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Overview of the events of 2009 in literature
Overview of the events of 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
Non-fiction
Deaths
January 1 –
Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian novelist and screenwriter (born
1924 )
[15]
January 7 –
Valerie Flint , English medieval historian (born
1936 )
[16]
January 20 –
Sheila Walsh , English novelist (born
1928 )
[17]
January 27 –
John Updike , American novelist (born
1932 )
[18]
February 18 –
Tayeb Salih , Sudanese fiction writer and cultural commentator (born
1929 )
[19]
February 20 –
Christopher Nolan , Irish poet and author (choking; born
1965 )
[20]
February 25 –
Philip José Farmer , American science fiction writer (born
1918 )
[21]
March 13 –
James Purdy , American novelist, poet and playwright (born
1914 )
[22]
March 21 –
Winifred Foley , English memoirist (born
1914 )
[23]
March 31 –
Michael Cox , English novelist and biographer (
hemangiopericytoma , born
1948 )
Maurice Druon
April 14 –
Maurice Druon , French historical novelist (born
1918 )
[24]
April 15 –
Clement Freud , German-born English writer and broadcaster (born
1924 )
[25]
April 19 –
J. G. Ballard , English novelist (born
1930 )
[26]
May 6 –
Lev Losev , Russian American poet (born
1937 )
May 17 –
Mario Benedetti , Uruguayan writer (born
1920 )
June 2 –
David Eddings , American novelist (born
1931 )
June 27 –
Frank Barlow , English historian (born
1911 )
[27]
July 6 –
Vasily Aksyonov , Russian novelist (born
1932 )
July 14 –
Phyllis Gotlieb , Canadian novelist (born
1926 )
[28]
July 19 –
Frank McCourt , American memoirist and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1930)
[29]
Frank McCourt
Aeronwy Thomas
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
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
August 16 –
Alistair Campbell , New Zealand poet (born
1925 )
August 18
August 20 –
Karla Kuskin , American children's author (born
1932 )
August 22 –
Elmer Kelton , American Western novelist (born
1926 )
Elmer Kelton
Christine D'Haen
September 4 –
Keith Waterhouse , English author and playwright (born
1929 )
[33]
September 6
September 10 –
Lyn Hamilton , Canadian author (born
1944 )
September 11 –
Jim Carroll , American writer and poet (born
1949 )
September 12
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
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
Vera Rich
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see
2009 Lambda Literary Awards .
National Book Award for Fiction :
Colum McCann ,
Let the Great World Spin
National Book Critics Circle Award :
Hilary Mantel ,
Wolf Hall
National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction :
Richard Holmes ,
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Newbery Medal for children's literature:
Neil Gaiman ,
The Graveyard Book
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction :
Joseph O'Neill ,
Netherland
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :
Elizabeth Strout ,
Olive Kitteridge
Whiting Awards : Fiction:
Adam Johnson ,
Nami Mun ,
Salvatore Scibona ,
Vu Tran ; Nonfiction:
Michael Meyer ,
Hugh Raffles ; Plays:
Rajiv Joseph ; Poetry:
Jericho Brown ,
Jay Hopler ,
Joan Kane
Elsewhere
See also
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Second ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
ISBN
9780198715542 .
References
^ Cody, Edward (April 21, 2009).
"U. N. Launches Library Of World's Knowledge" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved April 21, 2009 .
^ Higgins, Charlotte (May 1, 2009).
"Carol Ann Duffy becomes first woman poet laureate" .
The Guardian . London.
Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009 .
^ Lyall, Sarah (May 2, 2009).
"After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is a Woman" .
The New York Times . Retrieved August 1, 2009 .
^ Batty, David (May 17, 2009).
"Ruth Padel elected first female Oxford professor of poetry" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved January 29, 2010 .
^ Cole, Olivia (May 12, 2009).
"Nobel Winner Quits Oxford Poetry Race Over Sex Claims" .
The London Evening Standard . Archived from
the original on May 5, 2013.
^
"Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns" . The Guardian . London. May 25, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010 .
^ Kanōna szrajbowanio ślōnskij godki, pp. 1–9, 2009. Ślůnsko Nacyjo . No. 8 (30), August.
Zabrze : Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno. ISSN 1897-1717.
^
"Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin / Germany by Max Dudler Architects" . Daily Tonic . October 12, 2009. Archived from
the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
^
"Allen & Unwin - The Iremonger Award" . Archived from
the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ Hughes, Evan (April 7, 2014).
"Karl Ove Knausgaard Interview: A Literary Star Struggles with Regret" .
The New Republic .
Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014 .
^ Calkin, Jessamy (July 16, 2009).
"The maid's tale: Kathryn Stockett examines slavery and racism in America's Deep South" . The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved October 20, 2009 .
^ Levy, Michael; Mendlesohn, Farah (April 21, 2016).
Children's Fantasy Literature . Cambridge University Press. p. 170.
ISBN
978-1-107-01814-3 .
^ Hahn 2015, p. 551
^ Faculty of Arts, September 8, 2011,
Edna Staebler Award
Archived December 29, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine , Wilfrid Laurier University , Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved November 27, 2012
^
"Schriftsteller Johannes Mario Simmel gestorben ("Writer Johannes Mario Simmel died")" .
Spiegel Online (in German). January 2, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2009 .
^
"Professor Valerie Flint: historian" . The Times . February 3, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2010 .
^ Taylor, Christine (March 28, 2009),
"Sheila Walsh's Obituary at guardian.co.uk" , The Guardian , London, UK, retrieved May 23, 2010
^
"US novelist Updike dies of cancer" . BBC News . January 27, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2009 .
^
"Tayeb Salih, 80, Cross-Cultural Arabic Novelist, Dies" . The New York Times . February 23, 2009.
^
"Christopher Nolan" . Irish Independent . Independent News & Media PLC. February 22, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2010 .
^ McLellan, Dennis (March 4, 2009).
"Philip Jose Farmer dies at 91; acclaimed science fiction writer" . Los Angeles Times .
^ Italie, Hillel (March 17, 2009).
"James Purdy, Author of Underground Classics, Dies" .
USA Today . Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
^
"Winifred Foley" .
TheGuardian.com . April 2, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2010 .
^ Lichfield, John (April 20, 2009).
"Maurice Druon: Writer and pugnacious defender of the French language" .
The Independent . Archived from
the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015 .
^ Steel, David (April 16, 2009).
"Sir Clement Freud" . The Guardian . London.
Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2010 .
^ "Author J. G. Ballard dies at 78",
Deseret News , 20 April 2009, p. A12
^ "Frank Barlow (1911–2009)".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/101439 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
"Phyllis Gotlieb, sci-fi writer and poet, dies at 83" . CBC . July 15, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2021 .
^ Kelly, Antoinette (July 21, 2009).
"A real Irish send-off for Frank McCourt" . IrishCentral . Retrieved August 22, 2020 .
^
"Daughter of Dylan Thomas has died" .
BBC . July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009 .
^
"Fallece el escritor chileno Alfonso Calderón" .
El País .
Madrid . August 9, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009 .
^
"Archdruid Dic Jones dies, aged 75" . bbc.co.uk. August 18, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2009 .
^
"Keith Waterhouse: Leeds author and playwright dies" .
Yorkshire Evening Post . Archived from
the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2009 .
^
"Cuban Intellectual Cintio Vitier Passes Away at 88" .
Latin American Herald Tribune . October 3, 2009. Archived from
the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2009 .
^ Linde, Steve (November 22, 2009).
"Naomi Frankel to be buried on Kibbutz Beit Alpha" .
The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
^ Wood, Harriet Harvey (December 16, 2009).
"Elizabeth Berridge obituary" . The Guardian .
^ Weber, Bruce (January 14, 2010).
"William J. Lederer, Co-Author of 'The Ugly American,' Dies at 97" .
The New York Times . Retrieved January 11, 2017 .
^
"Julian Fane: author" . The Times . January 4, 2010.
^
"Russian author Grigory Baklanov dies" . CBC Life . Archived from
the original on December 26, 2009.
^ Adam Kirsch (December 30, 2009).
"In Memory, and Admiration, of Rachel Wetzsteon" . The New Republic .
^ Martin, Jurek (January 2, 2010).
"Poet, political prisoner and a campaigner to the end" . Financial Times . Retrieved January 2, 2010 .
^ Dunlap, David W. (December 30, 2009).
"Norval White, of AIA Guide, Dies at 83" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 20, 2010 .
^
"Jacqueline Sturm: A pioneering literary figure" . Stuff.co.nz . January 10, 2010.
^ Faculty of Arts, 2009,
Edna Staebler Award
Archived October 1, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Russell Wangersky, Retrieved November 16, 2012
^ Hahn 2015, p. 653
^
"Eighty years of children's books: the best Carnegie medal winners" . The Guardian . June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016 .
^
"Camões Prize for Literature" . www.bn.gov.br . Retrieved December 19, 2016 .