This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2025.

Anniversaries

Yukio Mishima Kimitake Hiraoka ( , ''Hiraoka Kimitake''; 14 January 192525 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima ( , ''Mishima Yukio''), was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, Ultranationalism (Japan), ultranationalis ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 18 January –

Gilles Deleuze Gilles Louis René Deleuze (18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes o ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 20 January – Ernesto Cardenal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 20 January – Eugen Gomringer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

1 February Events Pre-1600 *1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

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Alfred Grosser Alfred Grosser (1 February 1925 – 7 February 2024) was a German-born French writer, sociologist and political scientist. Although his Jewish family had to move from Frankfurt to France in 1933, he focused on Franco-German cooperation after Wor ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 4 February – Russell Hoban was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 6 February –

Pramoedya Ananta Toer Pramoedya Ananta Toer ( EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram, was an Indonesian novelist and writer. His works span the colonial period under Dutch rule, Indonesia's struggle for independence, ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 22 February –

Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an Americans, American writer, Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for book ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

24 February Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene Christianity, Nicene bishops with Arianism, Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. *1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of ...

– Etel Adnan was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

10 March Events Pre-1600 *241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a t ...

– Manolis Anagnostakis was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 12 March – Harry Harrison was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

21 March Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

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Peter Brook Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shak ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 25 March –

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer who of ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 11 May – Rubem Fonseca was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

27 May Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndas ...

– Jean-Paul Aron was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). *

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Tony Hillerman Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his w ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 10 June – James Salter was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 30 June – Philippe Jaccottet was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 19 July –

Jean-Pierre Faye Jean-Pierre Faye (born 19 July 1925) is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Life and career Faye was born in Paris. He was member of the editing committee of the avant-garde literary review '' Tel Quel'', and later of ' ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 20 July –

Frantz Fanon Frantz Omar Fanon (, ; ; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have become influential in the ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 26 July – Ana María Matute was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 1 August – Ernst Jandl was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 6 September – Andrea Camilleri was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary). * 3 October –

Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( ; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the Social norm, social and sexual ...

was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).

New books

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Fiction

Children and young adults

Poetry

Drama

Nonfiction

Biography and memoirs

Deaths

Awards

Notable new movies and TV series based on books

Below are some of the most prominent film and television productions expected to premiere/broadcast during 2025:

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