2007 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2007.
Events
New books
Fiction
Genre fiction
- Joe Abercrombie – Before They Are Hanged (March 15, second of The First Law series)
- Christopher Barzak – One For Sorrow (August 28)
- Jim Butcher – White Night (April 3, Harry Dresden No. 9)
- Michael Chabon – The Yiddish Policemen's Union (May 1)
- Hal Duncan – Ink (February 2, second in The Book of All Hours series)
- Warren Ellis – Crooked Little Vein (July 24)
- Steven Erikson – Reaper's Gale (April 24, seventh in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series)
- Justin Evans – A Good and Happy Child (May 22)
- William Gibson – Spook Country (August 7)
- Ed Greenwood – Dark Lord (September, first in the Falconfar series)
- Tanith Lee – (third in The Piratica Series)
- Scott Lynch – Red Seas Under Red Skies (July 31, second in the Gentleman Bastard series)
- Richard K. Morgan – Th1rte3n (June 26)
- Ian McDonald – Brasyl (May 1)
- Chuck Palahniuk – Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey (May 1)
- Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – The Wheel of Darkness
- Risa – Battle of Demons (華鬼, 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 – (October 30, second in the Orphan's Tales series)
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
See main article: article and 2007 in poetry.
Non-fiction
Deaths
- January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (born 1932)[13]
- January 19 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (born 1954; murdered)[14]
- January 23 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (born 1932)[15]
- January 27 – Herbert Reinecker, German novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1914)[16]
- January 30 – Sidney Sheldon, American writer (born 1917)[17]
- February 22 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (born 1918)[18]
- March 2 – Henri Troyat, French writer and historian (born 1911)[19]
- February 16 – Sheridan Morley, English critic and biographer (born 1941)
- March 30 – Michael Dibdin, British crime writer (born 1947)[20]
- April 1 – Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (born 1926)[21]
- April 3 – Marion Eames, Welsh novelist writing mainly in Welsh (born 1921)[22]
- April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut, American satirical novelist (born 1922)[23]
- April 23 – David Halberstam, American journalist and historian (born 1934| road accident)[24]
- May 8 – Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (born 1933)
- May 17 – Lloyd Alexander, American author (born 1924)[25]
- June 3 – Suzanne Robert, French Canadian novelist (born 1948)
- June 21 – Douglas Hill, Canadian science fiction author and reviewer (born 1935)
- June 27 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (born 1905)
- July 31 – Margaret Avison, Canadian poet (born 1918)
- August 3 – John Gardner, British author of James Bond continuation novels (born 1926)[26]
- September 3 – Mária Szepes, Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (born 1908)
- September 4 – Zenia Larsson, Polish-Swedish writer and sculptor of Jewish descent (born 1922)
- September 6 – Madeleine L'Engle, American novelist (born 1918)[27]
- September 16 – Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), American fantasy and historical novelist (born 1948)[28]
- October 19 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (born 1925)
- October 22 – Ève Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (born 1904)[29]
- November 10 – Norman Mailer, American novelist, journalist and playwright (born 1923)[30]
- November 12 – Ira Levin, American novelist, dramatist and songwriter (born 1929)[31]
- November 19 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian novelist, dramatist and essayist (born 1917)[32]
- November 27 – Jane Rule, Canadian novelist (born 1931)
- November 28 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot and author (born 1907)[33]
- December 22 – Julien Gracq, French novelist, critic and poet (born 1910)[34]
- December 27 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (born 1920)[35]
Awards
Doris Lessing
Australia
Alexis Wright, Carpentaria
Alexis Wright, Carpentaria
David Rowbotham
Canada
Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals, Le Combat des livres: Denis Thériault, L'Iguane
Michael V. Smith
Multiple categories; see 2007 Governor General's Awards
Anna Porter, Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
Europe
António Lobo Antunes
Robert Lepage and Peter Zadek
Guy Verhofstadt, United States of Europe
Gilles Leroy, Alabama Song[37]
Sweden
Banco del Libro[38]
United Kingdom
Monica Arac de Nyeko,"Jambula Tree"
Anne Enright, The Gathering
to Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
United States
Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
Multiple categories; see 2007 Lambda Literary Awards.
to Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
to Everyman by Philip Roth
to The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Fiction: Ben Fountain, Brad Kessler, Dalia Sofer; Nonfiction: Carlo Rotella, Peter Trachtenberg, Jack Turner; Plays: Sheila Callaghan, Tarell Alvin McCraney; Poetry: Paul Guest, Cate Marvin
Other
Mahasveta Devi
See also
Notes
- Book: Hahn . Daniel . The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature . 2015 . Oxford. University Press . 9780198715542 . 2nd.
Notes and References
- http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html Oldest newspapers still in circulation
- Book: Kinney . Jeff . Diary of a wimpy kid . April 1, 2007 . Amulet Books . New York . 978-0810993136 . Hardcover.
- Web site: 'Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history . . 2007-07-23. 2011-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090210024741/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/business/potter.php . 2009-02-10 . live.
- Web site: Tomi Ungerer - Lambiek Comiclopedia.
- News: Pratchett funds Alzheimer's study. 2010-07-31 . BBC News . 2008-03-13.
- Hahn 2015, p. 21
- Hahn 2015, p. 14
- Hahn 2015, p. 91
- Hahn 2015, p. 602
- Web site: Dejan Stojanović, Ples Vremena, Konras, Beograd, 2007 . Internet Archive.
- Faculty of Arts, March 20, 2009, Edna Staebler Award , Wilfrid Laurier University Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved 11/16/2012
- Web site: Where the blind horse sings : love and trust at an animal sanctuary WorldCat.org . 2024-04-02 . search.worldcat.org . es.
- Web site: Robert Anton Wilson. Michael. Carlson. January 17, 2007. June 15, 2017. The Guardian.
- News: Turkish-Armenian editor shot dead in Istanbul . 1 May 2007 . . 19 January 2007 . Paul . de Bendern. Grove, Thomas.
- News: Brittain. Victoria. Obituary: Ryszard Kapuściński. 15 October 2014. The Guardian. 25 January 2007.
- Book: Hans-Michael. Bock. Tim. Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. 1 September 2009. Berghahn Books. 978-0-85745-565-9. 385.
- Web site: Sidney Sheldon, Author of Steamy Novels, Dies at 89. New York Times. January 31, 2007.
- News: Dan van der Vat . Dan van der Vat . Obituary: Lothar-Günther Buchheim . March 5, 2007 . The Guardian.
- News: Staff writers . Eminent French writer Troyat dies . BBC News . 5 March 2007 . 2008-11-07.
- Web site: Guardian obituary. The Guardian. Christopher Hawtree. 4 April 2007. 9 January 2021.
- Web site: Driss Chraïbi Moroccan writer. 2021-04-23. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
- Web site: Eames, Marion Griffith (Williams, Gwladys Marion Griffith) (1921-2007), historical novelist. J. Beverley Smith. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 9 January 2021.
- Web site: Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 . The New York Times . 30 December 2016 . 11 April 2007.
- News: Author David Halberstam killed in Menlo Park . . Coté . John . April 23, 2007 . 2007-04-23.
- Web site: Lloyd Alexander. July 6, 2007. Julia Eccleshare. The Guardian. January 20, 2022.
- News: Wilson. Arnie. John Gardner; Thriller writer who revived Bond. The Independent. 7 August 2007. London. 35.
- News: Madeleine L'Engle, Writer of Children's Classics, Is Dead at 88 . Douglas . Martin . 8 September 2007 . The New York Times . 9 July 2018.
- News: Robert Jordan. Obituaries. 2007-09-21. The Daily Telegraph. 2019-08-07.
- Web site: Eve Curie Labouisse, Mother's Biographer, Dies at 102. October 25, 2007. New York Timesauthor=Margalit Fox. June 12, 2022.
- News: . Author Norman Mailer dies at 84 . BBC News . Entertainment . November 10, 2007 . September 15, 2017 .
- News: Ira Levin, 78; his novels include 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'Stepford Wives'. Los Angeles Times. Jon . Thurber . November 14, 2007 .
- News: Obituary: Magda Szabó. Gömöri. George. 2007-11-28. The Guardian. 2019-04-18. en-GB. 0261-3077.
- Web site: Elly Beinhorn - In search of adventure. Cece. Beata. Airbus. https://archive.today/20180125233859/http://company.airbus.com/company/heritage/female-pioneers/Elly-Beinhorn.html. January 25, 2018. dead. 25 January 2018. dmy-all.
- News: Julien Gracq, 97, Iconoclastic French Surrealist Writer. The New York Times. 24 December 2007.
- Web site: Jaan Kross, Estonia's best known writer, dies at 87. International Herald Tribune. December 27, 2007.
- Faculty of Arts, 2007, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Linden MacIntyre, Retrieved 11/16/2012
- Web site: Prix Goncourt : les livres primés font-ils toujours recette ?. Mélisande Queïnnec. France TV Info. 4 November 2019. 9 January 2021.
- Hahn 2015, p. 653
- Hahn 2015, p. 661