2007 in literature
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Overview of the events of 2007 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2007 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Genre fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 23 – Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist (born 1932 )
January 27 – Herbert Reinecker , German novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1914 )
January 30 – Sidney Sheldon , American writer (born 1917 )
February 16 – Sheridan Morley , English critic and biographer (born 1941 )
March 30 – Michael Dibdin , British crime writer (born 1947 )
April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut , American satirical novelist (born 1922 )[7]
May 8 – Philip R. Craig , American author and poet (born 1933 )
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 )
September 3 – Mária Szepes , Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (born 1908 )
September 6 – Madeleine L'Engle , American novelist (born 1918 )
September 16 – Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), American fantasy and historical novelist (born 1948 )
November 10 – Norman Mailer , American novelist, journalist and playwright (born 1923 )
November 12 – Ira Levin , American novelist, dramatist and songwriter (born 1929 )
November 19 – Magda Szabó , Hungarian novelist, dramatist and essayist (born 1917 )
November 27 – Jane Rule , Canadian novelist (born 1931 )
December 22 – Julien Gracq , French novelist, critic and poet (born 1910 )
Awards
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Other
See also
References
^ "World's Oldest Newspaper Goes Purely Digital" . Newsmax Media . Associated Press . February 6, 2007. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2011 .
^ "' Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history" . International Herald Tribune . July 23, 2007. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2011 .
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^ "Pratchett funds Alzheimer's study" . BBC News . March 13, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2010 .
^ "Dejan Stojanović, Ples Vremena, Konras, Beograd, 2007" . Internet Archive .
^ Faculty of Arts, March 20, 2009, Edna Staebler Award Archived December 8, 2012, at Archive.today , Wilfrid Laurier University Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved 11/16/2012
^ "Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84" . The New York Times . April 11, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2016 .
^ Faculty of Arts, 2007, Edna Staebler Award , Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Linden MacIntyre, Retrieved 11/16/2012