2021 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2021.
Events[]
- January 1 – British writer and illustrator Anthony Browne is appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to literature.[1]
New books[]
Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction[]
- Anuk Arudpragasam – A Passage North (July 15, UK)[2]
- Rachel Cusk – Second Place (May 6, UK)[2]
- Abigail Dean – Girl A (January 21, UK)
- Jonathan Franzen – Crossroads (October 5, US)[3]
- Damon Galgut – The Promise (June 17, UK)[2]
- Jakob Guanzon – Abundance (March 2, US)
- Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun (March 2, UK)[4][2]
- Caroline Kepnes – You Love Me (April 6, US)
- Stephen King – Billy Summers (August 3, US)[5]
- Stephen King – Later (March 2, US)
- Mary Lawson – A Town Called Solace (February 4, Canada)[2]
- John le Carré (died 2020) – Silverview (due October, UK)
- Patricia Lockwood – No One Is Talking About This (February 16, US)[6][2]
- Nadifa Mohamed – The Fortune Men (May 27, UK)[2]
- Viet Thanh Nguyen – The Committed (March 2, US)[7]
- Anna North – Outlawed (January 5, US)[8]
- Helen Oyeyemi – Peaces (March 30, UK)
- Lauren Oyler – Fake Accounts (February 2, US)
- Lindsay Pereira – Gods and Ends (March 22, India)
- Torrey Peters – Detransition, Baby (January 7, US)
- Richard Powers – Bewilderment (September 21, US)[2]
- Sunjeev Sahota – China Room (May 6, UK)[2]
- Maggie Shipstead – Great Circle (May 4, US)[2]
- Michael Farris Smith – Nick (January 5, UK)
- Francis Spufford – Light Perpetual (February 4, UK)[2]
- Colson Whitehead – Harlem Shuffle (September 14, US)[9]
Children and young people[]
- Jeff Kinney
- Meghan Markle – The Bench (due June, US)
- Michael Morpurgo – A Song of Gladness (April 29, UK)
- – (March 4)
- Rose Szabo – What Big Teeth (February 2, US)
Poetry[]
- Amanda Gorman – The Hill We Climb: Poems (March 30, US)
Drama[]
- Giles Terera – The Meaning of Zong[10]
Non-fiction[]
- Joan Didion – Let Me Tell You What I Mean (January 26, US)
- Bill Gates – How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (February 16, US)[11]
- Sasha Issenberg – The Engagement
- Elizabeth Kolbert – Under a White Sky (February 9, US)
- Jordan Peterson – Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (March 2, Canada)[12]
- Steve Wilkins – The Pembrokeshire Murders[13]
Biography and memoirs[]
- Blake Bailey – Philip Roth: The Biography[14]
- Richard Coles – The Madness of Grief[15]
- Sinéad O'Connor – Rememberings[16] (due out in June)
- Nadia Owusu – Aftershocks: A Memoir (January 12, UK)
- Michelle Zauner – Crying in H Mart (April 20, US)[17]
Deaths[]
- January 7 – Neil Sheehan, 84, American journalist (The New York Times) and author "A Bright Shining Lie", Pulitzer Prize winner (1989)
- January 9 – Ved Mehta, 86, Indian novelist[18]
- January 11 – Vassilis Alexakis, 77, Greek-born French writer and translator[19]
- January 22 – Sharon Kay Penman, 75, American historical novelist[20]
- January 23 – Martha Madrigal, 92, Mexican poet.[21]
- January 26 – Lars Norén, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (born 1944)[22]
- February 8 – Jean-Claude Carrière, 89, French novelist, screenwriter and actor[23]
- February 22 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101, American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind) and co-founder of the City Lights Bookstore
- March 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., 92, Mexican writer and philosopher.[24]
- March 6
- N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat, 84, Indian poet.[25]
- Valentin Kurbatov, 81, Russian literary critic and writer.[26]
- March 8 – Djibril Tamsir Niane, 89, Guinean writer and historian, COVID-19.[27]
- March 21
- Nawal El Saadawi, 89, Egyptian feminist and writer (Woman at Point Zero, The Fall of the Imam).[28]
- Adam Zagajewski, 75, Polish poet, (Unseen Hand, Another Beauty).[29]
- March 25
- Beverly Cleary, 104, American children's author (The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ramona, Dear Mr. Henshaw), Newbery Medal winner (1984).[30]
- Larry McMurtry, 84, American novelist (Lonesome Dove), and screenwriter (The Last Picture Show, Brokeback Mountain)[31]
- April 2 – Arthur Kopit, 83, American playwright (Indians, Wings, Nine).[32]
- April 22 – Anthony Thwaite, 90, English poet and editor.[33]
- May 1 – Pieter Aspe, 68, Belgian writer.[34]
- May 2 – Jesús Hilario Tundidor, 85, Spanish poet.[35]
- May 23 – Eric Carle, 91, American children's author (The Very Hungry Caterpillar).[36]
- August 4 – Jean Breeze, 65, Jamaican poet.[37]
- August 18 – Jill Murphy, 72, British children's author and illustrator (The Worst Witch).[38]
Awards[]
The following list is arranged alphabetically:
- Booker Prize: 2021 Booker Prize TBA
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal: Nora Gomringer[39]
- Dylan Thomas Prize: Raven Leilani, Luster[40]
- Folio Prize: Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
- Holberg Prize: Martha Nussbaum[41]
- International Booker Prize: David Diop, At Night All Blood Is Black translated by Anna Moschovakis[42]
- Jerusalem Prize: Julian Barnes[43]
- Orwell Prize:[44]
- Political fiction: Ali Smith, Summer
- Political writing: Joshua Yaffa, Between Two Fires: Truth, ambition and compromise in Putin’s Russia
- Walter Scott Prize: Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "The 2021 Booker Prize longlist". The Booker Prize. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ Rankin, Seija (February 10, 2021). "See the cover of Crossroads, the first installment of Jonathan Franzen's new trilogy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Allfree, Claire (27 February 2021). "'Can you be a writer and a parent?': Kazuo Ishiguro and his daughter Naomi on the future of fiction". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Lasdun, James (August 3, 2021). "Stephen King Pays His Dues in a 'One Last Job' Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Goddu, Charlotte (February 16, 2021). "In No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood Captures a Joyful, Sinister Life Online—But Also the World Beyond". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Khatib, Joumana (February 24, 2021). "16 New Books to Watch For in March". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Singer, Jenny (January 22, 2021). "7 of the Best New Books to Read in January". Glamour. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead". Kirkus Reviews. June 16, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Mirren Wilson (24 March 2021). "Review:The Meaning of Zong, Bristol Old Vic". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Khatib, Joumana (January 27, 2021). "13 New Books to Watch For in February". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ Suzanne Moore, Suzanne Moore (February 27, 2021). "Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, review: Jordan Peterson is back with a self-help book that is not here to hug you better". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Pembrokeshire Murders, The". Gwales. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Philip Roth: The Biography by Blake Bailey". Publishers Weekly. February 8, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Michael Coren (29 March 2021). "Richard Coles and the madness of grief". The Critic. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June". USA Today. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Rao, Sonia (April 20, 2021). "Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner is fighting for joy through grief". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ Margalit Fox. "Ved Mehta, Celebrated Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 86". New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Littérature : disparition de Vassilis Alexakis, le plus français des écrivains grecs". Le Courrier des Balkans (in French). Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Clay Risen (January 29, 2021). "Sharon Kay Penman, whose novels plumbed Britain's past, dies at 75". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Falleció en México la poetisa Martha Madrigal Archived 2021-01-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Dramatikern Lars Norén död - Kulturnytt i P1". sverigesradio.se.
- ^ "Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter of Cyrano de Bergerac and Belle de Jour, dies aged 89". The Guardian. London. Agence France-Presse. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Fallece el pensador, poeta y activista Enrique González Rojo Arthur Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "Noted Kannada poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta passes away at 84". Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ В Пскове скончался член Союза писателей России Валентин Курбатов Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Addio allo storico Djibril Tamsir Niane Archived 2021-03-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ "Pioneering Egyptian Feminist Nawal El Saadawi Dies Aged 89". Archived from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Zmarł wybitny poeta i eseista Adam Zagajewski Archived 2021-03-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- ^ "Beverly Cleary, beloved and prolific author of children's books, dies at 104". Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (26 March 2021). "Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Arthur Kopit Dies: Pulitizer-Nominated ‘Indians’, ‘Nine’ Playwright Was 83
- ^ Anthony Thwaite obituary (subscription required)
- ^ Succesauteur Pieter Aspe overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Fallece el poeta zamorano Jesús Hilario Tundidor a los 85 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Carmel, Julia (May 26, 2021). "Eric Carle, Author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Jamaican dub poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze dies aged 65". the Guardian. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ Strzyżyńska, Weronika (20 August 2021). "Jill Murphy, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 72". The Guardian.
- ^ "Zuckmayer-Medaille für Nora Gomringer". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Munich. dpa. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize: New Yorker Raven Leilani wins accolade". BBC News. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Martha C. Nussbaum | Holbergprisen". holbergprisen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "International Booker Prize: David Diop becomes first French winner". BBC News. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Porter Anderson (3 May 2021). "Israel's Jerusalem Prize Goes to England's Julian Barnes". Publishing Perspectives.
- ^ "Smith, Yaffa win 2021 Orwell Prizes". Books+Publishing. 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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