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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2013.
Events
- 21 January – Orwell Day.[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, a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries.[3]
- April – J. K. Rowling publishes the detective novel The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith with Sphere Books in the U.K. The author's real identity is uncovered 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 the novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London.[5]
- 1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House created by merger.
- 3 September – The Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the United Kingdom, designed by Mecanoo, is opened[6] by Malala Yousafzai. Its public spaces are integrated with those of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
- October – Jo Nesbø reveals himself as "Tom Johansen", the author of three forthcoming novels.[7]
- 28 November – Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger, including "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", are leaked onto the internet.
Anniversaries
- 28 January – 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice in 1813.[3]
- 11 February
- 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath in 1963.[3]
- 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Jacobs in 1813.
- 5 May – 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard in 1813.[3]
- 2 June – 100th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Pym.[8]
- 29 June – 400th anniversary of the burning down of the Globe Theatre during production of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII in 1613.[3]
- 2 August – 25th anniversary of the death of US short story writer Raymond Carver.[9] He was 50 years old (he was born 75 years ago, 25 May 1938).
- 7 November – 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Camus.[3]
- 22 November – 50th anniversary of the death of Aldous Huxley.[3]
New books
Fiction
- Jacob M. Appel – The Biology of Luck
- Dan Brown – Inferno
- J. M. Coetzee – The Childhood of Jesus
- Adam Christopher – The Burning Dark
- Troy Denning – Crucible
- Doug Dorst – S
- Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Frederick Forsyth – The Kill List
- Neil Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Elizabeth Graver – The End of the Point
- David G. Hartwell (ed.) – Year's best SF 18
- Stephen King – Doctor Sleep
- Rachel Kushner – The Flamethrowers
- Pierre Lemaitre – Au revoir là-haut (The Great Swindle)
- Eimear McBride – A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
- Alex Miller – Coal Creek
- Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (in Japanese)
- Adam Nevill – House of Small Shadows
- Nnedi Okorafor – Kabu-kabu: stories
- Chuck Palahniuk – Doomed
- Rick Riordan – The House of Hades
- Veronica Roth – Allegiant
- J. K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) – The Cuckoo's Calling
- Stephen Scourfield – As the River Runs (Crawley, WA)
- Robert Stone – Death of the Black-Haired Girl
- John Scalzi – The Human Division
- Sjón – Moonstone – The Boy Who Never Was (Mánasteinn – drengurinn sem aldrei var til)
- Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch
- Peter Watts – Beyond the Rift (collected stories)
- Tim Winton – Eyrie
Children's and young people
- Rainbow Rowell
- Maggie Stiefvater - The Dream Thieves (second book in The Raven Cycle)
Drama
- Edward Petherbridge and Kathryn Hunter – My Perfect Mind
Poetry
Non-fiction
- Jared Diamond – The World Until Yesterday
- Peter Freeman – The Wallpapered Manse
- Malcolm Gladwell – David and Goliath
- Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma
- Temple Grandin – The Autistic Brain
- Mark Levin – The Liberty Amendments
- Sheryl Sandberg – Lean In
- Jeff VanderMeer – The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Deaths
- 2 January
- Alexei Rudeanu, Romanian writer (born 1939)[10]
- Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and writer (born 1944)[11]
- 7 January – Maruša Krese, Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947)[12]
- 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)[13]
- 18 January – Jacques Sadoul, French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934)[14]
- 20 January
- Yemi Ajibade, Nigerian playwright and actor (born 1929)
- Dolores Prida, Cuban-American journalist and playwright (born 1943)
- Toyo Shibata (柴田トヨ), Japanese poet (born 1911)[15]
- 2 February – Sirajul Haq Memon, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933)[16]
- 3 February – Robert Anthony Welch, Irish author and academic (born 1947)[17]
- 4 February – Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946)[18]
- 5 February – Leda Mileva, Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920)[19]
- 7 February
- Niki Marangou, Cypriot writer and painter (born 1948)[20]
- Jonathan Rendall, English author (born 1964)[21]
- 8 February – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934)
- 10 February – W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (born 1927)[22]
- 12 February – Barnaby Conrad, American author (born 1922)[23]
- 13 February – Oswald LeWinter, Austrian-born American writer (born 1931)[24]
- 14 February
- Glenn Boyer, American author (born 1924)[25]
- Mary Brave Bird, American Lakota writer and activist (born 1954)[26]
- Friedrich Neznansky, Russian writer (born 1932)[27]
- 17 February
- William Bridges, American author and business consultant (born 1933)[28]
- Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (born 1923)[29]
- Debbie Ford, American motivational author (born 1955)[30]
- 23 February
- Maurice Rosy, Belgian comics writer (born 1927)[31]
- Sylvia Smith, English writer (born 1945)[32]
- 24 February – Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian author (born 1931)[33]
- 26 February
- Jan Howard Finder, American science fiction writer (born 1939)[34]
- Stéphane Hessel, German-born French author and diplomat (born 1917)[35]
- 27 February
- Molly Lefebure, English writer (born 1919)[36]
- Imants Ziedonis, Latvian poet (born 1933)[37]
- 30 March – Daniel Hoffmann, American poet and essayist (born 1923)
- 11 April – Adam Galos, Polish historian (born 1924)[38]
- 13 April – Nick Pollotta, American science fiction author (born 1954)[39]
- 20 April
- Jocasta Innes, China-born English non-fiction writer (born 1934)[40]
- E. L. Konigsburg, American children's novelist and illustrator (born 1930)[41]
- 22 April – Clément Marchand, Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912)[42]
- 1 May – Gregory Rogers, Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957)
- 12 May – Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian (born 1932)
- 6 June – Tom Sharpe, English comic novelist (born 1928)[43]
- 9 June – Iain Banks, Scottish novelist (born 1954)[44]
- 23 June – Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (born 1926)[45]
- 2 September – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (born 1919)[46]
- 18 September – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920)
- 21 September – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935)[47]
- 23 September
- Christopher Koch, Australian novelist (born 1932)[48]
- Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist (born 1923)[49]
- Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926)[50]
- 1 October – Tom Clancy, American thriller writer (born 1947)[51]
- 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"
- Camões Prize: Mia Couto
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award: (announced 11 June 2013)
- Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, C. E. Gatchalian; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan, Barry Webster
- Dylan Thomas Prize: Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins[52]
- German Book Prize: Das Ungeheuer by Terézia Mora
- Goldsmiths Prize: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride[53]
- Gordon Burn Prize: Pig Iron by Ben Myers[54]
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: The Luminaries by 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 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: City of Bohane by Kevin Barry[55]
- Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards.
- Man Booker Prize: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Miles Franklin Award (22 June): Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser [56][57]
- National Biography Award (5 August): The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick [58]
- National Book Award for Fiction: The Good Lord Bird by 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 by 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[59]
- Prix Goncourt: Au revoir là-haut by Pierre Lemaitre
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
- Russian Booker Prize: Возвращение в Панджруд (Return to Panjrud) by Andrei Volos
- Samuel Johnson Prize: (announced November 2013) The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: Lynn Coady, Hellgoing
- 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
References
- ↑ "George Orwell Day begins annual commemoration". The Guardian. London. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ Harding, Luke (2013-01-28). "Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2013: the year ahead in books". The Guardian. London. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ Lyall, Sarah (2013-07-14). "This Detective Novel's Story Doesn't Add Up". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
- ↑ "Curious Night at the Oliviers". Olivier Awards. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ↑ Brown, Graeme (20 March 2012). "Opening date for new Library of Birmingham revealed". Birmingham Post.
- ↑ "Harvill Secker Announces Two New Books From Jo Nesbo". booktrade.info. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ↑ "Philip Hensher toasts the novelist Barbara Pym", 2 June 2013. Accessed 23 September 2013
- ↑ http://www.punchnels.com/features/where-he-was-calling-from-reflecting-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-raymond-carver’s-passing/
- ↑ "Scriitorul Alexei Rudeanu a DECEDAT la vârsta de 73 de ani". România Liberă. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ↑ "Teresa Torańska nie żyje" (in Polish). Wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Umrla je Maruša Krese". Delo (in Slovenian). 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Author Robert Kee dies aged 93". BBC News. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "Mort de l'éditeur Jacques Sadoul". Le Figaro (in French). Agence France-Presse. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Granny poet marks 100th birthday with verse for victims". asahi.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ Siraj Memon, an icon of Sindhi literature, passes away at 79, The Express Tribune
- ↑ Robert Welch obituary, guardian.co.uk. 1 March 2013
- ↑ Gail Lynn Frazer obituary, legacy.com, February 6, 2013
- ↑ На 93 години почина Леда Милева (Bulgarian)
- ↑ Σκοτώθηκε στην Αίγυπτο η συγγραφέας Νίκη Μαραγκού lifo.gr (Greek)
- ↑ Jonathan Rendall dies, The Times, 7 February 2013
- ↑ W. Watts Biggers, Creator of ‘Underdog’ Cartoon, Dies at 85
- ↑ Barnaby Conrad, Man of Many Hats and a Cape, Dies at 90, The New York Times, February 16, 2013
- ↑ Oswald Le Winter -- Holly Hill, thetandd.com, February 18, 2013
- ↑ Glenn Boyer, author of trilogy on Wyatt Earp dies azcentral.com
- ↑ Mary Ellen Bird dies, kvsh.com, February 18, 2013
- ↑ ДНИ.РУ ИНТЕРНЕТ-ГАЗЕТА ВЕРСИЯ 5.0/Умер писатель Фридрих Незнанский
- ↑ William Bridges, Larkspur author of books on life changes, dies at 79 Marin Independent Journal
- ↑ Playwright Manoranjan Das dead, The Times of India, 19 February 2013
- ↑ Debbie Ford, Author of Self-Help Books, Is Dead at 57 NY Times
- ↑ Décès du céramiste Maurice Savoie (French)
- ↑ Sylvia Smith, telegraph.co.uk
- ↑ "Egyptian author Mahmoud Salem dies age 84" Daily News Egypt
- ↑ Jan Howard Finder, #1 fan, dies at 73
- ↑ Best-selling French author Stephane Hessel dies at 95 themalaysianinsider.com
- ↑ Memory of Molly Lefebure
- ↑ Miris dzejnieks Imants Ziedonis|Diena.lv
- ↑ Zmarł profesor Adam Galos, wybitny wrocławski historyk
- ↑ SF Site News » Obituary: Nick Pollotta
- ↑ Jocasta Innes
- ↑ Award-winning children’s author E.L. Konigsburg dies in Virginia at age 83 The Washington Post
- ↑ Décès du poète et éditeur Clément Marchand, ledevoir.com
- ↑ Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue novelist, dies aged 85
- ↑ Kelly, Stuart (2013-06-15). "Iain Banks: the final interview". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
- ↑ Kellogg, Carolyn (24 June 2013). "'I Am Legend' author Richard Matheson has died at 87". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Jonas, Gerald (3 September 2013). "Frederik Pohl, Science Fiction Master Who Vaporized Utopias, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Prof. Awoonor dies in Al-Shabab attack in Kenyan Mall". citifmonline. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ Miles Franklin Award winning novelist Christopher Koch dead at 81
- ↑ Álvaro Mutis muere a la edad de 90 años en México (Spanish)
- ↑ Addio a Luciano Vincenzoni, scrisse "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo" (Italian)
- ↑ Kite, Lorien (2013-10-02). "Thriller writer Tom Clancy dies". FT.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ↑ "Dylan Thomas Prize: US writer Claire Vaye Watkins wins £30,000". BBC News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Maughan, Philip (13 November 2013). "Goldsmiths Prize awarded to debut novelist Eimear McBride for A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing". New Statesman. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Bury, Liz (21 October 2013). "Benjamin Myers claims inaugural Gordon Burn prize". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ Richard Lea (7 June 2013). "Kevin Barry wins Impac award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- ↑ 2013 Winner, Michelle de Kretser, Miles Franklin Literary Awards, 19 June 2013.
- ↑ Michelle de Kretser wins Miles Franklin Award for her book Questions of Travel, ABC News, Wed Jun 19, 2013
- ↑ Steger, Jason (5 August 2013). "Frank Thring double bill wins biography award". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tim O'Brien: 2013 Pritzker Literature Award Winner | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago". Pritzkermilitary.org. 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
External links
- 2013: the year ahead in books at The Guardian
- Most popular 2013 book articles viewed on Wikipedia, with user comments on traffic jumps – The latest statistics can be found on Wikitop
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