2007 in literature

none June 2012 2007 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2007. Events January 1 – Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (Sweden), the world's oldest surviving newspaper (begun in 1645 as Ordinari Post Tijdender), starts publishing online only.Oldest newspapers still in circulation https://web.archive.org/web/20040107070325/http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html 2004-01-07 - World Association of Newspapers March 5 – A car bomb explodes on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, the city's historic center of bookselling.Then and Now: A New Chapter for Baghdad Book Market http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/then-and-now-a-new-chapter-for-baghdad-book-market/?hp The New York Times Eric Owles December 18, 2008 May 19, 2010 April 1 – The first in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney is released in book form in New York.Kinney Jeff Diary of a wimpy kid April 1, 2007 Amulet Books New York 978-0810993136 Hardcover April 26 – Polly Stenham's play That Face, written when she was 19, opens at the Royal Court Theatre in London, UK.https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/apr/26/theatre3 That Face 26 April 2007 Lyn Gardner The Guardian 27 January 2025 July 21 – The final book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sells over 11 million copies in its first 24 hours, becoming the fastest selling book in history.http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/business/potter.php 'Harry Potter' tale is fastest-selling book in history International Herald Tribune 2007-07-23 2011-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090210024741/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/23/business/potter.php 2009-02-10 live November 2 – The Tomi Ungerer Museum opens in Strasbourg. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/ungerer_t.htm. Tomi Ungerer - Lambiek Comiclopedia November 19 – The first Kindle e-book reader is released.https://www.aboutamazon.eu/news/innovation/a-look-back-at-10-years-of-the-amazon-kindle A look back at 10 years of the Amazon Kindle June 12, 2018 Amazon January 24, 2025 December 5 – The first European Book Prize is awarded to Guy Verhofstadt for United States of Europe.January 2025 December 11 – Terry Pratchett informs fans online that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.Pratchett funds Alzheimer's study http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7291315.stm 2010-07-31 BBC News 2008-03-13 New books Fiction André Aciman – Call Me by Your Name Gilbert Adair – A Mysterious Affair of Style Alan Bennett – The Uncommon Reader Bob Burg and John D. Mann – The Go-Giver Michael Chabon – The Yiddish Policemen's Union Brock Clarke – An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New Englandhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083001650.html The Washington Post Hearts Afire Ron Charles Ron Charles (critic) September 2, 2007 April 17, 2016 Bernard Cornwell – Sword Song Don DeLillo – Falling ManO'Hagan, Andrew Andrew O'Hagan June 28, 2007 Racing against reality The New York Review of Books 54 11 4–8 Junot Díaz – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoStetler Carrie April 7, 2008 Pulitzer winner stays true to Jersey roots The Star-Ledger http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/pulitzer_winner_stays_true_to.html April 7, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080704214904/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/pulitzer_winner_stays_true_to.html July 4, 2008 Mikhail Elizarov – The Librarian («Библиотекар») Steve Erickson – Zerovillehttps://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/Schillinger-t.html December 2, 2007 Editor's Cut Liesl Schillinger New York Times 27 January 2025 Joshua Ferris – Then We Came to the End Ge Fei (格非) – 山河入梦 (Shanhe Rumeng)https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/4672052 Shan he ru meng - Ge Fei zhu National Library of Australia 24 January 2025 Helon Habila – Measuring Timehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/feb/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview17 Giles Foden Review: "The power of two" The Guardian 10 February 2007 24 January 2025 Mohsin Hamid – The Reluctant FundamentalistMeghani Shamira A. 2019 White gay men in two post-9/11 novels: "Cultural surveillance" and historical echoes Journal of Postcolonial Writing 55 3 371–372 10.1080/17449855.2019.1617977 199270679 Han Kang – The Vegetarian (채식주의자, Chaesikjuuija) Elizabeth Hay – Late Nights on Air Khaled Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美) – The Thorn-Puller: New Tales of the Sugamo Jizō (とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起, Toge-nuki: Shin Sugamo Jizō engi) Denis Johnson – Tree of Smoke Panos Karnezis – The Birthday Party Andrus Kivirähk – Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu (The Man Who Spoke "Snakish") Jesse Lee Kercheval – The Alice Stories Torsten Krol – Callistohttps://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/books/review/Pendarvis-t.html Odell's Bad Day Book Review 'Callisto,' by Torsten Krol Pendarvis Jack April 10, 2009 New York Times 2018-09-06 en Min Jin Lee – Free Food for Millionaires Ian McEwan – On Chesil Beachhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113000088.html Jonathan Yardley Yardley Jonathan 2 December 2007 Washington Post 29 January 2019 Elizabeth McKenzie – MacGregor Tells the World Angela Makholwa – Red Ink Michael Ondaatje – Divisadero Tito Perdue – Fields of Asphodel Bahaa Taher – Sunset Oasis (واحة الغروب) Olga Tokarczuk – Flights (Bieguni) Zlatko Topčić – Safet Sušić Graham Swift – Tomorrow M. G. Vassanji – The Assassin's Song David Wong – John Dies at the End Kirby Wright – Moloka'i Nui Ahina, Summers on the Lonely IsleArlene Hirschfelder Paulette F. Molin The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists Scarecrow Press 2012 9780810877108 496 Corrina Wycoff – O Street Juli Zeh – Dark Matter Genre fiction Joe Abercrombie – Before They Are Hanged (March 15, second of The First Law series) Christopher Barzak – One For Sorrow (August 28) Jim Butcher – White Night (April 3, Harry Dresden No. 9) Michael Chabon – The Yiddish Policemen's Union (May 1) Hal Duncan – Ink (February 2, second in The Book of All Hours series) Warren Ellis – Crooked Little Vein (July 24) Steven Erikson – Reaper's Gale (April 24, seventh in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series) Justin Evans – A Good and Happy Child (May 22) William Gibson – Spook Country (August 7) Ed Greenwood – Dark Lord (September, first in the Falconfar series) Tanith Lee – Piratica III: The Family Sea (third in The Piratica Series) Scott Lynch – Red Seas Under Red Skies (July 31, second in the Gentleman Bastard series) Richard K. Morgan – Th1rte3n (June 26) Ian McDonald – Brasyl (May 1) Chuck Palahniuk – Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey (May 1) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – The Wheel of Darkness Risa – Battle of Demons (華鬼, Hana Oni, first print (book) publication, July 31) Lucius Shepard – Softspoken (April 15) Jeffrey Thomas – Deadstock (February 27) J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1973; with Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee) – The Children of Húrin Catherynne M. Valente – The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice (October 30, second in the Orphan's Tales series) Children and young people David Almond – My Dad's a BirdmanHahn 2015, p. 21 Sherman Alexie – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianHahn 2015, p. 14 Robin Brande – Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature Libba Bray – The Sweet Far ThingHahn 2015, p. 91 Suzanne Collins – Gregor and the Code of Claw (fifth and final Underland Chronicles) Catherine Drury – Ivan's Appeal Joseph Epstein, etc. – Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English and American Literature Charlie Higson Double or Die (third in the Young Bond series) Hurricane Gold (fourth in the Young Bond series) Dianne Hofmeyr – Eye of the Moon Nick Hornby – Slam Gordon Korman – Schooled D. J. MacHale – The Pilgrims of Rayne Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (first in the eponymous series of six books for reluctant readers) Stephenie Meyer – EclipseHahn 2015, p. 602 China Miéville – Un Lun Dun Robert Muchamore The Fall (seventh in the CHERUB series) Mad Dogs (eighth in the CHERUB series) Jenny Nimmo – Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf Garth Nix – Lady Friday (fifth book in The Keys to the Kingdom series) Janet Nolan – A Father's Day Thank You Iona Opie – Mother Goose's Little Treasures Jerry Pinkney (adapted from Brothers Grimm) – Little Red Riding Hood J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (final book in the Harry Potter series)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3666735/Harry-Potter-and-the-hallowed-sales-figures.html Harry Potter and the hallowed sales figures Phelvin Patrick 23 July 2007 The Daily Telegraph London 13 July 2009 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090724173603/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3666735/Harry-Potter-and-the-hallowed-sales-figures.html 24 July 2009 Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret Hikaru Sugii (杉井 光) – Heaven's Memo Pad Laura Wiess – Such A Pretty Girl N. D. Wilson – 100 Cupboards (first book in the 100 Cupboards series) Drama Hassan Abdulrazzak – Baghdad Wedding Bola Agbaje – Gone Too Far! Jacob M. Appel – The Mistress of Wholesome Sebastian Barry – The Pride of Parnell Street Jon Fosse – I Am the Wind Melissa James Gibson – Current Nobody Lee Hall – The Pitmen Painters David Henry Hwang – Yellow Face Tracy Letts – August: Osage County Caleb Lewis – Dogfall Tarell Alvin McCraney – The Brothers Size Hannah Moscovitch – East of Berlin Brendan O'Carroll – For the Love of Mrs. Brown Mark O'Rowe – Terminus Aaron Sorkin – The Farnsworth Invention Nick Stafford (stage adaptation) – War Horse Polly Stenham – That Face Poetry 2007 in poetry Dejan Stojanović – Ples vremena (Dance of Time)https://archive.org/details/DejanStojanovicPlesVremena Dejan Stojanović, Ples Vremena, Konras, Beograd, 2007 Internet Archive Non-fiction Peter Ackroyd – Thames: Sacred River Xurxo Borrazás – Arte e parte Andrea Cagan – Peace Is Possible: The Life and Message of Prem Rawat Umberto Eco – On Ugliness Edda Fabbri — Oblivion Wayne Federman, Marshall Terrill and Jackie Maravich – Maravich: The Definitive Biography of Pistol Pete Maravich David Halberstam – The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War Ian Halperin – Hollywood Undercover Christopher Hitchens – God is not GreatWhite Curtis Christopher Hitchens' lies do atheism no favors http://www.salon.com/2013/06/23/christopher_hitchens_lies_do_atheism_no_favors/ salon.com 23 June 2013 15 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160217143201/http://www.salon.com/2013/06/23/christopher_hitchens_lies_do_atheism_no_favors/ 17 February 2016 live A. J. Jacobs – The Year of Living Biblically Linda and Terry Jamison – Separated at Earth Naomi Klein – The Shock Doctrine Arthur Kroeger – Hard Passage: A Mennonite Family's Long Journey from Russia to Canada Anthony Lewis – Freedom for the Thought That We Hate Lupa – A Field Guide to Otherkin John Matteson – Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father Daisuke Miyao – Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom Haruki Murakami – What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること, Hashiru Koto ni Tsuite Kataru Toki ni Boku no Kataru Koto) Ram Oren – ha-Shevu?ah (released in English in 2009 as Gertruda's Oath) Jessica Riskin – Genesis ReduxNovember 29, 2007 Is artificial life moving any closer? Greg Bear Nature 450 7170 612 10.1038/450612a 2007Natur.450..612B free Bruce Serafin – StardustFawcett, Brian, March 12, 2008, Serafin’s Stardust: Losing the best Canadian writer no one knows about, Dooneys Cafe. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041548/http://www.dooneyscafe.com/archives/540 Kathy Stevens – Where the Blind Horse SingsWhere the blind horse sings : love and trust at an animal sanctuary WorldCat.org 85851558 es Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș – Lupta vieții unui octogenar (An Octogenarian's Lifelong Combat; posthumous) Deaths January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (born 1932)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/18/guardianobituaries.usa Robert Anton Wilson Michael Carlson January 17, 2007 June 15, 2017 The Guardian January 19 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (born 1954; murdered) https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL19386144 Turkish-Armenian editor shot dead in Istanbul 1 May 2007 Reuters 19 January 2007 Paul de Bendern Grove, Thomas January 23 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (born 1932)Brittain Victoria Obituary: Ryszard Kapuściński https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/25/pressandpublishing.booksobituaries 15 October 2014 The Guardian 25 January 2007 January 27 – Herbert Reinecker, German novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1914)Hans-Michael Bock Tim Bergfelder The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA385 1 September 2009 Berghahn Books 978-0-85745-565-9 385 January 30 – Sidney Sheldon, American writer (born 1917)https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/obituaries/01sheldon.html?ex=1185944400&en=6926e71f21afa7d5&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNsidneysheldon Sidney Sheldon, Author of Steamy Novels, Dies at 89 New York Times January 31, 2007 February 22 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (born 1918)Dan van der Vat Dan van der Vat https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2026462,00.html Obituary: Lothar-Günther Buchheim March 5, 2007 The Guardian March 2 – Henri Troyat, French writer and historian (born 1911)Staff writers Eminent French writer Troyat dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6418301.stm BBC News 5 March 2007 2008-11-07 February 16 – Sheridan Morley, English critic and biographer (born 1941) March 30 – Michael Dibdin, British crime writer (born 1947)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/04/culture.obituaries Guardian obituary The Guardian Christopher Hawtree 4 April 2007 9 January 2021 April 1 – Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (born 1926)Driss Chraïbi Moroccan writer https://www.britannica.com/biography/Driss-Chraibi 2021-04-23 Encyclopedia Britannica en April 3 – Marion Eames, Welsh novelist writing mainly in Welsh (born 1921)https://biography.wales/article/s8-EAME-MAR-1921 Eames, Marion Griffith (Williams, Gwladys Marion Griffith) (1921-2007), historical novelist J. Beverley Smith Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 9 January 2021 April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut, American satirical novelist (born 1922)Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html The New York Times 30 December 2016 11 April 2007 April 23 – David Halberstam, American journalist and historian (born 1934| road accident)https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Author-David-Halberstam-killed-in-Menlo-Park-crash-2563566.php Author David Halberstam killed in Menlo Park San Francisco Chronicle Coté John April 23, 2007 2007-04-23 May 8 – Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (born 1933) May 17 – Lloyd Alexander, American author (born 1924)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/06/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Lloyd Alexander July 6, 2007 Julia Eccleshare The Guardian January 20, 2022 June 3 – Suzanne Robert, French Canadian novelist (born 1948) June 21 – Douglas Hill, Canadian science fiction author and reviewer (born 1935|injuries resulting from car accident)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/19/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Douglas Hill 19 September 2007 Julia Eccleshare The Guardian 27 January 2025 June 27 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (born 1905) July 31 – Margaret Avison, Canadian poet (born 1918)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Avison Margaret Avison Encyclopædia Britannica Online April 3, 2011 January 24, 2025 August 3 – John Gardner, British author of James Bond continuation novels (born 1926)Wilson Arnie John Gardner; Thriller writer who revived Bond The Independent 7 August 2007 London 35 September 3 – Mária Szepes, Hungarian novelist and screenwriter (born 1908)January 2025 September 4 – Zenia Larsson, Polish-Swedish writer and sculptor of Jewish descent (born 1922) September 6 – Madeleine L'Engle, American novelist (born 1918)https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/books/07cnd-lengle.html Madeleine L'Engle, Writer of Children's Classics, Is Dead at 88 Douglas Martin 8 September 2007 The New York Times 9 July 2018 September 16 – Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), American fantasy and historical novelist (born 1948)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1563696/Robert-Jordan.html Obituaries 2007-09-21 Robert Jordan The Daily Telegraph 2019-08-07 October 19 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (born 1925)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/27/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Jan Wolkers 27 November 2007 Dan van der Vat Guardian 24 January 2025 October 22 – Ève Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (born 1904)https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/arts/25labouisse.html Eve Curie Labouisse, Mother's Biographer, Dies at 102 October 25, 2007 New York Timesauthor=Margalit Fox June 12, 2022 November 10 – Norman Mailer, American novelist, journalist and playwright (born 1923) Author Norman Mailer dies at 84 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7088648.stm BBC News Entertainment November 10, 2007 September 15, 2017 November 12 – Ira Levin, American novelist, dramatist and songwriter (born 1929)Ira Levin, 78; his novels include 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'Stepford Wives' https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-14-me-levin14-story.html Los Angeles Times Jon Thurber November 14, 2007 November 19 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian novelist, dramatist and essayist (born 1917)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/28/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Obituary: Magda Szabó Gömöri George 2007-11-28 The Guardian 2019-04-18 en-GB 0261-3077 November 27 – Jane Rule, Canadian novelist (born 1931)Jane Rule The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jane-vance-rule 2020-07-29 www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca November 28 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot and author (born 1907)http://company.airbus.com/company/heritage/female-pioneers/Elly-Beinhorn.html Elly Beinhorn - In search of adventure Cece Beata Airbus https://web.archive.org/web/20180125233735/http://company.airbus.com/company/heritage/female-pioneers/Elly-Beinhorn.html January 25, 2018 dmy-all December 22 – Julien Gracq, French novelist, critic and poet (born 1910)Julien Gracq, 97, Iconoclastic French Surrealist Writer The New York Times 24 December 2007 December 27 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (born 1920)http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/27/europe/EU-GEN-Estonia-Obit-Kross.php International Herald Tribune Jaan Kross, Estonia's best known writer, dies at 87 December 27, 2007 Awards Nobel Prize in Literature: Doris Lessing Australia ALS Gold Medal: Alexis Wright, Carpentaria Miles Franklin Award: Alexis Wright, Carpentaria Patrick White Award: David Rowbotham Canada Canada Reads: Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals, Le Combat des livres: Denis Thériault, L'Iguane Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Michael V. Smith Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Linden MacIntyre, Causewayhttps://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/WLU/0024348421T.PDF Linden MacIntyre wins 2007 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction 22 October 2007 Kevin Crowley Wilfrid Laurier University Governor General's Awards: Multiple categories; see 2007 Governor General's Awards Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction: Anna Porter, Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes Scotiabank Giller Prize: Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air Europe Camões Prize: António Lobo Antunes Europe Theatre Prize: Robert Lepage and Peter Zadek European Book Prize: Guy Verhofstadt, United States of Europe Prix Goncourt: Gilles Leroy, Alabama Songhttps://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/livres/roman/prix-goncourt-les-livres-primes-font-ils-toujours-recette_3674977.html Mélisande Queïnnec Prix Goncourt : les livres primés font-ils toujours recette ? France TV Info 4 November 2019 9 January 2021 Sweden Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award: Banco del LibroHahn 2015, p. 653 United Kingdom Caine Prize for African Writing: Monica Arac de Nyeko,"Jambula Tree" Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Meg Rosoff, Just in CaseHahn 2015, p. 661 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Rosalind Belben, Our Horses in Egypt James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Rosemary Hill, God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Man Booker Prize: Anne Enright, The Gathering Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction: to Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie United States Newbery Award for children's literature: Susan Patron, The Higher Power Of Lucky Compton Crook Award: Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2007 Lambda Literary Awards. National Book Award for Fiction: to Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson National Book Critics Circle Award: to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to Everyman by Philip Roth Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: to The Road by Cormac McCarthy Whiting Awards: Fiction: Ben Fountain, Brad Kessler, Dalia Sofer; Nonfiction: Carlo Rotella, Peter Trachtenberg, Jack Turner; Plays: Sheila Callaghan, Tarell Alvin McCraney; Poetry: Paul Guest, Cate Marvin Other Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Saul Friedländer SAARC Literary Award: Mahasveta Devi See also List of literary awards List of poetry awards 2007 in Australian literature 2007 in comics Notes Hahn Daniel The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature 2015 Oxford. University Press 9780198715542 2nd References 30em External links Popular Books of 2007 at Goodreads Published 2007 Books at Goodreads 2007 Books at Goodreads Category:2007-related lists