This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2024.
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Anniversaries
edit- 30 January – Lloyd Alexander was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
- 19 April – Lord Byron died of fever in Missolonghi, Greece (200th Anniversary).[1]
- 11 May – On this day 100 years ago, Robert Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize for the book New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes.[2]
- 2 August – James Baldwin was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
- 5 August – Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie comic strip was first published in the New York Daily News (100th Anniversary).
- 30 September - Truman Capote was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
- 5 October - José Donoso was born (100th Anniversary).
- 15 October – Éditions du Sagittaire published André Breton's Surrealist Manifesto (100th Anniversary).
- 100th anniversary of the publication of
New books
editDates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction
edit| Author | Title | Date of Pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Enrigue | You Dreamed of Empires | January 9 | [3] |
| Kristin Hannah | The Women | February 6 | |
| Jennifer Croft | The Extinction of Irena Rey | March 5 | [4] |
| Percival Everett | James | March 19 | |
| Téa Obreht | The Morningside | [5] | |
| Amor Towles | Table for Two | April 2 | |
| Miranda July | All Fours | May 14 | |
| Claire Messud | This Strange Eventful History | May 14 | [6] |
| Stephen King | You Like It Darker | May 21 | [7] |
| Rachel Cusk | Parade | June 6 | |
| Akwaeke Emezi | Little Rot | June 18 | |
| Keanu Reeves and China Miéville | The Book of Elsewhere | July 23 | [8] |
| Stephen Harrison | The Editors | August 13 | [9] |
| Rachel Kushner | Creation Lake | September 3 | [10] |
| Anna Montague | How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? | October 22 | [11] |
| Louise Penny | The Grey Wolf | October 29 | [12] |
| Richard Price | Lazarus Man | November 12 | [13] |
Children and young adults
edit| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomi Adeyemi | Children of Anguish and Anarchy | June 25 | [14] |
| Jordan Ifueko | The Maid and the Crocodile | August 13 |
Poetry
editDrama
editNonfiction
edit| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Tesson | Avec les fées | January 10 | [15] |
| Evan Friss | The Bookshop | August 6 | [16] |
| John Grisham & Jim McCloskey | Framed | October 8 | [17] |
Biography and memoirs
edit| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RuPaul | The House of Hidden Meanings | March 5 | [18] |
| Salman Rushdie | Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder | April 16 | [19] |
| Melania Trump | Melania | October 8 | [20] |
Deaths
edit- January 22 – Elke Erb, German author and poet, 85[21]
- January 24 – N. Scott Momaday, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner in 1969.[22]
- March 22 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French children's book writer and illustrator, 98[23]
- April 2 – John Barth, American fiction writer, 93[24]
- April 2 – Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist and playwright, 90
- April 4 – Lynne Reid Banks, English novelist, 94[25]
- April 27 – C. J. Sansom, British crime writer (Shardlake series), 71[26]
- April 28 – Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, New Zealand writer, Poet Laureate (2013–2015), 86[27]
- April 30 – Paul Auster, American crime writer (The New York Trilogy), 77[28]
- May 4 – Jūrō Kara, Japanese playwright, 84[29]
- May 13 – Alice Munro, Canadian writer, 92
- July 1 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer, 88[30]
- July 28 – Edna O'Brien, Irish writer, 93[31]
- September 15 – Elias Khoury, Lebanese writer, 76[32]
- November 24 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, British-American novelist, 91[33]
- December 4 – Chiung Yao, Taiwanese novelist, 86[34]
- December 5 – Jacques Roubaud, French poet, writer, and mathematician, 92[35]
Awards
editSee also
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "This Strange Eventful History". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-02-03. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Creation Lake". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "The Grey Wolf". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-10-29.
- ^ "Lazarus Man". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ "Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi: Review by Eugen M. Bacon". Locus Online. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ Plouviez, Grégory (10 January 2024). "'Avec les fées' : que vaut le dernier livre de Sylvain Tesson ?". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "The Bookshop". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Framed". Kirkus Reviews. 2024-10-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Irish author Edna O'Brien has died aged 93". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76". AP News. 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Barbara Taylor Bradford: A Woman of Substance author dies at 91". BBC News. BBC. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Renowned novelist Chiung Yao found dead at 86 in Taipei". TVBS. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Le poète mathématicien Jacques Roubaud en 2014 dans “Télérama” : “L’Oulipo, c’était à la fois très sérieux et un peu dingue”. telerama.fr, 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (2024-12-03). "Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize and is one of several Irish authors on Nero Awards shortlists". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Bent, Horace (6 December 2024). "Philosopher Fish claims The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Lisa Alward wins 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Quill & Quire, June 12th, 2024.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Anne Michaels wins the 2024 Giller Prize for her generations-spanning novel Held". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2024.
- ^ Léa Harvey, "Steve Poutré couronné aux prix littéraires du gouverneur général". Le Soleil, November 13, 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.
- ^ "Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Vancouver author John Vaillant wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing". CBC Books, May 8, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Faith Paré, Nayani Jensen win 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award". Quill & Quire, June 3, 2024.