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Overview of the events of 2013 in literature

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## Events[edit]

* 21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted.[1]
* 26 January – Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204.[2]
* 7 March – World Book Day becomes a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries.[3]
* April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books. The author's identity is revealed by the media in July.[4]
* 23 April – World Book Night.[3]
* 28 April – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Simon Stephens' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London.[5]
* 1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger.
* 3 September – The new Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the U.K., is opened by Malala Yousafzai.[6] Its public spaces are integrated with those of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
* October – Jo Nesbø reveals himself as Tom Johansen, author of three forthcoming novels.[7]
* 28 November – Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger (died 2010), including "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", are leaked onto the internet.[8]

### Anniversaries[edit]

* 11 February
* 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath in 1963[3]
* 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Jacobs in 1813[9]
* 28 January – 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice in 1813[3]
* 5 May – 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard in 1813[3]
* 2 June – 100th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Pym[10]
* 29 June – 400th anniversary of the burning of the Globe Theatre during a production of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII in 1613[3]
* 2 August – 25th anniversary of the death of US short story writer Raymond Carver
* 7 November – 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Camus[3]
* 22 November – 50th anniversary of the death of Aldous Huxley[3]

## New books[edit]

### Fiction[edit]

* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Americanah
* José Eduardo Agualusa – A General Theory of Oblivion (Teoria Geral do Esquecimento)
* Jacob M. Appel – The Biology of Luck
* Kate Atkinson – Life After Life
* Dan Brown – Inferno
* Adam Christopher – The Burning Dark
* J. M. Coetzee – The Childhood of Jesus
* Troy Denning – Crucible
* Doug Dorst – S.
* Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
* Aminatta Forna – The Hired Man
* Frederick Forsyth – The Kill List
* Neil Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the Lane
* Elizabeth Graver – The End of the Point
* David G. Hartwell (ed.) – Year's best SF 18
* Neamat Imam – The Black Coat
* Reinhard Jirgl – Nichts von euch auf Erden
* Stephen King – Doctor Sleep
* Rachel Kushner – The Flamethrowers
* Pierre Lemaitre – Au revoir là-haut (The Great Swindle)
* Eimear McBride – A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
* Alex Miller – Coal Creek
* Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年, Tsukuru to, kare no junrei no toshi)
* Adam Nevill – House of Small Shadows
* Nnedi Okorafor – Kabu-Kabu: Stories
* Chuck Palahniuk – Doomed
* Ruth Ozeki \- A Tale for the Time Being
* Rick Riordan – The House of Hades
* Veronica Roth – Allegiant
* J. K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) – The Cuckoo's Calling
* Ahmed Saadawi – Frankenstein in Baghdad (فرانكشتاين في بغداد)
* M. G. Sanchez – The Escape Artist: a Gibraltarian novel
* George Saunders – Tenth of December: Stories
* John Scalzi – The Human Division
* Sjón – Moonstone – The Boy Who Never Was (Mánasteinn – drengurinn sem aldrei var til)
* Marivi Soliven – The Mango Bride
* Robert Stone – Death of the Black-Haired Girl
* Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch
* Zlatko Topčić – Dagmar
* Laura van den Berg – The Isle of Youth (short story collection)
* Peter Watts – Beyond the Rift (collected stories)
* Tim Winton – Eyrie

### Children's and young people[edit]

* David Almond – Mouse Bird Snake Wolf
* Janeen Brian – I'm A Dirty Dinosaur
* Nick Bromley – Open Very Carefully
* Laura Dockrill – Darcy Burdock
* Anthony Horowitz – Russian Roulette[11]
* John Hornor Jacobs – The Twelve-Fingered Boy
* Chris Lynch – Dead in The Water
* Patricia MacLachlan – Cat Talk
* Nikki McClure – How To Be A Cat
* Rhode Montijo \- The Gumazing Gum Girl! Book 1: Chews Your Destiny (August 20)
* Chris Raschka – Daisy Gets Lost
* Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Exclamation Mark!
* Rainbow Rowell
* Eleanor & Park
* Fangirl
* Maggie Stiefvater – The Dream Thieves (second book in The Raven Cycle)
* Amy Tintera – Reboot

### Drama[edit]

* Annie Baker – The Flick
* Elfriede Jelinek – Die Schutzbefohlenen
* Lucy Kirkwood – Chimerica
* Stefano Massini – The Lehman Trilogy
* Edward Petherbridge and Kathryn Hunter – My Perfect Mind
* Roger Williams – Tir Sir Gâr

### Poetry[edit]

Main article: 2013 in poetry

### Non-fiction[edit]

* Saroo Brierley – A Long Way Home
* Kate Christensen – Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites
* Pat Conroy – The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son
* Jared Diamond – The World Until Yesterday
* Craig Dworkin – No Medium
* Peter Freeman – The Wallpapered Manse
* Malcolm Gladwell – David and Goliath
* Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma
* Temple Grandin – The Autistic Brain
* Gary Greenberg – The Book of Woe
* Wil Haygood – The Butler: A Witness to History
* Michael Kimmel – Angry White Men[12]
* Mark Levin – The Liberty Amendments
* Peter H. Maguire – Thai Stick[13]
* Diane Muldrow – Everything I Need To Know I Learned From A Little Golden Book
* Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse – The Neanderthals Rediscovered
* Thomas Piketty – Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Le Capital au XXIe siècle)[14]
* Lisa Randall – Higgs Discovery
* Sheryl Sandberg – Lean In
* Nina Stibbe – Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life
* Jeff VanderMeer – The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

## Deaths[edit]

* 2 January
* Alexei Rudeanu, Romanian writer (born 1939)[15]
* Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and writer (born 1944)[16]
* 7 January – Maruša Krese, Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947)[17]
* 10 January – Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet and short story writer (born 1924)
* 11 January – Robert Kee, English writer, journalist and broadcaster (born 1919)[18]
* 18 January – Jacques Sadoul, French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934)[19]
* 20 January
* Yemi Ajibade, Nigerian playwright and actor (born 1929)
* Dolores Prida, Cuban-American journalist and playwright (born 1943)
* Toyo Shibata (柴田トヨ), Japanese poet (born 1911)[20]
* 24 January – Richard G. Stern, American novelist and educator (born 1928)
* 2 February – Sirajul Haq Memon, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933)[21]
* 3 February – Robert Anthony Welch, Irish author and academic (born 1947)[22]
* 4 February – Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946)[23]
* 5 February – Leda Mileva, Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920)[24]
* 7 February
* Niki Marangou, Cypriot writer and painter (born 1948)[25]
* Jonathan Rendall, English author (born 1964)[26]
* 8 February – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934)[27]
* 10 February – W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (born 1927)[28]
* 12 February – Barnaby Conrad, American author (born 1922)[29]
* 13 February – Oswald LeWinter, Austrian-born American writer (born 1931)[30]
* 14 February
* Glenn Boyer, American author (born 1924)[31]
* Mary Brave Bird, American Lakota writer and activist (born 1954)[32]
* Friedrich Neznansky, Russian writer (born 1932)[33]
* 17 February
* William Bridges, American author and business consultant (born 1933)[34]
* Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (born 1923)[35]
* Debbie Ford, American motivational author (born 1955)[36]
* 23 February
* Maurice Rosy, Belgian comics writer (born 1927)[37]
* Sylvia Smith, English writer (born 1945)[38]
* 24 February – Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian author (born 1931)[39]
* 26 February
* Jan Howard Finder, American science fiction writer (born 1939)[40]
* Stéphane Hessel, German-born French author and diplomat (born 1917)[41]
* 27 February
* Molly Lefebure, English writer (born 1919)[42]
* Imants Ziedonis, Latvian poet (born 1933)[43]
* 10 March – Robert Chrisman, American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founder of The Black Scholar (born 1937)
* 1 April – Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (born 1923)
* 11 April – Adam Galos, Polish historian (born 1924)[44]
* 13 April – Nick Pollotta, American science fiction author (born 1954)[45]
* 20 April
* Jocasta Innes, China-born English non-fiction writer (born 1934)[46]
* E. L. Konigsburg, American children's novelist and illustrator (born 1930)[47]
* 22 April – Clément Marchand, Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912)[48]
* 1 May – Gregory Rogers, Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957)
* 12 May – Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian (born 1932)
* 23 May – William Demby, American author (born 1922)
* 26 May – Jack Vance, American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer (born 1916)
* 6 June – Tom Sharpe, English comic novelist (born 1928)[49]
* 9 June – Iain Banks, Scottish novelist (born 1954)[50]
* 23 June – Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (born 1926)[51]
* 12 July – Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer on anthropology (born 1920)[52]
* 2 September – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (born 1919)[53]
* 18 September – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920)
* 21 September – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935)[54]
* 23 September
* Christopher Koch, Australian novelist (born 1932)[55]
* Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist (born 1923)[56]
* Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926)[57]
* 1 October – Tom Clancy, American thriller writer (born 1947)[58]
* 25 November – Joel Lane, English author, poet, and critic (born 1963)
* 11 December – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (born 1929)

## Awards[edit]

* Akutagawa Prize (Early): Kaori Fujino for Tsume to Me (爪と目) "Nails and Eyes"
* Caine Prize for African Writing: Tope Folarin, "Miracle"
* Camões Prize: Mia Couto[59]
* Danuta Gleed Literary Award: (announced 11 June 2013)
* David Cohen Prize: Hilary Mantel
* Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, C. E. Gatchalian; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan, Barry Webster
* Dylan Thomas Prize: Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins[60]
* European Book Prize: Eduardo Mendoza, An Englishman in Madrid, and Arnaud Leparmentier, The French, gravediggers of the euro
* German Book Prize: Terézia Mora, Das Ungeheuer
* Goldsmiths Prize: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride[61]
* Gordon Burn Prize: Pig Iron by Ben Myers[62]
* Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
* Governor General's Award for French-language fiction: Quand les guêpes se taisent by Stéphanie Pelletier
* Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Plonger by Christophe Ono-dit-Biot
* Hugo Award for Best Novel: John Scalzi for Redshirts
* International Dublin Literary Award: City of Bohane by Kevin Barry[63]
* International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi
* Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards
* Man Booker Prize: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
* Miles Franklin Award: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser[64][65]
* National Biography Award (5 August): The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick[66]
* National Book Award for Fiction: The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
* National Book Critics Circle Award: to Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
* Nobel Prize in Literature: Alice Munro
* PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
* Premio Planeta de Novela: El cielo ha vuelto by Clara Sánchez
* Premio Strega: Resistere non serve a niente by Walter Siti
* Pritzker Military Library Literature Award: to Tim O'Brien[67]
* Prix Goncourt: Au revoir là-haut by Pierre Lemaitre
* Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
* Russian Booker Prize: Возвращение в Панджруд (Return to Panjrud) by Andrei Volos
* SAARC Literary Award: Suman Pokhrel, Abhay K, Daya Dissanayake, Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid
* Samuel Johnson Prize: (announced November 2013) The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
* Scotiabank Giller Prize: Lynn Coady, Hellgoing[68]
* Whiting Awards: Fiction: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (fiction/nonfiction), Amanda Coplin, Jennifer duBois, C.E. Morgan, Stephanie Powell Watts; Nonfiction: Morgan Meis, Clifford Thompson; Plays: Virginia Grise; Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips
* Women's Prize for Fiction: May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
* Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: W.S. Merwin[69]

## References[edit]

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2. ^ Harding, Luke (28 January 2013). "Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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5. ^ "Curious Night at the Oliviers". Olivier Awards. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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10. ^ "Philip Hensher toasts the novelist Barbara Pym", 2 June 2013. Accessed 23 September 2013.
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23. ^ Gail Lynn Frazer obituary, legacy.com, 6 February 2013.
24. ^ На 93 години почина Леда Милева (in Bulgarian)
25. ^ Σκοτώθηκε στην Αίγυπτο η συγγραφέας Νίκη Μαραγκού lifo.gr (in Greek)
26. ^ Jonathan Rendall dies, The Times, 7 February 2013.
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28. ^ W. Watts Biggers, Creator of 'Underdog' Cartoon, Dies at 85
29. ^ Barnaby Conrad, Man of Many Hats and a Cape, Dies at 90, The New York Times, 16 February 2013
30. ^ Oswald Le Winter – Holly Hill, thetandd.com, 18 February 2013.
31. ^ Glenn Boyer, author of trilogy on Wyatt Earp dies azcentral.com
32. ^ Mary Ellen Bird dies Archived 5 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, kvsh.com, 18 February 2013.
33. ^ ДНИ.РУ ИНТЕРНЕТ-ГАЗЕТА ВЕРСИЯ 5.0/Умер писатель Фридрих Незнанский.
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35. ^ Playwright Manoranjan Das dead, The Times of India, 19 February 2013.
36. ^ Debbie Ford, Author of Self-Help Books, Is Dead at 57 NY Times.
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38. ^ Sylvia Smith, telegraph.co.uk
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40. ^ Jan Howard Finder, #1 fan, dies at 73.
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49. ^ Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue novelist, dies aged 85.
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55. ^ Miles Franklin Award winning novelist Christopher Koch dead at 81.
56. ^ Álvaro Mutis muere a la edad de 90 años en México (in Spanish)
57. ^ Addio a Luciano Vincenzoni, scrisse "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo" (in Italian)
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69. ^ "W. S. Merwin Granted International Herbert Award". Retrieved 12 March 2019.

## External links[edit]

* 2013: the year ahead in books at The Guardian
* Most popular 2013 book articles viewed on Wikipedia, with user comments on traffic jumps – The latest statistics can be found on Wikitop