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.K., is opened by Malala Yousafzai. Its public spaces are integrated with those of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
*October – Jo Nesbø reveals himself as Tom Johansen, author of three forthcoming novels.
*28 November – Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger (died 2010), including " The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", are leaked onto the internet.

Anniversaries

*11 February
**50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath in 1963
**200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Jacobs in 1813
*28 January – 200th anniversary of the publication of ''Pride and Prejudice'' in 1813
* 5 May – 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard in 1813
*2 June – 100th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Pym
*29 June – 400th anniversary of the burning of the Globe Theatre during a production of Shakespeare and Fletcher's ''Henry VIII'' in 1613
*2 August – 25th anniversary of the death of US short story writer Raymond Carver
* 7 November – 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Camus
*22 November – 50th anniversary of the death of Aldous Huxley

New books

Fiction

*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – '' Americanah''
* José Eduardo Agualusa – '' A General Theory of Oblivion (Teoria Geral do Esquecimento)''
*Jacob M. Appel – '' The Biology of Luck''
* Kate Atkinson – ''Life After Life''
*Dan Brown – '' Inferno''
*Adam Christopher – ''The Burning Dark''
* J. M. Coetzee – '' The Childhood of Jesus''
* Troy Denning – '' Crucible''
* Doug Dorst – '' S.''
* Richard Flanagan – '' The Narrow Road to the Deep North''
* Aminatta Forna – '' The Hired Man''
* Frederick Forsyth – ''The Kill List''
*Neil Gaiman – '' The Ocean at the End of the Lane''
* Elizabeth Graver – ''The End of the Point''
* David G. Hartwell (ed.) – ''Year's best SF 18''
*Neamat Imam – '' The Black Coat''
* Reinhard Jirgl – '' Nichts von euch auf Erden''
*Stephen King – '' Doctor Sleep''
*Rachel Kushner – '' The Flamethrowers''
* Pierre Lemaitre – ''Au revoir là-haut'' (The Great Swindle)
* Eimear McBride – '' A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing''
* Alex Miller – '' Coal Creek''
* Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – '' Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage'' (色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年, ''Tsukuru to, kare no junrei no toshi'')
* Adam Nevill – '' House of Small Shadows''
* Nnedi Okorafor – '' Kabu-Kabu: Stories''
* Chuck Palahniuk – '' Doomed''
*Rick Riordan – '' The House of Hades''
* Veronica Roth – ''Allegiant''
* J. K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) – '' The Cuckoo's Calling''
*Ahmed Saadawi – ''Frankenstein in Baghdad'' (فرانكشتاين في بغداد)
* M. G. Sanchez – ''The Escape Artist: a Gibraltarian novel''
* George Saunders – '' Tenth of December: Stories''
* John Scalzi – '' The Human Division''
*Sjón – ''Moonstone – The Boy Who Never Was (Mánasteinn – drengurinn sem aldrei var til)''
* Robert Stone – ''Death of the Black-Haired Girl''
* Donna Tartt – '' The Goldfinch''
* Zlatko Topčić – '' Dagmar''
* Laura van den Berg – The Isle of Youth (short story collection)
* Peter Watts – ''Beyond the Rift'' (collected stories)
* Tim Winton – ''Eyrie''

Children's and young people

* David Almond – '' Mouse Bird Snake Wolf''
* Janeen Brian – '' I'm A Dirty Dinosaur''
*Nick Bromley – ''Open Very Carefully''
* Laura Dockrill – ''Darcy Burdock''
*Anthony Horowitz – '' Russian Roulette''
*John Hornor Jacobs – ''The Twelve-Fingered Boy''
* Chris Lynch – '' Dead in The Water''
* Patricia MacLachlan – ''Cat Talk''
* Nikki McClure – '' How To Be A Cat''
* Rhode Montijo - '' The Gumazing Gum Girl! Book 1: Chews Your Destiny'' (August 20)
*Chris Raschka – ''Daisy Gets Lost''
*Rainbow Rowell
**'' Eleanor & Park''
**''Fangirl''
* Maggie Stiefvater – '' The Dream Thieves'' (second book in '' The Raven Cycle'')
*Amy Tintera – ''Reboot''

Drama

* Annie Baker – '' The Flick''
* Elfriede Jelinek – ''Die Schutzbefohlenen''
* Lucy Kirkwood – '' Chimerica''
*Edward Petherbridge and Kathryn Hunter – ''My Perfect Mind''

Poetry

Non-fiction

* Saroo Brierley – '' A Long Way Home''
* Kate Christensen – '' Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites''
* Pat Conroy – '' The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son''
*Jared Diamond – ''The World Until Yesterday''
* Craig Dworkin – ''No Medium''
*Peter Freeman – '' The Wallpapered Manse''
*Malcolm Gladwell – ''David and Goliath''
*Ben Goldacre – ''Bad Pharma''
* Temple Grandin – '' The Autistic Brain''
* Michael Kimmel – ''Angry White Men''
*Mark Levin – ''The Liberty Amendments''
*Peter H. Maguire - '' Thai Stick''
* Diane Muldrow – '' Everything I Need To Know I Learned From A Little Golden Book''
* Thomas Piketty – '' Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Le Capital au XXIe siècle)''
* Lisa Randall – '' Higgs Discovery''
* Sheryl Sandberg – ''Lean In''
*Nina Stibbe – ''Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life''
*Jeff VanderMeer – ''The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction''

Deaths

* 2 January
**Alexei Rudeanu, Romanian writer (born 1939)
** Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and writer (born 1944)
* 7 January – Maruša Krese, Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947)
*10 January – Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet and short story writer (born 1924)
*11 January – Robert Kee, English writer, journalist and broadcaster (born 1919)
*18 January – Jacques Sadoul, French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934)
* 20 January
** Yemi Ajibade, Nigerian playwright and actor (born 1929)
**Dolores Prida, Cuban-American journalist and playwright (born 1943)
** Toyo Shibata (柴田トヨ), Japanese poet (born 1911)
*24 January – Richard G. Stern, American novelist and educator (born 1928)
*2 February – Sirajul Haq Memon, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933)
*3 February – Robert Anthony Welch, Irish author and academic (born 1947)
* 4 February – Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946)
*5 February – Leda Mileva, Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920)
*7 February
**Niki Marangou, Cypriot writer and painter (born 1948)
**Jonathan Rendall, English author (born 1964)
*8 February – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934)
* 10 February – W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (born 1927)
*12 February – Barnaby Conrad, American author (born 1922 in literature, 1922)
*13 February – Oswald LeWinter, Austrian-born American writer (born 1931 in literature, 1931)
*14 February
**Glenn Boyer, American author (born 1924)
**Mary Brave Bird, American Lakota people, Lakota writer and activist (born 1954 in literature, 1954)
**Friedrich Neznansky, Russian writer (born 1932 in literature, 1932)
*17 February
**William Bridges (author), William Bridges, American author and business consultant (born 1933)
**Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (born 1923 in literature, 1923)
**Debbie Ford, American motivational author (born 1955 in literature, 1955)
*23 February
**Maurice Rosy, Belgian comics writer (born 1927)
**Sylvia Smith, English writer (born 1945 in literature, 1945)
*24 February – Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian author (born 1931 in literature, 1931)
*26 February
**Jan Howard Finder, American science fiction writer (born 1939)
**Stéphane Hessel, German-born French author and diplomat (born 1917 in literature, 1917)
*27 February
**Molly Lefebure, English writer (born 1919)
**Imants Ziedonis, Latvian poet (born 1933)
*10 March – Robert Chrisman, American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founder of ''The Black Scholar'' (born 1937 in literature, 1937)
*30 March – Daniel Hoffmann (writer), Daniel Hoffmann, American poet and essayist (born 1923 in literature, 1923)
*1 April – Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (born 1923 in literature, 1923)
*11 April – Adam Galos, Polish historian (born 1924)
*13 April – Nick Pollotta, American science fiction author (born 1954 in literature, 1954)
*20 April
**Jocasta Innes, China-born English non-fiction writer (born 1934)
**E. L. Konigsburg, American children's novelist and illustrator (born 1930 in literature, 1930)
*22 April – Clément Marchand, Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912 in literature, 1912)
*1 May – Gregory Rogers, Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957 in literature, 1957)
*12 May – Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian (born 1932 in literature, 1932)
*23 May – William Demby, American author (born 1922 in literature, 1922)
*26 May – Jack Vance, American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer (born 1916 in literature, 1916)
*6 June – Tom Sharpe, English comic novelist (born 1928)
*9 June – Iain Banks, Scottish novelist (born 1954 in literature, 1954)
*23 June – Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (born 1926 in literature, 1926)
*12 July – Elaine Morgan (writer), Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer on anthropology (born 1920)
*2 September – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (born 1919)
*18 September – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920)
*21 September – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935 in literature, 1935)
*23 September
**Christopher Koch, Australian novelist (born 1932 in literature, 1932)
**Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist (born 1923 in literature, 1923)
**Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926 in literature, 1926)
*1 October – Tom Clancy, American thriller writer (born 1947)
*25 November – Joel Lane, English author, poet, and critic (born 1963 in literature, 1963)
*11 December – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (born 1929)

Awards

*Akutagawa Prize (Early): Kaori Fujino for ''Tsume to Me'' (爪と目) "Nails and Eyes"
*Caine Prize for African Writing: Tope Folarin, "Miracle"
*Camões Prize: Mia Couto
*Danuta Gleed Literary Award: ''(announced 11 June 2013)''
*David Cohen Prize: Hilary Mantel
*Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, C. E. Gatchalian; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan, Barry Webster (writer), Barry Webster
*Dylan Thomas Prize: ''Battleborn (short story collection), Battleborn'' by Claire Vaye Watkins
*European Book Prize: Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Eduardo Mendoza, ''An Englishman in Madrid'', and Arnaud Leparmentier, ''The French, gravediggers of the euro''
*German Book Prize: Terézia Mora, ''Das Ungeheuer''
*Goldsmiths Prize: '' A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing'' by Eimear McBride
*Gordon Burn Prize: ''Pig Iron'' by Ben Myers
*Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: ''The Luminaries'' by Eleanor Catton
*Governor General's Award for French-language fiction: ''Quand les guêpes se taisent'' by Stéphanie Pelletier
*Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Plonger by Christophe Ono-dit-Biot
*Hugo Award for Best Novel: John Scalzi for Redshirts (novel), Redshirts
*International Dublin Literary Award: ''City of Bohane'' by Kevin Barry (author), Kevin Barry
*International Prize for Arabic Fiction: ''The Bamboo Stalk'' by Saud Alsanousi
*Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards
*Man Booker Prize: ''The Luminaries'' by Eleanor Catton
*Miles Franklin Award: ''Questions of Travel'' by Michelle de Kretser
*National Biography Award (5 August): ''The Two Frank Thrings'' by Peter Fitzpatrick
*National Book Award for Fiction: ''The Good Lord Bird'' by James McBride (writer), James McBride
*National Book Critics Circle Award: to Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
*Nobel Prize in Literature: Alice Munro
*PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: ''Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club'' by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
*Premio Planeta de Novela: ''El cielo ha vuelto'' by Clara Sánchez (writer), Clara Sánchez
*Premio Strega: ''Resistere non serve a niente'' by Walter Siti
*Pritzker Military Library Literature Award: to Tim O'Brien (author), Tim O'Brien
*Prix Goncourt: ''Au revoir là-haut'' by Pierre Lemaitre
*Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: ''The Orphan Master's Son'' by Adam Johnson (writer), Adam Johnson
*Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: ''Stag's Leap'' by Sharon Olds
*Russian Booker Prize: ''Возвращение в Панджруд'' (''Return to Panjrud'') by Andrei Volos
*SAARC Literary Award: Suman Pokhrel, Abhay K, Daya Dissanayake, Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid
*Samuel Johnson Prize: ''(announced November 2013)'' ''The Pike'' by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
*Scotiabank Giller Prize: Lynn Coady, ''Hellgoing''
*Whiting Awards: Fiction: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (fiction/nonfiction), Amanda Coplin, Jennifer duBois, C.E. Morgan, Stephanie Powell Watts; Nonfiction: Morgan Meis, Clifford Thompson (writer), Clifford Thompson; Plays: Virginia Grise; Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips
*Women's Prize for Fiction: May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
*Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: W.S. Merwin

References

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