2009 in literature
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The year 2009 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- October 8 – Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- November 10 – Linden MacIntyre wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop's Man.
[edit] Books
[edit] Prose fiction
- Steig Larsson – The Girl Who Played With Fire (July 28)
- Margaret Atwood – The Year of the Flood (September 8)
- T. C. Boyle – The Women (February 10)
- Kathryn Stockett – The Help (February 10)
- Dan Brown – The Lost Symbol (September 15)
- E. L. Doctorow – Homer & Langley (September 1)
- Glen David Gold – Sunnyside (May 5)
- Lauren Groff – Delicate Edible Birds (January 27)
- Terrence E. Holt – In the Valley of the Kings (September 14)
- Denis Johnson – Nobody Move (June 5)
- Daniel Kehlmann – Fame (January 16)
- Lorrie Moore – A Gate at the Stairs (September 15)
- Alice Munro – Too Much Happiness (August 25)
- Joyce Carol Oates – Dear Husband, (March 31)
- Joyce Carol Oates – Little Bird of Heaven (September 15)
- Chuck Palahniuk – Pygmy (May 5)
- Lyudmila Petrushevskaya – There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby (September 29)
- Thomas Pynchon – Inherent Vice (August 4)
- Richard Russo – That Old Cape Magic (August 4)
- Raphael Selbourne – Beauty (September)
- Nicholas Sparks – The Last Song (September 8)
- Wells Tower – Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (March 17)
- John Wray – Lowboy (March 3)
- Dave Eggers – The Wild Things (October 1)
- Jonathan Lethem – Chronic City (October 13)
- John Irving – Last Night in Twisted River (October 20 – Canada) (October 27 – U.S.A.)
- Philip Roth – The Humbling (November 2)
- Vladimir Nabokov – The Original of Laura (unfinished last novel) (November 3)
- Barbara Kingsolver – The Lacuna: A Novel (November 3)
[edit] Horror Fiction
- Yukito Ayatsuji – Another (October 29)
- Matthew J. Costello – Doom 3: Maelstrom (March 31)
- Dark Calling (May 2009)
- Hell's Heroes (book) (October 2009)
- Richard Laymon – Dark Mountain (book) (March 2009)
- Stephen King – Under the Dome (November 10)
[edit] Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Shinichi Kimura, Kobuichi and Muririn – Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? (January 20)
- Charles Ogden – Split Ends (January 27, 2009)
- Robert Muchamore – Henderson's Boys: The Escape (February 5, 2009)
- Sagu Aoyama and Tinkle – Ro-Kyu-Bu! (February 10)
- Erin Hunter – Great Bear Lake (February 10, 2009)
- James Dashner – The Hunt for Dark Infinity (March 1, 2009)
- The Spook's Tale/Interception Point (March 5, 2009) by Joseph Delaney and Mark Walden
- Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (March 9, 2009)
- Neil Gaiman – Blueberry Girl (March 10, 2009)
- Brandon Mull – Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (March 24, 2009)
- Peter Lerangis – The Sword Thief (April 1, 2009)
- Robert Muchamore – Eagle Day (June 4, 2009)
- Erin Hunter – Sunrise (April 24, 2009)
- Erin Hunter – Smoke Mountain (May 1, 2009)
- Rick Riordan – The Last Olympian (May 5, 2009)
- D.J. Machale – The Soldiers of Halla (May 12, 2009)
- N.D. Wilson – Dandelion Fire
- Operation Storm City (May 12, 2009) by Joshua Mowll and various
- Michael Scott – The Sorceress (May 26, 2009)
- IS (Infinite Stratos) (May 31) by Izuru Yumizuru and Okiura
- Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers – Angie Sage (June 23, 2009)
- Beyond the Grave (June 2, 2009) by Jude Watson
- Emily the Strange: The Lost Days (June 2, 2009) by Rob Reger
- Code of the Clans (June 9, 2009) by Erin Hunter
- The Dragons of Ordinary Farm by Tad Williams and Deborah Beale (Jul 2, 2009)
- Bluestar's Prophecy (August 2009) by Erin Hunter
- The Green Bronze Mirror (reprint) (October 29, 2009) by Lynne Ellison
- The Lost Train of Thought (October 2009) by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
- Mayo Chiki! (November 21) by Hajime Asano and Seiji Kikuchi
- The Fourth Apprentice (November 24, 2009) by Erin Hunter
[edit] Science Fiction and Fantasy
- James Patterson – MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (March 16, 2009)
- Jim Butcher – Turn Coat (April 7)
- James Patterson – Daniel X: Watch the Skies (July 27)
- Michael E. Marks – Dominant Species (novel) (October 1, 2009)
- Eoin Colfer – And Another Thing... (October 2009)
- J.C. Hutchins – 7th Son, Book One: Descent (October 27)
- Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson – The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time volume 12) (Oct 27, 2009)
- Michael Crichton – Pirate Latitudes (November 24)
[edit] Mystery
- David Baldacci – First Family (April 21)
[edit] Non-fiction
- Olivier Ameisen – The End of my Addiction (March 5)
- Dave Eggers – Zeitoun (July 15)
- Craig Ferguson – American on Purpose (September 22)
- Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals (October 28)
- David Grann – The Lost City of Z (February 24)
- Thomas Levenson – Newton and the Counterfeiter (June 3)
- Eric W. Sanderson – Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City (May 1)
- Bill Simmons – The Book of Basketball (October 26)
- William T. Vollmann – Imperial (July 29)
- Michael Chabon – Manhood for Amateurs (October 6)
- Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals (November 2)
- Guy Sorman – Economics Does Not Lie (July 20)
[edit] New drama
- Jacob M. Appel – Causa Mortis
- Patrick Marber – After Miss Julie
- Tony Glazer – In The Daylight
- Anna Deavere Smith – Let Me Down Easy
- Sarah Ruhl – In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
[edit] Poetry
Main article: 2009 in poetry
[edit] Political
- Mark Levin – Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (March 24, 2009)
[edit] Awards and honors
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction – Joseph O'Neill, Netherland
- Canada Reads – Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
- IMPAC Dublin Literary Award – Michael Thomas, Man Gone Down
- Man Booker Prize – Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction – Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
- Scotiabank Giller Prize – Linden MacIntyre, The Bishop's Man
- Nobel Prize in Literature – Herta Müller
- Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year – Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, Daina Taimina
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Pierre Michon, Les Onze
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 – Johannes Mario Simmel, 84, Austrian writer
- January 27 – John Updike, 76, American novelist (Rabbit series)
John Updike
- February 20 – Christopher Nolan, 43, Irish poet and author
- February 25 – Philip José Farmer, 91, American science fiction writer
- March 13 – James Purdy, 94, American novelist, poet and playwright
- March 31
- Jarl Alfredius, 66, Swedish journalist
- Michael Cox, 60, British novelist and biographer
- April 14 – Maurice Druon, 90, French historical novelist
- April 19 – J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist
- May 6 – Lev Losev, 71, Russian-American poet
- May 17 – Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan writer
- June 2 – David Eddings, 77, American novelist
- July 6 – Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist
- July 19 – Frank McCourt, 78, Irish-American memoirist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Frank McCourt - July 23 – E. Lynn Harris, 54, American author
- July 25 – Stanley Middleton, 89, British author
- July 27
- Aeronwy Thomas, 66, British translator and writer
- Michaël Zeeman, 50, Dutch literary critic, poet and writer
- July 31 – Tim Guest, 34, British writer
- August 2 – Adolf Endler, 78, German writer
- August 4 – Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter and author
- August 5 – Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter and novelist
- August 6
- Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian
- Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet
- August 7 – Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer
- August 8 – Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet
- August 9 – Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer
- August 10
- Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer
- Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author
- August 16 – Alistair Campbell, 84, New Zealand poet
- August 18
- Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet
- Hugo Loetscher, 79, Swiss author
- Fernanda Pivano, 92, Italian writer
- August 19 – Donald M. Grant, 82, American science fiction publisher
- August 20 – Karla Kuskin, 77, American children's author
- August 22 – Elmer Kelton, 83, American Western novelist
Elmer Kelton. - August 25 – Bob Carroll, 73, American historian and author
- August 25 – Sergey Mikhalkov, 96, Russian writer and poet
- September 3 – Christine D'Haen, 85, Belgian poet
- September 4 – Keith Waterhouse, 80, British author and playwright
- September 6
- Catherine Gaskin, 80, Irish-born Australian novelist
- Nada Iveljić, 79, Croatian writer
- September 10 – Lyn Hamilton, 65, Canadian author
- September 11 – Jim Carroll, 60, American author
- September 12
- William Hoffman, 84, American novelist
- Antônio Olinto, 90, Brazilian writer
- September 13 – Sarah E. Wright, 80, American novelist
- September 15 – Trevor Rhone, 69, Jamaican playwright
- September 19 – Milton Meltzer, 94, American historian and author
- September 21 – Junzo Shono, 88, Japanese author
- September 22 – Kole Čašule, 88, Macedonian writer
- September 24 – Nelly Arcan, 35, Canadian novelist
- September 25 – Willy Breinholst, 91, Danish author
- October 1
- Otar Chiladze, 76, Georgian writer
- Cintio Vitier, 88, Cuban poet
- October 4 – Veikko Huovinen, 82, Finnish writer
- November 29 – Robert Holdstock, 61, British writer
Veikko Huovinen - November 30 – Milorad Pavić, 80, Serbian writer
- December 5 – William Lederer, 97, American author
- December 7
- Carlene Hatcher Polite, 77, American novelist
- Pyotr Vail, 60, Russian essayist and journalist
- December 15 – Courtlandt Bryan, 73, American author
- December 19 – Loren Singer, 86, American novelist
- December 20 – Vera Rich, 73, British poet, journalist
- December 23 – Grigory Baklanov, 86, Russian novelist
- December 25
- Vrindavanam Venugopalan, 74, Indian writer
- Rachel Wetzsteon, 42, American poet
- December 26
- Dennis Brutus, 85, South African poet
- Norval White, 83, American author
