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Overview of the events of 2024 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2024.
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Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
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- January 22 – Elke Erb, German author and poet, 85[12]
- January, 24 – N. Scott Momaday, american novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner in 1969.[13]
- March 22 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French children's book writer and illustrator, 98[14]
- April 2 – John Barth, American fiction writer, 93[15]
- April 2 – Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist and playwright, 90
- April 4 – Lynne Reid Banks, English novelist, 94[16]
- April 27 – C. J. Sansom, British crime writer (Shardlake series), 71[17]
- April 28 – Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, New Zealand writer, Poet Laureate (2013–2015), 86[18]
- April 30 – Paul Auster, American crime writer (The New York Trilogy), 77[19]
- May 4 – Jūrō Kara, Japanese playwright, 84[20]
- May 13 – Alice Munro, Canadian writer, 92
- July 1 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer, 88[21]
- July 28 – Edna O'Brien, Irish writer, 93
- September 15 – Elias Khoury, Lebanese writer, 76[22]
- ^ Smith, Helena (April 18, 2021). "Revealed: Lord Byron's £4,000 cheque that helped create modern Greece". The Guardian. Athens. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Lawrance, ed. (1964). Selected Letters of Robert Frost. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. lvi. ISBN 978-0-88427-011-9. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (January 8, 2024). "A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ "Exclusive Cover Reveal of Jennifer Croft's "The Extinction of Irena Rey"". Electric Literature. July 7, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "The Morningside by Téa Obreht". Kirkus Reviews. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ Collis, Clark (November 6, 2023). "Read the start of Stephen King's Cujo sequel in excerpt from story collection, You Like It Darker". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ Rivera, Joshua (May 30, 2024). "Let Keanu Reeves punch and shoot his way onto your summer reading list". Polygon. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ Plouviez, Grégory (10 January 2024). "'Avec les fées' : que vaut le dernier livre de Sylvain Tesson ?". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "An Emotional RuPaul Announces Memoir Titled 'House of Hidden Meanings'". www.out.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Salman Rushdie to publish memoir on stabbing that left him blind in one eye". CNN. Reuters. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Mahdawi, Arwa (2024-09-17). "Melania Trump has a memoir coming out – and she's acting pretty strangely". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Schriftstellerin Elke Erb gestorben". Zeit. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89". Associated Press News. January 29, 2024. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ "Laurent de Brunhoff".
- ^ Parini, Jay (2004). The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-19-515653-9.
- ^ "The Indian In The Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks dies aged 94". NewsChain. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Knight, Lucy (April 29, 2024). "CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71". The Guardian.
- ^ "Sir Vincent O'Sullivan Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Paul Auster, famed novelist known for 'The New York Trilogy' and '4 3 2 1,' dies at 77". NBC News. May 1, 2024.
- ^ 唐十郎さん死去、84歳…「泥人魚」「ベンガルの虎」アングラ小劇場運動を先導 (in Japanese)
- ^ "Albania's world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88". AP News. 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76". AP News. 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Attila Berki, "Alicia Elliott wins 2024 Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Quill & Quire, June 7, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill & Quire, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Lisa Alward wins 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Quill & Quire, June 12th, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "George McWhirter wins Griffin Poetry Prize for Homero Aridjis translation". Quill & Quire, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Newfoundland poet Maggie Burton wins 2024 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize". Quill & Quire, May 29, 2024.
- ^ Athena Sobhan, "The 2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners". People, June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley and Bradley Peters win League of Canadian Poets prizes". CBC Books, May 1, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Patrick deWitt wins 2024 Leacock Medal". Quill & Quire, June 24, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Nina Dunic, A. Light Zachary among Trillium Book Award winners". Quill & Quire, June 20, 2024.
