2009 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009.

Events

Herta Müller

New books

Fiction

Genre fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Poetry

  • Christopher Reid – A Scattering
  • Toyo Shibata (柴田トヨ) – Kujikenaide (Don't lose heart)

Non-fiction

Deaths

Maurice Druon
Frank McCourt
Aeronwy Thomas
    • Michaël Zeeman, Dutch critic, poet and writer (born 1958)
  • July 31 – Tim Guest, English writer (drug overdose; born 1975)
  • August 2 – Adolf Endler, German writer (born 1930)
  • August 4 – Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and author (born 1957)
  • August 5 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1914)
  • August 6
    • Jack T. Kirby, American historian (born 1938)
    • Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet (born 1935)
  • August 7 – Danko Popović, Serbian writer (born 1928)
  • August 8 – Alfonso Calderón, Chilean writer and poet (born 1930)[31]
  • August 9 – Thierry Jonquet, French writer (born 1954)
  • August 10
    • Josef Burg, Ukrainian writing in Yiddish (born 1912)
    • Merlyn Mantle, American author (born 1932)
  • August 16 – Alistair Campbell, New Zealand poet (born 1925)
  • August 18
    • Dic Jones, Welsh poet writing in Welsh (born 1934)[32]
    • Hugo Loetscher, Swiss author writing in German (born 1929)
    • Fernanda Pivano, Italian writer (born 1917)
  • August 20 – Karla Kuskin, American children's author (born 1932)
  • August 22 – Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (born 1926)
Elmer Kelton
  • August 25
    • Bob Carroll, American historian and author (born 1936)
    • Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer and poet (born 1913)
  • September 3 – Christine D'Haen, Belgian poet writing in Flemish (born 1923)
Christine D'Haen
  • September 4 – Keith Waterhouse, English author and playwright (born 1929)[33]
  • September 6
    • Catherine Gaskin, Irish-born Australian romantic novelist (born 1929)
    • Nada Iveljić, Croatian children's writer (born 1931)
  • September 10 – Lyn Hamilton, Canadian author (born 1944)
  • September 11 – Jim Carroll, American writer and poet (born 1949)
  • September 12
    • William Hoffman, American novelist (born 1925)
    • Antônio Olinto, Brazilian writer (born 1919)
  • September 13 – Sarah E. Wright, American novelist (born 1928)
  • September 15 – Trevor Rhone, Jamaican playwright (born 1940)
  • September 19 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (born 1915)
  • September 21 – Junzo Shono (庄野 潤三), Japanese author (born 1921)
  • September 22 – Kole Čašule, Macedonian essayist, dramatist and short story writer (born 1921)
  • September 24 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist writing in French (suicide; born 1973)
  • September 25 – Willy Breinholst, Danish author (born 1918)
  • September 27 – William Safire, American columnist (born 1929)
  • October 1
    • Otar Chiladze, Georgian writer (born 1933)
    • Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet (born 1921)[34]
  • October 4 – Veikko Huovinen, Finnish writer (born 1927)
  • November 1 – Esther Hautzig, Polish-born American autobiographer (born 1930)
  • November 20 – Naomi Frankel, German-born Israeli novelist (born 1918)[35]
  • November 29 – Robert Holdstock, English fantasy novelist (born 1949)
Veikko Huovinen
  • November 30 – Milorad Pavić, Serbian writer (born 1929)
  • December 2 –Elizabeth Berridge, British novelist (born 1919)[36]
  • December 5 – William Lederer, American author (born 1912)[37]
  • December 7
    • Carlene Hatcher Polite, American novelist (born 1932)
    • Pyotr Vail, Latvian-born Russian essayist and journalist (born 1949)
  • December 13 – Julian Fane, British author (born 1927)[38]
  • December 15 – C. D. B. Bryan, American author (born 1936)
  • December 19 – Loren Singer, American novelist (born 1923)
  • December 20 – Vera Rich, English poet and journalist (born 1936)
Vera Rich

Awards

Australia

Canada

France

  • Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Pierre Michon, Les Onze

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

Elsewhere

See also

Notes

  • Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.

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