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The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is released to movie theaters. The film is directed by Peter Jackson
- February 15 - Author Michael Crichton signs a new two-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers, reportedly earning $40 million for the two books.
[edit] 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
- Joseph Connolly - S.O.S.
- 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 and Larry 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 - Edge of Victory: Conquest and Edge of Victory: Rebirth
- 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 - Middle Age: A Romance
- 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 by Gopinath Mohanty
[edit] New drama
- Neil LaBute - The Shape of Things
- Lynn Manning - Weights
[edit] Non-fiction
- Gale E. Christianson - Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming
- Antonia Fraser - Marie Antoinette: The Journey
- Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell
- Laura Hillenbrand -Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- Christopher Hitchens - The Trial of Henry Kissinger
- Peter Kurth - ISADORA: The Sensational Life of Isadora Duncan
- Lawrence Lessig - The Future of Ideas
- Normand Lester - Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais (The Black Book of English Canada)
- Steven Levy - Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
- 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
[edit] Births
[edit] 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 and science fiction writer
- November 10 - Ken Kesey, 66, author.
[edit] Awards
[edit] 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
[edit] Canada
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
- See 2001 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
[edit] France
- Prix Décembre: Chloé Delaume, Le Cri du sablier
- Prix Femina: Marie Ndiaye, Rosie Carpe
- Prix Goncourt: Jean-Christophe Rufin, Rouge Brésil
- Prix Médicis French: Edwy Plenel, Secrets de jeunesse
- Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Le Loup mongol
- Prix Médicis International: Antonio Skarmeta, La noce du poète
[edit] 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 and Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh, translation of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul 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
[edit] United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Gabriel 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 for children'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
[edit] 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, and Giorgio Pestelli, Canti del destino