2001 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2001.

The play – for which Briony had designed the posters, programs and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper – was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss breakfast and lunch.

– Opening sentence, Ian McEwan, Atonement

Events[]

  • February 15 – The author Michael Crichton signs a new deal with HarperCollins Publishers that reportedly earns him $40 million for two books.
  • April 1 – The BookCrossing scheme for leaving books for strangers to find is launched.
  • April 13 – The film version of Helen Fielding's 1996 novel Bridget Jones's Diary has uncredited cameo roles as themselves for Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and Jeffrey Archer, at a literary party.[1]
  • July 19 – The English popular novelist and politician Jeffrey Archer, having been found guilty of perjury in a libel trial, is sentenced to imprisonment.[2]
  • September 19 – Amiri Baraka reads his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?" at a poetry festival in New Jersey, eight days after the September 11 attacks.
  • December 10 – The live-action film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson, opens in London. Its appearance has a strong impact on readership of the trilogy.[3]

New books[]

Fiction[]

Children and young people[]

Drama[]

  • Richard Alfieri – Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
  • Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Behsharam (Shameless)
  • Abdelkader Benali – Yasser
  • Neil LaBute – The Shape of Things
  • Lynn Manning – Weights
  • Peter Morris – The Age of Consent
  • Zlatko Topčić – Time Out

Poetry[]

Main article: 2001 in poetry

Non-fiction[]

Deaths[]

  • January 5 – G. E. M. Anscombe, English analytic philosopher (died 2001)
  • January 8 – Catherine Storr, English children's writer (born 1913)
  • January 11 – Lorna Sage, English scholar (born 1943)
  • January 31 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-born American science fiction writer (born 1923)[7]
  • February 7 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (born 1906)
  • February 14
    • Alan Ross, Indian-born English poet and editor (born 1922)
    • Richard Laymon, American horror fiction writer (born 1947)
  • March 12 – Robert Ludlum, American novelist (born 1927)
  • May 11 – Douglas Adams, English writer, humorist and dramatist (born 1952)[8]
  • May 13
    • Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (born 1939)[9]
    • R. K. Narayan, Indian novelist writing in English (born 1906)[10]
  • June 1 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (born 1920)
  • June 27 – Tove Jansson, Finnish children's author writing in Swedish (born 1914)[11]
  • July 3 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist (born 1931)[12]
  • July 18 – James Hatfield, American author (born 1958)
  • July 31 – Poul Anderson, American fantasy and sci-fi author (born 1926)[13]
  • August 6 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (born 1912)[14]
  • August 20 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (born 1915)
  • November 10 – Ken Kesey, American author (born 1935)[15]
  • November 25 – David Gascoyne, English surrealist poet (born 1916)[16]
  • December 21 – Dick Schaap, American journalist and author (born 1934)[17]
  • December 14 – W. G. Sebald, German novelist and academic (born 1944)[18]

Awards[]

  • Nobel Prize for Literature: V.S. Naipaul

Australia[]

Canada[]

France[]

United Kingdom[]

United States[]

Fiction: Emily Carter, Matthew Klam, Akhil Sharma, Samrat Upadhyay, John Wray
Nonfiction: Judy Blunt, Kathleen Finneran
Plays: Brighde Mullins
Poetry: Joel Brouwer, Jason Sommer

Other[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bridget Jones's Diary at IMDb
  2. ^ Andrew George (2002). A View from the Bottom Left-hand Corner: Impressions of a Raw Recruit Through Selected Parliamentary Sketches and Essays 1997-2002. Patten Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-872229-45-4.
  3. ^ Withers, Hannah; Ross, Lauren. "Young People Are Reading More Than You". McSweeneys. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  4. ^ Jonathan Franzen (15 September 2001). The Corrections: A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-1-4299-2861-8.
  5. ^ a b c Olson, Danel (2011). 21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000. Scarecrow Press. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-8108-7728-3.
  6. ^ Faculty of Arts, 2002, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Tom Allen. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  7. ^ "Gordon R. Dickson -- Science Fiction Writer, 77". The New York Times. February 16, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  8. ^ Lewis, Judith; Shulman, Dave (24 May 2001). "Lots of Screamingly Funny Sentences. No Fish. – page 1". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  9. ^ Henn, Jennifer (May 24, 2001). "Jason Miller dies". Scranton Times Tribune. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009.
  10. ^ N. Ram (15 May 2001). "I'm giving you a lot of trouble". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  11. ^ Prideaux, Sue (2014-01-15). "Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ^ Michael McNay (July 5, 2001). "Mordecai Richler". The Guardian.
  13. ^ Douglas Martin (3 August 2001). "Poul Anderson, Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Jorge Amado dies at 88; Brazil's leading novelist". New York Times. 7 August 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ^ Baker, Jeff (November 11, 2001). "All times a great artist, Ken Kesey is dead at age 66". The Oregonian. p. A1.
  16. ^ Valentine Cunningham (27 November 2001). "David Gascoyne". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  17. ^ Harris M. Lentz III (16 April 2002). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-7864-1278-5.
  18. ^ Eric Homberger (17 December 2001). "WG Sebald". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  19. ^ Faculty of Arts, 2001, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Taras Grescoe. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
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