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2010 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2010. Events *February – The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", is officially opened. * April 3 – The Apple iPad electronic book-reading device is released. *April 12 – The little-known U.S. author Paul Harding wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel '' Tinkers'' (2009) published by the tiny Bellevue Literary Press. * June 24 – Neil Gaiman becomes the first author to win both the Carnegie Medal and the Newbery Medal for the same book — '' The Graveyard Book''. *July 27 – Stieg Larsson's ''Millennium Trilogy'' becomes an international sensation, with a total of 27 million copies sold worldwide as of May 2010. On July 27 Amazon says that Larsson is the first author to sell more than 1 million Kindle e-books.Stephen Lowman, "Book World", page 12, December 12, 2010, ''The Washington Post''. *August 13 – ''Time'' magazine puts Jonathan Franzen on its cover fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Vargas Llosa (2010)
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award, the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with novels s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 27
Events Pre-1600 * 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. * 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade. *1202 – Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum. *1214 – Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire. *1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state. * 1302 – Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest. * 1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. 1601–1900 * 1663 – The English Parliament passes the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Jacobson
Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.Ragi, K. R., "Howard Jacobson's ''The Finkler Question'' as a Post-Holocaust Fiction", in ''Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies''. July 2014, vol. 5, issue 3, pp. 50-55. He is a Man Booker Prize winner. Early life Jacobson was born in Manchester to parents of Russian-Jewish heritage (his father's parents came from Kamianets-Podilskyi in what is now Ukraine, his mother's family from Lithuania). He has a brother. He was brought up in Prestwich, and educated at Stand Grammar School in Whitefield, Greater Manchester before going on to study English at Downing College, Cambridge, under F. R. Leavis. He graduated with a 2:2. He lectured for three years at the University of Sydney before returning to Britain to teach at Selwyn College, Cambridge. His later teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 12
Events Pre-1600 * 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd. *1279 – The ''Nichiren Shōshū'' branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan. *1398 – In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights. * 1406 – Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before. *1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island. (Julian calendar) 1601–1900 *1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people. *1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award, the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Nobel Prize In Literature
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 7 October 2010. He is the first Nobel laureate in Literature from Peru and the fifth Latin American to become one after 1982 Colombian laureate Gabriel García Márquez and 1971 Chilean laureate Pablo Neruda. Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was one of the leading writers in the Latin American boom. His extensive, rich authorship consists mostly of novels, but also of plays, essays, literary criticisms, and journalism. His major breakthroughs include '' La ciudad y los perros'' (lit. "The City and the Dogs"/trans. "The Time of the Hero", 1963), '' La casa verde'' ("The Green House", 1965), '' La guerra del fin del mundo'' ("The War of the End of the World", 1984), and the monumental '' Conversación en la catedral'' (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 7
Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. * 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice. *1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. 1601–1900 *1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. *1763 – King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements. *1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat British forces under general John Burgoyne in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights, compelling Burgoyne's eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high standing in pop culture, his books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 64 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.Jackson, Dan (February 18, 2016)"A Beginner's Guide to Stephen King Books". Thrillist. Retrieved February 5, 2019. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom (Franzen Novel)
''Freedom'' is a 2010 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ''Freedom'' received general acclaim from book critics, was ranked one of the best books of 2010 by several publications, and called by some critics the " Great American Novel". In 2022, it was announced that ''Freedom'' would be adapted for television. The novel follows the lives of the Berglund family, particularly the parents Patty and Walter, as their lives develop and then their happiness falls apart. Important to their story is a college friend of Walter's and successful rock musician, Richard Katz, who has a love affair with Patty. Walter and Patty's son, Joey, also goes through his own coming-of-age challenges. Franzen began working on the novel in 2001, following his successful novel ''The Corrections''. The title of the novel was an artifact of his book proposal, where he wanted to write a novel that freed him from the constraints of his previous work. The cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel ''The Corrections'', a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel ''Freedom'' (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of ''Time'' magazine alongside the headline " Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel ''Crossroads'' was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy. Franzen has contributed to ''The New Yorker'' magazine since 1994. His 1996 '' Harper's'' essay " Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of ''The Corrections'' led to a much publicized feud with the talk show host. In recent years, Franzen has become recognized for his opinion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published Weekly newspaper, weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been published by Time USA, LLC, owned by Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. History ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923, by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 13
Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. * 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. * 1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy. *1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan. * 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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