Literary Criticism:
- M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang (Contemporary Literary Criticism)
Encyclopedia:
- Hwang, David Henry (The Oxford Companion to American Literature)
Calendar of Literary Facts:
- David Henry Hwang publishes M. Butterfly
- David Henry Hwang receives an Antoinette Perry Award (Tony) for best play for M.Butterfly
- David Henry Hwang publishes F.O.B.
- David Henry Hwang receives an Obie Award for best play for F.O.B.
- David Henry Hwang is born
