2005 in literature
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| Years in literature: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
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[edit] Events
- February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.
- Ian Fleming Publications launches two new series of novels based upon its James Bond franchise. The Young Bond series, focusing on the character as a teenager, begins with SilverFin by Charlie Higson, while Samantha Weinberg (writing as Kate Westbrook), launches The Moneypenny Diaries with the first novel, The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel focusing on the longtime supporting character Miss Moneypenny.
- 400th anniversary of Cervantes' publication of the first part of Don Quixote.
[edit] New books
- 36 Yalta Boulevard - Olen Steinhauer
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception - Eoin Colfer
- At All Costs - David Weber
- Atlantis - David Gibbins
- Babyji - Abha Dawesar
- Beasts of No Nation - Uzodinma Iweala
- Catch Me When I Fall - Nicci French
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - James Luceno
- DisneyWar - James B. Stewart
- Eldest - Christopher Paolini
- Flush - Carl Hiaasen
- Gentlemen & Players - Joanne Harris
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface - Masamune Shirow
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
- Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
- The Joiner King - Troy Denning
- Labyrinth of Evil - James Luceno
- A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry
- Lord Loss - Darren Shan (first of The Demonata series)
- Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
- Magic Street - Orson Scott Card
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel - Samantha Weinberg
- Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
- Never Mind - Avi
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 - Tony Judt
- The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket
- Saturday - Ian McEwan
- The Sea - John Banville
- Second Soul - Thomas Sullivan
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister - Peter C. Newman
- Secrets and Lies (book) - David Southwell
- Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
- SilverFin - Charlie Higson
- Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -Matthew Stover
- Stuart: A Life Backwards - Alexander Masters
- Swastika - Michael Slade
- The Swarm War - Troy Denning
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda - David Michaels
- The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, Edward Klein, Sentinel
- The Unseen Queen - Troy Dennimg
- Until I Find You - John Irving
- Velocity - Dean Koontz
- What You Won't Do For Love - Wendy Coakley-Thompson
- The Wolves at the Door : The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy – Judith L. Pearson
- The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion, Knopf
[edit] New drama
- Lemkin's House - Catherine Filloux
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
- January 14 - Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (b. 1922)
- January 15 - Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (b. 1913)
- January 15 - Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (b. 1920)
- January 19 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- January 21 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (b. 1907)
- January 24 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
- January 25 - Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
- January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter. (b. 1924)
- February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- February 11 - Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (b. 1944)
- February 21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
- February 25 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (b. 1909)
- March 7 - Willis Hall, English playwright (b. 1929)
- March 8 - Anna Haycraft, English novelist (b. 1932)
- March 17 - Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (b. 1912)
- March 22 - Anthony Creighton, English playwright (b. 1922)
- March 30 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
- April 7 - Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (b. 1964)
- April 26 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (b. 1917)
- May 7 - Tristan Egolf, American novelist (b. 1971)
- June 9 - Hovis Presley, English poet (b. 1960)
- June 14 - Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (b. 1923)
- June 16 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (b. 1905)
- June 20 - Larry Collins American novelist (b. 1929)
- June 22 - William Donaldson, English satirist (b. 1935)
- June 27 - Shelby Foote, American novelist (b. 1916)
- June 28 - Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (b. 1932)
- June 30 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (b. 1907)
- July 6
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- Claude Simon, French Nobel laureate in literature (b. 1913)
- Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
- July 7 - Gustaf Sobin, American poet (b. 1935)
- July 17 - Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (b. 1924)
- July 19 - Edward Bunker, American crime writer (b. 1933)
- August 9 - Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
- August 21 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936)
- August 29 - Sybil Marshall, English novelist (b. 1913)
- September 3 - R.S.R. Fitter, English nature writer (b. 1913)
- September 26 - Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (b. 1934)
- September 27:
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- Mary Lee Settle, American novelist (b. 1918)
- Ronald Pearsall, English writer (b. 1927)
- October 2 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
- October 17 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (b. 1904)
- November 1 - Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (b. 1915)
- November 2 - Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian
- November 3 - Robert Waller, English poet, (b. 1913)
- November 4 - Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (b. 1932)
- November 23 - Paddy Kitchen, English novelist and biographer (b. 1934)
- November 26 - Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
- December 1 - Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist
- December 2 - Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (b. 1925)
- December 9 - Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (b. 1928)
- December 15 - Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (b. 1914)
- December 16 - Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Andrew T. O'Connor, Tuvalu
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: M. T. C. Cronin, <More Or Less Than>1-100
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers
- Miles Franklin Award: Andrew McGahan, The White Earth
[edit] Canada
- Governor General's Award for English language fiction: David Gilmour - A Perfect Night to Go to China
- Griffin Poetry Prize: Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Towards Oishida and Charles Simic, Selected Poems: 1963-2003
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
[edit] United Kingdom
- Cholmondeley Award: Jane Duran, Christopher Logue, M.R. Peacocke, Neil Rollinson
- Commonwealth Writers Prize: Andrea Levy - Small Island
- Eric Gregory Award: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Jaim Smith
- Man Booker International Prize: Ismail Kadare
- Man Booker Prize: John Banville - The Sea
- Samuel Johnson Prize: Jonathan Coe - Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of BS Johnson
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: David Bergen - The Time in Between
- Somerset Maugham Award: Justin Hill - Passing Under Heaven; Maggie O'Farrell - The Distance Between Us
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award: Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954
[edit] United States
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry - B.H. Fairchild
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Rick Hilles for Brother Salvage: Poems
- Arthur Rense Prize awarded to Daniel Hoffman by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Jay Wright
- Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Susanna Childress Winner, Jagged with Love
- Frost Medal: Marie Ponsot
- National Book Award for Poetry: W.S. Merwin: Migration: New and Selected Poems
- Newbery Medal: Cynthia Kadohata - Kira-Kira
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: John Patrick Shanley - Doubt: A Parable
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Marilynne Robinson - Gilead
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Ted Kooser - Delights & Shadows
- Wallace Stevens Award: Gerald Stern
- Whiting Writers' Awards:
- Fiction: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Nell Freudenberger, Seth Kantner, John Keene (fiction/poetry)
- Plays: Rinne Groff
- Poetry: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, John Keene (fiction/poetry), Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith
