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Events

*February – The bookstore El Ateneo Grand Splendid takes over the ''Teatro Gran Splendid'' in
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, converting it for use as retail space. *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...
– The final original ''
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''
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by Charles M. Schulz is published. Schulz died on February 12. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
's
novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) ...
'' Riding the Bullet'' is published in
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format only, as the world's first mass-market
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. * September 26 – English politician and writer
Jeffrey Archer Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after a fina ...
is charged with
perjury Perjury (also known as forswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an insta ...
, and on the same day opens in the title role of his own courtroom drama, ''The Accused''. *
December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes P ...
– In a landmark censorship case, '' Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)'', the
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rules that Canada Customs has no authority to make judgments on the permissibility of material being shipped to retailers, only to confiscate material specifically ruled by the courts to constitute an offence under the Canadian ''
Criminal Code A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might ...
''.


New books


Fiction

* Reed Arvin – ''The Will'' *
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...
– '' The Blind Assassin'' *
Louis Auchincloss Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...
– '' Her Infinite Variety'' * Trezza Azzopardi – '' The Hiding Place'' * Iain M. Banks – '' Look to Windward'' * Russell Banks – '' The Angel on the Roof'' * Matt Beaumont – '' e'' * Maeve Binchy – '' Scarlet Feather'' *
Raymond Benson Raymond Benson (born 1955) is an American writer known for his James Bond novels published between 1997 and 2003. Early life and education Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973. In primary sc ...
– '' Doubleshot'' * Ben Bova – ''
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'' * T. C. Boyle – '' A Friend of the Earth'' *
Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon (book series), Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), '' ...
– '' Angels & Demons'' *
Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary Fantasy literature, fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and ''Cinder Spires'' book series. Personal life Butcher was born in Independence, M ...
– '' Storm Front'' * Peter Carey – '' True History of the Kelly Gang'' * Michael Chabon – '' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel'' *
Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...
– '' The Bear and the Dragon'' * Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark – ''
Deck The Halls "Deck the Halls" is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, " Nos Galan", while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862. ...
'' * Miriam Cooke – ''Hayati, My Life'' *
Bernard Cornwell Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also writ ...
– ''
Harlequin Harlequin (, , ; , ) is the best-known of the comic servant characters (Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by the Italian actor-manager Zan ...
'' (also ''The Archer's Tale'') *
Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders ...
– '' The Last Precinct'' * Mark Z. Danielewski – '' House of Leaves'' *
August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Lovecraftian horror, cosmi ...
– '' The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition'' * K. Sello Duiker – '' Thirteen Cents'' * Ken Follett – '' Code to Zero'' *
Jon Fosse Jon Olav Fosse (; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's work spans over se ...
– '' Morning and Evening (Morgon og kveld)'' (novella) * David S. Garnett – '' Bikini Planet'' * Amitav Ghosh – '' The Glass Palace'' * Myla Goldberg – '' Bee Season'' * Linda Grant – '' When I Lived in Modern Times'' *
John Grisham John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the Academy of Achievement, American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 ...
– '' The Brethren'' * Mohsin Hamid – '' Moth Smoke'' * Joanne Harris – '' Blackberry Wine'' * Elisabeth Harvor – ''Excessive Joy Injures the Heart'' * Joseph Heller – '' Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man'' *
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2 ...
– '' When We Were Orphans'' * Elfriede Jelinek – ''
Greed Greed (or avarice, ) is an insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status or power. Nature of greed The initial motivation for (or purpose of) greed and a ...
'' * Robert Jordan – '' Winter's Heart'' * Barbara Kingsolver – '' Prodigal Summer'' * Sophie Kinsella – '' The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic'' * Andrus Kivirähk – '' Rehepapp ehk November'' (Old Barny or November) * Joe R. Lansdale **'' The Bottoms'' **'' The Big Blow'' *
Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copi ...
– '' The Prometheus Deception'' *
Tim LaHaye Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian Minister of religion, minister who wrote more than 85 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the ''Left Behind (series), Left Behind ...
and Jerry B. Jenkins **'' The Indwelling'' **'' The Mark'' * Colleen McCullough – '' Morgan's Run'' * Alistair MacLeod – ''
Island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
'' * Barry N. Malzberg – '' In the Stone House'' * Juliet Marillier – '' Son of the Shadows'' * George R. R. Martin – '' A Storm of Swords'' * Zakes Mda – ''The Heart of Redness'' * Mikael Niemi – '' Popular Music from Vittula (Populärmusik från Vittula)'' *
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels ''Black ...
– '' Blonde'' * Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎) – '' The Changeling'' (取り替え子 (チェンジリング, Torikae ko henjiringu * Daniel Olivas – ''The Courtship of María Rivera Peña'' * Robert B. Parker – ''Hugger Mugger'' *
James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the '' Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', '' Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', '' Private'' and ...
– '' Roses are Red'' * Rosamunde Pilcher – ''Winter Solstice'' * Giuseppe Pontiggia – ''Nati due volte'' (Born Twice) *
Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyp ...
– ''
The Truth The Truth may refer to: Film * ''The Truth'' (1920 film) starring Madge Kennedy * ''The Truth'' (1960 film) or ''La Vérité'', a French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot starring Brigitte Bardot * ''The Truth'' (1988 film), a Hong Kong trial cri ...
'' *
Mario Puzo Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' (1969), which h ...
– '' Omertà'' * Jean Raspail – '' Le Roi au-delà de la mer'' * Kathy Reichs – '' Deadly Decisions'' * Philip Roth – '' The Human Stain'' * Peter Ruber editor – '' Arkham's Masters of Horror'' *
Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'' and Persepo ...
– ''
Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...
'' (graphic novel, first part) * Jean-Jacques Schuhl – '' Ingrid Caven'' * Christina Schwarz – '' Drowning Ruth'' * Helen Simpson – ''Hey Yeah Right Get A Life'' *Michael Slade – '' Hangman'' * Gillian Slovo – '' Red Dust'' *
Zadie Smith Zadie Smith (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor in the ...
– '' White Teeth'' * Muriel Spark – '' Aiding and Abetting'' * Michael Stackpole **'' Dark Tide: Onslaught'' **'' Dark Tide: Ruin'' * Domenico Starnone – ''Via Gemito'' *
Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 milli ...
** ''The House On Hope Street'' ** ''Journey'' * Kathy Tyers – '' Balance Point'' * Andrew Vachss – '' Dead and Gone'' *
Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...
– '' The Feast of the Goat (La fiesta del chivo)'' *
Chris Ware Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American cartoonist known for his ''Acme Novelty Library'' series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' (2000), ''Building Stories'' (2012 ...
– '' Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' (graphic novel) * Edmund White – ''The Married Man''


Children and young people

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Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children's literature, children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and ...
– '' The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man'' * David Almond – '' Counting Stars'' * Margaret Beames – '' Oliver in the Garden'' * Kirsten Boie – ''Wir Kinder aus dem Möwenweg'' (first in the ''Kinder aus dem Möwenweg'' series) *
Lauren Child Lauren Margot Peachy Child (born Helen Child; 29 November 1965) is an English children's author and illustrator. She is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series. Her influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Lar ...
**'' Beware of the Storybook Wolves'' **'' I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato'' * Deborah Ellis – '' The Breadwinner'' (also ''Parvana'', first in the Breadwinner series of four books) * Mem Fox – '' Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild!'' *
Cornelia Funke Cornelia Maria Funke (; born 10 December 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a Book illustration, book illustrator. She began writing no ...
– '' The Thief Lord'' * Jamila Gavin – '' Coram Boy'' *
Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the '' Alex Rider'' series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spi ...
– '' Stormbreaker'' * Hwang Sun-mi – ''The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly'' (마당을 나온 암탉, ''Sakyejul'') *Shirley Isherwood – '' Flora the Frog'' * Jim Murphy – '' BLIZZARD! The Storm That Changed America'' * Beverley Naidoo – '' The Other Side of Truth'' * Jerry Pinkney – ''
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Slavery in ancient Greece, slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 Before the Common Era, BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stor ...
'' * Philip Pullman – '' The Amber Spyglass'' * J. K. Rowling – ''
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. It follows Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwar ...
'' *
Lemony Snicket Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler and a fictional character of his creation. Handler has published various children's books under the name, including ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', which has sold over 60 millio ...
**'' The Wide Window'' **'' The Miserable Mill'' **'' The Austere Academy'' * Jacqueline Wilson – '' Vicky Angel''


Drama

* David Auburn – ''
Proof Proof most often refers to: * Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition * Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength Proof may also refer to: Mathematics and formal logic * Formal proof, a co ...
'' *
Timothy Findley Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, (October 30, 1930 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright.
– '' Elizabeth Rex'' * Tanika Gupta – ''The Waiting Room'' * Dusty Hughes – '' Helpless'' * Joe Penhall – '' Blue/Orange''


Poetry

* Anne Carson – '' Men in the Off Hours'' * Paul Celan – ''Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan'' (translated by Heather McHugh and Nikolai Popov) * Fanny Howe – ''Fanny Howe: Selected Poems'' * Pierre Labrie – ''À tout hasard'' * Grazyna Miller – ''Sull'onda del respiro'' (On the Wave of Breath) * Owen Sheers – ''The Blue Book'' * Dejan Stojanović **''Znak i njegova deca'' (The Sign and Its Children) **''Oblik'' (The Shape) **''Tvoritelj'' (The Creator) Narodna knjiga–Alfa, Beograd. **''Krugovanje'' (Circling), 3rd ed.


Non-fiction

*
Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William ...
– ''London: A Biography'' *
Martin Amis Sir Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels ''Money'' (1984) and '' London Fields'' (1989). He received the James Tait Black Mem ...
– ''
Experience Experience refers to Consciousness, conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience i ...
'' *''
The Beatles Anthology ''The Beatles Anthology'' is a multimedia retrospective project consisting of a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book describing the history of the Beatles. Beatles members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and R ...
'' * Mark Buchanan – ''Ubiquity: The Science of History'' * Michael Burleigh – ''The Third Reich: A New History'' * Christian Cannuyer – '' Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile'' * John Colapinto – '' As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl'' * Mary Craig – ''Blessings'' * Gerina Dunwich – ''Your Magickal Cat: Feline Magick, Lore, and Worship'' * Dave Eggers – '' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' * Charles Foster – ''Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood'' *
John Bellamy Foster John Bellamy Foster (born August 19, 1953) is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the ''Monthly Review''. He writes about political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, ...
– ''
Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...
's Ecology'' * Aileen Fox – ''Aileen: a Pioneering Archaeologist'' (autobiography) *
Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast ''Revisionist ...
– '' The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference'' * Lynda Gratton – ''Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose'' * Taras Grescoe – '' Sacré Blues'' * Christina Hoff Sommers – ''The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men'' * Will Hutton – ''The World We're In'' *
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
– '' On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft'' *
Lawrence Lessig Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvar ...
– '' Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace'' * Roger Lowenstein – '' When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management'' * Sidney Poitier – '' The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography'' * Arun Shourie – '' Harvesting Our Souls'' * Paul H. Ray – '' The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World'' * Lorna Sage – '' Bad Blood'' * Diane Stanley – ''
Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...
'' * Patrick Tort – '' Darwin and the Science of Evolution'' * Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee – '' Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe'' * Michael White – ''Leonardo: the First Scientist'' * Bruce Wilkinson – '' The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life''


Films

* In the Mood for Love - inspired by Liu Yichang's "Intersection"


Deaths

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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...
Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and ...
(Richard Patrick Russ), English historical novelist (born
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
** Kathleen Hale, English children's author and illustrator (born
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
) ** A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American science fiction author (born
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
) *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
Gil Kane Gil Kane (; born Eli Katz , ; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day vers ...
, Latvian-American comic book cartoonist (born
1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...
) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
Bernardino Zapponi, Italian novelist (born
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
) *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...
Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (born 1922) *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...
Anthony Powell, English novelist (born 1905) *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
Terence McKenna, American ethnobotanist, writer and public speaker (born
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
) *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (born 1916) *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...
Edward Gorey, American illustrator and writer (born
1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
) *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is mur ...
Al Purdy, Canadian poet (born
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
) *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victor ...
Penelope Fitzgerald, English novelist, poet and biographer (born 1916) *
May 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1344 – A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades. *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, v ...
Paul Bartel Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. He was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy ''Eating Raoul'', which he co-wrote, starred in and directed. Bartel appeared in over 90 movies an ...
, American actor, writer and director (born
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
) *
May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. *13 ...
Andrzej Szczypiorski, Polish writer (born 1924) *
May 21 Events Pre-1600 * 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as '' Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. * 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlab ...
– Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist and playwright (born 1901) * July 14William Roscoe Estep, American historian and educator (born 1920) * August 3Michael Meyer, English translator and biographer (born
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
) * August 25Carl Barks, American comic book cartoonist (born 1901) *
September 2 Events Pre-1600 * 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of ...
Curt Siodmak, American novelist and screenwriter (born 1902) *
September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of the ...
Jack Simmons, English historian (born 1915) ** Oldřich Daněk, Czech dramatist (born
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
) * September 7 – Sir
Malcolm Bradbury Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English author and academic. Life Bradbury was born in Sheffield, the son of a railwayman. His family moved to London in 1935, but returned to Sheffield in 1941 wit ...
, English novelist and critic (born
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
) * September 14Hwang Sun-won, Korean fiction writer (born 1915) * September 22Yehuda Amichai, Israeli Hebrew-language poet (born 1924) * September 25R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (born
1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...
) *
October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...
Charlotte Lamb (Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates, etc.), English romantic novelist (born 1937) * October 30Steve Allen, American writer, television presenter and songwriter (born
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
) * November 2Robert Cormier, American young adult fiction writer (born
1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
) *
November 6 Events Pre-1600 * 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. * 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII ...
L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi, fantasy and science writer (born
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
) *
December 3 Events Pre-1600 * 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601–1900 * 1775 – American Revolution: becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the " St ...
Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poet ...
, African-American poet (born
1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
)


Awards

* Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian * Camões Prize: Autran Dourado


Australia

* The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Stephen Gray, ''The Artist is a Thief'' * C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: John Millett, ''Iceman'' * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, ''Mines'' * Mary Gilmore Prize: Lucy Dougan, ''Memory Shell'' *
Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...
: Tie: Thea Astley, ''
Drylands Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by transpiration by plants (evapotranspiration). The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical ...
''; Kim Scott, '' Benang''


Canada

* Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction:
Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing ''The Dainty Monsters'', and then in 1970 the critically a ...
, '' Anil's Ghost'' – tied with: David Adams Richards, '' Mercy Among the Children'' *See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. * Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Wayson Choy, '' Paper Shadows''


France

*
Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...
: Camille Laurens, ''Dans ces bras-là'' *
Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...
: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, ''Ingrid Caven'' * Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, ''Camille'' *
Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis () is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and .
French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, ''Le zoo des philosophes'' *
Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis () is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and .
Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, ''Diabolus in musica'' *
Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis () is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and .
International:
Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing ''The Dainty Monsters'', and then in 1970 the critically a ...
, '' Anil's Ghost''


Serbia

* Rastko Petrović Award: Dejan Stojanović, ''Conversations'' ("Razgovori")


United Kingdom

* Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic literature (first award): Howard Jacobson, ''The Mighty Walzer'' *
Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...
:
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...
, '' The Blind Assassin'' * Caine Prize for African Writing: Leila Aboulela, "The Museum" * Carnegie Medal for
children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
: Beverley Naidoo, '' The Other Side of Truth''Hahn 2015, p. 661 *
James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Un ...
for fiction:
Zadie Smith Zadie Smith (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor in the ...
, '' White Teeth'' *
James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Un ...
for biography:
Martin Amis Sir Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels ''Money'' (1984) and '' London Fields'' (1989). He received the James Tait Black Mem ...
, ''
Experience Experience refers to Consciousness, conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience i ...
'' * Cholmondeley Award: Alistair Elliot, Michael Hamburger, Adrian Henri, Carole Satyamurti * Eric Gregory Award: Eleanor Margolies, Antony Rowland, Antony Dunn, Karen Goodwin, Clare Pollard * Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, ''When I Lived in Modern Times'' * Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, ''Berlioz: Volume 2'' * Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Edwin Morgan * Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, '' English Passengers''


United States

* Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Quan Barry, ''Asylum'' * Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Eleanor Ross Taylor * Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Corey Marks, "Renunciation", and (separately) Christopher Patton, "Broken Ground" * Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: David Ferry, ''Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations'' * Brittingham Prize in Poetry: Greg Rappleye, ''A Path Between Houses'' * Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, ''When Genius Failed'' * Compton Crook Award: Stephen L. Burns, ''Flesh and Silver'' *
Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards hon ...
: Joe R. Lansdale, '' The Bottoms'' * Frost Medal: Anthony Hecht *
Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...
: Vernor Vinge, '' A Deepness in the Sky'' * Michael L. Printz Award for the "best book written for teens" (first award): Walter Dean Myers, '' Monster'' * National Book Award for Fiction:
Susan Sontag Susan Lee Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on "Camp", Notes on 'Ca ...
, '' In America'' * National Book Critics Circle Award: Ted Conover, '' Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing'' *
Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), a nonprofit association of pr ...
:
Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of Interstellar_war, galactic conflict (''The Forge of God, Forge of God'' books), parallel universes (''The Way (Greg Bear ...
, ''
Darwin's Radio ''Darwin's Radio'' is a 1999 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It won the Nebula Award in 2000 for Best Novel and the 2000 Endeavour Award. It was also nominated for the Hugo Award, Locus and Campbell Awards the same year. The novel's origin ...
'' *
Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...
for
children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
: Christopher Paul Curtis, '' Bud, Not Buddy'' * PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Ha Jin, '' Waiting'' *
Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were a ...
: Donald Margulies, '' Dinner With Friends'' *
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during ...
: Jhumpa Lahiri, '' Interpreter of Maladies'' * Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, ''Repair'' * Wallace Stevens Award: Frank Bidart * Whiting Awards: :Fiction: Robert Cohen, Samantha Gillison, Lily King, John McManus,
Colson Whitehead Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 in literature, 1999 debut ''The Intuitionist''; ''The Underground Railroad (novel), The Underground Railroad'' (2016) ...
:Nonfiction: Andrew X. Pham :Plays: Kelly Stuart :Poetry: Albert Mobilio (poetry/fiction), James Thomas Stevens, Claude Wilkinson


Other

* Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo ''Not Before Sunset'' (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) * International Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, '' Wide Open'' * Premio Nadal:
Lorenzo Silva Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador (born 7 June 1966 in Carabanchel, Madrid) is a Spanish award-winning writer. After earning a law degree at the Complutense University of Madrid, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002 ...
, ''El alquimista impaciente'' * Viareggio Prize: Giorgio van Straten, ''Il mio nome a memoria'' and Sandro Veronesi, ''La forza del passato''


Notes

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References

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