2012 in literature
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The year 2012 will involve some significant events and new books.
Events
- January – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from The Satanic Verses, which is banned in the country.[1]
- April – While attending the London Book Fair, exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book Beijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party" after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book to Liu Binjie at the fair.[2]
- July – Jaime García Márquez tells his students that his brother Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian writer and recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, suffers from dementia that has ended his writing career.[3][4]
Books
Poetry
See 2012 in poetry
Science fiction and fantasy
- Karl Schroeder – Ashes of Candesce (February 14)
- John Barrowman and Carole Barrowman – Hollow Earth
- Tobias Buckell – Arctic Rising (February 28)
- Tim Powers – Hide Me Among the Graves (March 13)
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood – The Outcast Blade (March 26)
- Bradley P. Beaulieu – The Straits of Galesh (April 3)
- Robert J. Sawyer – Triggers (April 3)
- John Birmingham – Angels of Vengeance (April 10)
- Brian Evenson – Immobility (April 10)
- Brian Francis Slattery – Lost Everything (April 10)
- Mary Robinette Kowal – Glamour in Glass (April 10)
- Stephen King – The Wind Through the Keyhole (April 24)
- Paulo Bacigalupi – The Drowned Cities (May 1)
- N. K. Jemisin – The Killing Moon (May 1)
- China Mieville – Railsea (May 15)
- Daniel Abraham – The King's Blood (May 22)
- Ian C. Esslemont – Orb Sceptre Throne (May 22)
- Mira Grant – Blackout (May 22)
- Kim Stanley Robinson – 2312 (May 22)
- Douglas Hulick – Sworn in Steel (June 5)
- Paul Melko – Broken Universe (June 5)
- Alastair Reynolds – Blue Remembered Earth (June 5)
- John Scalzi – Redshirts (June 5)
- Daniel H. Wilson – Amped (June 5)
- N. K. Jemisin – The Shadowed Sun (June 12)
- David Brin – Existence (June 19)
- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter – The Long Earth (June 19)
- Daniel Abraham (writing as James S.A. Corey) – Caliban's War (June 26)
- Alex Bledsoe – Wake of the Bloody Angel (July 3)
- Charles Stross – The Apocalypse Codex (July 3)
- Mark Lawrence – King of Thorns (August 7)
- Hannu Rajaniemi – The Fractal Prince (September 4)
- Brent Weeks – The Blinding Knife (September 11)
- Steven Erikson – Forge of Darkness (September 18)
- Joe Abercrombie – Red Country (November 20)
- Jay Lake – Calamity of So Long a Life
- Michael Moorcock – The Whispering Swarm
- Gene Wolfe – The Land Across
Deaths
- January 19, – On Sarig, Israeli children's author, 85
- February 1, – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, 88[7]
- February 3, – Samuel Youd (AKA John Christopher) (b. April 16, 1922), English science fiction novelist
- February 4, – Irene McKinney, American poet, 72[8]
- March 21, – Christine Brooke-Rose, British novelist, 89
- March 25, – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer, 68[9]
- March 27, – Adrienne Rich, American writer, 82[10]
- March 28, – John Arden, English writer, 81[11][12]
- April 2, – Sarah Dreher, American novelist and playwright, 75[13]
- April 7, – Miss Read, English novelist, 98[14]
- April 17, – Leila Berg, British children's author, 94[15]
- April 26, – Ardian Klosi, Albanian political analyst, publicist, and writer, 55 (suicide)[16]
- May 8, – Maurice Sendak, American children's author and illustrator, known for Where the Wild Things Are, 83[17]
- May 15, - Jean Craighead George, American novelist, known for My Side of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves, 92[18]
- May 26, – Leo Dillon, American children's author and illustrator
- June 5, – Ray Bradbury, American science-fiction and fantasy author, known for Farenheit 451, Something Wicked this Way Comes, and The Martian Chronicles, among other works, 91[19]
- June 5, – Barry Unsworth, 81[20][21]
References
- ^ "Salman Rushdie may not attend literature festival in India following widespread protests – Wikinews, the free news source". En.wikinews.org. January 18, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ Page, Benedicte (April 19, 2012). "Ma Jian protest paints the London Book Fair red". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Urquhart, Conal (July 7, 2012). "Gabriel García Márquez's writing career ended by dementia". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "Garcia Marquez 'suffering from dementia', says brother". BBC News. UK: BBC. July 7, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "Toni Morrison Receives Award, Talks About Her Next Novel – After Hours Blog". washingtonian.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ "Perseus Books Home". Basicbooks.com. May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Polish Nobel winning poet Szymborska dies at 88". Reuters. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ^ "W.Va. poet laureate Irene McKinney dies at 72". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia. February 4, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ^ "Writer Antonio Tabucchi dies in Lisbon". AGI – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. AGI.it. March 25, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ Flood, Alison (March 29, 2012). "Adrienne Rich, award-winning poet and essayist, dies". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (March 30, 2012). "Obituary: John Arden". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ Siggins, Lorna (March 30, 2012). "Playwright and political activist John Arden dies". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Sarah A. Dreher Obituary: View Sarah Dreher's Obituary by The Republican". Obits.masslive.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ 6:06 pm BST Apr 11, 2012 (April 11, 2012). "Dora Saint". Telegraph. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rosemary Stones. "Leila Berg obituary | Books | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "(Albanian)". Ora-news.com. April 27, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
- ^ "Ray Bradbury, enduring author of fantasy, science fiction, dies at 91 – Page 2". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Flood, Alison (June 8, 2012). "Barry Unsworth, Booker prizewinner, dies at 81". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (June 7, 2012). "Barry Unsworth, Writer of Historical Fiction, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2012.