Left Coast Crime

	Left Coast Crime Left Coast Crime is an annual conference organised by mystery fiction fans for mystery fiction fans, first held in San Francisco in 1991. It is concerned with western North American region mysteries, but the conference itself travels worldwide, having been held in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as different parts of the United States. The conference enables fans to mix with authors. A prominent author of western mystery fiction is invited to be guest speaker. In December 2019 Mystery Writers of America awarded the convention organization the 2020 Raven Award for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing." Lefty Awards Best Humorous Mystery Novel Award Conference participants have voted on an award for the most humorous mystery novel since 1996. Best Historical Mystery Novel The Best Historical Mystery Novel Award, also known as the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, established in 2004, is presented "to mystery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mystery Writers Of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award, a small bust of Edgar Allan Poe, to mystery or crime writers every year. It presents the Raven Award to non-writers, who contribute to the mystery genre. The category of Best Juvenile Mystery is also part of the Edgar Award, with such notable recipients as Barbara Brooks Wallace having won the honor twice, for ''The Twin in the Tavern'' in 1994 and ''Sparrows in the Scullery'' in 1998, and Tony Abbott for his novel ''The Postcard,'' which received critical accolades in 2009. Grand Master Award The Grand Master Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America. It recognizes lifetime achievement and consistent quality. (The award was presented irregularly up to 1978; from 1979 to 2008, it was given to one writer eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2005 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005. Events January 16 – This is the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' publication of the first part of ''Don Quixote'' in Spain. February 25 – Canada Reads selects ''Rockbound'' by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer. April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30. June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales. August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time. New books Fiction Tariq Ali – ''A Sultan in Palermo'' Rajaa Alsanea – ''Girls of Riyadh'' (بنات الرياض, ''Banat al-Riyadh'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2018 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2018. Events July – Stormzy's publisher imprint Merky Books is launched in London. August 11 – Writer V. S. Naipaul, on his deathbed in London, has Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" read to him by the newspaper editor Geordie Greig. September 16 – Lady Mary Wroth's pastoral closet drama ''Love's Victory'' receives its first fully professional, publicly staged (filmed) performance, at Penshurst Place in England, where it was probably written about 1618. It is the first known original pastoral drama and thought to be the first original dramatic comedy to be written by a woman. October 19 – The exhibition ''Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War'', opening at the British Library, includes the earliest surviving will of an Englishwoman. Written on "a small, stained sheet of parchment", the detailed testament of Wynflæd is thought to date from the mid- to late 10th century. October 26 – Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2017 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2017. Events March – Emulating Kerouac's ''On the Road'', Ross Goodwin drives from New York to New Orleans with an artificial intelligence device in a laptop hooked up to various sensors, whose output it turns into words printed on rolls of thermal paper; the result is published unedited as '' 1 the Road'' in 2018. August – The Chinese crime novelist Liu Yongbiao is arrested and eventually sentenced to death for four murders committed 22 years before. August 30 – A hard disk drive containing unfinished work by the English comic fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett (died 2015) is crushed by a steamroller on his instructions. October 5 - The Swedish Academy announce that the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro. October – Tianjin Binhai Library opens in China. December – Kristen Roupenian's short story "Cat Person" is published in ''The New Yorker'' and becomes a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2016 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2016. Events May 20 – Writers who sign a letter calling for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union include Hilary Mantel, John le Carré, Philip Pullman and Tom Stoppard; nevertheless, the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum endorses Brexit. May 24 – Hundreds of US writers, including Stephen King, Robert Polito and Nicole Krauss, sign an "open letter to the American people" urging them not to support Donald Trump as a presidential candidate in the November 2016 United States presidential election. November 26 – UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy receives the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award. Anniversaries January 10 – Fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Truman Capote's ''In Cold Blood'' February 1 – 20th anniversary of the publication of David Foster Wallace's ''Infinite Jest''. February 22 – 40th anniversary of the publication of Raymond Carver' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2015 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2015. Events January 21 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launches a six-part television miniseries of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels ''Wolf Hall'' and ''Bring Up the Bodies''. March 8 – The BBC launches a new television series of Winston Graham's ''Poldark'' novels. March 10 – Jacek Dukaj's cyberpunk novel ''The Old Axolotl'' is published in its original Polish version as ' as purely electronic literature including hypertext and 3D printable character models. March 19 – Kim Thúy's novel '' Ru'' wins the 2015 edition of ''Canada Reads''. July 7 – Jeff Lindsay releases his final novel in the "Dexter" series, writing off Dexter Morgan two years after the final episode in the television series. c. October 14 – Start of Causeway Bay Books disappearances: Five staff of the political bookseller Causeway Bay Books in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, go missing, apparent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2014 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2014. Events January – Parts of two previously unknown poems by the female Greek poet Sappho are discovered on ancient papyrus. This is reported by several news sources by the end of the month. January 18 – The first books are transferred from the old to the new National Library of Latvia in Riga. March 6 – Joseph Boyden's novel '' The Orenda'' wins the 2014 edition of ''Canada Reads''. April 24 – Writers including Mark Haddon and Mary Beard join a campaign against a ban on sending books to U.K. prison inmates. May 22 – J. R. R. Tolkien's 1926 translation of ''Beowulf'' is first published. (His essay "On Translating Beowulf" had appeared in 1940). June 10 – As part of a Northern Iraq offensive, ISIL and aligned Salafi jihadist forces take Mosul, leading to extensive book burning at its libraries, as part of the destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL. November 25 – Discovery o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2013 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2013. Events * 21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted. 26 January – Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204. 7 March – World Book Day becomes a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries. April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, ''The Cuckoo's Calling'', under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books. The author's identity is revealed by the media in July. 23 April – World Book Night. 28 April – ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'', Simon Stephens' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London. 1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger. * 3 September – The new Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2012 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death. January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from ''The Satanic Verses'', which is banned in the country. February – James Joyce's children's story ''The Cats of Copenhagen'' is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin. March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years. April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book ''Beijing Coma'' and calls C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Literature Eleven or 11 may refer to: 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn ''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith ''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle ''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff ''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music Eleven (band), an American rock band Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label * Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
picture info	2009 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009. Events April 21 – UNESCO launches the World Digital Library. May 1 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman in the position; she is also the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. May 5 – J. R. R. Tolkien's narrative poem ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' in alliterative verse, based on the 13th century ''Poetic Edda'' and probably written in the 1930s, is published posthumously. May 16– 25 – Ruth Padel becomes the first woman ever elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford but resigns nine days later after it is alleged she was involved in what some sources call as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, a rival for the post. August 10 – Standard orthography for the Silesian language is adopted in Cieszyn, at a meeting of the Standardization Committee of the Silesian Language. October 8 – Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Left Coast Crime Left Coast Crime is an annual conference organised by mystery fiction fans for mystery fiction fans, first held in San Francisco in 1991. It is concerned with western North American region mysteries, but the conference itself travels worldwide, having been held in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as different parts of the United States. The conference enables fans to mix with authors. A prominent author of western mystery fiction is invited to be guest speaker. In December 2019 Mystery Writers of America awarded the convention organization the 2020 Raven Award for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing." Lefty Awards Best Humorous Mystery Novel Award Conference participants have voted on an award for the most humorous mystery novel since 1996. Best Historical Mystery Novel The Best Historical Mystery Novel Award, also known as the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, established in 2004, is presented "to mystery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mystery Writers Of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award, a small bust of Edgar Allan Poe, to mystery or crime writers every year. It presents the Raven Award to non-writers, who contribute to the mystery genre. The category of Best Juvenile Mystery is also part of the Edgar Award, with such notable recipients as Barbara Brooks Wallace having won the honor twice, for ''The Twin in the Tavern'' in 1994 and ''Sparrows in the Scullery'' in 1998, and Tony Abbott for his novel ''The Postcard,'' which received critical accolades in 2009. Grand Master Award The Grand Master Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America. It recognizes lifetime achievement and consistent quality. (The award was presented irregularly up to 1978; from 1979 to 2008, it was given to one writer eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2005 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005. Events January 16 – This is the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' publication of the first part of ''Don Quixote'' in Spain. February 25 – Canada Reads selects ''Rockbound'' by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer. April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30. June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales. August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time. New books Fiction Tariq Ali – ''A Sultan in Palermo'' Rajaa Alsanea – ''Girls of Riyadh'' (بنات الرياض, ''Banat al-Riyadh'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2018 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2018. Events July – Stormzy's publisher imprint Merky Books is launched in London. August 11 – Writer V. S. Naipaul, on his deathbed in London, has Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" read to him by the newspaper editor Geordie Greig. September 16 – Lady Mary Wroth's pastoral closet drama ''Love's Victory'' receives its first fully professional, publicly staged (filmed) performance, at Penshurst Place in England, where it was probably written about 1618. It is the first known original pastoral drama and thought to be the first original dramatic comedy to be written by a woman. October 19 – The exhibition ''Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War'', opening at the British Library, includes the earliest surviving will of an Englishwoman. Written on "a small, stained sheet of parchment", the detailed testament of Wynflæd is thought to date from the mid- to late 10th century. October 26 – Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2017 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2017. Events March – Emulating Kerouac's ''On the Road'', Ross Goodwin drives from New York to New Orleans with an artificial intelligence device in a laptop hooked up to various sensors, whose output it turns into words printed on rolls of thermal paper; the result is published unedited as '' 1 the Road'' in 2018. August – The Chinese crime novelist Liu Yongbiao is arrested and eventually sentenced to death for four murders committed 22 years before. August 30 – A hard disk drive containing unfinished work by the English comic fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett (died 2015) is crushed by a steamroller on his instructions. October 5 - The Swedish Academy announce that the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro. October – Tianjin Binhai Library opens in China. December – Kristen Roupenian's short story "Cat Person" is published in ''The New Yorker'' and becomes a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2016 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2016. Events May 20 – Writers who sign a letter calling for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union include Hilary Mantel, John le Carré, Philip Pullman and Tom Stoppard; nevertheless, the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum endorses Brexit. May 24 – Hundreds of US writers, including Stephen King, Robert Polito and Nicole Krauss, sign an "open letter to the American people" urging them not to support Donald Trump as a presidential candidate in the November 2016 United States presidential election. November 26 – UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy receives the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award. Anniversaries January 10 – Fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Truman Capote's ''In Cold Blood'' February 1 – 20th anniversary of the publication of David Foster Wallace's ''Infinite Jest''. February 22 – 40th anniversary of the publication of Raymond Carver' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2015 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2015. Events January 21 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launches a six-part television miniseries of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels ''Wolf Hall'' and ''Bring Up the Bodies''. March 8 – The BBC launches a new television series of Winston Graham's ''Poldark'' novels. March 10 – Jacek Dukaj's cyberpunk novel ''The Old Axolotl'' is published in its original Polish version as ' as purely electronic literature including hypertext and 3D printable character models. March 19 – Kim Thúy's novel '' Ru'' wins the 2015 edition of ''Canada Reads''. July 7 – Jeff Lindsay releases his final novel in the "Dexter" series, writing off Dexter Morgan two years after the final episode in the television series. c. October 14 – Start of Causeway Bay Books disappearances: Five staff of the political bookseller Causeway Bay Books in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, go missing, apparent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2014 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2014. Events January – Parts of two previously unknown poems by the female Greek poet Sappho are discovered on ancient papyrus. This is reported by several news sources by the end of the month. January 18 – The first books are transferred from the old to the new National Library of Latvia in Riga. March 6 – Joseph Boyden's novel '' The Orenda'' wins the 2014 edition of ''Canada Reads''. April 24 – Writers including Mark Haddon and Mary Beard join a campaign against a ban on sending books to U.K. prison inmates. May 22 – J. R. R. Tolkien's 1926 translation of ''Beowulf'' is first published. (His essay "On Translating Beowulf" had appeared in 1940). June 10 – As part of a Northern Iraq offensive, ISIL and aligned Salafi jihadist forces take Mosul, leading to extensive book burning at its libraries, as part of the destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL. November 25 – Discovery o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2013 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2013. Events * 21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted. 26 January – Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204. 7 March – World Book Day becomes a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries. April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, ''The Cuckoo's Calling'', under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books. The author's identity is revealed by the media in July. 23 April – World Book Night. 28 April – ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'', Simon Stephens' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London. 1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger. * 3 September – The new Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2012 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death. January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from ''The Satanic Verses'', which is banned in the country. February – James Joyce's children's story ''The Cats of Copenhagen'' is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin. March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years. April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book ''Beijing Coma'' and calls C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Literature Eleven or 11 may refer to: 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn ''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith ''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle ''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff ''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music Eleven (band), an American rock band Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label * Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
picture info	2009 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009. Events April 21 – UNESCO launches the World Digital Library. May 1 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman in the position; she is also the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. May 5 – J. R. R. Tolkien's narrative poem ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' in alliterative verse, based on the 13th century ''Poetic Edda'' and probably written in the 1930s, is published posthumously. May 16– 25 – Ruth Padel becomes the first woman ever elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford but resigns nine days later after it is alleged she was involved in what some sources call as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, a rival for the post. August 10 – Standard orthography for the Silesian language is adopted in Cieszyn, at a meeting of the Standardization Committee of the Silesian Language. October 8 – Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]