2015 in literature
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Overview of the events of 2015 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2015 .
Events
Anniversaries
New books
The date in brackets after a title refers to U.S. publication unless otherwise stated.
Fiction
Children and young people
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 1 – Miller Williams , American poet, 84 (born 1930 )[13] [14]
January 4 – Michele Serros , American novelist, poet, and staff writer, 48 (born 1966 )[15] [16]
January 10 – Robert Stone , American novelist, 77 (born 1937 )[17]
January 12 – John Bayley , novelist and critic, 89 (born 1925 )[18]
January 25 – John Leggett , American author and academic, 97 (born 1917 )
January 27 – Suzette Haden Elgin , American linguist and science fiction author, 78 (born 1936 )[19]
January 28 – Lionel Gilbert , Australian historian, author, and academic, 90 (born 1924 )[20]
January 29 – Colleen McCullough , Australian author, 77 (born 1937 )[21]
February 6
February 13 – Faith Bandler , Australian author and civil rights activist, 96 (born 1918 )[22]
February 14 – Philip Levine , American poet laureate, 87 (born 1928 )[23] [24]
February 23 – James Aldridge , Australian-born British novelist and journalist, 96 (born 1918 )[25]
February 26
February 28 – Yaşar Kemal , Turkish writer and intellectual (born 1923 )
March 12 – Sir Terry Pratchett , English author of fantasy novels, 66 (posterior cortical atrophy , born 1948 )[28]
March 18 – Grace Ogot , Kenyan writer, 84 (born 1930 )
March 24 – Alan Seymour , Australian playwright, 87 (born 1927 )[29]
March 26 – Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet, translator, and Nobel prizewinner, 83 (born 1931 )[30] [31]
April 9 – Ivan Doig , American novelist, 75 (born 1939 ).[32]
April 13
Eduardo Galeano , Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, 74 (lung cancer, born 1940 )
Günter Grass , German novelist, poet, playwright, and Nobel prizewinner, 87 (lung infection, born 1927 )
May 2 – Ruth Rendell , English crime and thriller writer, 85 (born 1930 )[33]
May 20 – J. S. Harry , Australian poet, 76 (born 1939 )[34]
June 19 – James Salter , American novelist and short-story writer, 90 (born 1925 )[35] [36]
July 21 – E. L. Doctorow , American novelist, 84 (born 1931 )
July 31 – Alan Cheuse , American writer and radio reviewer, 75 (born 1940 )
August 30 – Oliver Sacks , British neurologist and author (Awakenings ), 82 (born 1933 )[37] [38]
October 2 – Brian Friel , Irish playwright and short-story writer, 86 (born 1929 )
October 5 – Henning Mankell , Swedish novelist, children’s author and playwright, 67 (born 1948 )
October 18
November 30 :
November 30 – Fatema Mernissi , Moroccan scholar and writer, 75 (born 1940 )[41]
December 5 – William McIlvanney , Scottish novelist, short-story writer and poet, 79 (born 1936 )
December 9 – Akiyuki Nosaka , Japanese writer (Grave of the Fireflies ), 85 (born 1930 )
Awards
Akutagawa Prize , Japan: Masatsugu Ono for 9 Nen Mae no Inori (A Prayer Nine Years Ago ) [42]
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award , U.S.: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction : How to Be Both by Ali Smith [43]
Caine Prize for African Writing : Namwali Serpell , "The Sack"
Camões Prize , Portugal: Hélia Correia
David Cohen Prize : Tony Harrison
Dayne Ogilvie Prize , Canada: Alex Leslie
Desmond Elliott Prize , U.K.: Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller [44]
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature : The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, India
Folio Prize , U.K.: Family Life by Akhil Sharma [45]
German Book Prize : Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 by Frank Witzel
Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings , Macedonia: Bei Dao (China) [46]
Goldsmiths Prize , U.K.: Beatlebone by Kevin Barry [47]
Gordon Burn Prize , U.K.: In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies[48]
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction , Canada: Guy Vanderhaeghe , Daddy Lenin and Other Stories
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction , Canada: Nicolas Dickner , Six degrés de liberté
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française : Les Prépondérants by Hédi Kaddour ; 2084: la fin du monde by Boualem Sansal
International Prize for Arabic Fiction : The Italian by Shukri Mabkhout , Tunisia
International Dublin Literary Award : Harvest by Jim Crace
Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award : Blue Is the Night by Eoin McNamee [49]
Man Booker Prize : A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Miguel de Cervantes Prize : Fernando del Paso
Miles Franklin Award : The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna [50]
National Book Award for Fiction , U.S.: Fortune Smiles By Adam Johnson
Nobel Prize in Literature : Svetlana Alexievich , Belarus
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish
PEN Center USA 2015 Fiction Award: Robert Thomas, Bridge [51]
Premio Planeta de Novela , Spain: Hombres desnudos by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett; La isla de Alice by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Premio Strega , Italy: Nicola Lagioia
Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing , U. S.: David Hackett Fischer
Prix Goncourt : Boussole by Mathias Énard
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , U.S.: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr [52]
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry : U.S.: Digest by Gregory Pardlo
RBC Taylor Prize , Canada: They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize , Canada: André Alexis , Fifteen Dogs
Russian Booker Prize : Vera by Alexander Snegirev
SAARC Literary Award : Sitakant Mahapatra , Selina Hossain , Suman Pokhrel , Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary, Aryan Aroon
Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, U.K.: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
Scotiabank Giller Prize , Canada: André Alexis , Fifteen Dogs
Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, U.K.: The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling
Whiting Awards , U.S.: Fiction: Leopoldine Core , Dan Josefson , Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi ; Nonfiction: Elena Passarello ; Plays: Lucas Hnath , Anne Washburn ; Poetry: Anthony Carelli , Aracelis Girmay , Jenny Johnson , Roger Reeves
W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction , U.S.: Redeployment by Phil Klay [53]
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award : Ryszard Krynicki [54]
See also
References
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^ "James Salter, a 'Writer's Writer' Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90" . The New York Times . 20 June 2015.
^ "James Salter, America's 'most underrated underrated author', dies at 90" . Telegraph.co.uk . 20 June 2015.
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^ "Ono wins Akutagawa literary award; Nishi wins Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . January 16, 2015.
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^ "Chinese poet Bei Dao is the winner of the "Golden Wreath" 2015" . Struga Poetry Evenings. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^ Flood, Alison (11 November 2015). "Novel about John Lennon and primal screaming wins Goldsmiths prize" . The Guardian . Retrieved 13 November 2015 .
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^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award: Sofie Laguna wins for novel The Eye Of The Sheep" . ABC News, 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015 .
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^ Flood, Alison (21 April 2015). "Pulitzer prize for fiction goes to All the Light We Cannot See" . The Guardian . Guardian News & Media . Retrieved 21 April 2015 .
^ "' Redeployment' by Phil Klay wins the 2015 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award 'for Excellence in Military Fiction' " .
^ "Ryszard Krynicki Wins the 2015 Zbigniew Herbert Prize" . Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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