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Overview of the events of 2006 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2006 .
Events
April 7 – Mr Justice Peter Smith delivers judgment in the copyright case begun on February 27 against publisher Random House over the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code High Court of Justice in London, finding that author Dan Brown has not breached the copyright of Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh in their book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail coded message on the whim of the judge.[ 1] Summer – Brutalism becomes the first literary movement to be launched via the social networking site Myspace .[ 2]
June – Ciaran Creagh 's play Last Call , based loosely on the hanging of murderer Michael Manning in 1954 as witnessed by the playwright's father, is staged in Mountjoy Prison , Dublin , where it is set.
July 14 – The Times Literary Supplement Shelley 's Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things 1811 pamphlet containing a 172-line poem which criticizes war, politics and religion; although published anonymously, the poem is thought to have contributed to the rebel poet's expulsion from the University of Oxford (which acquires the unique copy of the pamphlet in 2015).[ 3] July 21 – The writers of America's Next Top Model Writers Guild of America , which would allow them regulated wages, access to portable health insurance , and pension benefits . These benefits would be similar to those given to writers on scripted shows.August 1 – The University of Helsinki library becomes the National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto ).September 20 – The Writers Guild of America, West , holds a Los Angeles rally in support of the "America's Next Top Model " writers' strike . President Patric Verrone says: "Every piece of media with a moving image on a screen or a recorded voice must have a writer, and every writer must have a WGA contract."[ 4] November 6 – WGAw files an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after "Top Model" producers say that the next season of the show will not require writers. In response, Verrone said, "as they demanded union representation, the company decided they were expendable. This is illegal strikebreaking."[ 5] The first full-length novel in the Manx language , Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley ("The Vampire Murders") is published by Brian Stowell, after being serialized in the press.
New books
Fiction
Fantasy
Joe Abercrombie – The Blade Itself R. Scott Bakker – The Thousandfold Thought Prince of Nothing trilogy)Steven Erikson – The Bonehunters Malazan Book of the Fallen series)Terry Goodkind – Phantom Sword of Truth series)Laurell K. Hamilton – Mistral's Kiss Merry Gentry series)Sherrilyn Kenyon – Dark Side of the Moon Dark-Hunter Series )Gregory Keyes – The Blood Knight The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series)Dean Koontz – Brother Odd Odd Thomas Tanith Lee – Piratica II The Piratica Series )Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora Gentleman Bastards series)Patricia A. McKillip – Solstice Wood Zhang Muye – Ghost Blows Out the Light
James Patterson – School's Out — Forever Maximum Ride series)Angie Sage – Flyte Septimus Heap series)Darren Shan
Catherynne M. Valente – The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden The Orphan's Tales )Jeff VanderMeer – Shriek: An Afterword Rick Riordan – The Sea of Monsters
Historical fiction
Horror
Humor and satire
Mystery and Crime
Romance
Science fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 4 – Irving Layton , Canadian poet (born 1912 )January 16 – Jan Mark , English children's writer (born 1943 )January 30 – Wendy Wasserstein , American playwright (born 1950 )February 2 – Chris Doty , Canadian dramatist (born 1966 )February 4 – Betty Friedan , American feminist writer (born 1921 )February 8 – Michael Gilbert , English crime writer (born 1912 )February 9 – Ena Lamont Stewart , Scottish playwright (born 1912 )February 11 – Peter Benchley , American novelist (born 1940 )February 17 – Sybille Bedford , German-born English novelist and journalist (born 1911 )February 20 – Lucjan Wolanowski (Lucjan Kon), Polish writer, journalist and traveler (born 1920 )February 21
February 22 – Hilde Domin , German writer (born 1909 )February 24 – Octavia E. Butler , American science fiction writer (born 1947 )February 25 – Margaret Gibson , Canadian novelist and story writer (born 1948 )March 27 – Stanisław Lem , Polish science fiction writer (born 1921 )March 30 – John McGahern , Irish novelist, dramatist and short story writer (born 1934 )April 3 – Muhammad al-Maghut , Syrian Ismaili poet (born 1934 )April 6 – Leslie Norris , Anglo-Welsh poet and author (born 1921 )April 13 – Muriel Spark , Scottish-born novelist (born 1918 )April 25 – Jane Jacobs , American urban planning critic and activist (born 1916 )May 9 – Jerzy Ficowski , poet, writer and translator (born 1924 )May 17 – Clare Boylan , Irish novelist (born 1948 )May 18 – Gilbert Sorrentino , American novelist and poet (born 1929 )June 17 – James H. McClure , South African-born crime writer (born 1939 )June 28 – Nigel Cox , New Zealand novelist (born 1951 )July 17 – Mickey Spillane , American crime writer (born 1918 )July 28 – David Gemmell , English fantasy novelist (born 1948 )August 17 – Shamsur Rahman , Bengali poet (born 1929 )August 21 – S. Yizhar , Israeli novelist (born 1916 )August 25 – Silva Kaputikyan , Armenian poet (born 1919 )August 30 – Naguib Mahfouz , Egyptian novelist, 1988 Nobel laureate (born 1911 )September 1 – György Faludy , Hungarian poet, writer and translator (born 1910 )September 12 – Edna Staebler CM , Canadian author and literary journalist (born 1906 )[ 7] October 13 – Protiva Bose , Bengali writer and singer (born 1915 )October 25 – Paul Ableman , English writer of erotic fiction and playwright (born 1927 )November 1 – William Styron , American novelist (born 1925 )November 6 – Nelson S. Bond , American writer (born 1908 )November 9 – Ellen Willis , American journalist and critic (born 1941 )November 10 – Jack Williamson , American science fiction author (born 1908 )November 15 – George G. Blackburn MC , Canadian author (born 1917 )[ 8] November 23
November 24
November 27 – Bebe Moore Campbell , American author (born 1950 )December 21 – Philippa Pearce , English children's writer (born 1920 )December 26 – John Heath-Stubbs , English poet and translator (born 1918 )
Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature : Orhan Pamuk James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Cormac McCarthy , The Road James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Byron Rogers , The Man Who Went into the West: The life of R.S. Thomas The Australian/Vogel Literary Award : Belinda Castles , The River Baptists Compton Crook Award : Maria Snyder , Poison Study C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry : John Tranter , Urban Myths: 210 Poems Europe Theatre Prize : Harold Pinter Eric Gregory Award : Fiona Benson , Retta Bowen , Frances Leviston , Jonathan Morley , Eoghan Walls 2006 Governor General's Awards : see articleGriffin Poetry Prize : Sylvia Legris , Nerve Squall and Kamau Brathwaite , Born to Slow Horses Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry : Jaya Savige , Latecomers Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see 2006 Lambda Literary Awards .Man Booker Prize : Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss .Miles Franklin Award : Roger McDonald , The Ballad of Desmond Kale Premio Nadal : Eduardo Lago , Llámame Brooklyn Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry : Fleur Adcock Scotiabank Giller Prize : Vincent Lam , Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Wallace Stevens Award : Michael Palmer Whiting Awards :
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction : Francis Chalifour , After [ 9] Camões Prize : José Luandino Vieira (refused)Orange Prize for Fiction : to On Beauty by Zadie Smith Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : to March by Geraldine Brooks National Book Award for Fiction : to The Echo Maker by Richard Powers National Book Critics Circle Award : to The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction : to The March by E.L. Doctorow
See also
References
^ "Judge creates own Da Vinci code" . BBC News. 2006-04-27. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-17 .^ "The rise and rise of the Brutalists" . Books Blog . London: The Guardian . August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-26 .^ "Poetry in the News: 2006" . London: The Poetry Society . Retrieved 2015-11-12 .^ Grossman, Ben (2006-09-20). "WGA's Verrone: "Every Writer Must Have a WGA Contract" . Broadcasting & Cable . Retrieved 2006-09-24 . ^ Benson, Jim (2006-11-07). "Top Model Takes Strikers Off Payroll" . Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2006-11-09 . ^ Faculty of Arts, 2007, Edna Staebler Award Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Linden MacIntyre, Retrieved 11/16/2012
^ Obits for Life, Edna Staebler , Retrieved 11/26/2012^ Ottawa Citizen , November 16–18, 2006, George Blackburn – Obituary ^ Faculty of Arts, 2006, Edna Staebler Award Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Francis Chalifour, Retrieved 11/27/2012
