Overview of the events of 2007 in literature
The following literary events and publications occurred in the year 2007 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Genre fiction
Joe Abercrombie – Before They Are Hanged Christopher Barzak – One For Sorrow Jim Butcher – White Night Michael Chabon – The Yiddish Policemen's Union Hal Duncan – Ink Warren Ellis – Crooked Little Vein Steven Erikson – Reaper's Gale Malazan Book of the Fallen series)Justin Evans – A Good and Happy Child
William Gibson – Spook Country Ed Greenwood – Dark Lord Tanith Lee – Piratica III: The Family Sea The Piratica Series )Scott Lynch – Red Seas Under Red Skies Gentleman Bastard series)Richard K. Morgan – Th1rte3n Ian McDonald – Brasyl Chuck Palahniuk – Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – The Wheel of Darkness Risa – Battle of Demons Hana Oni , first print (book) publication, July 31)
Lucius Shepard – Softspoken (April 15)Jeffrey Thomas – Deadstock (February 27)J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1973; with Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee ) – The Children of Húrin Catherynne M. Valente – The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson , American author and conspiracy researcher (born 1932 )[ 29] January 19 – Hrant Dink , Turkish-Armenian journalist (born 1954 ; murdered)[ 30] January 23 – Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist (born 1932 )[ 31] January 27 – Herbert Reinecker , German novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1914 )[ 32] January 30 – Sidney Sheldon , American writer (born 1917 )[ 33] February 22 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German author, painter, and art collector (born 1918 )[ 34] March 2 – Henri Troyat , French writer and historian (born 1911 )[ 35] February 16 – Sheridan Morley , English critic and biographer (born 1941 )March 30 – Michael Dibdin , British crime writer (born 1947 )[ 36] April 1 – Driss Chraïbi , Moroccan author (born 1926 )[ 37] April 3 – Marion Eames , Welsh novelist writing mainly in Welsh (born 1921 )[ 38] April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut , American satirical novelist (born 1922 )[ 39] April 23 – David Halberstam , American journalist and historian (born 1934 | road accident)[ 40] May 8 – Philip R. Craig , American author and poet (born 1933 )May 17 – Lloyd Alexander , American author (born 1924 )[ 41] June 3 – Suzanne Robert , French Canadian novelist (born 1948 )June 21 – Douglas Hill , Canadian science fiction author and reviewer (born 1935 |injuries resulting from car accident)[ 42] June 27 – Dragutin Tadijanović , Croatian poet (born 1905 )July 31 – Margaret Avison , Canadian poet (born 1918 )[ 43] August 3 – John Gardner , British author of James Bond continuation novels (born 1926 )[ 44] September 3 – Mária Szepes , Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (born 1908 )[citation needed September 4 – Zenia Larsson , Polish-Swedish writer and sculptor of Jewish descent (born 1922 )September 6 – Madeleine L'Engle , American novelist (born 1918 )[ 45] September 16 – Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), American fantasy and historical novelist (born 1948 )[ 46] October 19 – Jan Wolkers , Dutch author, sculptor and painter (born 1925 )[ 47] October 22 – Ève Curie , French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (born 1904 )[ 48] November 10 – Norman Mailer , American novelist, journalist and playwright (born 1923 )[ 49] November 12 – Ira Levin , American novelist, dramatist and songwriter (born 1929 )[ 50] November 19 – Magda Szabó , Hungarian novelist, dramatist and essayist (born 1917 )[ 51] November 27 – Jane Rule , Canadian novelist (born 1931 )[ 52] November 28 – Elly Beinhorn , German pilot and author (born 1907 )[ 53] December 22 – Julien Gracq , French novelist, critic and poet (born 1910 )[ 54] December 27 – Jaan Kross , Estonian writer (born 1920 )[ 55]
Awards
Australia
Canada
Europe
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Other
See also
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542
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