This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2021.
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Events
- January 1 – British writer and illustrator Anthony Browne is appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to literature.[1]
New books
Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction
- Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun (March 2, UK)[2]
- Patricia Lockwood – No One Is Talking About This (February 16, US)[3]
- Viet Thanh Nguyen – The Committed (March 2, US)[4]
- Anna North – Outlawed (January 5, US)[5]
Children and young people
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
- Bill Gates – How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (February 16, US)[6]
- Jordan Peterson – Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (March 2, Canada)[7]
- Steve Wilkins – The Pembrokeshire Murders[8]
Biography and memoirs
- Sinéad O'Connor – Rememberings[9] (due out in June)
Deaths
- January 7 – Neil Sheehan, 84, American journalist (The New York Times) and author "A Bright Shining Lie", Pulitzer Prize winner (1989)
- January 9 – Ved Mehta, 86, Indian novelist[10]
- January 11 – Vassilis Alexakis, 77, Greek-born French writer and translator[11]
- January 22 – Sharon Kay Penman, 75, American historical novelist[12]
- January 23 – Martha Madrigal, 92, Mexican poet.[13]
- February 8 – Jean-Claude Carrière, 89, French novelist, screenwriter and actor[14]
- February 22 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101, American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind) and co-founder of the City Lights Bookstore
- March 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., 92, Mexican writer and philosopher.[15]
- March 6
- N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat, 84, Indian poet.[16]
- Valentin Kurbatov, 81, Russian literary critic and writer.[17]
- March 8 – Djibril Tamsir Niane, 89, Guinean writer and historian, COVID-19.[18]
- March 21
- Nawal El Saadawi, 89, Egyptian feminist and writer (Woman at Point Zero, The Fall of the Imam).[19]
- Adam Zagajewski, 75, Polish poet (Unseen Hand, Another Beauty).[20]
Awards
The following list is arranged alphabetically:
See also
References
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N8.
- ^ Allfree, Claire (27 February 2021). "'Can you be a writer and a parent?': Kazuo Ishiguro and his daughter Naomi on the future of fiction". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ Goddu, Charlotte (February 16, 2021). "In No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood Captures a Joyful, Sinister Life Online—But Also the World Beyond". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Khatib, Joumana (February 24, 2021). "16 New Books to Watch For in March". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Singer, Jenny (January 22, 2021). "7 of the Best New Books to Read in January". Glamour. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Khatib, Joumana (January 27, 2021). "13 New Books to Watch For in February". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ Suzanne Moore, Suzanne Moore (February 27, 2021). "Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, review: Jordan Peterson is back with a self-help book that is not here to hug you better". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Pembrokeshire Murders, The". Gwales. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June". USA Today. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Margalit Fox. "Ved Mehta, Celebrated Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 86". New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Littérature : disparition de Vassilis Alexakis, le plus français des écrivains grecs". Le Courrier des Balkans (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Clay Risen (January 29, 2021). "Sharon Kay Penman, whose novels plumbed Britain's past, dies at 75". New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Falleció en México la poetisa Martha Madrigal (in Spanish)
- ^ "Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter of Cyrano de Bergerac and Belle de Jour, dies aged 89". The Guardian. London. Agence France-Presse. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Fallece el pensador, poeta y activista Enrique González Rojo Arthur (in Spanish)
- ^ Noted Kannada poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta passes away at 84
- ^ В Пскове скончался член Союза писателей России Валентин Курбатов (in Russian)
- ^ Addio allo storico Djibril Tamsir Niane (in Italian)
- ^ Pioneering Egyptian Feminist Nawal El Saadawi Dies Aged 89
- ^ Zmarł wybitny poeta i eseista Adam Zagajewski (in Polish)
- ^ "Zuckmayer-Medaille für Nora Gomringer". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Munich. dpa. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.