This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2019.
Events
* February 2 – The family of the U.S. fiction writer J. D. Salinger confirm in an interview published in the U.K. newspaper ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide ...
'' that he left a large unpublished body of work on his death in 2010, which they are preparing for publication.
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April 11
Events Pre-1600
* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
*1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
* 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Fer ...
Trinity College Dublin
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The Times Literary Supplement
''The Times Literary Supplement'' (''TLS'') is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp.
History
The ''TLS'' first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to ''The Times'' but became a separate publication ...
Museum of Literature Ireland
The Museum of Literature Ireland ( ga, Músaem Litríochta na hÉireann), branded MoLI in an homage to Molly Bloom, is a literary museum in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in September 2019. The museum is a partnership between the National Libra ...
(MoLI) is opened in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...
.
New books
''Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.''
Fiction
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André Alexis
André Alexis (born 15 January 1957 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian writer who grew up in Ottawa and lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, ...
Xurxo Borrazás
Xurxo Borrazás Fariña, born in Carballo, Spain, on 6 August 1963, is a Spanish writer in Galician language and translator from English to Galician.
Biography
He earned a degree in English philology from the Universidade de Santiago de Comp ...
– ''Covalladas. Prosa vertical''
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Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan FRSL (born June 2, 1989) is a British-American writer. Her novels include ''Harmless Like You'', which received a Betty Trask Award and the 2017 Author's Club First Novel Award, and ''Starling Days''. She is the editor of '' ...
Queenie
Queenie may refer to: Arts and entertainment
* ''Queenie'' (film), a 1921 American silent drama film
*Queenie (Melbourne elephant), an elephant at Melbourne Zoo
*Queenie (waterskiing elephant)
*''Queenie'', a 1985 novel by Michael Korda
** ''Queeni ...
Lucy Ellmann
Lucy Ellmann (born 18 October 1956) is an American-born British novelist based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Biography
Her first book, '' Sweet Desserts'', won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is the daughter of the American biographer and literary cr ...
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
– ''
Agent Running in the Field
''Agent Running in the Field'' is a 2019 novel by British writer John le Carré, published on 17 October 2019. It was le Carré's final novel to be published before his death in 2020.
Plot summary
The novel is set in 2018 and depicts the relatio ...
Machines Like Me
''Machines Like Me'' is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel was published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until h ...
'' (April)
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Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer. Her novels include ''Beneath the Lion's Gaze'' (2010) and '' The Shadow King'' (2019), which was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
Early life
Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethio ...
The Nickel Boys
''The Nickel Boys'' is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university investigation. ''TI ...
Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954) is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults. She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing '' The Underneath'' (2008).
Biography
Kathi Appelt was born ...
– ''
Max Attacks
''Max Attacks'' is a 2019 children's picture book written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan. It is about a distractible young cat called Max who is obsessed with some fish in a bowl but continually leaves them to pounce on thi ...
Nathan Bryon
Nathan David Bryon (born 3 July 1991) is a British actor and author best known for playing Jamie Bennett in ''Some Girls'' and Joey Ellis in the ITV sitcom ''Benidorm'' from 2016 to 2018.
Bryon was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to a White B ...
(illustrated by Dapo Adeola) – ''Look Up'' (June, UK)
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Jerry Craft
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* Mem Fox – ''
The Tiny Star
''The Tiny Star'' is a 2019 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Freya Blackwood. It is about a star falling to Earth, turning into a baby, living a loving fulfilling life, dying, than returning to the heavens as a star.
Dev ...
Blood Heir
''Blood Heir'' is a 2019 debut young adult novel by Amélie Wen Zhao, published by Delacorte Press. Prior to its publication, the book was subject to controversy due to accusations of racial insensitivity and plagiarism; Zhao subsequently decid ...
Eamon Flack
Eamon Flack is an Australian theatre director. He is Artistic Director of Belvoir, a theatre company in Sydney's Surry Hills.
Flack, who grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory, was encouraged towards a career in theatre by actor Bille Brown whe ...
– ''
Counting and Cracking
''Counting and Cracking'' is a play by Australian playwright S. Shakthidharan, first staged in 2019.
Synopsis
The play concerns four generations of the one Tamil family across Sri Lanka and Australia.
Productions
The play was first produced by ...
''
Non-fiction
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
Lost Feast
''Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food'' is a 2019 non-fiction culinary book written by Lenore Newman and published by ECW Press. It discusses the history of lost foods that have gone extinct due to human activity and the curre ...
'' (October 8, 2019, Canada)
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Emma Smith
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, 1804 – April 30, 1879) was an American homesteader, the official wife of Joseph Smith, and a prominent leader in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement, both during Smith's lifetime and afterward as ...
– ''This is Shakespeare'' (May 2, UK)
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Joshua Specht
''Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America'' is a 2019 nonfiction agricultural history book written by Joshua Specht and published by Princeton University Press. It covers the history of beef production in the Unit ...
– ''
Red Meat Republic
''Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America'' is a 2019 nonfiction agricultural history book written by Joshua Specht and published by Princeton University Press. It covers the history of beef production in the United ...
'' (May 7, Australia)
*
Jo Thornely
''Zealot: A Book About Cults'' is a 2019 non-fiction book by Australian writer and podcaster Jo Thornely. The book addresses and describes high-profile religious cults such as Aum Shinrikyo, the Peoples Temple, and Heaven's Gate in an irrever ...
How to Be an Antiracist
''How to Be an Antiracist'' is a 2019 nonfiction book by American author and historian Ibram X. Kendi, which combines social commentary and memoir. It was published under Random House's One World imprint. The book discusses concepts of raci ...
'' (August 13, U.S.)
Biography and memoirs
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Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming is the art critic of '' The Observer'' newspaper, a position she has held since 1999. Before that she worked for '' The Guardian'', the '' New Statesman'' and the BBC. In addition to her career in journalism, Cumming has written we ...
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
– '' Sinceramente''
* Adam Nicolson – ''The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and their Year of Marvels'' (May 30, UK)
* D. J. Taylor – ''Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature, 1939–1951'' (September 5, UK)
* Jaquira Díaz - ''Ordinary Girls'' (October 29, US)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " earin literature" article:
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January 1
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** Ludwig W. Adamec, Austrian-born American historian noted for his work on
Afghanistan
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Samuel Rayan
Samuel Rayan (23 July 1920 – 2 January 2019) is a student of IHS and the first Indian liberation theologian.
Biography
Rayan was born in the village of Kumbalam in Kollam District, Kerala into a family of eight children (2 girls and 6 boys). ...
, Indian theologian, 98 (born 1920)
** Jerzy Turonek, Polish-Belarusian historian, 89 (born 1929)
**
Tommy Watz
Tommy Watz (1958 – 2 January 2019) was a Norwegian translator.
He grew up in Sinsen and Bekkelaget, and took his education at Oslo Cathedral School and the University of Oslo, specializing in the Italian language and Italian literature. He ...
, Norwegian translator from Italian and recipient of the 2013 Bastian Prize for his translation of
Alberto Moravia
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1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
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**
Pinaki Thakur
Pinaki Thakur (21 April 1959 – 3 January 2019) was a Bengali poet
Biography
Thakur was born in 1959 at Bansberia, Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. He studied Engineering but was passionate in Bengali poetry from student lif ...
, Indian poet who wrote in Bengali, 59 (born 1959)
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January 4
Events Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1601–1900
*1649 – E ...
– John Burningham, English writer of children's literature (''
Mr Gumpy's Outing
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Emil Brumaru
Emil Brumaru (; 25 December 1938 – 5 January 2019) was a Romanian writer and poet. He was renowned for his erotic poetry.
Early life
Born in Bahmutea, Bessarabia, Brumaru studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Iași before turning ...
, Romanian writer and poet, 80 (born 1938)
** Aisha Lemu, British-born Nigerian Islamic scholar, 79 (born 1940)
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
–
Bea Vianen
Beatrice Sylvia Vianen (6 November 1935 in Paramaribo – 6 January 2019) was a Surinamese writer and poet who goes by the name Bea Vianen. Bea Vianen was the first Surinamese woman who had a book published by a Dutch publishing house (Querido).
...
Helmut Berding
Helmut Berding (21 September 1930 – 7 January 2019) was a German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German lang ...
, German historian, 88 (born
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
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Aline Kiner
Aline Kiner (18 June 1959 – 7 January 2019) was a French journalist and novelist.
Biography
Kiner began as a journalist for Sciences et Avenir in 1995, and was then named editor-in-chief of special issues in 2008. She also collaborated with th ...
Theodore K. Rabb
Theodore K. Rabb (March 5, 1937 – January 7, 2019) was an American historian specializing in the early modern period of European history. He was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Princeton University. He was one of the le ...
A. G. Rigg
Arthur George Rigg (17 February 1937 – 7 January 2019) was a British academic and medievalist.
Rigg was born in Wigan on 17 February 1937, and attended Wigan Grammar School. He enrolled at Pembroke College, Oxford between 1955 and 1959, and a ...
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
Conxita Julià
Conxita Julià i Farrés (; 11 June 1920 – 9 January 2019), also known as Conxita de Carrasco, was a Catalan woman noted for her dealings with Lluís Companys, President of Catalonia, in the 1930s, and for her poetry. Julià died in January 20 ...
, Spanish Catalan poet, 98 (born 1920)
** Thierry Séchan, French novelist, 69 (born 1949)
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January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reig ...
**
A. Brian Deer
Alec Brian Deer (1945 – January 12, 2019), ''Tionerahtoken'' (Mohawk), known as Brian Deer, was a librarian from Kahnawake known for the development of a high-level, original library classification system that expresses Indigenous knowledge str ...
, Canadian Kahnawake Mohawk librarian noted for developing the
Brian Deer Classification System The Brian Deer Classification System (BDC) is a library classification system used to organize materials in libraries with specialized Indigenous collections. The system was created in the mid-1970s by Canadian librarian A. Brian Deer Kahnawake Mo ...
philologist
Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as ...
historical linguistics
Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include:
# to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages
# ...
, ancient
Celtic languages
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Greek literature
Greek literature () dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today.
Ancient Greek literature was written in an Ancient Greek dialect, literature ranges from the oldest surviving writte ...
, Greek
epigraphy
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and
ancient Greek theatre
Ancient Greek theatre was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, was its centre, where the theatre wa ...
Romantic
Romantic may refer to:
Genres and eras
* The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries
** Romantic music, of that era
** Romantic poetry, of that era
** Romanticism in science, of that e ...
January 13
Events Pre-1600
*27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racin ...
Francine du Plessix Gray
Francine du Plessix Gray (September 25, 1930 – January 13, 2019), was a French-American Pulitzer Prize–nominated writer and literary critic.
Early life and education
She was born on September 25, 1930, in Warsaw, Poland, where her father, ...
, Polish-born American writer and literary critic, 88 (born 1930)
* January 15 –
Bai Hua
Bai Hua (; 20 November 1930 – 15 January 2019) was a Chinese novelist, playwright and poet. He gained national fame for his plays based on uncompromising historical criticism.
Early life
Bai was born Chen Youhua () in Xinyang, Henan in 1930. ...
, Chinese novelist, playwright and poet, 88 (born 1930)
* January 16 – Mirjam Pressler, German novelist and translator from
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
Afrikaans
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, 78 (born 1940)
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January 17
Events Pre-1600
*38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
*1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people o ...
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chine ...
–
Brian Stowell
Thomas Brian Stowell (6 September 1936 – 18 January 2019) also known as Brian Mac Stoyll was a Manx radio personality, linguist, physicist and author. He was formerly ("The Reader") to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald. He is cons ...
, the first recorded full-length
Manx
Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man:
* Manx people
**Manx surnames
* Isle of Man
It may also refer to:
Languages
* Manx language, also known as Manx ...
novelist, translator of ''
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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January 19
Events Pre-1600
* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
* 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
Latin literature
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and Roman cultural history, 65 (born 1953)
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Henry Horwitz
Henry Horwitz (1938 – 2019) was an American historian specialising in late seventeenth century English politics.
Academic career
Horwitz was awarded a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Iowa College ...
, American historian noted for his work on late seventeenth-century English politics, 80 (born 1938)
**
Barthélémy Kotchy
Barthélémy Kotchy or Barthélémy Kotchy-N'Guessan (Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam () is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast, lying east of Abidjan. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Grand-Bassam Department; it is also a commune. During t ...
, Ivorian writer, 84 (born 1934)
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January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
*1156 &nda ...
**
Ian Dewhirst
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...
, British historian, 82 (born 1936)
** Ronald Hayman, British biographer of Pinter,
Beckett
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* Adam Beckett (born 1950), American animator, special effects artist and teacher, worked on ''Star Wars''
* Alex Beckett (born 1954), Scottish footballer
* Allan Beckett (19 ...
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and purveyor of
psychoanalysis
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, 87 (born 1931)
*
January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
*1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
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Padraic Fiacc
Padraic Fiacc (born Patrick Joseph O'Connor; 15 April 1924 – 21 January 2019) was an Irish poet, and member of Aosdána, the exclusive Irish Arts Academy.
Biographical information
Born Patrick Joseph O'Connor in Belfast to Bernard and Anni ...
, Irish poet and member of
Aosdána
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, 94 (born 1924)
**
Roman Kudlyk
Roman Mykhailovych Kudlyk ( uk, Рома́н Миха́йлович Ку́длик; 4 May 1941 Jaroslaw, Poland – 21 January 2019)January 22
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw ...
Provence
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, 87 (born 1930)
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
* 1264 &n ...
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
*1539 – The first recorded race is held ...
– Farhad Ebrahimi, Iranian poet and writer, 83 (born 1935)
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Lo ...
February 25
Events Pre-1600
*138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
*13 ...
March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian and ...
–
Peter van Gestel
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Career
Writing
Van Gestel made his debut in 1962 with ''Drempelvrees'', a collection of stories. He received the Reina Prinsen Geerligsprijs for ...
, Dutch writer, 81 (born 1937)
*
March 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title ''princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez (title), Knez Trpimir I of Cr ...
March 15
Events Pre-1600
*474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
* 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place.
* 493 – ...
– Rudi Krausmann, Austrian-born Australian playwright and poet, 85 (born 1933)
*
April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
* 1081 – Alexios ...
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Vonda N. McIntyre
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Early life and education
Vonda N. McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of H. Neel and Vonda B. Keith McIntyre, who were born in Poland, Ohio. She s ...
, American science fiction writer, 70 (born 1948)
* April 29 – Les Murray, Australian poet, anthologist and critic, 80 (born 1938)
* May 14 –
Daniel Vidart
Daniel Vidart (October 7, 1920 in Paysandú – May 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist.
He was one of the most notable social scientists of the region. In 2010 he was awarded the Grand National Prize for Int ...
, Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist, 98 (born 1920)
* May 19 – John Millett, Australian poet, reviewer and poetry editor, 98 (born 1921)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
...
– Judith Kerr, English writer and illustrator (born 1923)
*
June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
*1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king o ...
Milan Asadurov
Milan Asadurov ( bg, Милан Асадуров; 29 December 1949 – 7 June 2019) was
a Bulgarian author, publisher, and translator of science fiction. He wrote short stories and scripts for television and radio since 1968.
Biography
In 19 ...
, Bulgarian science fiction writer (born 1949)
* July 7 – Steve Cannon, American novelist ("Groove, Bang, and Jive Around"), playwright, and arts impresario (
A Gathering of the Tribes
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Ann Moyal
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Brigitte Kronauer
Brigitte Kronauer (29 December 1940 – 22 July 2019) was a German writer who lived in Hamburg. Her novels, written in the tradition of Jean Paul with artful writing and an ironic undertone, were awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the ...
Toni Morrison
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Nobel Prize in Literature
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György Konrád
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, Hungarian novelist and political dissident, President of
PEN International
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Steve Dalachinsky
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, American poet, 72, (born 1946)
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Events Pre-1600
* 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
* 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
1930
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January
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Beatrice Faust
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, Australian author and women's activist, 80 (born
1939
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January
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** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidde ...
A Lesson Before Dying
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1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
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January
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** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidde ...
)Clive James — writer, TV broadcaster and critic — dies aged 80 ''ABC News'', November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
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December 29
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*1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. ...
Lanark
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Akutagawa Prize
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Natsuko Imamura
is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize, and won the prize in 2019. She has also won the Dazai Osamu Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and the Noma Literary New Face Prize.
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There There
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Booker Prize
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Margaret Atwood
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Lesley Nneka Arimah
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Desmond Elliott Prize
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: Claire Adam for ''Golden Child''
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European Book Prize
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German Book Prize
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Lucy Ellmann
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Her first book, '' Sweet Desserts'', won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is the daughter of the American biographer and literary cr ...
Five Wives
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Céline Huyghebaert
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A Memory Called Empire
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International Dublin Literary Award
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Emily Ruskovich
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, ''Idaho''
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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Joan Margarit
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No Friend But the Mountains
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National Book Critics Circle Award
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Nobel Prize in Literature
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, presenter = Swedish Academy
, holder = Annie Ernaux (2022)
, location = Stockholm, Sweden
, year = 1901 ...
John le Carré
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Premio Planeta de Novela
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Prix Goncourt
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James Dover Grant
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Tim Hely Hutchinson
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Sarah Ann Waters
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Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
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Women's Prize for Fiction
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Agi Mishol
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