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*[[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]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315021412/https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/event.php?eventid=131203487 |archivedate=15 March 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=11 May 2019 |accessdate=11 May 2019}}</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=[[The Irish Times]] |date=11 July 2019 |accessdate=11 July 2019}}</ref> In the U.K., ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'' has her on its cover.<ref>{{Cite news |url=
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*[[July 22]] – [[Brigitte Kronauer]], German novelist, 78
*[[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}}</ref>
*[[September 1]] – [[Barbara Probst Solomon]], American author (born [[1928]])<ref>{{Cite web |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
*[[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 in literature|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}}</ref>
*[[September 13]] – [[György Konrád]], Hungarian novelist and political dissident, President of [[PEN International]] (1990–1993), 86 (born [[1933 in literature|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 |accessdate=2019-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501225856/https://www.kiro7.com/news/hungarian-writer-and-dissident-gyorgy-konrad-dies-at-86/986059810/ |archive-date=2020-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[September 16]]- [[Steve Dalachinsky]], American poet, 72, (born [[1946 in literature|1946]])<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/arts/music/steve-dalachinsky-dead.html</ref>
*[[September 23]]
**[[Al Alvarez]], English writer and poetry editor, 90 (born [[1929 in literature|1929]])<ref>{{Cite web |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
**[[Elaine Feinstein]], English poet, 88 (born [[1930 in literature|1930]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np97.shtml |title=Carcanet Press - News |website=www.carcanet.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[October 6]] – [[Ciaran Carson]], Irish poet, 70 (born [[1948 in literature|1948]])<ref>{{Cite news |author=Craig, Patricia |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 October 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/06/ciaran-carson-obituary |title=Ciaran Carson obituary |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</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=9 October 2019 |accessdate=9 October 2019 |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil}}</ref>
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