- 2001 in literature
The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
* The film version of
J. R. R. Tolkien 's classic book, "", is released to movie theaters. The film is directed byPeter Jackson *
February 15 - AuthorMichael Crichton signed a new two book deal with HarperCollins Publishers reportedly earning $40 million for the two books.New books
*
Niccolò Ammaniti - "Io non ho paura "
*Raymond Benson - "Never Dream of Dying "
*Dennis Bock - "The Ash Garden "
*Ben Bova - "The Precipice "
*Geraldine Brooks - "Year of Wonders "
*Lois McMaster Bujold - "The Curse of Chalion "
*Bernard Cornwell - "Sharpe's Trafalgar " and "Gallows Thief "
*Douglas Coupland - "All Families Are Psychotic "
*Umberto Eco - "Baudolino "
*Barbara Ehrenreich - "Nickel and Dimed "
*James Ellroy - "The Cold Six Thousand "
*Leif Enger - "Peace like a river "
*Jonathan Franzen - "The Corrections "
*Diana Gabaldon - "The Fiery Cross "
*Martin H. Greenberg andLarry Segriff - "Past Imperfect "
*John Grisham - "A Painted House " and "Skipping Christmas "
*Joanne Harris - "Five Quarters of the Orange "
*Nancy Huston - "Dolce Agonia "
*"The Fourth Hand " -John Irving
*P. D. James - "Death in Holy Orders "
*Greg Keyes - ' and '
*Stephen King - "Black House" and "Dreamcatcher"
*Robert N. Kucey - "Giving Something Back "
*Hanif Kureishi - "Gabriel's Gift "
*John le Carré - "The Constant Gardener "
*David Lodge -"Thinks ... "
*James Luceno - "Cloak of Deception "
*Juliet Marillier - "Child of the Prophecy "
*Yann Martel - "Life of Pi "
*R. K. Narayan - "Under the Banyan Tree "
*Joyce Carol Oates - ""
*Chuck Palahniuk - "Choke"
*Orhan Pamuk - "The White Castle "
*Kate Grenville Picador - "The Idea of Perfection "
*Terry Pratchett - "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents ", "Thief of Time " and "The Last Hero "
*Sven Regener - "Herr Lehmann "
*Kathy Reichs - "Fatal Voyage "
*Alain Robbe-Grillet - "La reprise "
*Jean-Christophe Rufin - "Rouge Brésil "
*Salman Rushdie - "Fury "
*Richard Russo - "Empire Falls "
*Eric Schlosser - "Fast Food Nation "
*W. G. Sebald - "Austerlitz"
*Michael Slade - "Death's Door"
*Danielle Steel - "Leap Of Faith "
*Amy Tan - "The Bonesetter's Daughter "
*Timothy Taylor - "Stanley Park"
*Anne Tyler - "Back When We Were Grownups "
*Jane Urquhart - "The Stone Carvers "
*Andrew Vachss - "Pain Management"
*Binod Bihari Verma - "Adim Purkha "Maithili translation of Oriya novel "Dadi Burha" byGopinath Mohanty New drama
*
Neil LaBute - "The Shape of Things "
*Lynn Manning - "Weights"Non-fiction
*
Gale E. Christianson - ""
*Antonia Fraser - ""
*Stephen Hawking - "The Universe in a Nutshell "
*Laura Hillenbrand -""
*Christopher Hitchens - "The Trial of Henry Kissinger "
*Peter Kurth - ""
*Lawrence Lessig - "The Future of Ideas "
*Normand Lester - "Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais (The Black Book of English Canada)"
*Steven Levy - ""
*Herbert R. Lottman - "Man Ray's Montparnasse "
*Michael Moore - "Stupid White Men "
*Mumtaz Mufti - "Ali Pur Ka Aeeli "
*"T.Subba Row Collected Writings"
*Pavel Polian - "Against Their Will ... A History and Geography of Forced Migrations in the USSR"
*E. Hoffman Price - "Book of the Dead"
*Miranda Seymour - "Mary Shelley"
*Frans de Waal - "The Ape and the Sushi Master "Births
Deaths
*
January 31 -Gordon R. Dickson ,science fiction writer
*February 7 -Anne Morrow Lindbergh , author,aviator
*February 14 -Alan Ross ,78, poet and editor
*March 12 -Robert Ludlum , author
*May 11 -Douglas Adams , author (heart attack) (b.1952 )
*May 13 -R.K. Narayan , 94, Indian novelist
*June 1 -Hank Ketcham , 81,cartoonist , creator of "Dennis the Menace"
*June 27 -Tove Jansson , children's author
*July 3 -Mordecai Richler
*August 1 -Poul Anderson -fantasy / sci-fi author
*August 6 -Jorge Amado , 88, Brazilian writer
*August 20 -Fred Hoyle ,Astronomer andscience fiction writer
*November 10 -Ken Kesey , 66, author.Awards
*
Nobel Prize for Literature :V.S. Naipaul Australia
*
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award :Sarah Hay , "Skins"
*Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry : Ken Taylor, "Africa"
*Miles Franklin Award :Frank Moorhouse , "Dark Palace "
*Queensland Premier's Literary Awards , Fiction Book Award: Peter Carey, "True History of the Kelly Gang "
*Victorian Premier's Literary Award ,C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry :John Mateer , "Barefoot Speech"
*Victorian Premier's Literary Award ,Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction : Peter Carey, "True History of the Kelly Gang "Canada
* Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction:
Richard B. Wright - "Clara Callan"
* See2001 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.France
*
Prix Décembre :Chloé Delaume , " _fr. Le Cri du sablier"
*Prix Femina :Marie Ndiaye , " _fr. Rosie Carpe"
*Prix Goncourt :Jean-Christophe Rufin , " _fr. Rouge Brésil"
*Prix Médicis French:Edwy Plenel , " _fr. Secrets de jeunesse"
*Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: " _fr. Le Loup mongol"
*Prix Médicis International:Antonio Skarmeta , " _fr. La noce du poète"United Kingdom
*
Booker Prize : Peter Carey, "True History of the Kelly Gang "
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Sid Smith, "Something Like a House"
*James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:Robert Skidelsky , "John Maynard Keynes : Volume 3 - Fighting for Britain 1937-1946 "
*Cholmondeley Award :Ian Duhig ,Paul Durcan ,Kathleen Jamie ,Grace Nichols
*Eric Gregory Award :Leontia Flynn ,Thomas Warner ,Tishani Doshi ,Patrick Mackie ,Kathryn Gray ,Sally Read
*Griffin Poetry Prize :Anne Carson , "Men in the Off Hours" andNikolai Popov andHeather McHugh , translation of "Glottal Stop: 101 Poems" byPaul Celan
*Hugo Award :J. K. Rowling , "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire "
*Samuel Johnson Prize :Michael Burleigh , "The Third Reich"
*Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry :Michael Longley
* Whitbread Best Book Award:Patrick Neate , "Twelve Bar Blues"United States
*
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded toGabriel Gudding for "A Defense of Poetry"
*Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry ,Frederick Morgan
*Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry ,Gabrielle Calvocoressi , “Circus Fire, 1944”
*Bollingen Prize for Poetry ,Louise Glück
*Brittingham Prize in Poetry ,Robin Behn , "Horizon Note"
*Compton Crook Award :Syne Mitchell , "Murphy's Gambit"
*Frost Medal :Sonia Sanchez
*Hugo Award :J.K. Rowling , "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire "
*Newbery Medal forchildren's literature :Richard Peck , "A Year Down Yonder "
*Pulitzer Prize for Drama :David Auburn , "Proof"
*Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :Michael Chabon , "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay "
*Pulitzer Prize for Poetry :Stephen Dunn , "Different Hours"
*Wallace Stevens Award :John Ashbery Other
*
Finlandia Prize :Hannu Raittila "Canal Grande"
*IMPAC Award :Alistair MacLeod , "No Great Mischief "
*Orange Prize for Fiction :Kate Grenville Picador , "The Idea of Perfection"
*Premio Nadal :Fernando Marías , "El Niño de los Coroneles"
*Premio Strega :Domenico Starnone , "Via Gemito "
*Viareggio Prize :Niccolò Ammaniti , "Io non ho paura ",Michele Ranchetti , "Verbale", andGiorgio Pestelli , "Canti del destino"
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