Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Different Strokes
The important deciding factor in any issue of notability is coverage in |reliable secondary sources. Length of time is irrelevant, as is being "one of the first for X".  gives some specific guidelines on the notability of books in particular and there is no evidence that this book passes them. The subject of the award was the author, not the book () and there is no evidence that it was a "major literary award". Are there any reviews of the book, for example
— User:Snthdiueoa, 09:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:NB||WP:NOTINHERITED (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)