: 1982 in literature
Content:  S. K. Pottekkatt, Indian writer (born 1913) ; September 14 – John Gardner, American novelist (motorcycle accident, born 1933) ; October 7 – Alejandro Núñez Alonso, Spanish novelist (born 1905) ; October 22 – Savitri Devi, French-born writer and philosopher (born 1905) ; October 30 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian writer (born 1907) ; November 5 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean-American novelist (murdered; born 1951) ; December 5 – Caryl Brahms, English critic, novelist and journalist (born 1901) ; December 21 – Ants Oras, Estonian writer (born 1900) ; December 24 – Louis Aragon, French poet and writer (born 1897) 
Title: 1982 in literature
Content:  – The Parsifal Mosaic ; Colleen McCullough – An Indecent Obsession ; Russell McCormmach – Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist  ; George R. R. Martin – Fevre Dream ; James Merrill – The Changing Light at Sandover ; James A. Michener – Space ; Timothy Mo – Sour Sweet ; Harry Mulisch – The Assault ; Chris Mullin – A Very British Coup ; Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – A Wild Sheep Chase (羊をめぐる冒険, Hitsuji o Meguru Bōken) ; Gerald Murnane – The Plains ; Ellis Peters – The Virgin in the Ice ; T. R. Subba Rao – Durgaastamana ; 
Title: 1982 in Australian literature
Content: Beverley Farmer, Snake 
Title: 1982 in Australian literature
Content:  This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1982.
Title: 1982 in Australian literature
Content: R. D. Fitzgerald ; Hal Porter 
Title: 1982 in literature
Content:  de Camp – The Virgin of Zesh & The Tower of Zanid ; L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter – Conan the Barbarian ; August Derleth – The Solar Pons Omnibus ; Marguerite Duras – The Malady of Death ; Zee Edgell – Beka Lamb ; Stanley Elkin – George Mills ; Penelope Fitzgerald – At Freddie's ; Ken Follett – The Man from St. Petersburg ; John Fowles – Mantissa ; Max Frisch – Bluebeard ; John Gardner – For Special Services (James Bond novel) ; Graham Greene – Monsignor Quixote ; Robert A. Heinlein – Friday ; L. Ron Hubbard 
Title: 1982 in Australian literature
Content: 1 January — Craig Silvey, novelist, author of Jasper Jones ; 22 November — Alasdair Duncan, author and journalist ; 22 December — Sarah Holland-Batt, contemporary Australian poet, critic and academic Kate Gordon, author of young adult fiction A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1982 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.  Unknown date
Title: 1982 in literature
Content:  This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1982.
Title: 1982 in literature
Content:  Saramago – Memorial do Convento (translated as Baltasar and Blimunda) ; Sidney Sheldon – Master of the Game ; Elizabeth Smart – The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals ; Anne Tyler – Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant ; Kurt Vonnegut – Deadeye Dick ; John Wain – Young Shoulders ; Alice Walker – The Color Purple ; Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice – Water Witch ; Gene Wolfe – The Citadel of the Autarch ; Roger Zelazny ; Eye of Cat ; Dilvish, the Damned ; Stefan Zweig – The Post Office Girl (Rausch der Verwandlung – The Intoxication of Transformation) 
Title: 1982 in Australian literature
Content: Donald Horne 

Question: Who is the author of 1982?
Answer: Jian Ghomeshi.