2010 in literature

none June 2012 2010 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2010. Events thumb|Mario Vargas Llosa in 2010 February – The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", is officially opened.ABC:Wheeler Centre's Gala Night Of Storytelling, Feb 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111163116/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2010/02/24/2827966.htm November 11, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010 April 3 – The Apple iPad electronic book-reading device is released. April 12 – The little-known U.S. author Paul Harding wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel Tinkers (2009) published by the tiny Bellevue Literary Press. June 24 – Neil Gaiman becomes the first author to win both the Carnegie Medal and the Newbery Medal for the same book — The Graveyard Book.http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_carnegie_ann_2010.htm Carnegie Press Desk: 2010 winner announcement. April 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123655/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_carnegie_ann_2010.htm November 4, 2010 dead July 27 – Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy becomes an international sensation, with a total of 27 million copies sold worldwide as of May 2010.May 23, 2010 Charles McGrath The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23Larsson-t.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=all The New York Times Magazine November 7, 2010The Fourth Book http://www.stieglarsson.com/the-4th-book 2010-04-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401061820/http://www.stieglarsson.com/the-4th-book April 1, 2010 dead mdy-all On July 27 Amazon says that Larsson is the first author to sell more than 1 million Kindle e-books.Stephen Lowman, "Book World", page 12, December 12, 2010, The Washington Post. August 13 – Time magazine puts Jonathan Franzen on its cover for his novel Freedom, the first time an author has appeared there since 2000 with Stephen King. October 7 – The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat". October 12 – Howard Jacobson wins the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question November 9 – Johanna Skibsrud wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11725061 The Sentimentalists wins Giller Prize November 10, 2010 BBC Online November 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111065334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11725061 live mdy November 16 – The 2010 Governor General's Awards are announced. Winners include Dianne Warren for English fiction, Kim Thúy for French fiction, Richard Greene for poetry and Robert Chafe for drama."Regina's Dianne Warren wins Gov-Gen Award for 'Cool Water'". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2010. November – Mark Twain's Autobiography is published (officially) 100 years after the author's death, the delay Twain ordered himself. Unofficial copies have been published several times in the 20th century.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-twains-autobiography-finally-released/ Mark Twain's Autobiography, Finally Released 24 May 2010 CBS News 13 August 2010 en December 31 – Book censorship in the Republic of Ireland by the state temporarily ends, the 12-year limit on the most recent ban having expired.https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/what-a-shocker-no-more-books-to-ban-1.688191 What a shocker: no more books to ban The Irish Times 18 December 2010 John Byrne 31 January 2021 However, the law remains on the statute book and is later used again.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/censorship-board-bans-book-for-the-first-time-since-1998-1.2571029 Censorship board bans book for the first time since 1998 Michael Barry The Irish Times unknown date – Orlando Figes posts pseudonymous reviews on the UK site of bookseller Amazon.com criticising books by two other British historians of Russia, Robert Service and Rachel Polonsky, whilst praising his own books among others.Lea, Richard Taylor, Matthew https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/23/historian-orlando-figes-amazon-reviews-rivals Historian Orlando Figes admits posting Amazon reviews that trashed rivals The Guardian 2010-04-23 2013-11-19 London New books Fiction Jokha al-Harthi – Sayidat al-Qamar (Ladies of the Moon, translated as Celestial Bodies) Martin Amis – The Pregnant Widow (February 4) Paul Auster – Sunset Park (November 9) Paolo Bacigalupi – Ship Breaker (May 1) Brunonia Barry – The Map of True Places Robert Jackson Bennett – Mr. Shivers Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier in America (April 20) Eddie Chuculate – Cheyenne Madonna (June 20) Ron Cooper – Purple JesusCameron Martin December 12, 2010 Purple Jesus The New York Times 24 Michael Cunningham – By Nightfall (September 28) Don DeLillo – Point Omega (February 2) Jennifer Egan – A Visit from the Goon Squad (June 15) Bret Easton Ellis – Imperial Bedrooms (June 15) Joshua Ferris – The Unnamed (January 18) Aminatta Forna – The Memory of Love Jonathan Franzen – Freedom (August 31) Cornelia Funke – RecklessHahn 2015, p. 215 Matthew Gallaway – The Metropolis Case (November 8) Seth Grahame-Smith – Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter Sara Gruen – Ape House (September 7) Margaret Peterson Haddix – Into the Gauntlet (August 31) Kristin Hannah – Winter Garden (February 2) Michel Houellebecq – The Map and the Territory (La Carte et le territoire, September 4) Rabee Jaber – دروز بلغراد (Duruz Bilghrad: Hikayat Hanna Yaqub, The Druze of Belgrade: the history of Hanna Yaqub) Howard Jacobson – The Finkler Question (October 12) Anjali Joseph – Saraswati Park (July 8) Stacey Kade – The Ghost and The Goth (July 6) Philip Kerr – Field GreyPetra Rau Our Nazis: Representations of Fascism in Contemporary Literature and Film Edinburgh University Press 2013 68 Stephen King Blockade Billy (April 20)https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/20/AR2010042004357.html The Washington Post Bill Sheehan Book review: 'Blockade Billy' by Stephen King 2010-04-21 Full Dark, No Stars (November 9) Nicole Krauss – Great House (October 12) John le Carré – Our Kind of Traitor (October 12) Dennis Lehane – Moonlight Mile (November 2) Tao Lin – Richard Yates (September 7) Ian McEwan – Solar (March 30) Jon McGregor – Even the DogsAlison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/13/jon-mcgregor-wins-impac-literary-award Jon McGregor wins International Impac Dublin Literary Award: British author wins world's richest literary prize for his novel Even the Dogs The Guardian London 2012-06-13 2012-06-14 Yann Martel – Beatrice and Virgil (April 6) Maaza Mengiste – Beneath the Lion's Gaze (January) Davud Michie - The Magician of Lhasa David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (June 29)http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-thousand-autumns-of-jacob-de-zoet-by-david-mitchell-14798908.html The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, By David Mitchell - Books, Life & Style Belfast Telegraph 7 May 2010 16 May 2012 Boyd Tonkin Martin Mosebach – What Was Before Anirban Mukherjee – Love, A Rather Bad Idea Ben Myers – Richard: A Novel (October 1) Chuck Palahniuk – Tell All (May 4) Philip Pullman – The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (May 20) Lincoln Peirce – Big Nate: In a Class by Himself (March 23) Philip Roth – Nemesis (October 5) Amy Sackville – The Still Point (February 4) Ashwin Sanghi – Chanakya's Chant David Sedaris – Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (September 28) Sarah Selecky – This Cake Is for the Party Lola Shoneyin – The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (May) Gary Shteyngart – Super Sad True Love Story (July 27) Kim Thúy – Ru Mario Vargas Llosa – The Dream of the Celt (El sueño del celta) (November 3)http://elcomercio.pe/mundo/679930/noticia-sueno-celta-libro-mas-vendido-feria-libro-guadalajara/ El Comercio "El sueño del celta" es el libro más vendido en la Feria del Libro de Guadalajara 18 August 2018 Donald E. Westlake – Memory (April)Memory http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi?title=Memory 31 January 2023 Hard Case Crime Children and young people David Almond The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon My Name is Mina Slog's DadHahn 2015, p. 21 Swati Avasthi – Split Chelsea M. Campbell – The Rise of Renegade X Suzanne Collins – Mockingjay (August 24) Diane Duane – A Wizard of Mars (April 12) John Flanagan – The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (November 2010) Eva Ibbotson (died October 20) – One Dog and his Boy Matthew J. Kirby – The Clockwork Three (October 1) Gordon Korman – Framed Stephen Krensky – Mother's Day Surprise Laura Leiner Szent Johanna gimi 1 – Kezdet (Start, first in the St. Joan High School series of seven books) Szent Johanna gimi 2 – Együtt (Together) Szent Johanna gimi 3 – Egyedül (Alone) Wendy Mass – The Candymakers2010-08-17 The Candymakers https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/wendy-mass/candymakers/ 2026-09-09 Kirkus Reviews Pat Miller – Squirrel's New Year's Resolution Robert Muchamore – Brigands M. C. (May 6) Jim Murphy – THE CROSSING: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution Garth Nix – Lord Sunday (February) James Patterson – Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel (March 15) Jerry Pinkney (adaption) – Three Little Kittens Philip Reeve – A Web of Air (April 5) Rick Riordan The Lost Hero (October 12) The Red Pyramid Salman Rushdie – Luka and the Fire of Life (November 16) Clare Vanderpool – Moon Over Manifest (October 12) Charlotte Voake – Ginger and the Mystery Visitor Kiersten White – Paranormalcy (August 31) N.D. Wilson – The Chestnut King Science fiction and fantasy Jim Butcher – Changes (April 6) Amish Tripathi – The Immortals of Meluha (February) Drama Peter Handke – Storm Still Sabrina Mahfouz – That Boy Bruce Norris – Clybourne Park Nina Raine – Tribes Christoph Ransmayr – Odysseus, Verbrecher Anya Reiss – Spur of the Moment Alexis Stamatis – Dakrygona (Tear Gas) Zlatko Topčić – I Don't Like Mondays Laura Wade – Posh David Williamson – Let the Sunshine Non-fiction Linda Vero Ban – What Does It Mean To Be Jewish? William J. Bruce III - Penholder Author Interview: The Literary Spotlight with Author William J Bruce III https://literaryvault.com/author-interview-the-literary-spotlight-with-author-william-j-bruce-iii/ Literary Vault 16 June 2025 Bill Bryson – At Home: A Short History of Private Life (May 27) George W. Bush – Decision Points (November 9) Donovan Campbell – Joker OneCampbell Donovan https://books.google.com/books?id=xBJRUMY4RX0C Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood 2010-01-12 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-8129-7956-5 en Hans Fredrik Dahl (ed.) – Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 Paul Drexler – In Search of My Father Jay Feinman – Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It Sam Harris – The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (October 5) Laura Hillenbrand – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (November 16) James Horn – A Kingdom Strange Joel Kotkin – The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 David Lipsky – Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself (April 13) Nursultan Nazarbayev – The Way of Kazakhstan (May 18) Sergio Rubin – El jesuita Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman Not Without Hope (March 2) Niki Segnit – The Flavour Thesaurus: Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook Jane Smiley – The Man Who Invented The Computer (December) Jon Stewart – Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race (September 21) Darin Strauss – Half a Life (September 21) Valerie Toranian – Pour en Finir avec la Femme (To Do Away with the Woman) Edmund de Waal – The Hare with Amber Eyes. A Hidden Inheritance John Leigh Walters – A Very Capable LifeFaculty of Arts, November 10, 2010, Edna Staebler Award https://web.archive.org/web/20121126115353/https://www.wlu.ca/news_update.php?grp_id=2529&nws_id=7062&filter_type=update November 26, 2012, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (Campus Updates), Retrieved 11/16/2012 Alejandro Zambra – No Leer (Not to Read) Poetry 2010 in poetry Stephen Sondheim – Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) (October 26) Deaths thumb|120px|Robert B. Parker thumb|120px|J. D. Salinger thumb|120px|Robert Dana thumb|120px|Susana Walton thumb|120px|Stefania Grodzienska thumb|120px|José Saramago thumb|120px|Barbara Holland thumb|120px|Bernard Clavel thumb|120px|Bella Akhmadulina thumb|120px|Elizabeth Edwards January 1 Bingo Gazingo, American performance poet (born 1924)https://cosmicspy.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-used-to-losing I'm So Used to Losing Bandcamp June 21, 2021 Billy Arjan Singh, Indian author (born 1917)https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/wildlife-enthusiast-author-billy-arjan-singh-dies/story-mOlRh5YfAZ6AXRAPrCQOLN.html Wildlife enthusiast, author Billy Arjan Singh dies Hindustan Times January 2, 2010 June 21, 2021 January 2 – Rajendra Keshavlal Shah, Indian poet (born 1913)Gujarati poet Rajendra Shah(97) passes away DeshGujarat News from Gujarat 2010-01-03 http://deshgujarat.com/2010/01/03/gujarati-poet-rajendra-shah97-passes-away/ June 21, 2021 January 3 Mary Daly, American feminist philosopher and theologian (born 1928) Fox Margalit Mary Daly, a Leader in Feminist Theology, Dies at 81 The New York Times January 6, 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/education/07daly.html?hpw January 7, 2010 Isak Rogde, Norwegian translator (born 1947)Isak Rogde 12 January 2010 Aftenposten Marit Christensen Marit Christensen Stokke, Ragnfrid Sletten, Eli Steinfeld, Hans-Wilhelm Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld no January 4 Knox Burger, American editor, writer and agent (born 1922)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/arts/13burger.html New York Times January 12, 2010 Bruce Weber Knox Burger, Agent and Book Editor, Dies at 87 June 21, 2021 Hywel Teifi Edwards, Welsh historian and writer (born 1934)https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8440734.stm BBC News Hywel Teifi Edwards dies aged 75 5 January 2010 15 April 2019 January 5 – Bernard Le Nail, French writer and historian (born 1946)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bernard-nail-publisher-and-historian-who-championed-britanny-s-language-literature-and-culture-1911028.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bernard-nail-publisher-and-historian-who-championed-britanny-s-language-literature-and-culture-1911028.html May 1, 2022 subscription Bernard An Nail: Publisher and historian who championed Brittany's language, literature and culture February 26, 2010 Independent June 21, 2021 January 6 – George Leonard, American writer and editor (born 1923) January 8 Tony Halme, Finnish athlete, politician, writer and entertainer (born 1963) Slavka Maneva, Macedonian writer and poet (born 1934)http://www.utrinski.com.mk/?ItemID=E7D9AAB6F277D8418D26383C80F4B444 Последен збор Славка Манева January 9, 2010 Utrinski Vesnik mk 10 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100121013127/http://www.utrinski.com.mk/?ItemID=E7D9AAB6F277D8418D26383C80F4B444 21 January 2010 January 9 – Laura Chapman Hruska, American writer and editor (born 1935) January 11 – Miep Gies, Austrian-born Dutch biographer (born 1909)https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8453331.stm Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100 BBC News 12 January 2010 12 January 2010 January 14 – P. K. Page, Canadian poet (born 1916) January 16 – Takumi Shibano (柴野拓美), Japanese novelist (born 1926) January 17 – Erich Segal, American author and academic (born 1937)Love Story author Erich Segal dies aged 72: Erich Segal, author of the hugely successful story of love and bereavement, has died Pauli Michelle January 19, 2010 The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/19/love-story-erich-segal-dies London January 18 – Robert B. Parker, American detective writer (born 1932) January 19 – Vladimir Karpov, Soviet Russian writer (born 1922) January 20 – Abraham Sutzkever, Polish-born Israeli poet (born 1913) January 21 – Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist (born 1953) January 26 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist (born 1917) January 27 J. D. Salinger, American novelist (born 1919)https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9688535 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dies Italie Hillel January 28, 2010 ABC News January 28, 2010 Howard Zinn, American historian (born 1922)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29zinn.html Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87 Michael Powell January 28, 2010 The New York Times April 7, 2020 January 31 Kage Baker, American science fiction and fantasy author (born 1952)https://locusmag.com/2010/02/kage-baker-1952-2010/ Kage Baker 1952-2010 1 February 2010 Locus 16 February 2024 Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentine writer (born 1934) February 2 Rosa Lobato de Faria, Portuguese writer (born 1932)https://expresso.pt/sociedade/morreu-aos-77-anos-a-escritora-rosa-lobato-de-faria=f561497 Morreu, aos 77 anos, a escritora Rosa Lobato de Faria pt Expresso 2 February 2010 José Mário Silva 16 February 2024 Eustace Mullins, American writer, author and biographer (born 1923)Eustace Mullins, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist, Dies at Age 86 https://www.adl.org/news/article/eustace-mullins-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theorist-dies-at-age-86 Anti-Defamation League 16 June 2019 en February 5 – Peter Calvocoressi, Pakistani-born English historian and publisher (born 1912) Obituary: Peter Calvocoressi Daily Telegraph 5 February 2010 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/7168318/Peter-Calvocoressi.html February 6 – Robert Dana, American poet (born 1929)Robert Dana, 80 Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City, Iowa February 8, 2010 4A February 7 – William Tenn (Philip Klass), American science fiction writer (born 1920) February 8 – Wahei Tatematsu (立松和平), Japanese novelist (born 1947) February 10 – H. V. F. Winstone, English biographer and journalist (born 1926) February 11 – Colin Ward, English anarchist writer (born 1924)https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/feb/22/colin-ward-obituary Ken Worpole Colin Ward The Guardian 20 February 2010 22 February 2022 February 13 – Lucille Clifton, American poet (born 1936)http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/955670.html Clifton, honored poet from Buffalo, dies Rey Jay February 13, 2010 The Buffalo News February 14, 2010 February 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100217040153/http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/955670.html dead February 14 – Dick Francis, Welsh novelist (born 1920)Reynolds Stanley Dick Francis obituary https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/14/dick-francis-obituary 8 November 2020 The Guardian 14 February 2010 February 16 – Jim Harmon, American science fiction writer (born 1933) February 17 – Arnold Beichman, American writer (born 1913)Podhoretz, John. https://archive.today/20130121043912/http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/arnold-beichman--1913-2010-15365?page=all "Arnold Beichman, 1913–2010." Commentary, February 18, 2010. Archived from the original. February 23 – Mervyn Jones, English novelist and biographer (born 1922)Geoffrey Goodman Obituary, The Guardian, 26 February 2010 February 27 – Carlos Montemayor, Mexican writer (born 1947)https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igyblvLinQ7DZZBHqeEBmFeUHkMAD9E5C6TG2 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304013100/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igyblvLinQ7DZZBHqeEBmFeUHkMAD9E5C6TG2 dead March 4, 2010 Mexican author Carlos Montemayor dies at 62 February 28, 2010 Associated Press March 1, 2010 March 1 – Barry Hannah, American novelist and short story writer (born 1942)Obituary The New York Times. March 3, 2010. page A27. March 3 – Momo Kapor, Serbian writer (born 1937) March 9 – Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo, São Tome poet (born 1926) March 10 – Truddi Chase, American autobiographical author (born c. 1935) March 11 – Matilde Elena López, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright (born 1919) March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (born 1920)https://elpais.com/cultura/2010/03/12/actualidad/1268348402_850215.html Muere Miguel Delibes, alma del castellano El País 12 March 2010 12 March 2010 es PRISA Antonio Fraguas Antonio Fraguas March 14 – Vinda Karandikar, Indian poet and writer in Marathi (born 1918)https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Marathi-poet-Vinda-Karandikar-passes-away/article16567090.ece Marathi poet Vinda Karandikar passes away The Hindu March 14, 2010 28 April 2024 March 15 Joseph Galdon, Filipino priest, academic and writer (born 1928)https://obits.nj.com/obituaries/jerseyjournal/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-a-galdon&pid=140828387 Joseph A. Galdon obits.nj.com April 12, 2021 Patricia Wrightson, Australian children's writer (born 1921) March 16 – Jane Sherman, American writer (born 1908) March 17 – Sid Fleischman, American children's writer (born 1920)Fox Margalit Sid Fleischman, Children's Author, Dies at 90 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/books/25fleischman.html 19 October 2021 The New York Times 24 March 2010 subscription March 18 – Amanda Castro, Honduran poet (born 1962) March 20 – Ai Ogawa, American poet (born 1947) March 21 – Susana, Lady Walton, Argentine writer (born 1926) March 24 – William Mayne, English children's novelist (born 1928)http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/5081618.Shamed_author_found_dead/ Shamed author found dead 24 March 2010 Darlington & Stockton Times Newsquest March 24, 2010 March 28 – Zofia Romanowiczowa, Polish writer and translator (born 1922) April 2 – Carolyn Rodgers, American poet (born 1940) April 9 Hisashi Inoue (井上 ひさし), Japanese novelist and playwright (born 1934) Kerstin Thorvall, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist (born 1925) April 14 – Erika Burkart, Swiss German-language author (born 1922) April 16 – Carlos Franqui, Cuban writer and activist (born 1921) April 17, 2010 http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Carlos/Franqui/escritor/critico/arte/cubano/elpeputec/20100417elpepinec_2/Tes Carlos Franqui, writer and critic of Cuban art El Pais April 17, 2010 Salas Roger es April 20 – Myles Wilder, American television comedy writer (born 1933) April 23 – Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (born 1929)Lea Richard Poet Peter Porter dies https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/23/poet-peter-porter-dies The Guardian 25 April 2013 London 23 April 2010 April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, English novelist (born 1928)BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8642720.stm Author Alan Sillitoe dies in London 5 June 2013 25 April 2010 April 28 Evelyn Cunningham, American journalist (born 1916)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/nyregion/30evelyn.html Evelyn Cunningham, Civil Rights Reporter, Dies at 94 April 30, 2010 New York Times August 15, 2024 Stefania Grodzieńska, Polish writer and actress (born 1914) May 1 – T. M. Aluko, Nigerian writer (born 1918)http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5562814-146/t.m_aluko_is_dead__.csp T.M Aluko is dead May 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100505141014/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5562814-146/t.m_aluko_is_dead__.csp May 5, 2010 dead mdy-all May 3 Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Moroccan philosopher and writer (born 1935) Peter O'Donnell, English novelist (born 1920)https://www.standard.co.uk/news/modesty-blaise-author-dies-aged-90-6465615.html Modesty Blaise author dies aged 90 Evening Standard 4 May 2010 4 May 2010 May 6 – Hoàng Cầm, Vietnamese poet and playwright (born 1922)http://www.vietnamnet.vn/vanhoa/201005/Vinh-biet-nha-tho-Hoang-Cam-oanh-vang-Kinh-Bac-908240/ Vĩnh biệt nhà thơ Hoàng Cầm oanh vàng Kinh Bắc 2010-05-06 August 15, 2024 Vietnamnet.vn Vietnamese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100510001909/http://www.vietnamnet.vn/vanhoa/201005/Vinh-biet-nha-tho-Hoang-Cam-oanh-vang-Kinh-Bac-908240/ May 10, 2010 May 7 Rane Arroyo, American poet (cerebral hemorrhage, born 1954)http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/05/11/poet-rane-arroyo%E2%80%99s-death-a-%E2%80%98great-tragedy-and-loss%E2%80%99-2/ Poet Rane Arroyo's death a 'great tragedy and loss' May 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100519114918/http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/05/11/poet-rane-arroyo%E2%80%99s-death-a-%E2%80%98great-tragedy-and-loss%E2%80%99-2/ May 19, 2010 dead Anders Buraas, Norwegian journalist (born 1915)https://snl.no/Anders_von_Tangen_Buraas Anders von Tangen Buraas Store norske leksikon 28 April 2024 May 12 – Allan Manings, American television writer (born 1924) May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian poet (born 1930) June 1 – Andrei Voznesensky, Soviet-Russian poet (born 1933)Anderson, Raymond H. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/books/02voznesensky.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Andrei Voznesensky, Poet, Dies at 77 1 June 2010 1 June 2010 The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20100609203400/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/books/02voznesensky.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 9 June 2010 live June 18 – José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)Richard Lea https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/18/jose-saramago-writer-nobel-dies Nobel laureate José Saramago dies, aged 87 London The Guardian 18 June 2010 18 June 2010 June 19 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer, critic and activist (born 1938) July 2 – Beryl Bainbridge, English novelist (born 1932)Dame Beryl Bainbridge, novelist, died on July 2nd, aged 77 https://www.economist.com/obituary/2010/07/15/beryl-bainbridge The Economist 15 July 2010 15 December 2010 July 4 – Robert Neil Butler, American physician and author (born 1927) July 9 – Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist and short story writer (born 1916) July 12 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (born 1939)Connors Joanna http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html Cleveland Comic-Book Legend Harvey Pekar Dead at Age 70 The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio July 12, 2010 http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20100804232837/http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html August 4, 2010 live July 20 – Iris Gower, Welsh novelist (born 1939)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iris-gower-bestselling-author-whose-hometown-of-swansea-informed-her-historical-romances-2036772.html Iris Gower: Bestselling author whose hometown of Swansea informed her historical romances The Independent 28 July 2010 15 April 2019 en April 7, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190407124137/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iris-gower-bestselling-author-whose-hometown-of-swansea-informed-her-historical-romances-2036772.html dead August 6 – Tony Judt, English historian (born 1948)http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/tony-judt-author-and-intellectual-is-dead/?hp Tony Judt, Author and Intellectual, Is Dead The New York Times Grimes, William 7 August 2010 7 August 2010 August 9 – Juan Marichal, Spanish historian (born 1922)Historian and Essayist Juan Marichal Dies http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=362438&CategoryId=13003 Latin American Herald Tribune 2010-08-09 2010-08-21 2020-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20200516052231/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=362438&CategoryId=13003 dead August 10 – Marie de Garis, Guernsey ethnographer and philologist (born 1910)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-10926653 Guernsey language stalwart Marie de Garis dies BBC News Guernsey 10 August 2010 18 August 2010 August 12 – Laurence Gardner, English writer (born 1943)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/laurence-gardner-alternative-historian-whose-work-helped-inspire-dan-brown-2056096.html Laurence Gardner: Alternative historian whose work helped inspire Dan Brown The Independent 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 August 13 – Patrick Cauvin, French novelist (born 1932)fr Thomas Vincy Patrick Cauvin meurt à 77 ans https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/patrick-cauvin-meurt-77-ans Livres Hebdo 18 August 2010 9 September 2018 August 14 – Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (born 1922)Erik Bjerck Hagen http://www.snl.no/Terje_Stigen Terje Stigen Store norske leksikon June 21, 2021 no August 16 – Narayan Gangaram Surve, Indian poet (born 1926) August 17 Sir Frank Kermode, Manx-born literary critic (born 1919)Sir Frank Kermode obituary: Pre-eminent critic who with easy erudition explored how ideas work in literature Mullan John 18 August 2010 The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/18/sir-frank-kermode-obituary Ludvík Kundera, Czech writer and translator (born 1920)http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-author-ludvik-kundera-dies-aged-90/516613 Czech author Ludvik Kundera dies aged 90 ČeskéNoviny.cz Czech Press Agency 17 August 2010 Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (born 1920)Professor Edwin Morgan: Writer celebrated as one of the finest Scottish poets of the 20th century https://web.archive.org/web/20180619092912/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-edwin-morgan-writer-celebrated-as-one-of-the-finest-scottish-poets-of-the-20th-century-2057166.html 19 June 2018 , The Independent. August 18 – Efraim Sevela, Russian writer and screenwriter (born 1928) August 20 – David J. Weber, American historian and author (born 1940) August 21 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentine writer (born 1941)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/27/rodolfo-fogwill-obituary Rodolfo Fogwill obituary August 27, 2010 The Guardian Nick Caistor June 21, 2021 August 27 George Hitchcock, American poet (born 1914) Ravindra Kelekar, Indian author and poet (born 1925) https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Ravindra-Kelekar-passes-away/article16147201.ece Ravindra Kelekar passes away 28 August 2010 The Hindu The Hindu Group 25 September 2010 Chennai, India https://web.archive.org/web/20100913130936/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/28/stories/2010082859162200.htm 13 September 2010 live dmy-all August 29 – A. C. Baantjer, Dutch author (born 1923) August 31 – Vance Bourjaily, American novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1922)https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-me-vance-bourjaily-20100912-story.html Vance Bourjaily dies at 87; novelist, professor whose WWII experiences influenced early work Dennis McLellan 12 September 2010 24 August 2016 LA Times September 3 – Micky Burn, English writer and poet (born 1912)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/captain-micky-burn-soldier-who-led-the-commandos-in-the-operation-chariot-raid-on-saint-nazaire-in-1942-2072090.html Captain Micky Burn: Soldier who led the commandos in the 'Operation Chariot' raid on Saint Nazaire in 1942 Phil Davison The Independent 3 September 2010 6 September 2010 London September 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150925102516/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/captain-micky-burn-soldier-who-led-the-commandos-in-the-operation-chariot-raid-on-saint-nazaire-in-1942-2072090.html dead September 5 Elizabeth Jenkins, English author (born 1905)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/07/elizabeth-jenkins-obituary Elizabeth Jenkins Obituary 2 January 2017 The Guardian September 7, 2010 Lewis Nkosi, South African writer (born 1936)Tiisetso Makube, "Obituary: Lewis Nkosi: Author, critic", Times Live, 12 September 2010. September 7 – Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)Grimes, William https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/books/14holland.html Barbara Holland, Defender of Small Vices, Dies at 77 The New York Times September 13, 2010 September 14, 2010 September 10 – Edwin Charles Tubb, English science fiction author (born 1919) September 11 – Fathi Osman, Egyptian author (born 1928)Elaine Woo https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-fathi-osman-20100915-story.html Fathi Osman dies at 82; voice for modernism in Islam Los Angeles Times September 15, 2010 September 21, 2010 September 12 – Judith Merkle Riley, American author (born 1942)Dennis McClellan Judith Merkle Riley dies at 68; noted professor and author of bestselling historical novels Los Angeles Times September 22, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-judith-merkle-riley-20100922,0,5698294.story September 18 – James Bacon, American author (born 1914) September 20 – Jennifer Rardin, American author (born 1965)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/15/jennifer-rardin-obituary Jennifer Rardin Obituary November 15, 2010 The Guardian June 21, 2021 September 24 – Gilda O'Neill, English novelist and historian (born 1951) September 29 – Clifford B. Hicks, American writer and editor (born 1920)http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/533822/Clifford-B--Hicks--90.html Clifford B. Hicks, 90 The Times-Republican October 2, 2010 October 1 – Mikhail Roshchin, Russian playwright (born 1933) October 4 – Henrique de Senna Fernandes, Macanese author (born 1923) October 5 Alba Bouwer, South African writer in Afrikaans (born 1920) Bernard Clavel, French writer (born 1923) October 11 – Claire Rayner, English author (born 1931)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8058936/Claire-Rayner.html Obituary, Claire Rayner The Daily Telegraph 12 October 2010 12 October 2010 London October 12 – Belva Plain, American novelist (born 1915)The New York Times Belva Plain, Novelist of Jewish-American Life, Dies at 95 Elsa Dixler October 17, 2010 October 18, 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/books/18plain.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101018232301/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/books/18plain.html 18 October 2010 live October 13 – Donald H. Tuck, Australian science fiction bibliographer (born 1922) October 20 Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born English novelist (born 1925) Robert Katz, American writer (born 1933) Julian Roberts, English scholar and librarian (born 1930) October 21 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet in Malayalam (born 1945) October 22 – Alí Chumacero, Mexican writer and poet (born 1918) October 23 – George Cain, American author (born 1943) October 24 – Joseph Stein, American playwright (born 1912) October 25 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (born 1922) October 29 – Bärbel Mohr, German author (born 1964) October 30 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (born 1927) November 1 – Monica Johnson, American novelist (born 1946) November 3 – P. Lal, Indian writer (born 1929) November 4 – Ophelia Dimalanta, Filipino poet (born 1932) November 5 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian author and poet (born 1943)https://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/bustul-adrian-paunescu-fost-dezvelit-gradina-icoanei-1_50be022f7c42d5a663d1c666/index.html Bustul lui Adrian Păunescu a fost dezvelit în Grădina Icoanei Adevărul ro May 28, 2012 August 11, 2020 November 8 Philip Carlo, American crime author (born 1949)Slotnik Daniel E. 2010-11-14 Philip Carlo, Who Wrote About Killers, Dies at 61 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/arts/13carlo.html 2021-07-21 0362-4331 George Solomos, American poet and writer (born 1925)James Campbell George Solomos obituary December 13, 2010 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/dec/13/george-solomos-obituary April 29, 2011 November 9 – Ektor Kaknavatos, Greek poet (born 1920) November 11 – Carlos Edmundo de Ory, Spanish poet (born 1923)http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Muere/poeta/Carlos/Edmundo/Ory/elpepucul/20101111elpepucul_10/Tes Muere el poeta Carlos Edmundo de Ory es Javier Rodríguez Marcos El País 11 November 2010 11 November 2010 November 15 Edmond Amran El Maleh, Moroccan writer (born 1917) Hugh Prather, American self-help author (born 1938) November 16 – Ragnhild Magerøy, Norwegian writer (born 1920) November 21 – Norris Church Mailer, American author (born 1949) November 25 Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (born 1930)Buckley Cara 2010-11-28 Alfred Balk, Journalist and Author, Dies at 80 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/us/29balk.html 2020-11-02 0362-4331 Yaroslav Pavulyak, Ukrainian poet (born 1948) November 29 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (born 1937)Isachenkov, Vladimir https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12267284 Prominent Soviet-era Russian poet Bella Akhmadulina dies at 73 29 November 2010 29 November 2010 ABC News December 5 David French, Canadian playwright (born 1939) Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author (born 1919) December 6 – Martin Russ, American author (born 1931) December 7 – Elizabeth Edwards, American author (born 1949)New York Daily News December 7, 2010 December 13, 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/12/07/2010-12-07_elizabeth_edwards_dead_at_61_after_highprofile_breast_cancer_fight.html Kennedy, Helen Elizabeth Edwards, 61, dies after battle with cancer, surrounded by family, estranged husband John December 9 – Meirion Pennar, Welsh poet and academic, son of Pennar Davies (born 1944)http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/12/18/academic-and-poet-meirion-pennar-dies-at-65-91466-27846677/ Academic and poet Meirion Pennar dies at 65 Steve Dube Western Mail 18 December 2010 19 December 2010 December 14 – Ruth Park, New Zealand children's writer (born 1917) Maunder Patricia Novelist shone a light on slums Sydney Morning Herald 17 December 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/novelist-shone-a-light-on-slums-20101216-18zid.html 17 December 2010 December 16 – A. T. Q. Stewart, Northern Irish historian and academic (born 1929) December 20 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (born 1949)https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/20/brian-hanrahan-obituary Brian Hanrahan Obituary 2 January 2017 The Guardian December 20, 2010 December 24 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-born English children's writer (born 1926)Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elisabeth-beresford-children-s-author-who-created-the-wombles-2174490.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elisabeth-beresford-children-s-author-who-created-the-wombles-2174490.html May 1, 2022 subscription The Independent 10 January 2022 en 3 January 2011 Awards Nobel Prize in Literature: to Mario Vargas Llosa Australia Miles Franklin Award: Peter Temple, Truth Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, Nancy Jo Cullen; honours of distinction, Lisa Foad, George K. Ilsley. Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life Governor General's Awards: Multiple categories; see 2010 Governor General's Awards. Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction: James FitzGerald, What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Emma Donoghue, Room Scotiabank Giller Prize: Johanna Skibsrud, The Sentimentalists Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award: Miriam Toews Sweden Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award: Kitty CrowtherHahn 2015, p. 653 United Kingdom Caine Prize for African Writing: Olufemi Terry, "Stickfighting Days" Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question Orange Prize for Fiction: Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna Walter Scott Prize (first award): Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall United States American Academy of Arts and Letters: Steve Erickson Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2010 Lambda Literary Awards. National Book Award for Fiction: to Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon National Book Critics Circle Award: to A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to War Dances by Sherman Alexie Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: to Tinkers by Paul Harding Whiting Awards: Fiction: Michael Dahlie, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Lydia Peelle; Nonfiction: Elif Batuman, Amy Leach, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh; Plays: David Adjmi; Poetry: Matt Donovan, Jane Springer, L.B. Thompson Other Camões Prize: Ferreira Gullar European Book Prize: Sofi Oksanen, Purge and Roberto Saviano, Beauty and the Inferno Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: David Grossman International Dublin Literary Award: Gerbrand Bakker, The Twin International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Abdo Khal, She Throws Sparks Petrarca-Preis: Pierre Michon, for his body of work SAARC Literary Award: Abhi Subedi, Hamid Mir, Mark Tully, Ju References 30em See also List of literary awards List of poetry awards 2010 in Australian literature External links Popular Books of 2010 at Goodreads Published 2010 Books at Goodreads 2010 Books at Goodreads Category:2010-related lists