2013 in literature
Overview of the events of 2013 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2013 .
Events
21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted.[ 1] 26 January – Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204.[ 2] 7 March – World Book Day becomes a UNESCO -designated event marked in more than 100 countries.[ 3] April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, The Cuckoo's Calling Sphere Books . The author's identity is revealed by the media in July.[ 4]
23 April – World Book Night.[ 3] 28 April – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Simon Stephens ' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon , wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London.[ 5] 1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger.3 September – The new Library of Birmingham , the largest public library in the U.K., is opened by Malala Yousafzai .[ 6] Birmingham Repertory Theatre .October – Jo Nesbø reveals himself as Tom Johansen, author of three forthcoming novels.[ 7]
28 November – Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger (died 2010), including "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls ", are leaked onto the internet.[ 8]
Anniversaries
New books
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
2 January
7 January – Maruša Krese , Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947 )[ 17] 10 January – Evan S. Connell , American novelist, poet and short story writer (born 1924 )11 January – Robert Kee , English writer, journalist and broadcaster (born 1919 )[ 18] 18 January – Jacques Sadoul , French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934 )[ 19] 20 January
24 January – Richard G. Stern , American novelist and educator (born 1928 )2 February – Sirajul Haq Memon , Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933 )[ 21] 3 February – Robert Anthony Welch , Irish author and academic (born 1947 )[ 22] 4 February – Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946 )[ 23] 5 February – Leda Mileva , Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920 )[ 24] 7 February
8 February – Alan Sharp , Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934 )[ 27] 10 February – W. Watts Biggers , American novelist (born 1927 )[ 28] 12 February – Barnaby Conrad , American author (born 1922 )[ 29] 13 February – Oswald LeWinter , Austrian-born American writer (born 1931 )[ 30] 14 February
17 February
23 February
24 February – Mahmoud Salem , Egyptian author (born 1931 )[ 39] 26 February
27 February
10 March – Robert Chrisman , American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founder of The Black Scholar 1937 )1 April – Kildare Dobbs , Canadian author (born 1923 )11 April – Adam Galos , Polish historian (born 1924 )[ 44] 13 April – Nick Pollotta , American science fiction author (born 1954 )[ 45] 20 April
22 April – Clément Marchand , Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912 )[ 48] 1 May – Gregory Rogers , Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957 )12 May – Per Maurseth , Norwegian historian (born 1932 )23 May – William Demby , American author (born 1922 )26 May – Jack Vance , American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer (born 1916 )6 June – Tom Sharpe , English comic novelist (born 1928 )[ 49] 9 June – Iain Banks , Scottish novelist (born 1954 )[ 50] 23 June – Richard Matheson , American author and screenwriter (born 1926 )[ 51] 12 July – Elaine Morgan , Welsh writer on anthropology (born 1920 )[ 52] 2 September – Frederik Pohl , American science fiction writer (born 1919 )[ 53] 18 September – Marcel Reich-Ranicki , Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920 )21 September – Kofi Awoonor , Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935 )[ 54] 23 September
1 October – Tom Clancy , American thriller writer (born 1947 )[ 58] 25 November – Joel Lane , English author, poet, and critic (born 1963 )11 December – Barbara Branden , Canadian-American author (born 1929 )
Awards
Akutagawa Prize (Early): Kaori Fujino for Tsume to Me (爪と目) "Nails and Eyes"Caine Prize for African Writing : Tope Folarin , "Miracle"Camões Prize : Mia Couto [ 59] Danuta Gleed Literary Award : (announced 11 June 2013) David Cohen Prize : Hilary Mantel Dayne Ogilvie Prize : Main award, C. E. Gatchalian ; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan , Barry Webster Dylan Thomas Prize : Battleborn Claire Vaye Watkins [ 60] European Book Prize : Eduardo Mendoza , An Englishman in Madrid , and Arnaud Leparmentier , The French, gravediggers of the euro German Book Prize : Terézia Mora , Das Ungeheuer Goldsmiths Prize : A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Eimear McBride [ 61] Gordon Burn Prize : Pig Iron by Ben Myers [ 62] Governor General's Award for English-language fiction : The Luminaries Eleanor Catton Governor General's Award for French-language fiction : Quand les guêpes se taisent by Stéphanie Pelletier Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française : Plonger by Christophe Ono-dit-Biot Hugo Award for Best Novel: John Scalzi for Redshirts International Dublin Literary Award : City of Bohane Kevin Barry [ 63] International Prize for Arabic Fiction : The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards Man Booker Prize : The Luminaries Eleanor Catton Miles Franklin Award : Questions of Travel Michelle de Kretser [ 64] [ 65] National Biography Award (5 August): The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick[ 66] National Book Award for Fiction : The Good Lord Bird James McBride National Book Critics Circle Award : to Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nobel Prize in Literature : Alice Munro PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz Premio Planeta de Novela : El cielo ha vuelto by Clara Sánchez Premio Strega : Resistere non serve a niente by Walter Siti Pritzker Military Library Literature Award : to Tim O'Brien [ 67] Prix Goncourt : Au revoir là-haut Pierre Lemaitre Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds Russian Booker Prize : Возвращение в Панджруд (Return to Panjrud ) by Andrei Volos SAARC Literary Award : Suman Pokhrel , Abhay K , Daya Dissanayake , Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq RashidSamuel Johnson Prize : (announced November 2013) The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett Scotiabank Giller Prize : Lynn Coady , Hellgoing [ 68] Whiting Awards : Fiction: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (fiction/nonfiction), Amanda Coplin , Jennifer duBois , C.E. Morgan , Stephanie Powell Watts ; Nonfiction: Morgan Meis , Clifford Thompson ; Plays: Virginia Grise ; Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson , Rowan Ricardo Phillips Women's Prize for Fiction : May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award : W.S. Merwin [ 69]
References
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