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Line 1: {{Short description\|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Use mdy dates\|date=December 2020}} ~~{{short description\|Overview of the events of 2019 in literature}}~~ {{Year nav topic5\|2019\|literature\|poetry}} This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''2019'''. Line 7: [[February 2]] – The family of the U.S. fiction writer [[J. D. Salinger]] confirm in an interview published in the U.K. newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' that he left a large unpublished body of work on his death in 2010, which they are preparing for publication.<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Alison \|last=Flood \|title=Revealed: new works by Salinger on the way \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|date=February 2, 2019 \|pages=1–2}}</ref> [[April 11]]–[[April 13\|13]] – [[Trinity College Dublin]] holds a three-day [[symposium]] on ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'', marking the 80th anniversary its publication.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=131203487 \|title=Finnegans Wake at 80 \|work=[[Trinity College Dublin]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315021412/https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=131203487 \|archive-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref> [[May 10]] – [[Simon Armitage]] is appointed [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom]] in succession to [[Carol Ann Duffy]].<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48228837 \|title=Simon Armitage: 'Witty and profound' writer to be next Poet Laureate \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=May 11, 2019 \|access-date=May 11, 2019 \|archive-date=May 10, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510220819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48228837 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 15]] – [[Iris Murdoch]]'s birthday centenary is marked in Ireland with a postage stamp based on a portrait of her. [[Dublin City Council]] unveils a plaque at Blessington Street Park, located temporarily due to renovations at her nearby birthplace, 59 Blessington Street.<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Sarah \|last=Burns \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/iris-murdoch-centenary-marked-with-stamp-and-plaque-1.3953918 \|title=Iris Murdoch centenary marked with stamp and plaque: "Even at the end of her life when she had Alzheimer's, she remembered she was from Ireland." \|~~work~~newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|date=July 11, 2019 \|access-date=July 11, 2019 \|archive-date=July 11, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711154726/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/iris-murdoch-centenary-marked-with-stamp-and-plaque-1.3953918 \|url-status=live }}</ref> In the U.K., ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'' has her on its cover.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://twitter.com/levistahl/status/1151190322787037184 \|title=Iris Murdoch – a centennial celebration \|date=July 9, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716203912/https://twitter.com/levistahl/status/1151190322787037184 \|archive-date=July 16, 2019 }}</ref> [[September 20]] – [[Museum of Literature Ireland]] (MoLI) is opened in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Dinarque\|first=Anais\|title=Irish Literature: A New Immersive Museum in Dublin\|url=http://www.lejournalinternational.info/en/litterature-irlandaise-un-nouveau-musee-immersif-a-dublin/\|access-date=2021-05-15\|work=Le Journal International\|date=2020-04-13\|archive-date=May 15, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515153147/http://www.lejournalinternational.info/en/litterature-irlandaise-un-nouveau-musee-immersif-a-dublin/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[December 7]] – The seventh film version of ''[[Little Women (2019 film)\|Little Women]]'', in a metafictional adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel by the director, [[Greta Gerwig]], is premiered in the United States. ==New books== Line 14 ⟶ 16: ===Fiction=== [[André Alexis]] – ''[[Days by Moonlight]]''<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Wiersema \|first1=Robert \|title=Giller Prize winner Andre Alexis takes readers on a dreamy trip \|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/02/15/giller-prize-winner-andre-alexis-takes-readers-on-a-dreamy-trip.html \|work=[[Toronto Star]]\|date=February 15, 2019 \|accessdate=March 25, 2019}}</ref> [[André Alexis]] – ''[[Days by Moonlight]]''▼ [[Margaret Atwood]] – ''[[The Testaments (Atwood novel)\|The Testaments]]'' (September 10)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Leigh Bardugo]] – ''[[Ninth House]]'' (October 8)<ref name="AmazonBest">{{cite web \|last1=Natale \|first1=Nicol \|title=Amazon's Best Books of 2019 List is Here—and Some are on Sale \|url=https://www.prevention.com/life/g29787338/amazon-best-books-2019/ \|website=Prevention \|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Leigh Bardugo]] – ''[[Ninth House]]'' (October 8)▼ [[Kevin Barry (author)\|Kevin Barry]] – ''[[Night Boat to Tangier]]'' (June 29, UK) [[Simon Beckett]] – ''[[The Scent of Death]]'' (February 12, Germany; April 18, UK) [[Xurxo Borrazás]] – ''Covalladas. Prosa vertical'' [[Rowan Hisayo Buchanan]] – ''Starling Days'' (July 11, UK) [[Candice Carty-Williams]] – ''[[Queenie (novel)\|Queenie]]'' (April 11, UK) [[Ted Chiang]] – ''[[Exhalation: Stories]]'' (May 7) [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] – ''[[The Water Dancer]]'' (September 24)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Lindsey Davis]] – ''[[A Capitol Death]]'' (April 4, UK) [[Lucy Ellmann]] – ''[[Ducks, Newburyport]]'' (July 4) [[Bernardine Evaristo]] – ''[[Girl, Woman, Other]]'' (May, UK) [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]] – ''Little Boy'' (March) [[Jon Fosse]] – ''Det andre namnet – Septologien I-II'' (The Other Name: Septology I-II) (Norway) [[Alice Hoffman]] – ''The World That We Knew'' (September 24) [[Michel Houellebecq]] – ''[[Serotonin (novel)\|Serotonin]]'' (January 4, France) [[Luke Jennings]] – ''[[Killing Eve: No Tomorrow]]'' (March 26, UK) [[László Krasznahorkai]] – ''[[Chasing Homer]]'' (October 8, Hungary) [[John Lanchester]] – ''The Wall'' (January 17, UK) [[John le Carré]] – ''[[Agent Running in the Field]]'' (October 15, UK) Line 35 ⟶ 40: [[Valeria Luiselli]] – ''[[Lost Children Archive]]'' (March 7) [[Ian McDonald (British author)\|Ian McDonald]] – ''[[Luna: Moon Rising]]'' (March 19) [[Ian McEwan]] – ''[[~~Machines Like Me (novel)\|~~Machines Like Me]]'' (April) [[Maaza Mengiste]] – ''[[The Shadow King (novel)\|The Shadow King]]'' (September 24) [[Chigozie Obioma]] – ''[[An Orchestra of Minorities]]'' (January) [[Joseph O'Connor]] – ''Shadowplay'' (June 6, UK) [[Téa Obreht]] – ''[[Inland (Obreht novel)\|Inland]]'' (August 13) [[Ann Patchett]] – ''[[The Dutch House (novel)\|The Dutch House]]'' (September 24)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Max Porter (writer)\|Max Porter]] – ''Lanny'' (March 5) [[Salman Rushdie]] – ''[[Quichotte (novel)\|Quichotte]]'' (August 29, UK)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Elizabeth Strout]] – ''[[Olive, Again]]'' (October 15) [[Zlatko Topčić]] – ''[[June 28, 1914 (novel)\|June 28, 1914]]'' (July 5) [[Christos Tsiolkas]] – ''Damascus'' (Australia) [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] – ''[[Harsh Times (novel)\|Harsh Times]]''<ref>{{Cite news \|last= \|first= \|date=29 January 2020 \|title=Mario Vargas Llosa gana el Premio Francisco Umbral al mejor libro de 2019 por 'Tiempos recios' \|publisher= \|agency=El Mundo \|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/literatura/2020/01/29/5e3179d921efa03f188b4592.html \|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> [[Ocean Vuong]] – ''[[On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous]]'' (June 4) [[~~Colson~~Ocean ~~Whitehead~~Vuong]] – ''[[~~The~~On ~~Nickel~~Earth ~~Boys~~We're Briefly Gorgeous]]'' (~~July~~June 164)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Colson Whitehead]] – ''[[The Nickel Boys]]'' (July 16)<ref name="AmazonBest"/> [[Ian Williams (writer)\|Ian Williams]] – ''[[Reproduction (novel)\|Reproduction]]'' (January 22, Canada) [[Jeanette Winterson]] – ''[[Frankissstein\|Frankissstein: A Love Story]]'' (May 28, UK) ===Children and young people=== ▲[[~~André~~Kathi ~~Alexis~~Appelt]] – ''[[~~Days~~Max ~~by Moonlight~~Attacks]]'' [[Malorie Blackman]] – ''Crossfire'' (August 8, UK) [[Nathan Bryon]] (illustrated by Dapo Adeola) – ''Look Up'' (June, UK) [[Jerry Craft]] – ''New Kid'' [[Jenny Downham]] – ''Furious Thing'' (October 3, UK) [[Mem Fox]] – ''[[The Tiny Star]]''. [[Connie Glynn]] – ''The Lost Princess'' (September 5, UK) [[Judith Kerr]] (died May) – ''The Curse of the School Rabbit'' (July, UK) [[Charlie Mackesy]] – ''[[The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse\|The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse]]'' ▲[[~~Leigh~~Jason ~~Bardugo~~Reynolds]] – ''~~[[Ninth~~Look ~~House]]~~Both Ways'' (October 8) Amélie Wen Zhao – ''[[Blood Heir]]'' (November 19) Line 66 ⟶ 75: ===Drama=== [[Alice Birch]] – ''[[(BLANK)]]''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wurtzel \|first=David \|date=2019-11-18 \|title=Theatre review: [BLANK] by Alice Birch \|url=https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/theatre-review-blank-by-alice-birch \|access-date=2022-11-15 \|website=Counsel Magazine \|language=en}}</ref> S. Shakthidharan with [[Eamon Flack]] – ''[[Counting and Cracking]]'' [[S. Shakthidharan]] with [[Eamon Flack]] – ''[[Counting and Cracking]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-16/helpmann-awards-hannah-gadsby-new-comedy-wins/11310632\|title=Helpmann Awards show theatre is winning diversity race in Australian entertainment\| last=Borland\| first=Michaela\|date=2019-07-16\| website=ABC News\|language=en-AU\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> [[Ian Shaw (actor)\|Ian Shaw]] & Joseph Nixon – ''[[The Shark Is Broken]]''<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Davies \|first1=Paul \|title=The Shark Is Broken now playing at Assembly George Square as part of the Edinburgh Fringe The Shark Is Broken Edinburgh Fringe \|url=https://britishtheatre.com/review-the-shark-is-broken-assembly-george-square-edinburgh-fringe/ \|website=BritishTheatre.com \|date=16 August 2019}}</ref> ===Non-fiction=== [[Chelsea Clinton\|Chelsa]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] – ''[[The Book of Gutsy Women\|The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience]]'' (October 1) [[Marek Jan Chodakiewicz]] – ''[[About the Civilization of Death]]'' (July 10, Poland) [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]] – ''[[Sinceramente]]'' (April 25, Argentina) [[Shaquem Griffin]], [[Shaquill Griffin]], [[Mark Schlabach]] – ''[[Inseparable (book)\|Inseparable]]'' (July 9) [[Ibram X. Kendi]] – ''[[How to Be an Antiracist]]'' (August 13)<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Kendi \|first=Ibram X. \|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2364N5/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 \|title=How to Be an Antiracist \|date=2019-08-13 \|publisher=One World \|language=English}}</ref> [[Lenore Newman]] – ''[[Lost Feast]]'' (October 8, 2019, Canada) [[Emma Smith (scholar)\|Emma Smith]] – ''This is Shakespeare'' (May 2, UK) [[Joshua Specht]] – ''[[Red Meat Republic]]'' (May 7~~, 2019~~, Australia) [[Jo Thornely]] – ''[[Zealot: A Book About Cults]]'' (February 26, Australia) ===Biography and memoirs=== [[Laura Cumming]] – ''On Chapel Sands: my mother and other missing persons'' (July 4, UK) [[Jaquira Díaz]] – ''Ordinary Girls'' (October 29) [[Jack Fairweather (writer)\|Jack Fairweather]] – ''[[The Volunteer (book)\|The Volunteer: One Man's Mission to Lead an Underground Army Inside Auschwitz and Stop the Holocaust]]'' (June 27, UK) [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]] – ''[[Sinceramente]]''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-trastienda-del-libro-cristina-ano-secreto-nid2240826\|title=La trastienda del libro de Cristina: un año de secreto y un acto con tono de campaña\|date=April 23, 2019\|~~accessdate~~access-date=April 26, 2019\|work=[[La Nación]]\|last=Sued\|first=Gabriel\|language=Spanish\|archive-date=April 25, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425014927/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-trastienda-del-libro-cristina-ano-secreto-nid2240826\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Adam Nicolson]] – ''The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and their Year of Marvels'' (May 30, UK) [[D. J. Taylor (writer)\|D. J. Taylor]] – ''Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature, 1939–1951'' (September 5, UK) Ayaz Virji and Alan Eisenstock – ''[[Love Thy Neighbor (book)\|Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America]]'' (June 11) ==Deaths== Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in literature" article: [[January 1]] [[Ludwig W. Adamec]], Austrian-born American historian noted for his work on [[Afghanistan]] and the Middle East, 94 (born [[1924 in literature\|1924]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/arts-culture/austrian-historian-afghanistan-ludwig-adamec-dies \|title=Austrian Historian On Afghanistan Ludwig Adamec Dies \|work=[[TOLOnews]] \|date=January 7, 2019 \|access-date=January 7, 2019 \|archive-date=January 3, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110559/https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/arts-culture/austrian-historian-afghanistan-ludwig-adamec-dies \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Katie Flynn]], British writer of popular [[Historical fiction\|historical]] and [[Romance novel\|romantic fiction]], 82 (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/judy-turner-who-wrote-katie-flynn-and-judith-saxton-dies-aged-82-923681 \|title=Judy Turner, who wrote as Katie Flynn and Judith Saxton, dies aged 82 \|work=[[The Bookseller]] \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=August 24, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824181816/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/judy-turner-who-wrote-katie-flynn-and-judith-saxton-dies-aged-82-923681 \|url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Perry Deane Young]], American playwright and historian, 77 (born [[1941 in literature\|1941]])<ref>{{Cite news \|first=David \|last=Menconi \|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223869350.html \|title=Perry Deane Young, NC-born Vietnam War correspondent and author, has died \|work=[[The News & Observer]] \|date=January 3, 2019 \|access-date=January 3, 2019 \|archive-date=January 4, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021915/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223869350.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 2]] [[Samuel Rayan]], Indian theologian, 98 (born [[1920 in literature\|1920]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/jesuit-theologian-with-an-asian-perspective-passes-away/84198 \|title=Jesuit theologian with an Asian perspective passes away: Indian priest was known for his 'radical interpretation of the Bible' \|work=[[Union of Catholic Asian News]] \|date=January 3, 2019 \|access-date=January 3, 2019 \|archive-date=January 4, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021623/https://www.ucanews.com/news/jesuit-theologian-with-an-asian-perspective-passes-away/84198 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jerzy Turonek]], Polish-Belarusian historian, 89 (born [[1929 in literature\|1929]])<ref>[https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=223050&lang=ru Умер выдающийся историк Юрий Туронок] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103060049/https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=223050&lang=ru \|date=January 3, 2019 }} {{in lang\|ru}}.</ref> *[[Tommy Watz]], Norwegian translator from Italian and recipient of the 2013 [[Bastian Prize]] for his translation of [[Alberto Moravia]]'s ''[[Gli indifferenti]]'', 60 (born [[1958 in literature\|1958]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/70644758 \|title=Sviende oppgjør med Italias "glemte" konsentrasjonsleir \|first=Erle Marie \|last=Sørheim \|date=January 12, 2019 \|website=Dagbladet.no}}</ref> [[January 3]] [[Dibyendu Palit]], Indian writer of [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] poems, novels and short stories, 79 (born [[1939 in literature\|1939]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bengali-writer-dibyendu-palit-passes-away/article25898926.ece \|title=Bengali writer Dibyendu Palit passes away \|work=[[Business Line]] \|date=January 3, 2019 \|access-date=January 3, 2019 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724180753/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bengali-writer-dibyendu-palit-passes-away/article25898926.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pinaki Thakur]], Indian poet who wrote in [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], 59 (born [[1959 in literature\|1959]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/bengali-poet-pinaki-thakur-died-at-59/articleshow/67369401.cms \|title=বছর শুরুতেই স্বজনবিয়োগ, নিঃশব্দে শেষযাত্রা কবির \|date=January 3, 2019 \|website=Eisamay \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=February 19, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219092613/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/bengali-poet-pinaki-thakur-died-at-59/articleshow/67369401.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 4]] – [[John Burningham]], English writer of children's literature (''[[Mr Gumpy's Outing]]'', ''[[Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers]]''), 82 (born [[1936 in literature\|1936]])<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Alison \|last=Flood \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/07/john-burningham-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-82 \|title=John Burningham, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 82 \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|date=January 7, 2019 \|access-date=January 7, 2019 \|archive-date=January 9, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109114346/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/07/john-burningham-childrens-author-and-illustrator-dies-aged-82 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 5]] [[Emil Brumaru]], Romanian writer and poet, 80 (born [[1938 in literature\|1938]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/stiri/poetul-emil-brumaru-a-plecat-in-a-rezervatia-de-ingeria--208512.html \|title=Poetul Emil Brumaru a plecat în "rezervaţia de îngeri" \|first=Ziarul de \|last=Iasi \|website=www.ziaruldeiasi.ro \|date=January 7, 2019 \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=January 8, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108051056/https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/stiri/poetul-emil-brumaru-a-plecat-in-a-rezervatia-de-ingeria--208512.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Aisha Lemu]], British-born Nigerian Islamic scholar, 79 (born [[1940 in literature\|1940]])<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Akinyemi \|last=Akinrujomu \|url=https://www.legit.ng/1213606-president-buhari-mourns-islamic-scholar-aisha-lemu-dies-79.html \|title=President Buhari mourns as famous Islamic scholar Lemu dies at 79 \|work=[[Legit.ng]] \|date=January 5, 2019 \|access-date=January 5, 2019 \|archive-date=January 6, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153229/https://www.legit.ng/1213606-president-buhari-mourns-islamic-scholar-aisha-lemu-dies-79.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 6]] – [[Bea Vianen]], Surinamese writer (mainly in [[Dutch language\|Dutch]] but also in [[Sranan Tongo]]) and admirer of [[V. S. Naipaul]], 83 (born [[1935 in literature\|1935]])<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/01/07/schrijfster-bea-vianen-toonde-een-verdeeld-suriname-van-binnenuit-a3128145 \|title=Schrijfster Bea Vianen toonde een verdeeld Suriname van binnenuit \|website=NRC \|date=January 7, 2019 \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=January 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123072605/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/01/07/schrijfster-bea-vianen-toonde-een-verdeeld-suriname-van-binnenuit-a3128145 \|url-status=live \|last1=Veen \|first1=Thomas de }}</ref> [[January 7]] [[Helmut Berding]], German historian, 88 (born [[1930 in literature\|1930]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://trauer.giessener-anzeiger.de/todesanzeige/helmut-berding\|title=Gedenkseite von Helmut Berding \|website=trauer.giessener-anzeiger.de}}</ref> [[Aline Kiner]], French novelist, 59 (born [[1959 in literature\|1959]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2019/01/09/03005-20190109ARTFIG00124-mort-d-aline-kiner-auteur-de-la-nuit-des-beguines.php \|title=Mort d'Aline Kiner, auteur de La Nuit des béguines \|first=Le \|last=Figaro \|date=January 9, 2019 \|website=Le Figaro.fr \|access-date=January 9, 2020 \|archive-date=July 2, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702041557/http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2019/01/09/03005-20190109ARTFIG00124-mort-d-aline-kiner-auteur-de-la-nuit-des-beguines.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Theodore K. Rabb]], American historian noted for his work on the [[early modern period]] of [[History of Europe\|European history]], 81 (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=191228154 \|title=Theodore Rabb \|publisher=[[Legacy.com]] \|date=January 11, 2019 \|access-date=January 11, 2019 \|archive-date=January 21, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064102/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=191228154 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[A. G. Rigg]], British [[Medieval studies\|medievalist]], 81 (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2019/01/georgerigg-1937-2019/ \|title=George Rigg 1937 2019, death notice, Canada \|date=January 10, 2019 \|access-date=January 10, 2019 \|archive-date=January 11, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175704/https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2019/01/georgerigg-1937-2019/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 8]] – [[Pierre Barillet]], French playwright, 95 (born [[1923 in literature\|1923]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/spectacles/theatre/deces-du-dramaturge-pierre-barillet-roi-du-vaudeville_3389209.html \|title=Décès du dramaturge Pierre Barillet, roi du vaudeville \|date=January 9, 2019 \|website=Franceinfo \|access-date=January 9, 2020 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175344/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/spectacles/theatre/deces-du-dramaturge-pierre-barillet-roi-du-vaudeville_3389209.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 9]] [[Conxita Julià]], Spanish Catalan poet, 98 (born [[1920 in literature\|1920]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/mor-conxita-julia-noia-mocador-companys_342699_102.html \|title=Mor Conxita Julià, la nena del mocador de Companys \|website=ElNacional.cat \|date=January 10, 2019 \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=January 14, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210338/https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/mor-conxita-julia-noia-mocador-companys_342699_102.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Thierry Séchan]], French novelist, 69 (born [[1949 in literature\|1949]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2019/01/09/97001-20190109FILWWW00169-thierry-sechan-le-frere-de-renaud-est-decede.php \|title=Thierry Séchan, écrivain et frère de Renaud, est décédé \|first=Delphine de \|last=Mallevoüe \|date=January 9, 2019 \|website=Le Figaro.fr \|access-date=January 9, 2020 \|archive-date=October 21, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021135416/https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2019/01/09/97001-20190109FILWWW00169-thierry-sechan-le-frere-de-renaud-est-decede.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 12]] [[A. Brian Deer]], Canadian [[Mohawk people\|Kahnawake]] Mohawk librarian noted for developing the [[Brian Deer Classification System]], 74 (born [[1945 in literature\|1945]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/alec-deer-1072226393/ \|title=Alec Deer \|work=[[Montreal Gazette]] \|date=January 15, 2019 \|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Javier de Hoz]], Spanish [[Philology\|philologist]] and academic noted for his work on [[Paleohispanic languages]], [[historical linguistics]], ancient [[Celtic languages]], [[history of writing]], preclassical [[Greek literature]], Greek [[epigraphy]] and [[Theatre of ancient Greece\|ancient Greek theatre]], 78 (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lagacetadesalamanca.es/hemeroteca/fallece-exdecano-facultad-filologia-javier-DTGS257994 \|title=Fallece el exdecano de la Facultad de Filología, Javier de Hoz Bravo \|website=www.lagacetadesalamanca.es \|date=January 15, 2019 \|access-date=January 9, 2020 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724181026/https://www.lagacetadesalamanca.es/hemeroteca/fallece-exdecano-facultad-filologia-javier-DTGS257994 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Linda Kelly (author)\|Linda Kelly]], English [[Romanticism\|Romantic]] historian noted for portraying [[Thomas Chatterton]], [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] and [[Thomas Moore]], 82 (born [[1936 in literature\|1936]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/02/linda-kelly-historian-romantic-era-brought-figures-sheridan/ \|title=Linda Kelly, historian of the Romantic era who brought such figures as Sheridan, Chatterton and Talleyrand vividly to life – obituary \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=February 2, 2019 \|access-date=February 2, 2019 \|archive-date=February 3, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203020547/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/02/linda-kelly-historian-romantic-era-brought-figures-sheridan/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 13]] [[Miguel Civil]], Spanish [[sumer]]ologist, 92 (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.americanorientalsociety.org/news/obituaries/ \|title=Obituaries \|work=[[American Oriental Society]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183248/https://www.americanorientalsociety.org/news/obituaries/ \|archive-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> [[Francine du Plessix Gray]], Polish-born American writer and literary critic, 88 (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=William \|last=Grimes \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/books/francine-du-plessix-gray-dead.html \|title=Francine du Plessix Gray, Searching Novelist and Journalist, Is Dead at 88 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=January 14, 2019 \|access-date=January 14, 2019 \|archive-date=January 15, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115024032/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/books/francine-du-plessix-gray-dead.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 15]] – [[Bai Hua]], Chinese novelist, playwright and poet, 88 (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2019011500412910\|title=著名电影剧作家、诗人白桦逝世享年89岁代表作有《苦恋》等\|website=view.inews.qq.com\|date=January 15, 2019 \|access-date=March 15, 2019\|archive-date=September 19, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919194136/https://view.inews.qq.com/a/NEW2019011500412910\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[January 16]] – [[Mirjam Pressler]], German novelist and translator from [[Hebrew]], English, [[Dutch language\|Dutch]] and [[Afrikaans]], 78 (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.buchmarkt.de/menschen/mirjam-pressler/ \|title=Mirjam Pressler \|first=BuchMarkt Verlag K. Werner \|last=GmbH \|date=January 16, 2019 \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=January 17, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013311/https://www.buchmarkt.de/menschen/mirjam-pressler/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 17]] [[Michael Hardcastle]] {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|MBE}}, British writer of children's literature, 85 (born [[1933 in literature\|1933]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/announcements/from/01-Jan-2019/to/04-Feb-2019/keywords/hardcastle \|title=Search results \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=February 4, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122500/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/announcements/from/01-Jan-2019/to/04-Feb-2019/keywords/hardcastle \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mary Oliver]], American poet and 1984 [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] recipient, 83 (born [[1935 in literature\|1935]])<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-mary-oliver-dies/PFH0b6UuskL0C931CoAwhP/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203022942/https://www.ajc.com/news/pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-mary-oliver-dies/PFH0b6UuskL0C931CoAwhP/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=February 3, 2019 \|title=Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83 \|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] \|date=January 17, 2019 \|access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> [[Sam Savage]], American novelist (''[[Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife]]''), 78 (born [[1940 in literature\|1940]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2019/01/18/muere-el-novelista-y-poeta-sam-savage-autor-de-firmin_a_23646010/ \|title=Muere el novelista y poeta Sam Savage, autor de 'Firmin' \|date=January 18, 2019 \|website=El Huffington Post \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=April 17, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417181728/https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2019/01/18/muere-el-novelista-y-poeta-sam-savage-autor-de-firmin_a_23646010/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 18]] – [[Brian Stowell]], the first recorded full-length [[Manx language\|Manx]] novelist, translator of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' into Manx and 2008 [[Reih Bleeaney Vanannan]] recipient, 82 (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/loss-of-giant-of-manx-language-revival/ \|title=Loss of giant of Manx language revival \|work=[[Manx Radio]] \|date=January 18, 2019 \|access-date=January 18, 2019 \|archive-date=January 19, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119120833/https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/loss-of-giant-of-manx-language-revival/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 19]] [[Atin Bandyopadhyay]], Bangladeshi writer of [[Bengali literature]], 85 (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://thewire.in/books/bengali-writer-atin-bandyopadhyay-passes-away \|title=Bengali Writer Atin Bandyopadhyay Passes Away \|publisher=[[The Wire (India)]] \|date=January 20, 2019 \|access-date=January 20, 2019 \|archive-date=January 22, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195607/https://www.thewire.in/books/bengali-writer-atin-bandyopadhyay-passes-away \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Thomas Habinek]], American classical scholar noted for his work on [[Latin literature]] and Roman cultural history, 65 (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Greg \|last=Hardesty \|url=http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/2941/thomas-habinek-of-usc-dornsife-classics-obit/ \|title=In Memoriam: Thomas Habinek \|work=[[University of Southern California]] \|date=January 25, 2019 \|access-date=January 25, 2019 \|archive-date=January 26, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126035808/https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/2941/thomas-habinek-of-usc-dornsife-classics-obit/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Henry Horwitz]], American historian noted for his work on late seventeenth-century English politics, 80 (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Jeff \|last=Cox \|url=https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=2cee5f4894fa61b7ca6327fc7&id=5faee5ca77 \|title=Celebrating the Life of Henry Horwitz \|work=[[University of Iowa]] \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315050446/https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=2cee5f4894fa61b7ca6327fc7&id=5faee5ca77 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Barthélémy Kotchy]], Ivorian writer, 84 (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.linfodrome.com/societe-culture/45112-l-ascad-et-l-universite-d-abidjan-en-deuil-pr-barthelemy-kotchy-est-decede \|title=L'Ascad et l'Université d'Abidjan en deuil: Pr Barthélémy Kotchy est décédé \|first=Félix D. \|last=Bony \|date=January 19, 2019 \|website=www.linfodrome.com \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=April 18, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418202607/http://www.linfodrome.com/societe-culture/45112-l-ascad-et-l-universite-d-abidjan-en-deuil-pr-barthelemy-kotchy-est-decede \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 20]] [[Ian Dewhirst]] {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|MBE}}, British historian, 82 (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/17397767.Ian_DEWHIRST/ \|title=Ian Dewhirst \|work=[[Keighley News]] \|date=January 31, 2019 \|access-date=January 31, 2019 \|archive-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315052534/https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/17397767.Ian_DEWHIRST/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ronald Hayman]], British biographer of [[Harold Pinter\|Pinter]], [[Samuel Beckett\|Beckett]], [[Tom Stoppard\|Stoppard]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche\|Nietzsche]], [[Franz Kafka\|Kafka]], [[Gunter Grass\|Grass]], [[Marcel Proust\|Proust]] and [[Thomas Mann]], 86 (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-hayman-g08c3f67l \|title=Ronald Hayman obituary: Critic and dramatist known for his biographies and Freudian adventures \|work=[[The Times]] \|date=March 1, 2019 \|access-date=March 1, 2019 \|archive-date=March 12, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312210805/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-hayman-g08c3f67l \|url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Norman Itzkowitz]], American translator, historian of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and purveyor of [[psychoanalysis]], 87 (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Max \|last=Orland \|url=https://orlandsmemorialchapel.com/norman-itzkowitz/ \|title=Norman Itzkowitz \|work=Orland's Ewing Memorial Chapel \|date=January 20, 2019 \|access-date=January 20, 2019 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182905/https://orlandsmemorialchapel.com/norman-itzkowitz/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 21]] [[Padraic Fiacc]], Irish poet and member of [[Aosdána]], 94 (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/president-pays-tribute-to-poet-padraic-fiacc-who-has-died-aged-94-1.3766688 \|title=President pays tribute to poet Padraic Fiacc, who has died aged 94 \|~~work~~newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|date=January 22, 2019 \|access-date=January 22, 2019 \|archive-date=January 24, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124034804/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/president-pays-tribute-to-poet-padraic-fiacc-who-has-died-aged-94-1.3766688 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roman Kudlyk]], Ukrainian poet and literary critic, 77 (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://wz.lviv.ua/news/384018-pomer-vidomyi-ukrainskyi-poet-bahatorichnyi-redaktor-zhurnalu-dzvin-roman-kudlyk \|title=Помер відомий український поет, багаторічний редактор журналу "Дзвін" Роман Кудлик — Високий Замок \|first=Високий \|last=Замок \|date=January 21, 2019 \|website=wz.lviv.ua \|access-date=March 15, 2019 \|archive-date=April 18, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418201644/https://wz.lviv.ua/news/384018-pomer-vidomyi-ukrainskyi-poet-bahatorichnyi-redaktor-zhurnalu-dzvin-roman-kudlyk \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[January 22]] [[Leonard Dinnerstein]], American historian, 84 (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Sam \|last=Roberts \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/obituaries/leonard-dinnerstein-84-dies.html \|title=Leonard Dinnerstein, 84, Dies; Scholar of Anti-Semitism in U.S. \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=January 31, 2019 \|access-date=January 31, 2019 \|archive-date=January 31, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131232354/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/obituaries/leonard-dinnerstein-84-dies.html \|url-status=live }}</ref>▼ [[Leonard Dinnerstein]], American historian, 84 (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Sam ▲\|last=Roberts \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/obituaries/leonard-dinnerstein-84-dies.html \|title=Leonard Dinnerstein, 84, Dies; Scholar of Anti-Semitism in U.S. \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=January 31, 2019 \|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> [[Éric Holder]], French novelist, 58 (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/2019/01/26/l-ecrivain-eric-holder-s-est-eteint-cette-semaine-chez-lui-a-queyrac-dans-le-medoc-5767435-2780.php\|title=L' 'écrivain Eric Holder s'est éteint cette semaine chez lui à Queyrac dans le Médoc\|website=SudOuest.fr\|access-date=March 15, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035129/https://www.sudouest.fr/2019/01/26/l-ecrivain-eric-holder-s-est-eteint-cette-semaine-chez-lui-a-queyrac-dans-le-medoc-5767435-2780.php\|archive-date=January 27, 2019\|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Jean-Maurice Rouquette]], French historian noted for his work on ancient and [[Romanesque architecture\|Romanesque]] [[Provence]], 87 (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/actualite-2/deces-de-jean-maurice-rouquette-lancien-directeur-des-musees-darles-11113327/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183604/https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/actualite-2/deces-de-jean-maurice-rouquette-lancien-directeur-des-musees-darles-11113327/\|url-status=dead\|title=Décès de Jean-Maurice Rouquette, l'ancien directeur des musées d'Arles\|archive-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> [[January 23]] – [[Diana Athill]] {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|OBE}}, British literary editor and novelist, 101 (born 1917)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Benedicte \|last=Page \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/diana-athill-dies-937326 \|title=Diana Athill dies at 101 \|work=[[The Bookseller]] \|date=January 24, 2019 \|access-date=January 24, 2019 \|archive-date=January 24, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203359/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/diana-athill-dies-937326 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[February 1]] – [[Andrew McGahan]], Australian novelist, 52 (born 1966)<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/award-winning-author-andrew-mcgahan-dies-aged-52-20190202-p50v95.html Obituary] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308042910/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/award-winning-author-andrew-mcgahan-dies-aged-52-20190202-p50v95.html \|date=March 8, 2019 }}, TheAge.com.au, February 2, 2019.</ref> [[February 9]] – [[Farhad Ebrahimi]], Iranian poet and writer, 83 (born 1935)<ref>[http://www.trt.net.tr/persian/lmy-frhngy-w-hnry/2019/02/09/rjb-brhymy-khwr-bslw-sh-r-trnh-m-rwf-ayrylyq-dr-fny-r-wd-gft-1141958 رجب ابراهیمی کورعباسلو، شاعر ترانه معروف «آیریلیق» دار فانی را وداع گفت] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726045719/https://www.trt.net.tr/persian/lmy-frhngy-w-hnry/2019/02/09/rjb-brhymy-khwr-bslw-sh-r-trnh-m-rwf-ayrylyq-dr-fny-r-wd-gft-1141958 \|date=July 26, 2020 }} {{in lang\|fa}}.</ref> [[February 14]] – [[Andrea Levy]], English novelist, 62 (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46889988 \|title=The Long Song author Andrea Levy dies \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=February 15, 2019 \|access-date=February 15, 2019 \|archive-date=February 15, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215100507/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46889988 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[February 25]] – [[Nikhil Sen]], Bangladeshi dramatist, 87<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.~~bbc~~dhakatribune.~~co.uk~~com/~~news~~obituary/~~entertainment~~2019/02/25/ekushey-padak-recipient-nikhil-sen-~~arts~~no-~~46889988~~more \|title=~~The~~Ekushey ~~Long~~Padak ~~Song~~recipient ~~author~~Nikhil ~~Andrea~~Sen ~~Levy~~no ~~dies~~more \|work=[[~~BBC~~Dhaka ~~News~~Tribune]] \|date=February 1525, 2019 \|access-date=February 1525, 2019 \|archive-date=February 25, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223825/https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2019/02/25/ekushey-padak-recipient-nikhil-sen-no-more \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[February 25]] – [[Nikhil Sen]], Bangladeshi dramatist, 87<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2019/02/25/ekushey-padak-recipient-nikhil-sen-no-more \|title=Ekushey Padak recipient Nikhil Sen no more \|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] \|date=February 25, 2019 \|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> [[March 1]] – [[Peter van Gestel]], Dutch writer, 81 (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Lisa \|last=Dupuy \|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/03/03/kinderboekenschrijver-peter-van-gestel-81-overleden-a3907811 \|title=Kinderboekenschrijver Peter van Gestel (81) overleden \|work=[[NRC Handelsblad]] \|date=March 3, 2019 \|access-date=March 3, 2019 \|archive-date=March 3, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303185819/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/03/03/kinderboekenschrijver-peter-van-gestel-81-overleden-a3907811 \|language=nl \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[March 4]] – [[Les Carlyon]], Australian writer and newspaper editor, 76 (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-age-editor-and-author-les-carlyon-dies-at-76-20190305-p511ys.html \|title=Former Age editor and 'man of words' Les Carlyon dies at 76 \|last=Wright \|first=Tony \|date=March 5, 2019 \|work=[[The Age]] \|access-date=March 5, 2019 \|archive-date=May 9, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509050912/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-age-editor-and-author-les-carlyon-dies-at-76-20190305-p511ys.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[March 10]] – [[Pius Adesanmi]], Nigerian-born Canadian professor, writer, literary critic, satirist, and columnist, 47 (killed in the crash of [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/carleton-professor-dead-in-ethiopian-airlines-crash-1.5050751 \|title=Ottawa professor dies in Ethiopian Airlines crash \|publisher=CBC News \|date=March 10, 2019 \|access-date=March 10, 2019 \|archive-date=April 4, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404042920/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/carleton-professor-dead-in-ethiopian-airlines-crash-1.5050751 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[March 13]] – [[Edmund Capon]], English-born Australian art historian, 78 (born 1940)<ref name="deathnotice">{{Cite web \|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=edmund-george-capon&pid=191855094& \|title=Edmund George Capon \|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald \|access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> [[March 15]] – [[Rudi Krausmann]], Austrian-born Australian playwright and poet, 85 (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.australianpoetry.org/news/vale-austrian-australian-poet-rudi-krausmann-1933-2019/ \|title=Vale Austrian-Australian Poet Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019) {{!}} Australian Poetry \|language=en-AU \|access-date=January 7, 2020 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174728/https://www.australianpoetry.org/news/vale-austrian-australian-poet-rudi-krausmann-1933-2019/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[April 1]] – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American science fiction writer, 70 (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web \|last1=Holland \|first1=Steve \|title=Vonda N McIntyre obituary {{!}} Steve Holland \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary \|website=The Guardian \|access-date=April 4, 2019 \|date=April 4, 2019 \|archive-date=March 29, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329180543/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[April 29]] – [[Les Murray (poet)\|Les Murray]], Australian poet, anthologist and critic, 80 (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/les-murray-australian-poet-dies-aged-80/11055966 \|title=Australian poet Les Murray dies at 80 \|date=April 29, 2019 \|access-date=April 29, 2019 \|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] \|archive-date=May 2, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502022836/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/les-murray-australian-poet-dies-aged-80/11055966 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[May 14]] – [[Daniel Vidart]], Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist, 98 (born 1920)<ref name="obit-Vidart">{{cite web \|url= https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/sociedad/fallecio-profesor-antropologo-daniel-vidart-anos.html \|title= Falleció el profesor y antropólogo Daniel Vidart a los 98 años \|access-date=May 14, 2019 \|date=May 14, 2019 \|website=[[El País (Uruguay)\|El País]] \|language=es \|archive-date=May 14, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195358/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/sociedad/fallecio-profesor-antropologo-daniel-vidart-anos.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[May 19]] – [[John Millett (poet)\|John Millett]], Australian poet, reviewer and poetry editor, 98 (born 1921)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://tributes.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/notice/5747096061739008 \|title=Tributes \|website=Gold Coast Bulletin \|access-date=January 7, 2020 \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175646/http://tributes.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/notice/5747096061739008 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[May 22]] – [[Judith Kerr]], English writer and illustrator (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite news \|date=May 23, 2019 \|title=Tiger Who Came To Tea author Judith Kerr dies \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48381415 \|work=BBC News \|access-date=May 23, 2019 \|archive-date=May 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523094855/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48381415 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[June 1]] – [[Christobel Mattingley]], Australian author of books for children and adults, 87 (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/06/05/134349/rip-christobel-mattingley/ \|title=RiP Christobel Mattingley \|website=Books+Publishing \|language=en-AU \|access-date=June 9, 2019 \|archive-date=June 8, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608042950/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/06/05/134349/rip-christobel-mattingley/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[June 8]] – [[Milan Asadurov]], Bulgarian science fiction writer (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://novinite.eu/%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%82/ \|title= Скръбна вест! Милан Асадуров напусна този свят \|website=novinite \|access-date=June 10, 2019 \|language=bg \|archive-date=July 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724182812/https://novinite.eu/%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%82/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 7]] – [[Steve Cannon (writer)\|Steve Cannon]], American novelist ("Groove, Bang, and Jive Around"), playwright, and arts impresario ([[A Gathering of the Tribes (Cultural Organization)\|A Gathering of the Tribes]]), 84 (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thevillager.com/2019/07/poet-steve-cannon-of-a-gathering-of-the-tribes-dies/ \|title=Poet Steve Cannon, 84, of A Gathering of the Tribes \|date=July 8, 2019 \|website=The Villager \|access-date=July 9, 2019 \|archive-date=July 9, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709132159/https://www.thevillager.com/2019/07/poet-steve-cannon-of-a-gathering-of-the-tribes-dies/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 13]] – [[Kerry Reed-Gilbert]], Australian poet, author and champion of Indigenous writers, 62 (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A32818 \|title=Kerry Reed-Gilbert: (author/organisation) {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories \|website=www.austlit.edu.au \|access-date=January 7, 2020 \|archive-date=October 13, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013052002/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A32818 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 17]] – [[Andrea Camilleri]], Italian novelist (''[[Salvo Montalbano\|Inspector Montalbano]]'' novels) and playwright, 93 (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2019/07/16/news/andrea_camilleri_morto-231343655/ \|title=È morto Andrea Camilleri, papà di Montalbano, scrittore e maestro nato per raccontare storie \|work=[[La Repubblica]] \|date=July 17, 2019 \|access-date=July 17, 2019 \|archive-date=July 21, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721122814/https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2019/07/16/news/andrea_camilleri_morto-231343655/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 18]] – [[Luciano De Crescenzo]], Italian writer and director, 90 (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/07/18/news/morto_luciano_de_crescenzo-231489569/ \|title=Morto Luciano De Crescenzo, l'ingegnere filosofo che raccontò Napoli \|work=[[La Repubblica]] \|date=July 18, 2019 \|access-date=July 21, 2019 \|archive-date=July 19, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719163823/https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/07/18/news/morto_luciano_de_crescenzo-231489569/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 21]] – [[Ann Moyal]], Australian historian, (born 1926)<ref name="obit">{{cite web \|url=https://www.humanities.org.au/civicrm?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/view&reset=1&id=533 \|title=Vale: Ann Moyal \|last=Bradtke \|first=Liz \|publisher=Australian Academy of the Humanities \|access-date=July 23, 2019 \|archive-date=November 24, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124201731/https://www.humanities.org.au/civicrm?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=533 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[July 22]] – [[Brigitte Kronauer]], German novelist, 78<ref>{{cite news\| url = https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/07/23/prize-winning-german-author-brigitte-kronauer-dies-at-78/\| title = Award winning German author Brigitte Kronauer dies at 78\| website = pmnewsnigeria.com\| date = 23 July 2019\| ~~accessdate~~access-date = 24 July 2019\| archive-date = July 23, 2019\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190723155557/https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/07/23/prize-winning-german-author-brigitte-kronauer-dies-at-78/\| url-status = live}}</ref> [[August 5]] – [[Toni Morrison]], American novelist ([[Beloved (novel)\|Beloved]], [[Song of Solomon (novel)\|Song of Solomon]], [[Tar Baby (novel)\|Tar Baby]]), winner of the 1993 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] and 1988 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\|Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 88]] (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-laureate-toni-morrison-has-died-11565099219 \|title=Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dies at 88 \|first=Brenda \|last=Cronin \|website=WSJ \|access-date=August 7, 2019 \|archive-date=August 7, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807034913/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-laureate-toni-morrison-has-died-11565099219 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[September 1]] – [[Barbara Probst Solomon]], American author (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/barbara-probst-solomon-writer-who-chronicled-francos-rule-in-spain-dies-at-90/2019/09/02/a13dfc92-cd88-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html \|title=Barbara Probst Solomon, writer who chronicled Franco's rule in Spain, dies at 90 \|first=Harrison \|last=Smith \|~~website~~newspaper=Washington Post \|access-date=September 14, 2019 \|archive-date=September 14, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914173042/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/barbara-probst-solomon-writer-who-chronicled-francos-rule-in-spain-dies-at-90/2019/09/02/a13dfc92-cd88-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[September 11]] – [[Anne Rivers Siddons]], American novelist, (''[[The House Next Door (novel)\|The House Next Door]]'') and (''[[Peachtree Road (novel)\|Peachtree Road]]''), 83 (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/anne-rivers-siddons-novelist-who-attended-auburn-dies-at-83.html \|title=Anne Rivers Siddons, novelist who attended Auburn, dies \|date=September 11, 2019 \|website=al \|access-date=September 13, 2019 \|archive-date=September 13, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913194806/https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/anne-rivers-siddons-novelist-who-attended-auburn-dies-at-83.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[September 13]] – [[György Konrád]], Hungarian novelist and political dissident, President of [[PEN International]] (1990–1993), 86 (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/hungarian-writer-and-dissident-gyorgy-konrad-dies-at-86/986059810 \|title=Hungarian writer and dissident Gyorgy Konrad dies at 86 \|access-date=September 14, 2019 }}{{dead link\|date=August 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> [[September 16]] – [[Steve Dalachinsky]], American poet, 72, (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/arts/music/steve-dalachinsky-dead.html \|title=Steve Dalachinsky, Avant-Garde Poet, is Dead at 72 \|work=The New York Times \|date=September 20, 2019 \|access-date=January 20, 2020 \|archive-date=January 7, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107134502/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/arts/music/steve-dalachinsky-dead.html \|url-status=live \|last1=Genzlinger \|first1=Neil }}</ref> [[September 23]] [[Al Alvarez]], English writer and poetry editor, 90 (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/al-alvarez-british-critic-and-author-who-championed-poetry-and-poker-dies-at-90/2019/09/24/a6adbae2-ded5-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html \|title=Al Alvarez, British critic and author who championed poetry and poker, dies at 90 \|first=Harrison \|last=Smith \|~~website~~newspaper=Washington Post \|access-date=October 14, 2019 \|archive-date=October 15, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015171842/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/al-alvarez-british-critic-and-author-who-championed-poetry-and-poker-dies-at-90/2019/09/24/a6adbae2-ded5-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Elaine Feinstein]], English poet, 88 (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np97.shtml \|title=Carcanet Press – News \|website=www.carcanet.co.uk \|access-date=October 14, 2019 \|archive-date=September 24, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924165518/https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np97.shtml \|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[October 6]] – [[Ciaran Carson]], Irish poet, 70 (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite news \|author=Craig, Patricia \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|date=October 6, 2019 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/06/ciaran-carson-obituary \|title=Ciaran Carson obituary \|access-date=October 7, 2019 \|archive-date=October 7, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007021401/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/06/ciaran-carson-obituary \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/books/ciaran-carson-dead.html \|title=Ciaran Carson, Versatile Belfast Poet, Is Dead at 70 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=October 9, 2019 \|access-date=October 9, 2019 \|last=Genzlinger \|first=Neil \|archive-date=October 9, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009173003/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/books/ciaran-carson-dead.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[October 12]] – [[Alison Prince]], English children's writer and biographer, 88<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.happenstancepress.com/index.php/blog/entry/touchstones-alison-prince \|title=Touchstones: Alison Prince \|publisher=HappenStance. October 18, 2019 \|access-date=October 22, 2019 \|archive-date=October 22, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022023142/https://www.happenstancepress.com/index.php/blog/entry/touchstones-alison-prince \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[October 14]] – [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic and writer (''[[The Anxiety of Influence]]'', ''[[The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages]]''), 89 (born [[1930 in literature\|1930]])<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/books/harold-bloom-dead.html \|title=Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 \|first=Dinitia \|last=Smith \|work=The New York Times \|date=October 14, 2019 \|via=NYTimes.com \|access-date=October 14, 2019 \|archive-date=October 14, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014201658/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/books/harold-bloom-dead.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[October 30]] – [[Beatrice Faust]], Australian author and women's activist, 80 (born [[1939 in literature\|1939]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/courageous-inspired-a-generation-20191106-p537zn.html \|title=Courageous, inspired a generation \|last=Mathews \|first=Iola \|date=November 6, 2019 \|website=The Sydney Morning Herald \|language=en \|access-date=November 6, 2019 \|archive-date=November 6, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106105134/https://www.smh.com.au/national/courageous-inspired-a-generation-20191106-p537zn.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[November 5]] – [[Ernest J. Gaines]], American author (''[[A Lesson Before Dying]]'', ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]'', ''[[A Gathering of Old Men]]''), 86 (born [[1933 in literature\|1933]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.wafb.com/2019/11/05/famed-louisiana-author-ernest-gaines-dies/ \|title=Famed Louisiana author Ernest Gaines dies; funeral service details announced \|first=Graham Ulkins, Scottie \|last=Hunter \|website=www.wafb.com \|access-date=November 6, 2019 \|archive-date=November 6, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106004008/https://www.wafb.com/2019/11/05/famed-louisiana-author-ernest-gaines-dies/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[November 7]] – [[Nabanita Dev Sen]], Indian writer and academic, 79 (born [[1938 in literature\|1938]])<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://scroll.in/latest/943004/poet-and-novelist-nabaneeta-dev-sen-dies-in-kolkata-at-81\|title=Poet and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen dies in Kolkata at 81\|work=Scroll.in\|language=en-US\|access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> [[November 14]] – [[Krystyna Boglar]], Polish writer known mostly for her work for children and young adults (born [[1931 in literature\|1931]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2020-10-30 \|title=Krystyna Boglar (17.12.1931 - 14.11.2019) \|url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,134835,26456692,krystyna-boglar-17-12-1931-14-11-2019.html \|access-date=2023-07-04 \|website=[[Gazeta Wyborcza\|wyborcza.pl]]}}</ref> [[November 24]] – [[Clive James]], Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster and writer, 80 (born [[1939 in literature\|1939]])<ref name="ABCobit">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/clive-james-dies-aged-80/5751522 Clive James — writer, TV broadcaster and critic — dies aged 80] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101001246/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/clive-james-dies-aged-80/5751522 \|date=January 1, 2020 }} ''ABC News'', November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref> [[December 29]] – [[Alasdair Gray]], Scottish author (''[[Lanark: A Life in Four Books\|Lanark]]'') and visual artist, 85 (born [[1934 in literature\|1934]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://canongate.co.uk/news/alasdair-gray-author-and-artist-has-died-aged-85/ \|title=Alasdair Gray, the beloved author and artist, has died \|website=canongate.co.uk \|access-date=December 31, 2019 \|archive-date=December 29, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229171037/https://canongate.co.uk/news/alasdair-gray-author-and-artist-has-died-aged-85/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[December 30]] – [[Sonny Mehta]], Indian-born British and American publishing executive ([[Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group]]), 76, (born 1942)<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sonny-mehta-editor-in-chief-of-book-publisher-knopf-dies-11577802218 \|title=Retrieved 31 December 2019.] \|access-date=December 31, 2019 \|archive-date=December 31, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231182759/https://www.wsj.com/articles/sonny-mehta-editor-in-chief-of-book-publisher-knopf-dies-11577802218 \|url-status=live }}</ref> ==Awards== ''The following list is arranged'' '''alphabetically''': [[Akutagawa Prize]]: [[Natsuko Imamura]];<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/17/national/two-women-named-japans-akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards/\|title=Two women named for Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards\|work=Kyodo News\|via=[[The Japan Times]]\|date=July 17, 2019\|access-date=July 17, 2019\|archive-date=July 17, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717154019/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/17/national/two-women-named-japans-akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Makoto Furukawa (writer)\|Makoto Furukawa]]<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/01/16/entertainment-news/novelists-makoto-furukawa-soichi-kawagoe-receive-japans-akutagawa-naoki-literary-prizes/\|title=Novelists Makoto Furukawa and Soichi Kawagoe to receive Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes\|publisher=Kyodo News\|via=[[The Japan Times]]\|date=January 16, 2020\|access-date=January 16, 2020\|archive-date=January 17, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117161053/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/01/16/entertainment-news/novelists-makoto-furukawa-soichi-kawagoe-receive-japans-akutagawa-naoki-literary-prizes/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Akutagawa Prize]]: [[Anisfield-Wolf Book Award]]: [[Tommy Orange]] for ''[[There There (novel)\|There There]]'' [[Baillie Gifford Prize]]: [[Hallie Rubenhold]], ''[[The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper]]'' [[Booker Prize]]: [[Margaret Atwood]] for ''[[The Testaments]]'' and [[Bernardine Evaristo]] for ''[[Girl, Woman, Other]]'' [[Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year]]: ''The Dirt Hole and its Variations'' by Charles L Dobbins.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bent \|first=Horace \|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dirt-hole-cleans-claim-2019-diagram-prize-1119531 \|title=The Dirt Hole cleans up to claim the 2019 Diagram Prize \|publisher=The Bookseller \|date=November 29, 2019 \|access-date=November 29, 2019 \|archive-date=November 29, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129132015/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dirt-hole-cleans-claim-2019-diagram-prize-1119531 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Caine Prize for African Writing]]: [[Lesley Nneka Arimah]], "Skinned" [[Camões Prize]]: [[Chico Buarque]] Line 199 ⟶ 215: [[German Book Prize]]: [[Saša Stanišić]], ''Herkunft'' [[Goldsmiths Prize]]: [[Lucy Ellmann]], ''[[Ducks, Newburyport]]'' [[Gordon Burn Prize]]: [[David Keenan]] for ''For the Good Times''<ref name="gb2019">{{Cite web \|last1=Flood \|first1=Alison \|title=David Keenan's Troubles novel For the Good Times wins Gordon Burn prize \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/david-keenan-for-the-good-times-gordon-burn-prize \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|access-date=October 18, 2019 \|date=October 11, 2019 \|archive-date=October 18, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018082752/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/david-keenan-for-the-good-times-gordon-burn-prize \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]]: [[Joan Thomas]], ''[[Five Wives]]'' [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction]]: [[Céline Huyghebaert]], ''Le drap blanc'' [[Governor General's Awards]], other categories: See [[2019 Governor General's Awards]] [[Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française]]: [[Hugo Award for Best Novel#Winners and nominees\|Hugo Award for Best Novel]]: [[A Memory Called Empire]] by [[Arkady Martine]]<ref name="hugo2020">{{Cite web \|last=Wyatt \|first=Neal \|title='A Memory Called Empire' by Arkady Martine Wins Hugo Award \|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=A-Memory-Called-Empire-By-Arkady-Martine-Wins-Best-Novel-Hugo-bookpulse }\|website=[[Library Journal]] \|access-date=August 16, 2020 \|date=August 3, 2020 \|archive-date=September 12, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912215037/https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=A-Memory-Called-Empire-By-Arkady-Martine-Wins-Best-Novel-Hugo-bookpulse \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[International Booker Prize]]: [[Jokha Alharthi]], ''[[Celestial Bodies]]''<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Flood \|first1=Allison \|title=Man Booker International prize: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/21/man-booker-international-prize-jokha-alharthi-wins-celestial-bodies-oman \|website=The Guardian \|date=May 21, 2019 \|access-date=22 May 2019 \|archive-date=November 7, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231558/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/21/man-booker-international-prize-jokha-alharthi-wins-celestial-bodies-oman \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[International Booker Prize]]: [[International Dublin Literary Award]]: [[Emily Ruskovich]], ''Idaho''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/news/idaho-by-emily-ruskovich-wins-the-2019-international-dublin-literary-award/\|title=Idaho by Emily Ruskovich wins the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award\|access-date=12 June 2020\|website=International Dublin Literary Award\|archive-date=March 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310154607/http://dublinliteraryaward.ie/news/idaho-by-emily-ruskovich-wins-the-2019-international-dublin-literary-award/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[International Dublin Literary Award]]: [[International Prize for Arabic Fiction]]: [[Hoda Barakat]], ''The Night Mail'' [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize\|James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction]]: James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography: Line 213 ⟶ 229: [[Lambda Literary Awards]]: Multiple categories; see [[31st Lambda Literary Awards]]. [[Legion of Honour]], Chevalier: [[Michel Houellebecq]] [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]]: [[Joan Margarit]]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Geli \|first1=Carles \|title=Muere el poeta Joan Margarit a los 82 años \|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-16/muere-joan-margarit-el-poeta-del-verso-claro-y-emotivo.html \|access-date=16 February 2021 \|work=El País \|date=16 February 2021 \|language=es \|archive-date=March 12, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312025451/https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-16/muere-joan-margarit-el-poeta-del-verso-claro-y-emotivo.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]]: [[Miles Franklin Award]]: [[Melissa Lucashenko]], ''[[Too Much Lip]]''<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-30/miles-franklin-award-winner-melissa-lucashenko-too-much-lip/11362888 \|title=Miles Franklin awarded to Indigenous author for 'novel of celebratory defiance' \|last=Bookshelf \|first=ABC Arts Kate Evans for RN's The \|date=July 30, 2019 \|website=ABC News \|language=en-AU \|access-date=August 10, 2019 \|archive-date=August 10, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810093854/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-30/miles-franklin-award-winner-melissa-lucashenko-too-much-lip/11362888 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[National Biography Award]] (Australia): [[Behrouz Boochani]], ''[[No Friend But the Mountains]]: Writing from Manus Prison''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/impassioned-letter-manus-island-wins-2019-national-biography-award\|title='Impassioned letter' from Manus Island wins 2019 National Biography Award\|date=2019-08-12\|website=State Library of NSW\|access-date=August 12, 2019\|archive-date=August 12, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812001549/https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/impassioned-letter-manus-island-wins-2019-national-biography-award\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[National Biography Award]]: [[National Book Award for Fiction]]: [[National Book Critics Circle Award]]: Line 226 ⟶ 242: [[Premio Strega]]: [[Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing]]: [[Prix Goncourt]]: [[Jean-Paul Dubois]], ''[[Not Everybody Lives the Same Way\|Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon]]''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/tous-les-hommes-n-habitent-pas-le-monde-de-la-meme-facon-l-inconsolable-jean-paul-dubois-20191104\| title=Tous les hommes ~~n’habitent~~n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon: ~~l’inconsolable~~l'inconsolable Jean-Paul Dubois\|language=fr\|date=4 November 2019\|author=Laurence Caracalla\|website=Le Figaro\|access-date=6 February 2021\|archive-date=November 30, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130151407/https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/tous-les-hommes-n-habitent-pas-le-monde-de-la-meme-facon-l-inconsolable-jean-paul-dubois-20191104\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]]: [[Richard Powers]], ''[[The Overstory]]''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/richard-powers-pulitzer-the-overstory/587245/\|title=Writing the Pulitzer-Winning 'The Overstory' Changed Richard ~~Powers’s~~Powers's Life\|last=Smith\|first=Rosa Inocencio\|date=2019-04-16\|website=The Atlantic\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-02-05\|archive-date=February 13, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213011641/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/richard-powers-pulitzer-the-overstory/587245/\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]: [[2019 Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] (UK) [[James Dover Grant]] (Lee Child), CBE; [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], CBE; [[Bettany Hughes]], OBE; [[Sarah Ann Waters]], OBE; Queen's [[Birthday Honours]] (UK) [[RBC Taylor Prize]]: [[Kate Harris]], ''Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Roads'' [[Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize]]: [[Russian Booker Prize]]: [[SAARC Literary Award]]: [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]: [[Ian Williams (writer)\|Ian Williams]], ''[[Reproduction (novel)\|Reproduction]]'' [[Struga Poetry Evenings\|Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings]]: [[Walter Scott Prize]]: [[Robin Robertson]], ''[[The Long Take]]''<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/robin-robertson-wins-the-tenth-walter-scott-prize/ \|title=Robin Robertson wins the tenth Walter Scott Prize \|work=walterscottprize.co.uk \|date=15 June 2019 \|access-date=17 June 2019 \|archive-date=February 24, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224195513/https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/robin-robertson-wins-the-tenth-walter-scott-prize/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Walter Scott Prize]]: [[Whiting Awards]]: :Fiction: Line 242 ⟶ 257: :Plays: :Poetry: [[Women's Prize for Fiction]]: [[Tayari Jones]] for ''[[An American Marriage]]''<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Women's prize for fiction goes to "utterly moving" Tayari Jones novel \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|location=London \|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/05/womens-prize-for-fiction-tayari-jones-novel-an-american-marriage \|access-date=June 6, 2019 \|archive-date=June 6, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606013828/https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/05/womens-prize-for-fiction-tayari-jones-novel-an-american-marriage \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction]]: [[Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award]]: [[Agi Mishol]]<ref name="Dzieje">{{Cite web \|title=Agi Miszol laureatką Nagrody im. Herberta \|date=March 11, 2019 \|access-date=March 11, 2019 \|url=https://www.dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/agi-miszol-laureatka-nagrody-im-herberta \|language=pl}} {{dead link\|date=June 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Line 254 ⟶ 269: [[Category:2019 in literature\| ]] [[Category:2019-related lists]] ~~[[Category:2019-related timelines]]~~ [[Category:Culture-related timelines by year]] [[Category:Years of the 21st century in literature]]