2015 in literature
Overview of the events of 2015 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2015 .
Events
Anniversaries
New books
The date in brackets after a title refers to U.S. publication unless otherwise stated.
Fiction
Children and young people
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
Films
Deaths
January 1 – Miller Williams , American poet, 84 (born 1930 )[ 17] [ 18] January 4 – Michele Serros , American novelist, poet, and staff writer, 48 (born 1966 )[ 19] [ 20] January 10 – Robert Stone , American novelist, 77 (born 1937 )[ 21] January 12 – John Bayley , novelist and critic, 89 (born 1925 )[ 22] January 25 – John Leggett , American author and academic, 97 (born 1917 )January 27 – Suzette Haden Elgin , American linguist and science fiction author, 78 (born 1936 )[ 23] January 28 – Lionel Gilbert , Australian historian, author, and academic, 90 (born 1924 )[ 24] January 29 – Colleen McCullough , Australian author, 77 (born 1937 )[ 25] February 6
February 13 – Faith Bandler , Australian author and civil rights activist, 96 (born 1918 )[ 26] February 14 – Philip Levine , American poet laureate, 87 (born 1928 )[ 27] [ 28] February 23 – James Aldridge , Australian-born British novelist and journalist, 96 (born 1918 )[ 29] February 26
February 28 – Yaşar Kemal , Turkish writer and intellectual (born 1923 )March 12 – Sir Terry Pratchett , English author of fantasy novels, 66 (posterior cortical atrophy , born 1948 )[ 32] March 18 – Grace Ogot , Kenyan writer, 84 (born 1930 )March 24 – Alan Seymour , Australian playwright, 87 (born 1927 )[ 33] March 26 – Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet, translator, and Nobel prizewinner, 83 (born 1931 )[ 34] [ 35] April 9 – Ivan Doig , American novelist, 75 (born 1939 ).[ 36] April 13
Eduardo Galeano , Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, 74 (lung cancer, born 1940 )Günter Grass , German novelist, poet, playwright, and Nobel prizewinner, 87 (lung infection, born 1927 )[ 37] April 15 – Rosemary Tonks , English poet and novelist, 85 (born 1928 )[ 38] May 2 – Ruth Rendell , English crime and thriller writer, 85 (born 1930 )[ 39] May 2 – William Zinsser American journalist and critic (born 1922 )[ 40] May 20 – J. S. Harry , Australian poet, 76 (born 1939 )[ 41] May 23 – Moyra Caldecott , English writer, 87 (born 1927 )[ 42] June 19 – James Salter , American novelist and short-story writer, 90 (born 1925 )[ 43] [ 44] July 21 – E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, 84 (born 1931 )[ 45] July 31 – Alan Cheuse , American writer and radio reviewer, 75 (born 1940 )August 30 – Oliver Sacks , British neurologist and author (Awakenings 1933 )[ 46] [ 47] October 2 – Brian Friel , Irish playwright and short-story writer, 86 (born 1929 )[ 48] October 5 – Henning Mankell , Swedish novelist, children’s author and playwright, 67 (born 1948 )October 7 – W. R. Mitchell , English journalist and author, 87 (born 1928 )[ 49] October 18
October 27 – Mitzura Arghezi , Romanian book editor, illustrator, and politician (born 1924 )November 30 :
November 30 – Fatema Mernissi , Moroccan scholar and writer, 75 (born 1940 )[ 52] December 5 – William McIlvanney , Scottish novelist, short-story writer and poet, 79 (born 1936 )December 9 – Akiyuki Nosaka , Japanese writer (Grave of the Fireflies 1930 )December 16 - Peter Dickinson , English author and poet (born 1927 )
Awards
Akutagawa Prize , Japan: Masatsugu Ono for 9 Nen Mae no Inori A Prayer Nine Years Ago ) [ 53] Anisfield-Wolf Book Award , U.S.: A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction : How to Be Both Ali Smith [ 54] Caine Prize for African Writing : Namwali Serpell , The Sack [ 55] Camões Prize , Portugal: Hélia Correia David Cohen Prize : Tony Harrison Dayne Ogilvie Prize , Canada: Alex Leslie Desmond Elliott Prize , U.K.: Our Endless Numbered Days Claire Fuller [ 56] DSC Prize for South Asian Literature : The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, IndiaFolio Prize , U.K.: Family Life by Akhil Sharma [ 57] European Book Prize : Jean-Pierre Orban, Vera and, Robert Menasse, Der Europäische Landbote German Book Prize : Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 by Frank Witzel Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings , Macedonia: Bei Dao (China) [ 58] Goldsmiths Prize , U.K.: Beatlebone by Kevin Barry [ 59] Gordon Burn Prize , U.K.: In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies[ 60] Governor General's Award for English-language fiction , Canada: Guy Vanderhaeghe , Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Governor General's Award for French-language fiction , Canada: Nicolas Dickner , Six degrés de liberté Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française : Les Prépondérants by Hédi Kaddour ; 2084: la fin du monde Boualem Sansal International Prize for Arabic Fiction : The Italian by Shukri Mabkhout , TunisiaInternational Dublin Literary Award : Harvest Jim Crace Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award : Blue Is the Night by Eoin McNamee [ 61] Man Booker Prize : A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James Miguel de Cervantes Prize : Fernando del Paso Miles Franklin Award : The Eye of the Sheep Sofie Laguna [ 62] National Book Award for Fiction , U.S.: Fortune Smiles By Adam Johnson Nobel Prize in Literature : Svetlana Alexievich , Belarus PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish PEN Center USA 2015 Fiction Award: Robert Thomas, Bridge [ 63]
Premio Planeta de Novela , Spain: Hombres desnudos by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett; La isla de Alice by Daniel Sánchez ArévaloPremio Strega , Italy: Nicola Lagioia Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing , U. S.: David Hackett Fischer Prix Goncourt : Boussole by Mathias Énard Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , U.S.: All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr [ 64] Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : U.S.: Digest by Gregory Pardlo RBC Taylor Prize , Canada: They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize , Canada: André Alexis , Fifteen Dogs Russian Booker Prize : Vera by Alexander SnegirevSAARC Literary Award : Sitakant Mahapatra , Selina Hossain , Suman Pokhrel , Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary, Aryan AroonSamuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, U.K.: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman Scotiabank Giller Prize , Canada: André Alexis , Fifteen Dogs Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, U.K.: The Ten Thousand Things by John SpurlingWhiting Awards , U.S.: Fiction: Leopoldine Core , Dan Josefson , Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi ; Nonfiction: Elena Passarello ; Plays: Lucas Hnath , Anne Washburn ; Poetry: Anthony Carelli , Aracelis Girmay , Jenny Johnson , Roger Reeves W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction , U.S.: Redeployment Phil Klay [ 65] Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award : Ryszard Krynicki [ 66]
See also
References
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