1968 in literature

See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature.

Awards

• See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Hugo Award: Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
• Nebula Award: Alexei Panshin, Rite of Passage
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Yasunari Kawabata
• Prix Goncourt: Bernard Clavel, Les fruits de l'hiver
• Prix Médicis: Élie Wiesel, Le Mendiant de Jérusalem
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Anthony Hecht, The Hard Hours
• Viareggio Prize: Libero Bigiaretti, La controfigura