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==Events== |
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*[[January 16]] – This is the 400th anniversary of [[Miguel de Cervantes]]' publication of the first part of ''[[Don Quixote]]'' in Spain. |
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*[[February 25]] – [[Canada Reads]] selects ''[[Rockbound]]'' by [[Frank Parker Day]] as the novel to be read across the nation.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Janet Giltrow|author2=Dieter Stein|title=Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo3X2Y1nrZUC&pg=PA100|year=2009|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=978-90-272-5433-7|pages=100}}</ref> |
*[[February 25]] – [[Canada Reads]] selects ''[[Rockbound]]'' by [[Frank Parker Day]] as the novel to be read across the nation.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Janet Giltrow|author2=Dieter Stein|title=Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo3X2Y1nrZUC&pg=PA100|year=2009|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=978-90-272-5433-7|pages=100}}</ref> |
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*[[March 26]] – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' returns to television with a script by [[Russell T Davies]], the executive producer.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/03_march/10/who_davies_gardner.shtml |title=Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2005 |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> |
*[[March 26]] – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' returns to television with a script by [[Russell T Davies]], the executive producer.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/03_march/10/who_davies_gardner.shtml |title=Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2005 |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Rita Chowdhury]] – ''[[Deo Langkhui]]'' |
*[[Rita Chowdhury]] – ''[[Deo Langkhui]]'' |
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*[[Wendy Coakley-Thompson]] – ''[[What You Won't Do for Love (novel)|What You Won't Do for Love]]'' |
*[[Wendy Coakley-Thompson]] – ''[[What You Won't Do for Love (novel)|What You Won't Do for Love]]'' |
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*[[Eoin Colfer]] – ''[[Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception]]''<ref>{{cite news|url= |
*[[Eoin Colfer]] – ''[[Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/08/01/artemis-fowl-opal-deception/ |title=Entertainment Weekly "Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception (2005)" |access-date=17 June 2008 |date=27 April 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528173110/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1052618%2C00.html |archive-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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*[[Bernard Cornwell]] – ''[[The Pale Horseman]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQczAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|date=1 November 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-24186-2|pages=149}}</ref> |
*[[Bernard Cornwell]] – ''[[The Pale Horseman]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQczAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|date=1 November 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-24186-2|pages=149}}</ref> |
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*[[Colin Cotterill]] – ''[[Thirty-Three Teeth]]'' |
*[[Colin Cotterill]] – ''[[Thirty-Three Teeth]]'' |
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*[[Steve Erickson]] – ''Our Ecstatic Days'' |
*[[Steve Erickson]] – ''Our Ecstatic Days'' |
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*[[Sebastian Faulks]] – ''[[Human Traces]]'' |
*[[Sebastian Faulks]] – ''[[Human Traces]]'' |
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*[[Juan Francisco Ferré]] – ''La fiesta del asno''<ref>{{cite book|title=Inti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9gqAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Department of Romance and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut|page=327}}</ref> |
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*[[Amanda Filipacchi]] – ''[[Love Creeps]]'' |
*[[Amanda Filipacchi]] – ''[[Love Creeps]]'' |
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*[[Jonathan Safran Foer]] – ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sien Uytterschout |author2=Kristaan Versluys | title = Melancholy and Mourning in Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close| journal = Orbis Litterarum | volume = 63| issue = 3 | pages = 216–236 | date = May 15, 2008 | doi=10.1111/j.1600-0730.2008.00927.x| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
*[[Jonathan Safran Foer]] – ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sien Uytterschout |author2=Kristaan Versluys | title = Melancholy and Mourning in Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close| journal = Orbis Litterarum | volume = 63| issue = 3 | pages = 216–236 | date = May 15, 2008 | doi=10.1111/j.1600-0730.2008.00927.x| doi-access = free}}</ref> |
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*[[Kazuo Ishiguro]] – ''[[Never Let Me Go (novel)|Never Let Me Go]]'' |
*[[Kazuo Ishiguro]] – ''[[Never Let Me Go (novel)|Never Let Me Go]]'' |
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*[[Uzodinma Iweala]] – ''[[Beasts of No Nation]]'' |
*[[Uzodinma Iweala]] – ''[[Beasts of No Nation]]'' |
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*[[Rabee Jaber]] – بيريتوس: مدينة تحت الأرض ({{lang|ar|Byretus Madinat Taht al-Ard}}, Byretus Underground City) |
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*[[Raymond Khoury]] – ''[[The Last Templar]]'' |
*[[Raymond Khoury]] – ''[[The Last Templar]]'' |
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*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[The Colorado Kid]]'' |
*[[Stephen King]] – ''[[The Colorado Kid]]'' |
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*[[Kevin MacNeil]] – ''The Stornoway Way'' |
*[[Kevin MacNeil]] – ''The Stornoway Way'' |
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*[[Gregory Maguire]] – ''[[Son of a Witch]]'' |
*[[Gregory Maguire]] – ''[[Son of a Witch]]'' |
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*[[Gabriel |
*[[Gabriel García Márquez]] – ''[[Memories of My Melancholy Whores]]'' |
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*[[Stephenie Meyer]] – ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' |
*[[Stephenie Meyer]] – ''[[Twilight (Meyer novel)|Twilight]]'' |
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*[[David Michaels (author)|David Michaels]] – ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda]]'' |
*[[David Michaels (author)|David Michaels]] – ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda]]'' |
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*[[Robert Muchamore]] |
*[[Robert Muchamore]] |
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*[[Salman Rushdie]] – ''[[Shalimar the Clown]]'' |
*[[Salman Rushdie]] – ''[[Shalimar the Clown]]'' |
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*[[Darren Shan]] – ''[[Lord Loss]]'' (first of [[The Demonata]] series) |
*[[Darren Shan]] – ''[[Lord Loss]]'' (first of [[The Demonata]] series) |
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*[[Michael Slade]] – ''[[Swastika (Slade)|Swastika]]'' |
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*[[Zadie Smith]] – ''[[On Beauty]]'' |
*[[Zadie Smith]] – ''[[On Beauty]]'' |
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*[[Wesley Stace]] – ''[[Misfortune (novel)|Misfortune]]'' |
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*[[Olen Steinhauer]] – ''36 Yalta Boulevard'' |
*[[Olen Steinhauer]] – ''36 Yalta Boulevard'' |
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*[[Matthew Stover]] – ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (novel)|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'' |
*[[Matthew Stover]] – ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (novel)|Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'' |
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*[[Michal Viewegh]] – ''[[Lekce tvůrčího psaní]]'' |
*[[Michal Viewegh]] – ''[[Lekce tvůrčího psaní]]'' |
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*[[Narayan Wagle]] – ''[[Palpasa Cafe]]'' (पल्पसा क्याफे) |
*[[Narayan Wagle]] – ''[[Palpasa Cafe]]'' (पल्पसा क्याफे) |
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*Nalini Warriar – ''The Enemy Within'' |
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*[[David Weber]] – ''[[At All Costs (Weber novel)|At All Costs]]'' |
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*[[Samantha Weinberg]] – ''[[The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel]]'' |
*[[Samantha Weinberg]] – ''[[The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel]]'' |
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*[[Kirby Wright]] – ''Punahou Blues'' |
*[[Kirby Wright]] – ''Punahou Blues'' |
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===Children and young people=== |
===Children and young people=== |
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*[[David Almond]] – ''[[Clay (novel)|Clay]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 21</ref> |
*[[David Almond]] – ''[[Clay (novel)|Clay]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 21</ref> |
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*[[Charlie Jane Anders]] – ''[[Choir Boy (novel)|Choir Boy]]'' |
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*[[Jackie French]] – ''[[They Came on Viking Ships]]'' |
*[[Jackie French]] – ''[[They Came on Viking Ships]]'' |
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*Jonathon Scott Fuqua – ''[[King of the Pygmies]]'' |
*Jonathon Scott Fuqua – ''[[King of the Pygmies]]'' |
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*[[John Green]] – ''[[Looking for Alaska]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 246</ref> |
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*[[Charlie Higson]] – ''[[SilverFin]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 274</ref> |
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*[[Julius Lester]] – ''[[The Old African]]'' |
*[[Julius Lester]] – ''[[The Old African]]'' |
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*Claire and Monte Montgomery - ''[[Hubert Invents the Wheel]]'' |
*Claire and Monte Montgomery - ''[[Hubert Invents the Wheel]]'' |
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*[[Margie Palatini]] (with [[Barry Moser]]) – ''The Three Silly Billies'' |
*[[Margie Palatini]] (with [[Barry Moser]]) – ''The Three Silly Billies'' |
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*[[Peter Parnell]] and [[Justin Richardson]] – ''[[And Tango Makes Three]]'' |
*[[Peter Parnell]] and [[Justin Richardson]] – ''[[And Tango Makes Three]]'' |
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*[[Philip Reeve]] – ''[[Infernal Devices ( |
*[[Philip Reeve]] – ''[[Infernal Devices (Reeve novel)|Infernal Devices]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 492</ref> |
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*[[Rick Riordan]] – ''[[The Lightning Thief]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 449</ref> |
*[[Rick Riordan]] – ''[[The Lightning Thief]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 449</ref> |
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] – ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 264-265</ref> |
*[[J. K. Rowling]] – ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 264-265</ref> |
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⚫ | *[[Lemony Snicket]] – ''[[The Penultimate Peril]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olson |first1=Danel |title=21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7728-3 |page=523 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wLv2fEGnpkC&pg=PA523 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Yrsa Sigurðardóttir]] – ''Þriðja táknið (Last Rituals)'' |
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⚫ | *[[Lemony Snicket]] – ''[[The Penultimate Peril]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olson |first1=Danel |title=21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7728-3 |page=523 |url=https:// |
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*[[Jonathan Stroud]] – ''[[Ptolemy's Gate]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 557</ref> |
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*[[Scott Westerfeld]] – ''[[Uglies]]'' (first in the [[Uglies series]] of four books) |
*[[Scott Westerfeld]] – ''[[Uglies]]'' (first in the [[Uglies series]] of four books) |
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*[[Markus Zusak]] – ''[[The Book Thief]]''<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 652</ref> |
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===Drama=== |
===Drama=== |
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*[[Oleg Kagan]] – ''The Black Hat'' |
*[[Oleg Kagan]] – ''The Black Hat'' |
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*[[Carlos Lacamara]] – ''[[Nowhere on the Border]]'' |
*[[Carlos Lacamara]] – ''[[Nowhere on the Border]]'' |
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*[[The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble]] – ''Wounded'' |
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*[[Peter Morris (playwright)|Peter Morris]] – ''[[Guardians (play)|Guardians]]'' |
*[[Peter Morris (playwright)|Peter Morris]] – ''[[Guardians (play)|Guardians]]'' |
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*[[Vern Thiessen]] – ''[[Shakespeare's Will (play)|Shakespeare's Will]]'' |
*[[Vern Thiessen]] – ''[[Shakespeare's Will (play)|Shakespeare's Will]]'' |
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===Non-fiction=== |
===Non-fiction=== |
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*[[Svetlana Alexievich]] – ''[[Voices from Chernobyl]]'' (''Чернобыльская молитва'', Chernobyl Prayer) |
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*Matthew Bortolin – ''[[The Dharma of Star Wars]]'' |
*Matthew Bortolin – ''[[The Dharma of Star Wars]]'' |
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*[[Edwin Bryant (author)|Edwin Bryant]] – ''Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and inference in Indian history'' |
*[[Edwin Bryant (author)|Edwin Bryant]] – ''Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and inference in Indian history'' |
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*[[Francis Chalifour]] – ''[[After (book)|After]]''<ref>Goodreads, <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/665090.After ''After'']</span>, Book review, Retrieved 2012-11-23.</ref> |
*[[Francis Chalifour]] – ''[[After (Chalifour book)|After]]''<ref>Goodreads, <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/665090.After ''After'']</span>, Book review, Retrieved 2012-11-23.</ref> |
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*[[Jung Chang]] & [[Jon Halliday]] – ''[[Mao: The Unknown Story]]'' |
*[[Jung Chang]] & [[Jon Halliday]] – ''[[Mao: The Unknown Story]]'' |
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*[[Theodore Dalrymple]] – ''[[Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses]]'' |
*[[Theodore Dalrymple]] – ''[[Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses]]'' |
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*[[Jared Diamond]] – ''[[Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed]]'' |
*[[Jared Diamond]] – ''[[Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed]]'' |
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*[[Joan Didion]] – ''[[The Year of Magical Thinking]]'' |
*[[Joan Didion]] – ''[[The Year of Magical Thinking]]'' |
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*[[Amir-Abbas Fakhravar]] – ''Still, the Scraps of Prison'' (هنوز هم؛ ورق پاره های زندان) |
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*[[Robert Fisk]] – ''[[The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East]]'' |
*[[Robert Fisk]] – ''[[The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East]]'' |
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*Randy Grim – ''[[Miracle Dog]]'' |
*Randy Grim – ''[[Miracle Dog]]'' |
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*[[John Grogan]] – ''[[Marley & Me]]'' |
*[[John Grogan]] – ''[[Marley & Me]]'' |
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*[[Michael Gross (writer)|Michael Gross]] – ''[[740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building]]'' |
*[[Michael Gross (American writer)|Michael Gross]] – ''[[740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building]]'' |
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*James Whitney Hicks - ''[[50 Signs of Mental Illness|50 Signs of Mental Illness: A Guide to Understanding Mental Health]]'' |
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*[[Adam Hochschild]] – ''[[Bury the Chains]]'' |
*[[Adam Hochschild]] – ''[[Bury the Chains]]'' |
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*[[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]] – ''Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West'' |
*[[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]] – ''Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West'' |
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*[[Peter C. Newman]] – ''[[The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister]]'' |
*[[Peter C. Newman]] – ''[[The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister]]'' |
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*[[Lisa Randall]] – ''[[Warped Passages]]'' |
*[[Lisa Randall]] – ''[[Warped Passages]]'' |
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*[[Jean Raspail]] – ''[[En canot sur les chemins d'eau du Roi|En Canot sur les chemins d'eau du Roi]]'' (By boat through the royal waterways) |
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*Paul A. Robinson – ''[[Queer Wars]]'' |
*Paul A. Robinson – ''[[Queer Wars]]'' |
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*[[Michael Ruhlman]] and |
*[[Michael Ruhlman]] and Brian Polcyn – ''[[Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing]]'' |
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*[[James S. Shapiro]] – ''1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare'' |
*[[James S. Shapiro]] – ''1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare'' |
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*[[Masamune Shirow]] – ''[[Ghost in the Shell (manga)|Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface]]'' |
*[[Masamune Shirow]] – ''[[Ghost in the Shell (manga)|Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface]]'' |
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*[[David Southwell]] – ''Secrets and Lies'' |
*[[David Southwell]] – ''Secrets and Lies'' |
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*[[James B. Stewart]] – ''[[DisneyWar]]'' |
*[[James B. Stewart]] – ''[[DisneyWar]]'' |
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*''[[Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam]]'' (encyclopedia) |
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==Films== |
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* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' |
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* ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' |
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* ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]'' |
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[January 4]] – [[Humphrey Carpenter]], English biographer, children's fiction writer and radio broadcaster (born [[1946 in literature|1946]]) |
*[[January 4]] – [[Humphrey Carpenter]], English biographer, children's fiction writer and radio broadcaster (born [[1946 in literature|1946]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/books/19carpenter.html |title=Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, dies at 58|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 January 2005}}</ref> |
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*[[January 7]] – [[Pierre Daninos]], French novelist (born [[1913 in literature|1913]])<ref>{{cite web|authorlink=James Kirkup|first=James|last=Kirkup|title=Pierre Daninos, Creator of Major Thompson, the typical Englishman in France|date=11 January 2005|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pierre-daninos-14381.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pierre-daninos-14381.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent (newspaper)|The Independent]]}}</ref> |
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*[[January 7]] – [[Pierre Daninos]], French novelist (born [[1913 in literature|1913]]) |
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*[[January 14]] – [[Charlotte MacLeod]], American mystery writer (born [[1922 in literature|1922]])<ref>{{Cite news | last = Oliver | first = Myrna | title = Charlotte MacLeod, 82; Author of 'Cozy' Mysteries, Juvenile Books | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | pages = B9 | date = January 19, 2005 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-19-me-macleod19-story.html | accessdate = February 13, 2011 | archive-date = July 27, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190727121346/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-19-me-macleod19-story.html | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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*[[January 14]] – [[Charlotte MacLeod]], American mystery writer (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
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*[[January 15]] |
*[[January 15]] |
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**[[Walter Ernsting]], German science fiction author (born [[1920 in literature|1920]]) |
**[[Walter Ernsting]], German science fiction author (born [[1920 in literature|1920]]){{cn|date=September 2024}} |
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**[[Elizabeth Janeway]], American feminist author (born [[1913 in literature|1913]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/obituaries/elizabeth-janeway-91-critic-novelist-and-an-early-feminist-is.html#:~:text=feminist-is|title=Elizabeth Janeway, 91, Critic, Novelist and an Early Feminist, Is Dead|date=January 16, 2005|author=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt|website=New York Times|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> |
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**[[Elizabeth Janeway]], American feminist author (born [[1913 in literature|1913]]) |
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*[[January 19]] – [[K. Sello Duiker]], South African novelist (suicide |
*[[January 19]] – [[K. Sello Duiker]], South African novelist (suicide; born [[1974 in literature|1974]]){{cn|date=September 2024}} |
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*[[January 20]] – [[Roland Frye]], American theologian and critic (born [[1921 in literature|1921]]) |
*[[January 20]] – [[Roland Frye]], American theologian and critic (born [[1921 in literature|1921]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/roland-mushat-frye|title=Roland Mushat Frye|website=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> |
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*[[January 21]] |
*[[January 21]] |
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**[[John L. Hess]], American journalist and critic (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
**[[John L. Hess]], American journalist and critic (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
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**[[Theun de Vries]], Dutch writer and poet (born [[1907 in literature|1907]]) |
**[[Theun de Vries]], Dutch writer and poet (born [[1907 in literature|1907]]) |
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*[[January 24]] – [[Volodymyr Ivanovych Savchenko|Vladimir Savchenko]], Ukrainian science fiction writer (born [[1933 in literature|1933]]) |
*[[January 24]] – [[Volodymyr Ivanovych Savchenko|Vladimir Savchenko]], Ukrainian science fiction writer (born [[1933 in literature|1933]]) |
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*[[January 25]] – [[Max Velthuijs]], Dutch writer and illustrator (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/max-velthuijs-5345000.html|title=Max Velthuijs|date=29 January 2005|website=The Independent|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> |
*[[January 25]] – [[Max Velthuijs]], Dutch writer and illustrator (born [[1923 in literature|1923]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/max-velthuijs-5345000.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/max-velthuijs-5345000.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription|title=Max Velthuijs|date=29 January 2005|website=The Independent|access-date=20 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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*[[January 29]] – [[Ephraim Kishon]], Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born [[1924 in literature|1924]]) |
*[[January 29]] – [[Ephraim Kishon]], Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born [[1924 in literature|1924]]) |
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*[[February 10]] – [[Arthur Miller]], American playwright (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])<ref> |
*[[February 10]] – [[Arthur Miller]], American playwright (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])<ref> |
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{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/playwright-arthur-miller-dies-age-89-wbna6953165|title=Playwright Arthur Miller dies at age 89 – THEATER |publisher=Today.com|access-date=January 11, 2009|last=AP}}</ref> |
{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/playwright-arthur-miller-dies-age-89-wbna6953165|title=Playwright Arthur Miller dies at age 89 – THEATER |publisher=Today.com|access-date=January 11, 2009|last=AP|date=11 February 2005 }}</ref> |
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*[[February 11]] – [[Jack L. Chalker]], American science fiction writer (born [[1944 in literature|1944]]) |
*[[February 11]] – [[Jack L. Chalker]], American science fiction writer (born [[1944 in literature|1944]]) |
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*[[February 20]] – [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American writer, creator of [[Gonzo journalism]] (born [[1937 in literature|1937]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Citizen Thompson — Police report of death scene reveals gonzo journalist's "rosebud" | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/citizen-thompson | publisher = [[The Smoking Gun]] | date = September 8, 2005 | access-date = October 13, 2008}}</ref> |
*[[February 20]] – [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American writer, creator of [[Gonzo journalism]] (born [[1937 in literature|1937]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Citizen Thompson — Police report of death scene reveals gonzo journalist's "rosebud" | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/citizen-thompson | publisher = [[The Smoking Gun]] | date = September 8, 2005 | access-date = October 13, 2008}}</ref> |
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**[[Anna Haycraft]], English novelist (born [[1932 in literature|1932]]) |
**[[Anna Haycraft]], English novelist (born [[1932 in literature|1932]]) |
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*[[March 10]] – [[Patience Gray]], English cookery and travel writer (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
*[[March 10]] – [[Patience Gray]], English cookery and travel writer (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
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*[[March 17]] – [[Andre Norton]], American science fiction writer (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Andre Norton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andre-norton-529308.html |website=The Independent |date=8 October 2011 |access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> |
*[[March 17]] – [[Andre Norton]], American science fiction writer (born [[1912 in literature|1912]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Andre Norton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andre-norton-529308.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andre-norton-529308.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |website=The Independent |date=8 October 2011 |access-date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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*[[March 22]] – [[Anthony Creighton]], English playwright (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
*[[March 22]] – [[Anthony Creighton]], English playwright (born [[1922 in literature|1922]]) |
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*[[March 30]] – [[Robert Creeley]], American poet (born [[1926 in literature|1926]]) |
*[[March 30]] – [[Robert Creeley]], American poet (born [[1926 in literature|1926]]) |
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*[[April 5]] – [[Saul Bellow]], Canadian writer (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries#:~:text=The%20great%20and%20good%20and,literature%2C%20has%20died%20aged%2089.&text=That%20year%2C%20at%20the%20age,review%2C%20The%20Republic%20Of%20Letters.|title=Saul Bellow|date= 7 April 2005|author=Stanley Reynolds|website=The Guardian|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> |
*[[April 5]] – [[Saul Bellow]], Canadian writer (born [[1915 in literature|1915]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries#:~:text=The%20great%20and%20good%20and,literature%2C%20has%20died%20aged%2089.&text=That%20year%2C%20at%20the%20age,review%2C%20The%20Republic%20Of%20Letters.|title=Saul Bellow|date= 7 April 2005|author=Stanley Reynolds|website=The Guardian|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[April 7]] – [[Yvonne Vera]], Zimbabwean novelist (meningitis, born [[1964 in literature|1964]]) |
*[[April 7]] – [[Yvonne Vera]], Zimbabwean novelist (meningitis, born [[1964 in literature|1964]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/27/guardianobituaries.books|title=Yvonne Vera|date=27 April 2005|author=Helon Habila|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref> |
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*[[April 26]] – [[Augusto Roa Bastos]], Paraguayan novelist (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
*[[April 26]] – [[Augusto Roa Bastos]], Paraguayan novelist (born [[1917 in literature|1917]]) |
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*[[May 7]] – [[Tristan Egolf]], American novelist (suicide, born [[1971 in literature|1971]]) |
*[[May 7]] – [[Tristan Egolf]], American novelist (suicide, born [[1971 in literature|1971]]) |
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*[[Hugo Award for Best Novel]]: [[Susanna Clarke]], ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' |
*[[Hugo Award for Best Novel]]: [[Susanna Clarke]], ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' |
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*[[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]: [[David Bergen]], ''The Time in Between'' |
*[[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]: [[David Bergen]], ''The Time in Between'' |
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*[[Edna Staebler Award]] for [[Creative Non-Fiction]]: [[Anne Coleman]], ''[[I'll Tell You a Secret]]''<ref>Faculty of Arts, 2005, <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11308 Edna Staebler Award] {{Webarchive|url=https:// |
*[[Edna Staebler Award]] for [[Creative Non-Fiction]]: [[Anne Coleman]], ''[[I'll Tell You a Secret]]''<ref>Faculty of Arts, 2005, <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11308 Edna Staebler Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001114855/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11308 |date=2012-10-01 }}</span>, ''Wilfrid Laurier University'', Previous winners, Anne Coleman, Retrieved 11/27/2012</ref> |
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===Sweden=== |
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*[[Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award]]: [[Philip Pullman]] and [[Ryōji Arai]]<ref>Hahn 2015, p. 653</ref> |
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===United Kingdom=== |
===United Kingdom=== |
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*[[Commonwealth Writers Prize]]: [[Andrea Levy]], ''[[Small Island (novel)|Small Island]]'' |
*[[Commonwealth Writers Prize]]: [[Andrea Levy]], ''[[Small Island (novel)|Small Island]]'' |
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*[[Dagger of Daggers]]: [[John le Carré]], ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'' (1963) |
*[[Dagger of Daggers]]: [[John le Carré]], ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'' (1963) |
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*[[Eric Gregory Award]]: |
*[[Eric Gregory Award]]: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, [[Luke Kennard (poet)|Luke Kennard]], Jaim Smith |
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*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Sue Prideaux]], ''[[Edvard Munch]]: Behind the Scream'' |
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for biography: [[Sue Prideaux]], ''[[Edvard Munch]]: Behind the Scream'' |
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*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Ian McEwan]], ''[[Saturday (novel)|Saturday]]'' |
*[[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction: [[Ian McEwan]], ''[[Saturday (novel)|Saturday]]'' |
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*[[Man Booker International Prize]] (first award): [[Ismail Kadare]] |
*[[Man Booker International Prize]] (first award): [[Ismail Kadare]] |
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*[[Man Booker Prize]]: [[John Banville]], ''[[The Sea (novel)|The Sea]]'' |
*[[Man Booker Prize]]: [[John Banville]], ''[[The Sea (novel)|The Sea]]'' |
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*[[Samuel Johnson Prize]]: [[Jonathan Coe]], '' |
*[[Samuel Johnson Prize]]: [[Jonathan Coe]], ''Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson'' |
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*[[Orange Prize for Fiction]]: [[Lionel Shriver]], ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin]]'' |
*[[Orange Prize for Fiction]]: [[Lionel Shriver]], ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin]]'' |
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*[[Somerset Maugham Award]]: [[Justin Hill (writer)|Justin Hill]], '' |
*[[Somerset Maugham Award]]: [[Justin Hill (writer)|Justin Hill]], ''Passing Under Heaven''; [[Maggie O'Farrell]], ''[[The Distance Between Us]]'' |
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*[[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Book of the Year Award]]: [[Hilary Spurling]], '' |
*[[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Book of the Year Award]]: [[Hilary Spurling]], ''Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954'' |
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===United States=== |
===United States=== |
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*[[Arthur Rense Prize]]: [[Daniel Hoffman]] |
*[[Arthur Rense Prize]]: [[Daniel Hoffman]] |
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*[[Bollingen Prize for Poetry]]: [[Jay Wright (poet)|Jay Wright]] |
*[[Bollingen Prize for Poetry]]: [[Jay Wright (poet)|Jay Wright]] |
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*[[Brittingham Prize in Poetry]]: |
*[[Brittingham Prize in Poetry]]: Susanna Childress, ''Jagged with Love'' |
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*[[Compton Crook Award]]: [[Tamara Siler Jones]], ''Ghosts in the Snow'' |
*[[Compton Crook Award]]: [[Tamara Siler Jones]], ''Ghosts in the Snow'' |
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*[[Frost Medal]]: [[Marie Ponsot]] |
*[[Frost Medal]]: [[Marie Ponsot]] |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[John Patrick Shanley]], ''[[Doubt (play)|Doubt: A Parable]]'' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]: [[John Patrick Shanley]], ''[[Doubt (play)|Doubt: A Parable]]'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]: [[Marilynne Robinson]], ''[[Gilead (novel)|Gilead]]'' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]: [[Marilynne Robinson]], ''[[Gilead (novel)|Gilead]]'' |
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*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Ted Kooser]], '' |
*[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[Ted Kooser]], ''Delights & Shadows'' |
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*[[Wallace Stevens Award]]: [[Gerald Stern]] |
*[[Wallace Stevens Award]]: [[Gerald Stern]] |
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*[[Whiting Awards]]: |
*[[Whiting Awards]]: |
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:Plays: [[Rinne Groff]] |
:Plays: [[Rinne Groff]] |
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:Poetry: [[Thomas Sayers Ellis]], [[Ilya Kaminsky]], [[Dana Levin (poet)|Dana Levin]], [[Spencer Reece]], [[Tracy K. Smith]] |
:Poetry: [[Thomas Sayers Ellis]], [[Ilya Kaminsky]], [[Dana Levin (poet)|Dana Levin]], [[Spencer Reece]], [[Tracy K. Smith]] |
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*[[Wordcraft Writer of the Year Award for Poetry]]: [[Allison Hedge Coke]], ''Off-Season City Pipe'' |
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===Other=== |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005.
Events
[edit]- February 25 – Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.[1]
- March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series Doctor Who returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer.[2]
- April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30.[3]
- June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales.[4]
- August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time.[5]
New books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Tariq Ali – A Sultan in Palermo[6]
- Rajaa Alsanea – Girls of Riyadh (بنات الرياض, Banat al-Riyadh)
- Avi – Never Mind
- Tash Aw – The Harmony Silk Factory
- Steve Aylett – Lint
- Doreen Baingana – Tropical Fish (short stories)
- John Banville – The Sea
- Sebastian Barry – A Long Long Way
- Nelson Bond – Other Worlds Than Ours
- Dionne Brand – What We All Long For
- Orson Scott Card
- Rita Chowdhury – Deo Langkhui
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson – What You Won't Do for Love
- Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception[7]
- Bernard Cornwell – The Pale Horseman[8]
- Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth
- Robert Crais – The Forgotten Man
- Mitch Cullin – A Slight Trick of the Mind
- Michael Cunningham – Specimen Days
- Rana Dasgupta – Tokyo Cancelled
- Lindsey Davis – See Delphi and Die
- Abha Dawesar – Babyji
- L. Sprague de Camp – Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp
- Troy Denning
- Bret Easton Ellis – Lunar Park
- Alicia Erian – Towelhead
- Steve Erickson – Our Ecstatic Days
- Sebastian Faulks – Human Traces
- Amanda Filipacchi – Love Creeps
- Jonathan Safran Foer – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close[9]
- Nicci French – Catch Me When I Fall
- Gayleen Froese – Touch
- Cornelia Funke – Inkspell
- David Gibbins – Atlantis
- Kate Grenville – The Secret River (Melbourne)
- Abdulrazak Gurnah – Desertion
- Margaret Peterson Haddix – Among the Enemy
- Joanne Harris – Gentlemen & Players
- Carl Hiaasen – Flush
- Charlie Higson – SilverFin
- Peter Hobbs – The Short Day Dying
- John Irving – Until I Find You
- Kazuo Ishiguro – Never Let Me Go
- Uzodinma Iweala – Beasts of No Nation
- Raymond Khoury – The Last Templar
- Stephen King – The Colorado Kid
- Dean Koontz – Velocity
- Elizabeth Kostova – The Historian
- Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Marina Lewycka – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- Yiyun Li – A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (short stories)
- James Luceno
- Mike McCormack – Notes from a Coma[10]
- Ian McEwan – Saturday
- Elizabeth McKenzie – Stop That Girl
- Kevin MacNeil – The Stornoway Way
- Gregory Maguire – Son of a Witch
- Gabriel García Márquez – Memories of My Melancholy Whores
- Stephenie Meyer – Twilight
- David Michaels – Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda
- Robert Muchamore
- Péter Nádas – Parallel Stories
- Garth Nix – Drowned Wednesday
- Chuck Palahniuk – Haunted
- Christopher Paolini – Eldest
- Robert B. Parker – School Days
- Ruth Rendell – End in Tears
- Salman Rushdie – Shalimar the Clown
- Darren Shan – Lord Loss (first of The Demonata series)
- Zadie Smith – On Beauty
- Wesley Stace – Misfortune
- Olen Steinhauer – 36 Yalta Boulevard
- Matthew Stover – Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Thomas Sullivan – Second Soul
- Jean-François Susbielle – La Morsure du dragon
- Vikas Swarup – Q & A
- Rupert Thomson – Divided Kingdom
- Harry Turtledove (editor) – The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp
- Andrew Vachss – Two Trains Running
- Catherynne M. Valente – Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams
- Michal Viewegh – Lekce tvůrčího psaní
- Narayan Wagle – Palpasa Cafe (पल्पसा क्याफे)
- Nalini Warriar – The Enemy Within
- David Weber – At All Costs
- Samantha Weinberg – The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel
- Kirby Wright – Punahou Blues
- Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
Children and young people
[edit]- David Almond – Clay[11]
- Charlie Jane Anders – Choir Boy
- Jackie French – They Came on Viking Ships
- Jonathon Scott Fuqua – King of the Pygmies
- John Green – Looking for Alaska[12]
- Charlie Higson – SilverFin[13]
- Julius Lester – The Old African
- Claire and Monte Montgomery - Hubert Invents the Wheel
- Jenny Nimmo – Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors[14]
- Jane O'Connor – Fancy Nancy (first in a series of over 70 books)
- Margie Palatini (with Barry Moser) – The Three Silly Billies
- Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson – And Tango Makes Three
- Philip Reeve – Infernal Devices[15]
- Rick Riordan – The Lightning Thief[16]
- J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[17]
- Lemony Snicket – The Penultimate Peril[18]
- Dugald Steer (with Nghiem Ta, etc.) – Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin
- Jonathan Stroud – Ptolemy's Gate[19]
- Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (first in the Uglies series of four books)
- Markus Zusak – The Book Thief[20]
Drama
[edit]- Catherine Filloux – Lemkin's House
- debbie tucker green
- stoning mary
- generations
- Oleg Kagan – The Black Hat
- Carlos Lacamara – Nowhere on the Border
- Peter Morris – Guardians
- Vern Thiessen – Shakespeare's Will
- Laura Wade
- Vincent Woods – A Cry from Heaven
Poetry
[edit]- Carol Ann Duffy – Rapture
Non-fiction
[edit]- Matthew Bortolin – The Dharma of Star Wars
- Edwin Bryant – Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and inference in Indian history
- Francis Chalifour – After[21]
- Jung Chang & Jon Halliday – Mao: The Unknown Story
- Theodore Dalrymple – Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
- Michel Déon – Horseman, Pass By! (Cavalier, passe ton chemin!)
- Jared Diamond – Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- Joan Didion – The Year of Magical Thinking
- Robert Fisk – The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
- Randy Grim – Miracle Dog
- John Grogan – Marley & Me
- Michael Gross – 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building
- James Whitney Hicks - 50 Signs of Mental Illness: A Guide to Understanding Mental Health
- Adam Hochschild – Bury the Chains
- Tom Holland – Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
- Tony Judt – Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne – Blue Ocean Strategy
- Lawrence M. Krauss – Hiding in the Mirror
- Mark Levin – Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America
- Alexander Masters – Stuart: A Life Backwards
- Azadeh Moaveni – Lipstick Jihad
- Peter C. Newman – The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister
- Lisa Randall – Warped Passages
- Paul A. Robinson – Queer Wars
- Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn – Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing
- James S. Shapiro – 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
- Masamune Shirow – Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface
- Rebecca Solnit – A Field Guide to Getting Lost
- David Southwell – Secrets and Lies
- James B. Stewart – DisneyWar
Films
[edit]- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Oliver Twist
- Pride & Prejudice
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Deaths
[edit]- January 4 – Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, children's fiction writer and radio broadcaster (born 1946)[22]
- January 7 – Pierre Daninos, French novelist (born 1913)[23]
- January 14 – Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (born 1922)[24]
- January 15
- Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (born 1920)[citation needed]
- Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (born 1913)[25]
- January 19 – K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (suicide; born 1974)[citation needed]
- January 20 – Roland Frye, American theologian and critic (born 1921)[26]
- January 21
- John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917)
- Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (born 1907)
- January 24 – Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (born 1933)
- January 25 – Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator (born 1923)[27]
- January 29 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born 1924)
- February 10 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (born 1915)[28]
- February 11 – Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (born 1944)
- February 20 – Hunter S. Thompson, American writer, creator of Gonzo journalism (born 1937)[29]
- February 21 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (born 1929)
- February 25 – Phoebe Hesketh, English poet (born 1909)
- March 7 – Willis Hall, English playwright (born 1929)
- March 8
- Alice Thomas Ellis, English novelist, essayist and cookery book author (born 1932)[30]
- Anna Haycraft, English novelist (born 1932)
- March 10 – Patience Gray, English cookery and travel writer (born 1917)
- March 17 – Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (born 1912)[31]
- March 22 – Anthony Creighton, English playwright (born 1922)
- March 30 – Robert Creeley, American poet (born 1926)
- April 5 – Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (born 1915)[32]
- April 7 – Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (meningitis, born 1964)[33]
- April 26 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (born 1917)
- May 7 – Tristan Egolf, American novelist (suicide, born 1971)
- June 9 – Hovis Presley, English poet (heart attack, born 1960)
- June 10 – Nick Darke, Cornish playwright (cancer, born 1948)
- June 14 – Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (born 1923)
- June 16 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (born 1905)
- June 20 – Larry Collins, American novelist (born 1929)
- June 22 – William Donaldson, English satirist (born 1935)
- June 27 – Shelby Foote, American novelist (born 1916)
- June 28 – Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (born 1932)
- June 30 – Christopher Fry, English dramatist (born 1907)
- July 6
- Evan Hunter, American novelist (born 1926)
- Claude Simon, French Nobel laureate in literature (born 1913)
- July 7 – Gustaf Sobin, American poet (born 1935)
- July 17 – Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (born 1924)
- July 19 – Edward Bunker, American crime writer (born 1933)
- August 9 – Judith Rossner, American novelist (born 1935)
- August 16 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (born 1938)
- August 21 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (born 1036)
- August 29 – Sybil Marshall, English novelist (born 1913)
- September 3 – R. S. R. Fitter, English nature writer (born 1913)
- September 26 – Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (born 1934)[34]
- September 27
- Ronald Pearsall, English writer (born 1927)
- Mary Lee Settle, American novelist (born 1918)
- October 2 – August Wilson, American playwright (born 1945)
- October 17 – Ba Jin (巴金), Chinese novelist (born 1904)
- October 31 – Amrita Pritam, Indian Punjabi poet and novelist (born 1919)
- November 1 – Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (born 1915)
- November 2 – Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian
- November 4 – Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (born 1932)
- November 5 – John Fowles, English writer (born 1926)
- November 21 – Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (born 1907)
- November 26 – Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (born 1923)
- December 1 – Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist
- December 2 – Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (born 1925)
- December 9 – Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (born 1928)
- December 15 – Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (born 1914)
- December 16 – Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (born 1921)
Awards
[edit]Australia
[edit]- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Andrew T. O'Connor, Tuvalu
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: M. T. C. Cronin, <More or Less Than> 1–100
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers
- Miles Franklin Award: Andrew McGahan, The White Earth
Canada
[edit]- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go to China
- Griffin Poetry Prize: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Towards Oishida and Charles Simic, Selected Poems: 1963-2003
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: David Bergen, The Time in Between
- Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret[35]
Sweden
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting (first award): Duncan Macmillan, Monster
- Caine Prize for African Writing: S. A. Afolabi, "Monday Morning"
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Mal Peet, Tamar[37]
- Cholmondeley Award: Jane Duran, Christopher Logue, M. R. Peacocke, Neil Rollinson
- Commonwealth Writers Prize: Andrea Levy, Small Island
- Dagger of Daggers: John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)
- Eric Gregory Award: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Jaim Smith
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Ian McEwan, Saturday
- Man Booker International Prize (first award): Ismail Kadare
- Man Booker Prize: John Banville, The Sea
- Samuel Johnson Prize: Jonathan Coe, Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Somerset Maugham Award: Justin Hill, Passing Under Heaven; Maggie O'Farrell, The Distance Between Us
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award: Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954
United States
[edit]- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: B. H. Fairchild
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Rick Hilles, Brother Salvage: Poems
- Arthur Rense Prize: Daniel Hoffman
- Bollingen Prize for Poetry: Jay Wright
- Brittingham Prize in Poetry: Susanna Childress, Jagged with Love
- Compton Crook Award: Tamara Siler Jones, Ghosts in the Snow
- Frost Medal: Marie Ponsot
- Hugo Award: Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2005 Lambda Literary Awards.
- National Book Award for Poetry: W. S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems
- National Book Critics Circle Award: to War Trash by Ha Jin
- Newbery Medal: Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira[38]
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to The March by E.L. Doctorow
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt: A Parable
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Ted Kooser, Delights & Shadows
- Wallace Stevens Award: Gerald Stern
- Whiting Awards:
- Fiction: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Nell Freudenberger, Seth Kantner, John Keene (fiction/poetry)
- Plays: Rinne Groff
- Poetry: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith
Other
[edit]- International Dublin Literary Award: Edward P. Jones, The Known World
- German Book Prize (first award): Arno Geiger, Es geht uns gut (We Are Doing Fine)
- Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres: Patti Smith
See also
[edit]- List of years in literature
- Literature
- Poetry
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- 2005 in Australian literature
Notes
[edit]- Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.
References
[edit]- ^ Janet Giltrow; Dieter Stein (2009). Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-90-272-5433-7.
- ^ "Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner" (Press release). BBC. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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