2013 in literature
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Overview of the events of 2013 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2013 .
Events
21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted.[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 becomes a UNESCO -designated event marked in more than 100 countries.[3]
April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, The Cuckoo's Calling , under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books . The author's identity is revealed 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 a novel by Mark Haddon , wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London.[5]
1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger.
3 September – The new Library of Birmingham , the largest public library in the U.K., 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, author of three forthcoming novels.[7]
28 November – Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger (died 2010), including "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls ", are leaked onto the internet.
Libro de los Epítomes , an early sixteenth-century library catalog compiled by Ferdinand Columbus , is rediscovered after nearly 500 years in the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection in Copenhagen .
Anniversaries
New books
Fiction
Children's and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 2
January 7 – Maruša Krese , Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947 )[13]
January 10 – Evan S. Connell , American novelist, poet and short story writer (born 1924 )
January 11 – Robert Kee , English writer, journalist and broadcaster (born 1919 )[14]
January 18 – Jacques Sadoul , French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934 )[15]
January 20
January 24 – Richard G. Stern , American novelist and educator (born 1928 )
February 2 – Sirajul Haq Memon , Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933 )[17]
February 3 – Robert Anthony Welch , Irish author and academic (born 1947 )[18]
February 4 – Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946 )[19]
February 5 – Leda Mileva , Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920 )[20]
February 7
February 8 – Alan Sharp , Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934 )[23]
February 10 – W. Watts Biggers , American novelist (born 1927 )[24]
February 12 – Barnaby Conrad , American author (born 1922 )[25]
February 13 – Oswald LeWinter , Austrian-born American writer (born 1931 )[26]
February 14
February 17
February 23
February 24 – Mahmoud Salem , Egyptian author (born 1931 )[35]
February 26
February 27
March 10 – Robert Chrisman , American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founded The Black Scholar (born 1937 )
March 30 – Daniel Hoffmann , American poet and essayist (born 1923 )
April 1 – Kildare Dobbs , Canadian author (born 1923 )
April 11 – Adam Galos , Polish historian (born 1924 )[40]
April 13 – Nick Pollotta , American science fiction author (born 1954 )[41]
April 20
April 22 – Clément Marchand , Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912 )[44]
May 1 – Gregory Rogers , Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957 )
May 12 – Per Maurseth , Norwegian historian (born 1932 )
May 23 – William Demby , American author (born 1922 )
June 6 – Tom Sharpe , English comic novelist (born 1928 )[45]
June 9 – Iain Banks , Scottish novelist (born 1954 )[46]
June 23 – Richard Matheson , American author and screenwriter (born 1926 )[47]
July 12 – Elaine Morgan , Welsh writer on anthropology (born 1920 )
September 2 – Frederik Pohl , American science fiction writer (born 1919 )[48]
September 18 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki , Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920 )
September 21 – Kofi Awoonor , Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935 )[49]
September 23
October 1 – Tom Clancy , American thriller writer (born 1947 )[53]
November 25 – Joel Lane , English author, poet, and critic (born 1963 )
December 11 – Barbara Branden , Canadian-American author (born 1929 )
Awards
Akutagawa Prize (Early): Kaori Fujino for Tsume to Me (爪と目) "Nails and Eyes"
Caine Prize for African Writing : Tope Folarin , "Miracle"
Camões Prize : Mia Couto [54]
Danuta Gleed Literary Award : (announced 11 June 2013)
David Cohen Prize : Hilary Mantel
Dayne Ogilvie Prize : Main award, C. E. Gatchalian ; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan , Barry Webster
Dylan Thomas Prize : Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins [55]
German Book Prize : Das Ungeheuer by Terézia Mora
Goldsmiths Prize : A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride [56]
Gordon Burn Prize : Pig Iron by Ben Myers [57]
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 Dublin Literary Award : City of Bohane by Kevin Barry [58]
International Prize for Arabic Fiction : The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi
Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards
Man Booker Prize : The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Miles Franklin Award : Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser [59] [60]
National Biography Award (5 August): The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick [61]
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 [62]
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
SAARC Literary Award : Suman Pokhrel , Abhay K , Daya Dissanayake , Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid
Samuel Johnson Prize : (announced November 2013) The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Scotiabank Giller Prize : Lynn Coady , Hellgoing [63]
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
Women's Prize for Fiction : May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award : W.S. Merwin [64]
References
^ "George Orwell Day begins annual commemoration" . The Guardian . London. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013 .
^ Harding, Luke (28 January 2013). "Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 12 December 2014 .
^ a b c d e f g h "2013: the year ahead in books" . The Guardian . London. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013 .
^ Lyall, Sarah (14 July 2013). "This Detective Novel's Story Doesn't Add Up" . The New York Times . Retrieved 14 July 2013 .
^ "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. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2013 .
^ "Harriet Jacobs | American abolitionist and author" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 21 August 2018 .
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^ "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. Archived from the original on 5 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 . 18 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013 .
^ "Granny poet marks 100th birthday with verse for victims" . asahi.com. Retrieved 28 December 2011 .
^ 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 (in Bulgarian)
^ Σκοτώθηκε στην Αίγυπτο η συγγραφέας Νίκη Μαραγκού lifo.gr (in Greek)
^ Jonathan Rendall dies , The Times , 7 February 2013
^ Bergan, Ronald (14 February 2013). "Alan Sharp obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 January 2017 .
^ 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 Archived 5 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine , 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 Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine 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 (in 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 Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine 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 (15 June 2013). "Iain Banks: the final interview" . The Guardian . Retrieved 31 July 2013 .
^ 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 22 September 2013 .
^ Miles Franklin Award winning novelist Christopher Koch dead at 81
^ Álvaro Mutis muere a la edad de 90 años en México (in Spanish)
^ Addio a Luciano Vincenzoni, scrisse "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo" (in Italian)
^ Kite, Lorien (2 October 2013). "Thriller writer Tom Clancy dies" . FT.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014 .
^ "Award: Mia Couto recipient of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature – Brazil | Portuguese American Journal" . Portuguese American Journal . Retrieved 18 December 2016 .
^ "Dylan Thomas Prize: US writer Claire Vaye Watkins wins £30,000" . BBC News . 7 November 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 .
^ Lea, Richard (7 June 2013). "Kevin Barry wins Impac award" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 5 July 2013 .
^ 2013 Winner, Michelle de Kretser Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Miles Franklin Literary Awards
^ 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. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014 .
^ "Lynn Coady Wins The 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize" . www.scotiabank.com . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ "W. S. Merwin Granted International Herbert Award" . Retrieved 12 March 2019 .
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