1999 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1999.

Events[]

  • May 1 – Andrew Motion is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for ten years.[1]
  • June 19 – Stephen King is hit by a van while taking a walk. He is hospitalized for three weeks and only resumes writing his next book, On Writing, in July.[2]
  • September 7 – Black Diamond, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is inaugurated as an extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.[3]
  • unknown date – Persephone Books is founded in Bloomsbury, London, by Nicola Beauman, to reprint mid-20th century fiction and non-fiction, mainly by women.[4]

New books[]

Fiction[]

Children and young people[]

Drama[]

Poetry[]

Main article: 1999 in poetry

Non-fiction[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • January 11 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (born 1897)[13]
  • January 16 – Dadie Rylands (George Rylands), English Shakespearean scholar (born 1902)
  • February 8 – Iris Murdoch, Irish-born novelist and philosopher (born 1919)[14]
  • February 20 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (suicide, born 1971)[15]
  • February 22 – William Bronk, American poet (born 1918)
  • February 24 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist and autobiographer (born 1936)[16]
  • March 4
    • Del Close, American actor, writer, and teacher (born 1934)[17]
    • Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (born 1921)
  • March 5 – John Figueroa, Jamaican poet (born 1920)
  • March 8 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine author (born 1914)[18]
  • March 13
    • Lee Falk, American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer (born 1911)[19]
    • Garson Kanin, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1912)[20]
  • March 28 – Jim Turner, American editor (born 1945)
  • April 13 – Knut Hauge, Norwegian novelist, dramatist and children's writer (born 1911)
  • May 8 – Soeman Hs, Indonesian novelist (born 1904)
  • May 10 – Shel Silverstein, American children's poet (born 1930)
  • June 14 – J. F. Powers, American writer (born 1917)
  • July 2 – Mario Puzo, American writer (born 1920)[21]
  • September 25 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (born 1930)[22]
  • October 3 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (born 1921)
  • October 19
    • Penelope Mortimer, Welsh-born English novelist and biographer (born 1918)
    • Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer and lawyer (born 1900)
    • E. J. Scovell, English poet (born 1907)[23]
  • November 11 – Jacobo Timerman, Soviet-born Argentinian journalist and publisher (born 1923)
  • November 18 – Paul Bowles, American novelist (born 1910)[24]
  • December 2 – Matt Cohen, Canadian novelist (born 1942)
  • December 8 – Rupert Hart-Davis, English editor and publisher (born 1907)[25]
  • December 12 – Joseph Heller, American novelist (born 1923)[26]

Awards[]

Australia[]

Canada[]

France[]

  • Prix Femina: Maryline Desbiolles, Anchise
  • Prix Goncourt: Jean Echenoz, Je m'en vais
  • Prix Décembre: Claude Askolovitch, Voyage au bout de la France: Le Front National tel qu'il est
  • Prix Médicis French: Michel Del Castillo, Colette, une certaine France
  • Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Christian Oster, Mon grand appartement
  • Prix Médicis International: Bjorn Larsson, Le capitaine et les rêves

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Fiction: Ehud Havazelet, Ben Marcus, Yxta Maya Murray, ZZ Packer
Nonfiction: Gordon Grice, Margaret Talbot
Plays: Naomi Iizuka
Poetry: , Terrance Hayes, Martha Zweig

Elsewhere[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Andrew Motion (20 May 1999). "The insider's story". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ Michael Kennedy (June 19, 2019). "Stephen King Recalls the Accident That Almost Ended His Life 20 Years Ago Today". Screen Rant. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Scandinavian Review. American Scandinavian Foundation. 1999. p. 13.
  4. ^ Jenny Hartley; Sarah Turvey (2002). The Reading Groups Book. Oxford University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-925596-2.
  5. ^ Helene Carol Weldt-Basson (1 May 2017). Masquerade and Social Justice in Contemporary Latin American Fiction. University of New Mexico Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8263-5816-5.
  6. ^ Cecilia Konchar Farr (4 November 2004). Reading Oprah: How Oprah's Book Club Changed the Way America Reads. SUNY Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7914-6257-7.
  7. ^ Adam Mars-Jones (14 February 1999). "Blood is thicker than water - and twice as messy". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 539. ISBN 978-1-85743-269-5.
  9. ^ Yvonne Ying Hsieh (2006). Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, ou, la philosophie de l'ouverture. Summa Publications, Inc. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-883479-49-7.
  10. ^ Belgrade: Književna reč. Stojanović, Dejan (2009). "Sunce sebe gleda". Open Library. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  11. ^ Belgrade: Književna reč. Stojanović, Dejan (2010). "Razgovori". Open Library. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  12. ^ Rüf, Isabelle (16 October 1999). "Livres: Jean-Pierre Vernant: L'Univers, les dieux, les hommes". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  13. ^ Jenni Calder (13 June 2019). The Burning Glass: The Life of Naomi Mitchison. Sandstone Press Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-912240-67-8.
  14. ^ Conradi, Peter J. (2004). "Murdoch, Dame (Jean) Iris (1919–1999)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71228.
  15. ^ Hattenstone, Simon. The Guardian (London) 1 July 2000.
  16. ^ Dubus, Andre, III. "Andre Dubus III: "What I'm working on now, I can't think about anyone liking"". Beatrice (Interview). Ron Hogan. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  17. ^ Bruce Weber (March 16, 1999). "Del Close, 64, a Comedian With a Flair for Improvisation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  18. ^ O. Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. Kiribati. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 153.
  19. ^ Gifford, Denis (19 March 1999). "Obituary: Lee Falk". The Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  20. ^ "KANIN, GARSON (1912–1999), U.S. playwright and director". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  21. ^ "Mario Puzo, Author Who Made 'The Godfather' a World Addiction, Is Dead at 78". nytimes.com. July 3, 1999.
  22. ^ Adrian, Jack (30 September 1999). "Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  23. ^ John Mole (12 November 1999). "Obituary: E.J. Scovell". Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Obituary for Paul Bowles". The New York Times. 19 November 1999.
  25. ^ Norwich, John Julius, "Davis, Sir Rupert Charles Hart- (1907–1999)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2008
  26. ^ Severo, Richard; Mitgang, Herbert (December 14, 1999). "Joseph Heller, Darkly Surreal Novelist, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2010.

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