2009 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009.
Events
New books
Fiction
Genre fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
See main article: 2009 in 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)
- January 27 – John Updike, American novelist (born 1932)[17]
- February 18 – Tayeb Salih, Sudanese fiction writer and cultural commentator (born 1929)[18]
- February 20 – Christopher Nolan, Irish poet and author (choking; born 1965)[19]
- February 25 – Philip José Farmer, American science fiction writer (born 1918)[20]
- March 13 – James Purdy, American novelist, poet and playwright (born 1914)[21]
- March 21 – Winifred Foley, English memoirist (born 1914)[22]
- March 31 – Michael Cox, English novelist and biographer (hemangiopericytoma, born 1948)
- April 14 – Maurice Druon, French historical novelist (born 1918)[23]
- April 15 – Clement Freud, German-born English writer and broadcaster (born 1924)[24]
- April 19 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist (born 1930)[25]
- 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)[26]
- July 6 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (born 1932)
- July 14 – Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian novelist (born 1926)[27]
- July 19 – Frank McCourt, American memoirist and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1930)[28]
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- 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)[30]
- 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)
- September 4 – Keith Waterhouse, English author and playwright (born 1929)[32]
- 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)[34]
- November 29 – Robert Holdstock, English fantasy novelist (born 1949)
Awards
Herta Müller
Australia
Tim Winton, Breath
Canada
Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
Main award, Debra Anderson; honour of distinction, Greg Kearney.
Multiple categories; see 2009 Governor General's Awards.
Brian Brett, Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life
Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean
Linden MacIntyre, The Bishop's Man
David Bergen
France
Pierre Michon, Les Onze
Sweden
Tamer Institute for Community Education[44]
United Kingdom
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, Daina Taimina
E. C. Osondu, "Waiting"
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
to Home by Marilynne Robinson
United States
Multiple categories; see 2009 Lambda Literary Awards.
Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
Richard Holmes,
Joseph O'Neill, Netherland
Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
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
Arménio Vieira[46]
Mariusz Szczygieł, Gottland and Sylvie Goulard, L'Europe pour les Nuls
Seamus Heaney
Michael Thomas, Man Gone Down
Youssef Ziedan, Azazel
Jayanta Mahapatra, Uday Prakash, Kamaal Khan
See also
Notes
- Book: Hahn . Daniel . The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature . 2015 . Oxford University Press . New York, NY . 9780198715542 . Second.
Notes and References
- News: U. N. Launches Library Of World's Knowledge . April 21, 2009 . . April 21, 2009 . Edward . Cody.
- News: Carol Ann Duffy becomes first woman poet laureate . London . . Charlotte . Higgins . May 1, 2009 . August 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721142434/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/01/carol-ann-duffy-poet-laureate1 . July 21, 2009 . live.
- News: After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is a Woman . . Sarah . Lyall . May 2, 2009 . August 1, 2009.
- News: Ruth Padel elected first female Oxford professor of poetry . London . The Guardian . David . Batty . May 17, 2009 . January 29, 2010.
- News: Cole . Olivia . Nobel Winner Quits Oxford Poetry Race Over Sex Claims . https://archive.today/20130505103023/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23689480-details/Nobel+winner+quits+Oxford+poetry+race+over+sex+claim+dirty+tricks/article.do . dead . May 5, 2013 . . May 12, 2009 .
- News: Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns . London . The Guardian . May 25, 2009 . January 29, 2010.
- Kanōna szrajbowanio ślōnskij godki, pp. 1–9, 2009. Ślůnsko Nacyjo. No. 8 (30), August. Zabrze: Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno. ISSN 1897-1717.
- Web site: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin / Germany by Max Dudler Architects. October 12, 2009. Daily Tonic. June 28, 2020. November 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201106065445/https://www.dailytonic.com/jacob-und-wilhelm-grimm-zentrum-in-berlin-germany-by-max-dudler-architects/. dead.
- Web site: Allen & Unwin - The Iremonger Award . November 1, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120519093523/http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=441 . May 19, 2012.
- Karl Ove Knausgaard Interview: A Literary Star Struggles with Regret . Hughes . Evan . April 7, 2014 . . April 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144908/http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117245/karl-ove-knausgaard-interview-literary-star-struggles-regret . April 13, 2014 . live .
- News: subscription . The maid's tale: Kathryn Stockett examines slavery and racism in America's Deep South . Calkin . Jessamy . July 16, 2009 . The Daily Telegraph . 2009-10-20 . London.
- Book: Levy . Michael . Mendlesohn . Farah . Children's Fantasy Literature . 21 April 2016 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-01814-3 . 170 . en.
- Hahn 2015, p. 551
- Faculty of Arts, September 8, 2011, Edna Staebler Award , Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved November 27, 2012
- News: Schriftsteller Johannes Mario Simmel gestorben ("Writer Johannes Mario Simmel died"). Spiegel Online. 2 January 2009. 2 January 2009. German .
- News: Professor Valerie Flint: historian. 5 June 2010. The Times. 3 February 2009.
- News: US novelist Updike dies of cancer. BBC News. January 27, 2009. January 28, 2009.
- News: Tayeb Salih, 80, Cross-Cultural Arabic Novelist, Dies. The New York Times. 23 February 2009.
- News: Christopher Nolan. Irish Independent. 22 February 2009. 2010-03-15. Independent News & Media PLC.
- News: Philip Jose Farmer dies at 91; acclaimed science fiction writer. Los Angeles Times. 4 March 2009. McLellan. Dennis.
- News: Italie. Hillel. James Purdy, Author of Underground Classics, Dies. June 15, 2011. USA Today. March 17, 2009.
- Web site: Winifred Foley. 2 April 2009. TheGuardian.com. 19 October 2010.
- Web site: Maurice Druon: Writer and pugnacious defender of the French language . John . Lichfield . . 20 April 2009 . 5 July 2015 . September 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925113535/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maurice-druon-writer-and-pugnacious-defender--of-the-french-language-1671353.html . dead .
- News: Sir Clement Freud . The Guardian . London . 16 April 2009 . 30 April 2010 . David . Steel . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030113444/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/16/clement-freud-obituary . 30 October 2013 . live .
- "Author J. G. Ballard dies at 78", Deseret News, 20 April 2009, p. A12
- 101439 . Frank Barlow (1911–2009).
- Web site: Phyllis Gotlieb, sci-fi writer and poet, dies at 83. July 15, 2009. CBC. February 8, 2021.
- News: Kelly . Antoinette . A real Irish send-off for Frank McCourt . August 22, 2020 . IrishCentral . July 21, 2009.
- News: Daughter of Dylan Thomas has died. BBC. 28 July 2009. 28 July 2009.
- News: Fallece el escritor chileno Alfonso Calderón . . August 9, 2009 . . September 8, 2009.
- News: Archdruid Dic Jones dies, aged 75. bbc.co.uk. 18 August 2009. 18 August 2009.
- News: Keith Waterhouse: Leeds author and playwright dies . . 4 September 2009 . November 21, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121043550/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Keith-Waterhouse-Leeds-author-and.5619879.jp . dead .
- News: Cuban Intellectual Cintio Vitier Passes Away at 88. October 3, 2009. Latin American Herald Tribune. 2009-10-03. December 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111228214149/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=344912&CategoryId=13003. dead.
- Web site: Naomi Frankel to be buried on Kibbutz Beit Alpha. Steve. Linde. 22 November 2009. 3 January 2017. The Jerusalem Post.
- Web site: Elizabeth Berridge obituary . Harriet Harvey . Wood . 16 December 2009 . The Guardian.
- News: Bruce . Weber . William J. Lederer, Co-Author of 'The Ugly American,' Dies at 97 . . January 14, 2010 . January 11, 2017.
- Web site: Julian Fane: author. The Times. 4 January 2010.
- Web site: Russian author Grigory Baklanov dies . https://web.archive.org/web/20091226182431/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/12/23/grigory-baklanov.html . dead . 2009-12-26 . CBC Life.
- In Memory, and Admiration, of Rachel Wetzsteon. Adam Kirsch. The New Republic. December 30, 2009 .
- News: Poet, political prisoner and a campaigner to the end . Financial Times. Martin, Jurek. 2 January 2010. 2 January 2010.
- News: Norval White, of AIA Guide, Dies at 83 . The New York Times . David W. . Dunlap . December 30, 2009 . May 20, 2010.
- Web site: Jacqueline Sturm: A pioneering literary figure . Stuff.co.nz. January 10, 2010 .
- Faculty of Arts, 2009, Edna Staebler Award , Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Russell Wangersky, Retrieved November 16, 2012
- Hahn 2015, p. 653
- Web site: Eighty years of children's books: the best Carnegie medal winners . The Guardian . December 19, 2016 . June 13, 2016.
- Web site: Camões Prize for Literature . www.bn.gov.br . December 19, 2016.