2009 in literature
Overview of the events of 2009 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009 .
Events
Herta Müller
New books
Fiction
Genre fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 1 – Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian novelist and screenwriter (born 1924 )[ 15] January 7 – Valerie Flint , English medieval historian (born 1936 )[ 16] January 20 – Sheila Walsh , English novelist (born 1928 )[ 17] January 27 – John Updike , American novelist (born 1932 )[ 18] February 18 – Tayeb Salih , Sudanese fiction writer and cultural commentator (born 1929 )[ 19] February 20 – Christopher Nolan , Irish poet and author (choking; born 1965 )[ 20] February 25 – Philip José Farmer , American science fiction writer (born 1918 )[ 21] March 13 – James Purdy , American novelist, poet and playwright (born 1914 )[ 22] March 21 – Winifred Foley , English memoirist (born 1914 )[ 23] March 31 – Michael Cox , English novelist and biographer (hemangiopericytoma , born 1948 )Maurice Druon April 14 – Maurice Druon , French historical novelist (born 1918 )[ 24] April 15 – Clement Freud , German-born English writer and broadcaster (born 1924 )[ 25] April 19 – J. G. Ballard , English novelist (born 1930 )[ 26] May 6 – Lev Losev , Russian American poet (born 1937 )May 17 – Mario Benedetti , Uruguayan writer (born 1920 )June 2 – David Eddings , American novelist (born 1931 )June 25 – Michael Jackson , American pop singer, songwriter and author (born 1958 )June 27 – Frank Barlow , English historian (born 1911 )[ 27] July 6 – Vasily Aksyonov , Russian novelist (born 1932 )July 14 – Phyllis Gotlieb , Canadian novelist (born 1926 )[ 28] July 19 – Frank McCourt , American memoirist and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1930)[ 29] Frank McCourt Aeronwy Thomas July 31 – Tim Guest , English writer (drug overdose; born 1975 )August 2 – Adolf Endler , German writer (born 1930 )August 4 – Blake Snyder , American screenwriter and author (born 1957 )August 5 – Budd Schulberg , American screenwriter and novelist (born 1914 )August 6
August 7 – Danko Popović , Serbian writer (born 1928 )August 8 – Alfonso Calderón , Chilean writer and poet (born 1930 )[ 31] August 9 – Thierry Jonquet , French writer (born 1954 )August 10
August 16 – Alistair Campbell , New Zealand poet (born 1925 )August 18
August 20 – Karla Kuskin , American children's author (born 1932 )August 22 – Elmer Kelton , American Western novelist (born 1926 )Elmer Kelton Christine D'Haen September 4 – Keith Waterhouse , English author and playwright (born 1929 )[ 33] September 6
September 10 – Lyn Hamilton , Canadian author (born 1944 )September 11 – Jim Carroll , American writer and poet (born 1949 )September 12
September 13 – Sarah E. Wright , American novelist (born 1928 )September 15 – Trevor Rhone , Jamaican playwright (born 1940 )September 19 – Milton Meltzer , American historian and author (born 1915 )September 21 – Junzo Shono (庄野 潤三), Japanese author (born 1921 )September 22 – Kole Čašule , Macedonian essayist, dramatist and short story writer (born 1921 )September 24 – Nelly Arcan , Canadian novelist writing in French (suicide; born 1973 )September 25 – Willy Breinholst , Danish author (born 1918 )September 27 – William Safire , American columnist (born 1929 )October 1
October 4 – Veikko Huovinen , Finnish writer (born 1927 )November 1 – Esther Hautzig , Polish-born American autobiographer (born 1930 )November 20 – Naomi Frankel , German-born Israeli novelist (born 1918 )[ 35] November 29 – Robert Holdstock , English fantasy novelist (born 1949 )Veikko Huovinen Vera Rich
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see 2009 Lambda Literary Awards .National Book Award for Fiction : Colum McCann , Let the Great World Spin National Book Critics Circle Award : Hilary Mantel , Wolf Hall National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction : Richard Holmes , The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Newbery Medal for children's literature: Neil Gaiman , The Graveyard Book PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : Joseph O'Neill , Netherland Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : Elizabeth Strout , Olive Kitteridge Whiting Awards : Fiction: Adam Johnson , Nami Mun , Salvatore Scibona , Vu Tran ; Nonfiction: Michael Meyer , Hugh Raffles ; Plays: Rajiv Joseph ; Poetry: Jericho Brown , Jay Hopler , Joan Kane
Elsewhere
See also
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198715542
References
^ Cody, Edward (April 21, 2009). "U. N. Launches Library Of World's Knowledge" . The Washington Post . Retrieved April 21, 2009 . ^ Higgins, Charlotte (May 1, 2009). "Carol Ann Duffy becomes first woman poet laureate" . The Guardian Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009 . ^ Lyall, Sarah (May 2, 2009). "After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is a Woman" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 1, 2009 . ^ Batty, David (May 17, 2009). "Ruth Padel elected first female Oxford professor of poetry" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved January 29, 2010 . ^ Cole, Olivia (May 12, 2009). "Nobel Winner Quits Oxford Poetry Race Over Sex Claims" . The London Evening Standard the original on May 5, 2013. ^ "Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns" . The Guardian . London. May 25, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010 .^ Kanōna szrajbowanio ślōnskij godki, pp. 1–9, 2009. Ślůnsko Nacyjo . No. 8 (30), August. Zabrze : Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno. ISSN 1897-1717.
^ "Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin / Germany by Max Dudler Architects" . Daily Tonic . October 12, 2009. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .^ "Allen & Unwin - The Iremonger Award" . Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .^ Hughes, Evan (April 7, 2014). "Karl Ove Knausgaard Interview: A Literary Star Struggles with Regret" . The New Republic Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014 . ^ Calkin, Jessamy (July 16, 2009). "The maid's tale: Kathryn Stockett examines slavery and racism in America's Deep South" The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved October 20, 2009 . ^ Levy, Michael; Mendlesohn, Farah (April 21, 2016). Children's Fantasy Literature ISBN 978-1-107-01814-3 ^ Hahn 2015, p. 551
^ Faculty of Arts, September 8, 2011, Edna Staebler Award Archived December 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Wilfrid Laurier University , Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved November 27, 2012
^ "Schriftsteller Johannes Mario Simmel gestorben ("Writer Johannes Mario Simmel died")" . Spiegel Online . Retrieved January 2, 2009 .^ "Professor Valerie Flint: historian" . The Times . February 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2010 .^ Taylor, Christine (March 28, 2009), "Sheila Walsh's Obituary at guardian.co.uk" , The Guardian , London, UK, retrieved May 23, 2010 ^ "US novelist Updike dies of cancer" . BBC News . January 27, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2009 .^ "Tayeb Salih, 80, Cross-Cultural Arabic Novelist, Dies" . The New York Times . February 23, 2009.^ "Christopher Nolan" . Irish Independent . Independent News & Media PLC. February 22, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2010 .^ McLellan, Dennis (March 4, 2009). "Philip Jose Farmer dies at 91; acclaimed science fiction writer" . Los Angeles Times . ^ Italie, Hillel (March 17, 2009). "James Purdy, Author of Underground Classics, Dies" . USA Today . Retrieved June 15, 2011 . ^ "Winifred Foley" . TheGuardian.com . Retrieved October 19, 2010 .^ Lichfield, John (April 20, 2009). "Maurice Druon: Writer and pugnacious defender of the French language" . The Independent the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015 . ^ Steel, David (April 16, 2009). "Sir Clement Freud" . The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2010 . ^ "Author J. G. Ballard dies at 78", Deseret News , 20 April 2009, p. A12
^ "Frank Barlow (1911–2009)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/101439 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ "Phyllis Gotlieb, sci-fi writer and poet, dies at 83" . CBC . July 15, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2021 .^ Kelly, Antoinette (July 21, 2009). "A real Irish send-off for Frank McCourt" . IrishCentral . Retrieved August 22, 2020 . ^ "Daughter of Dylan Thomas has died" . BBC . July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009 .^ "Fallece el escritor chileno Alfonso Calderón" . El País Madrid . August 9, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009 .^ "Archdruid Dic Jones dies, aged 75" . bbc.co.uk. August 18, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2009 .^ "Keith Waterhouse: Leeds author and playwright dies" . Yorkshire Evening Post the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2009 .^ "Cuban Intellectual Cintio Vitier Passes Away at 88" . Latin American Herald Tribune the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2009 .^ Linde, Steve (November 22, 2009). "Naomi Frankel to be buried on Kibbutz Beit Alpha" . The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved January 3, 2017 . ^ Wood, Harriet Harvey (December 16, 2009). "Elizabeth Berridge obituary" . The Guardian . ^ Weber, Bruce (January 14, 2010). "William J. Lederer, Co-Author of 'The Ugly American,' Dies at 97" . The New York Times . Retrieved January 11, 2017 . ^ "Julian Fane: author" . The Times . January 4, 2010.^ "Russian author Grigory Baklanov dies" . CBC Life . Archived from the original on December 26, 2009.^ Adam Kirsch (December 30, 2009). "In Memory, and Admiration, of Rachel Wetzsteon" . The New Republic . ^ Martin, Jurek (January 2, 2010). "Poet, political prisoner and a campaigner to the end" . Financial Times . Retrieved January 2, 2010 . ^ Dunlap, David W. (December 30, 2009). "Norval White, of AIA Guide, Dies at 83" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 20, 2010 . ^ "Jacqueline Sturm: A pioneering literary figure" . Stuff.co.nz . January 10, 2010.^ Faculty of Arts, 2009, Edna Staebler Award Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Russell Wangersky, Retrieved November 16, 2012
^ Hahn 2015, p. 653
^ "Eighty years of children's books: the best Carnegie medal winners" . The Guardian . June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016 .^ "Camões Prize for Literature" . www.bn.gov.br . Retrieved December 19, 2016 .
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