2015 in literature

none 2015 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2015. Events January 7 – Charlie Hebdo shooting: An attack on the leading Franch satirical weekly kills 12 and wounds 11. This week's cover features Michel Houellebecq, whose novel Submission is published that day. January 21 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launches a six-part television miniseries of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/18/wolf-hall-england-bbc-film-belgium-hilary-mantel-praise Wolf Hall sticks to England after director rejects plan to film in Belgium The Guardian London 2015-01-18 2015-01-22 Conlan, Tara March 8 – The BBC launches a new television series of Winston Graham's Poldark novels.http://www.winstongraham.org/poldarkontv/poldarkontv.htm Poldark on TV 2015-03-24 2023-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20230331062309/http://www.winstongraham.org/poldarkontv/poldarkontv.htm dead https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2015/mar/06/poldark-new-bbc-adaptation-aidan-turner-scar-cheek Poldark turns the other cheek in new BBC adaptation The Guardian 2015-03-06 2015-03-24 March 10 – Jacek Dukaj's cyberpunk novel The Old Axolotl is published in its original Polish version as pl Starość aksolotla as purely electronic literature including hypertext and 3D printable character models. March 19 – Kim Thúy's novel Ru wins the 2015 edition of Canada Reads.http://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/ru-by-montreals-kim-thuy-wins-cbcs-canada-reads-competition-296895491.html?thx=y 'Ru' by Montreal's Kim Thuy wins CBC's 'Canada Reads' competition Brandon Sun 2015-03-19 2015-05-03 2015-03-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150503145538/http://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/ru-by-montreals-kim-thuy-wins-cbcs-canada-reads-competition-296895491.html?thx=y dead July 7 – Jeff Lindsay releases his final novel in the "Dexter" series, writing off Dexter Morgan two years after the final episode in the television series.http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/07/final-dexter-book Final Dexter book says farewell to serial killer Dexter Morgan Entertainment Weekly 2015-07-07 2015-09-23 c. October 14 – Start of Causeway Bay Books disappearances: Five staff of the political bookseller Causeway Bay Books in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, go missing, apparently detained by mainland Chinese authorities. November 10 – The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford acquires its twelve millionth book, a unique copy of Shelley's subversive Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things "by a Gentleman of the University of Oxford", published in 1811.http://poeticalessay.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ Shelley's Poetical Essay: The Bodleian Libraries' 12 millionth book Bodleian Library Oxford 2015-11-10 2015-11-13 November 25 – Singapore's Media Development Authority lifts prohibitions on 240 publications under the Undesirable Publications Act.Singapore lifts ban on 240 publications BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34925128 2015-11-25 2019-01-15 unknown date – English author Iain Pears' novel Arcadia is accompanied as an electronic book by an interactive app allowing readers to switch between multiple narratives.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/20/novel-use-for-app-iain-pears-arcadia Why you need an app to understand my novel 2015-08-20 Pears Iain The Guardian Anniversaries January 4 – 50th anniversary of the death of Anglo-American poet T. S. Eliot April 23 – Centenary of the death of English poet Rupert Brooke, on active service June – Centenary of the publication of T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" June 10 – Centenary of Saul Bellow's birth June 13 – 150th anniversary of W. B. Yeats, who was born on this date in 1865WB Yeats at 150 with The Irish Times September 26 – 75th anniversary of his death of Walter Benjamin October – Centenary of the publication of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung). November 26 – 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 150th Anniversary website. Accessed 23 September 2015. October 21 – 75th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls December 21 – 75th anniversary of the death of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald December 23 – Bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen's Emma New books The date in brackets after a title refers to U.S. publication unless otherwise stated. Fiction Rabai al-Madhoun – Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Naqba André Alexis – Fifteen Dogs Isabel Allende – El amante japonésMarch 30, 2018 The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende https://shereadsnovels.com/2018/03/30/the-japanese-lover-by-isabel-allende/ October 9, 2022 She Reads Novels en Claudia Amengual – Cartagena (April 28) Margaret Atwood – The Heart Goes Last Leigh Bardugo – Six of Crows Paul Beatty – The Sellout (March 3) Pierce Brown – Golden Son (January 6) Graeme Macrae Burnet – His Bloody Project (UK, November 6)https://www.waterstones.com/book/his-bloody-project/graeme-macrae-burnet/9781910192146 His Bloody Project Waterstones.com 3 January 2017 Mark Z. Danielewski The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May (May 12) The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest (Oct 27) Mathias Énard – Boussole (Compass) Raymond Carver – Beginners (September 15) Anne Enright – The Green Road Jonathan Franzen – Purity (September 1) Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train (January 13) Lawrence Hill – The Illegal Michel Houellebecq - Submission (France, January 7) John Irving – Avenue of Mysteries (November 3) Kazuo Ishiguro – The Buried Giant (March 3) Miranda July – The First Bad Man (January 13)Kakutani Michiko Crouched Behind a Barricade, Until a Crude Stranger Barges in Miranda July's 'The First Bad Man' https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/books/miranda-julys-the-first-bad-man.html April 5, 2017 The New York Times January 11, 2015 Stephen King Finders Keepers (June 2) The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (November 3) Harper Lee – Go Set a Watchman (July 14; written c.1955) Sarah J. Maas – A Court of Thorns and Roses Michael Livingston – The Shards of Heaven (November 24) Attica Locke – Pleasantville Tom McCarthy – Satin Island (UK) Ian McDonald – Luna: New Moon (September 17) Lisa McInerney – The Glorious Heresies (April)https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/books/review/lisa-mcinerney-glorious-heresies-and-more-crime-fiction.html The Latest and Best in Crime Fiction Marilyn Stasio The New York Times 5 August 2016 NYTimes.com Henning Mankell (d. October 15) – sv Svenska gummistövlar (Sweden; translated as After the Fire, 2017) Toni Morrison – God Help the Child (April 21) Ottessa Moshfegh – Eileen (August) Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – Wind/Pinball: Two Novels (August 4) Viet Thanh Nguyen – The Sympathizer Chigozie Obioma – The Fishermen Max Porter – Grief is the Thing with Feathers (UK, September 17)Porter Max Max Porter @ 5x15 - Grief is the Thing with Feathers 2016-04-03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6jOh6-TyUs 2019-06-21 Orhan Pamuk – A Strangeness in My Mind (October 20) Sunjeev Sahota – The Year of the Runaways (UK, June) John Scalzi – The End of All Things (August 11) Roger Scruton – The Disappeared (March 5) Adhirath Sethi – The Debt Collector´s Due (India, March 10) Joss Sheldon – Occupied (UK, October 20) Neal Stephenson – Seveneves (May 19) Anne Tyler – A Spool of Blue Thread Guy Vanderhaeghe – Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Sarai Walker – Dietland (May 26) Hanya Yanagihara – A Little Life Children and young people Kevan Atteberry – Bunnies!!! Bob Barner – Sea Bones Holly Bodger – 5 to 1 (May 12)Dryden Brian 2015-05-07 Manotick author emerges as new voice in teen fiction Ottawa South News A.49 1679349088 Janeen Brian - I’m A Hungry Dinosaur Sarah Crossan – One (verse, UK, August 27) Brian Falkner – Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo Nadia Fink (illustrated by Pitu Saá) – Frida Kahlo for Girls and Boys (Frida Kahlo para chicas y chicos) (Argentina, June, first in Anti-Princess Series (Colección antiprincesas)) Peter Goes – Timeline Jane Godwin – The True Story of Mary Frances Hardinge – The Lie Tree (UK, May 7) Hiro Kamigaki – Pierre the Maze Detective Moriah McStay – Everything That Makes You Carol Morley – 7 Miles Out Barry Moser – We Were Brothers Lesléa Newman – Ketzel, the Cat who Composed Jerry Pinkney – The Grasshopper & the Ants Rick Riordan Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes (August 18) The Sword of Summer (October 6) Rainbow Rowell – Carry On R. A. Spratt – Friday Barnes, Under Suspicion Yasmine Surovec – My Pet Human Lynn Weingarten – Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girlshttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lynn-weingarten/suicide-notes-from-beautiful-girls/ Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 2015-05-01 Kirkus Reviews LXXXIII 9 1948-7428 1681288116 Poetry 2015 in poetry Drama Annie Baker – John David Hare – The Moderate Soprano Lynn Nottage – Sweat Tom Stoppard – The Hard Problem (UK, February 5) Non-fiction Elizabeth Alexander – The Light of the World: A Memoir Björk – Archives Carrie Brownstein – Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl Noam Chomsky – Because We Say So Kate Christensen – How To Cook A Moose: A Culinary Memoir Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips – The Misfit Economy Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me (July) Isaac Deutscher – The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky Kim Gordon – Girl in a Band Greg Grandin – Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman Chris Hedges – Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt Tameka Hobbs - Democracy Abroad, Lynching At Home Robert Hughes – The Spectacle of Skill: Selected Writings (November 17) W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne – Blue Ocean Strategy (expanded edition) B. B. Lal – The Rigvedic People: Invaders? Immigrants? or Indigenous? Zachary Leader – The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915–1964 Mark Levin – Plunder and Deceit Bethany McLean – Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants Alberto Manguel – Curiosity (literary criticism) John Marenbon – Pagans and Philosophers (March 22) Leslie D. Michelson – The Patient's Playbook (September) Minae Mizumura (translated by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter) – The Fall of Language in the Age of English Maggie Nelson – The Argonauts Jay Parini – Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal Marilynne Robinson – The Givenness of Things: Essays (October 27) Oliver Sacks – Gratitude Ruth Scurr – John Aubrey: My Own Life James Shapiro – The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 Steve Silberman – NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity Aaron Swartz – The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz (November 26, UK)The Boy Who Could Change the World by Aaron Swartz https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-boy-who-could-change-the-world/aaron-swartz/lawrence-lessig/9781620970669 www.waterstones.com 29 December 2016 Edmund de Waal – The White Road. A Pilgrimage of Sorts (porcelain) Jim Wallis – America's Original Sin Rainn Wilson - The Bassoon King Films The Danish Girl Deaths January 1 – Miller Williams, American poet, 84 (born 1930)http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2015/jan/02/poet-miller-williams-84-dies-20150102/ Poet Miller Williams, 84, dies NWADG.com 2 January 2015 http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post_29.html?m=0 Silliman's Blog ronsilliman.blogspot.com 2015-01-07 2016-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145735/http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post_29.html?m=0 dead January 4 – Michele Serros, American novelist, poet, and staff writer, 48 (born 1966)https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/michele-serros-who-wrote-about-bicultural-life-dies-n280126 Michele Serros, Who Wrote About Bicultural Life, Dies Suzanne Gamboa NBC News 6 January 2015 McKinnon, Lisa (January 5, 2015) 'Chicana Role Model' author, Oxnard native Serros succumbs to cancer at 48 January 10 – Robert Stone, American novelist, 77 (born 1937)http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/national/novelist-robert-stone-known-for-dog-soldiers-dies-at-77f6526d06638a47d79bd9c4be41679e5a-288161401.html Novelist Robert Stone, known for 'Dog Soldiers' dies at 77 Hillel Italie, The Associated Press January 11, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150111095747/http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/national/novelist-robert-stone-known-for-dog-soldiers-dies-at-77f6526d06638a47d79bd9c4be41679e5a-288161401.html January 11, 2015 January 12 – John Bayley, novelist and critic, 89 (born 1925)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11360441/John-Bayley.html John Bayley, scholar – obituary 22 January 2015 The Daily Telegraph 21 January 2015 January 25 – John Leggett, American author and academic, 97 (born 1917) January 27 – Suzette Haden Elgin, American linguist and science fiction author, 78 (born 1936)Authors : Elgin, Suzette Haden : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/elgin_suzette_haden www.sf-encyclopedia.com 9 April 2019 January 28 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic, 90 (born 1924)Northern Daily Leader 14 February 2015 http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2883077/obituary-dr-lionel-gilbert-oam-1924-2015/ OBITUARY: Dr Lionel Gilbert OAM 1924-2015 Fairfax Regional Media 11 December 2015 January 29 – Colleen McCullough, Australian author, 77 (born 1937)Fox Margalit Colleen McCullough, Author of 'The Thorn Birds', Dies at 77 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-at-77.html?ref=obituaries 29 January 2015 New York Times 29 January 2015 February 6 André Brink, South African novelist and professor of literature, (born 1935) Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, (born 1936) February 13 – Faith Bandler, Australian author and civil rights activist, 96 (born 1918)http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-14/political-activist-and-writer-faith-bandler-dies-aged-96/6097636 Political activist and writer Faith Bandler AC dies aged 96 ABC News 13 February 2015 February 13, 2015 February 14 – Philip Levine, American poet laureate, 87 (born 1928)Nobody Was Writing Poetry of This World Like Philip Levine (1928–2015) – from "Harriet the Blog" at The Poetry Foundation website.http://blog.sfgate.com/bookmarks/2015/02/15/former-poet-laureate-philip-levine-a-champion-of-the-working-class-dies-at-87/ Former poet laureate Philip Levine, a champion of the working class, dies at 87 Bookmarks February 23 – James Aldridge, Australian-born British novelist and journalist, 96 (born 1918)https://www.textpublishing.com.au/blog/remembering-james-aldridge Remembering James Aldridge Text Publishing 2020-01-09 2015-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929074810/https://www.textpublishing.com.au/blog/remembering-james-aldridge dead February 26 Fritz J. Raddatz, German feuilleton writer, essayist and biographer (suicide, born 1931)Ein Genie und Provokateur de Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American writer, 42 (stabbed, born 1972)http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bangladeshi-writer-attacked-dies-in-hospital-115022700002_1.html Bangladeshi writer attacked, dies in hospital IANS 26 February 2015 business-standard.com February 28 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish writer and intellectual (born 1923) March 12 – Sir Terry Pratchett, English author of fantasy novels, 66 (posterior cortical atrophy, born 1948)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/12/terry-pratchett Sir Terry Pratchett Obituary 2 January 2017 12 March 2015 The Guardian March 18 – Grace Ogot, Kenyan writer, 84 (born 1930) March 24 – Alan Seymour, Australian playwright, 87 (born 1927)Marc McEvoy, obituary: "The one day of the year became a defining moment in writer's life". The Age, 30 March 2015, p. 34 March 26 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and Nobel prizewinner, 83 (born 1931)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-transtromer-idUSKBN0MN1YK20150327 Sweden's Tomas Transtromer, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 83 Reutershttp://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post_23.html?m=0 Silliman's Blog ronsilliman.blogspot.com April 9 – Ivan Doig, American novelist, 75 (born 1939).http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/award-winning-author-ivan-doig-who-chronicled-the-american-west-dies-at-75-1.1818926 Award-winning author Ivan Doig, who chronicled the American West, dies at 75 Times Colonist dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150414232605/http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/award-winning-author-ivan-doig-who-chronicled-the-american-west-dies-at-75-1.1818926 2015-04-14 April 13 Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, 74 (lung cancer, born 1940) Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and Nobel prizewinner, 87 (lung infection, born 1927)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/13/gunter-grass-german-nobel-laureate-dies-aged-87 Günter Grass, Nobel-winning German novelist, dies aged 87 Richard Lea The Guardian 13 April 2015 April 15 – Rosemary Tonks, English poet and novelist, 85 (born 1928)The Guardian London https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/02/rosemary-tonks 2014-05-02 Neil Astley Neil Astley Rosemary Tonks obituary: Poet and novelist who turned her back on the literary world for four decades May 2 – Ruth Rendell, English crime and thriller writer, 85 (born 1930)Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32564813 BBC News 2 May 2015 2 May 2015 May 2 – William Zinsser American journalist and critic (born 1922)Martin, Douglas May 12, 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/arts/william-zinsser-author-of-on-writing-well-dies-at-92.html William Zinsser, Author of 'On Writing Well,' Dies at 92 The New York Times May 13, 2015 May 20 – J. S. Harry, Australian poet, 76 (born 1939)https://www.smh.com.au/national/js-harry-the-virtuoso-poet-who-took-her-curious-rabbit-on-world-discovery-tour-20150604-ghh1d2.html JS Harry, the virtuoso poet who took her curious rabbit on world discovery tour Stasko Nicolette 2015-06-04 The Sydney Morning Herald en 2020-01-09 May 23 – Moyra Caldecott, English writer, 87 (born 1927)https://www.moyracaldecott.co.uk/ The site for all things Moyra Caldecott 2015-05-23 2021-08-15 June 19 – James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer, 90 (born 1925)https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/20/books/james-salter-a-writers-writer-short-on-sales-but-long-on-acclaim-dies-at-90.html James Salter, a 'Writer's Writer' Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90 20 June 2015 The New York Timeshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/11688350/James-Salter-Americas-most-underrated-underrated-author-dies-at-90.html James Salter, America's 'most underrated underrated author', dies at 90 20 June 2015 Telegraph.co.uk July 21 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, 84 (born 1931)https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/books/el-doctorow-author-of-historical-fiction-dies-at-84.html E.L. Doctorow, Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 84 The New York Times July 21, 2015 July 21, 2015 Weber Bruce July 31 – Alan Cheuse, American writer and radio reviewer, 75 (born 1940) August 30 – Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author (Awakenings), 82 (born 1933)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/08/my-hero-oliver-sacks-mantel My hero: Oliver Sacks by Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel The Guardian 8 February 2013 http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-work-of-sacks-stuck-in-mind-of-playwright-friel-29150297.html How work of Sacks stuck in mind of playwright Friel Independent.ie 24 March 2013 October 2 – Brian Friel, Irish playwright and short-story writer, 86 (born 1929)http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1002/731871-brian-friel Playwright Brian Friel dies aged 86 RTÉ News 2 October 2015 2 October 2015 October 5 – Henning Mankell, Swedish novelist, children’s author and playwright, 67 (born 1948) October 7 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author, 87 (born 1928)http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2015-10-08/tributes-to-former-dalesman-editor-bill-mitchell/ Tributes to former Dalesman editor Bill Mitchell ITV News 8 October 2015 7 October 2021 October 18 Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian novelist and cultural critic, 70 (born 1945)https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2015/10/20/acclaimed-egyptian-novelist-gamal-ghitani-dies/hvAYkHANItsRFlCWs5JKmJ/story.html Acclaimed Egyptian novelist Gamal el-Ghitani dies at 70 – The Boston Globe BostonGlobe.com Paul West, English-born American novelist, poet and essayist, 85 (born 1930)Paul West, author – obituary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12053992/Paul-West-author-obituary.html Telegraph.co.uk 16 December 2015 3 January 2017 October 27 – Mitzura Arghezi, Romanian book editor, illustrator, and politician (born 1924) November 30: Dan Fante, American author and playwright, 71 (born 1944) Hazel Holt, English novelist, 87 (born 1928) November 30 – Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan scholar and writer, 75 (born 1940)http://www.pierrejoris.com/blog/?p=13868 Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015) Nomadics December 5 – William McIlvanney, Scottish novelist, short-story writer and poet, 79 (born 1936) December 9 – Akiyuki Nosaka, Japanese writer (Grave of the Fireflies), 85 (born 1930) December 16 - Peter Dickinson, English author and poet (born 1927) Awards Akutagawa Prize, Japan: Masatsugu Ono for ja 9 Nen Mae no Inori (A Prayer Nine Years Ago)The Japan Times http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/16/national/ono-wins-akutagawa-literary-award-nishi-wins-naoki-prize#.VLjcESusWHA Ono wins Akutagawa literary award; Nishi wins Naoki Prize January 16, 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, U.S.: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: How to Be Both by Ali SmithLusher Adam Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 winner: Ali Smith triumphs with How to Be Both https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction-2015-winner-ali-smith-triumphs-with-how-to-be-both-10295326.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction-2015-winner-ali-smith-triumphs-with-how-to-be-both-10295326.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 17 June 2015 3 June 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing: Namwali Serpell, The Sackhttp://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/07/06/zambias-namwali-serpell-wins-the-2015-caine-prize-for-the-sack/ 6 July 2015 Books Live Zambia's Namwali Serpell Wins the 2015 Caine Prize for 'The Sack' 8 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150708215822/http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/07/06/zambias-namwali-serpell-wins-the-2015-caine-prize-for-the-sack/ 8 July 2015 dead Camões Prize, Portugal: Hélia Correia David Cohen Prize: Tony Harrison Dayne Ogilvie Prize, Canada: Alex Leslie Desmond Elliott Prize, U.K.: Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fullerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33345747 Claire Fuller wins debut-novel Desmond Elliott Prize 1 July 2015 24 August 2015 BBC News DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, India Folio Prize, U.K.: Family Life by Akhil Sharmahttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/23/akhil-sharma-wins-folio-prize-fiction-family-life Akhil Sharma wins Folio prize for fiction The Guardian Mark Brown 23 March 2015 23 March 2015 European Book Prize: Jean-Pierre Orban, Vera and, Robert Menasse, Der Europäische Landbote Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Navid Kermani German Book Prize: Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 by Frank Witzel Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia: Bei Dao (China)http://www.strugapoetryevenings.com/chinese-poet-bei-dao-is-the-winner-of-the-golden-wreath-2015/?lang=en Chinese poet Bei Dao is the winner of the "Golden Wreath" 2015 20 March 2015 Struga Poetry Evenings 24 March 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174031/http://www.strugapoetryevenings.com/chinese-poet-bei-dao-is-the-winner-of-the-golden-wreath-2015/?lang=en 2 April 2015 Goldsmiths Prize, U.K.: Beatlebone by Kevin BarryFlood Alison Novel about John Lennon and primal screaming wins Goldsmiths prize https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/11/novel-about-john-lennon-and-primal-screaming-wins-goldsmiths-prize The Guardian 13 November 2015 11 November 2015 Gordon Burn Prize, U.K.: In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan DaviesJournalist wins award for Jimmy Savile book https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34486844 BBC News 30 November 2015 9 October 2015 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, Canada: Guy Vanderhaeghe, Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Canada: Nicolas Dickner, Six degrés de liberté Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Les Prépondérants by Hédi Kaddour; 2084: la fin du monde by Boualem Sansal International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Italian by Shukri Mabkhout, Tunisia International Dublin Literary Award: Harvest by Jim Crace Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award: Blue Is the Night by Eoin McNameeDoyle Martin http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/eoin-mcnamee-s-blue-is-the-night-wins-15-000-kerry-group-irish-novel-of-year-award-1.2227901 Eoin McNamee's Blue is the Night wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of Year Award The Irish Times 30 November 2015 27 May 2015 Man Booker Prize: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Miguel de Cervantes Prize: Fernando del Paso Miles Franklin Award: The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Lagunahttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-23/sofie-laguna-wins-miles-franklin-literary-award/6568424 Miles Franklin Literary Award: Sofie Laguna wins for novel The Eye Of The Sheep ABC News 23 June 2015 ABC News, 23 June 2015 23 June 2015 National Book Award for Fiction, U.S.: Fortune Smiles By Adam Johnson Nobel Prize in Literature: Svetlana Alexievich, Belarus PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish PEN Center USA 2015 Fiction Award: Robert Thomas, Bridgehttp://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-pen-literary-award-winners-20150910-story.html?dlvrit=717819 Claudia Rankine and Meghan Daum lead 2015 PEN Literary Awards Los Angeles Times 10 September 2015 Los Angeles Times Premio Planeta de Novela, Spain: Hombres desnudos by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett; La isla de Alice by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Premio Strega, Italy: Nicola Lagioia Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, U. S.: David Hackett Fischer Prix Goncourt: Boussole by Mathias Énard Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, U.S.: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrFlood Alison Pulitzer prize for fiction goes to All the Light We Cannot See https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/21/pulitzer-prize-fiction-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-anthony-doerr The Guardian Guardian News & Media 21 April 2015 21 April 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: U.S.: Digest by Gregory Pardlo RBC Taylor Prize, Canada: They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Canada: André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs Russian Booker Prize: Vera by Alexander Snegirev SAARC Literary Award: Sitakant Mahapatra, Selina Hossain, Suman Pokhrel, Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary, Aryan Aroon Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, U.K.: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada: André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, U.K.: The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling Whiting Awards, U.S.: Fiction: Leopoldine Core, Dan Josefson, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi; Nonfiction: Elena Passarello; Plays: Lucas Hnath, Anne Washburn; Poetry: Anthony Carelli, Aracelis Girmay, Jenny Johnson, Roger Reeves W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction, U.S.: Redeployment by Phil Klayhttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/06/redeployment-phil-klay-wins-2015-w-y-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military 'Redeployment' by Phil Klay wins the 2015 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award 'for Excellence in Military Fiction' Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: Ryszard Krynickihttp://culture.pl/en/article/ryszard-krynicki-wins-the-2015-zbigniew-herbert-prize Ryszard Krynicki Wins the 2015 Zbigniew Herbert Prize 2019-03-12 See also 2015 in Australian literature 2015 in Japanese literature Literature Books Comics Children and Young Adult Literature Poetry Writing References 30em External links Books in 2015: the essential literary calendar from Books |The Guardian |January 2, 2015 The most eagerly awaited fiction of 2015 from Books| The Guardian| December 29, 2014 Popular Books of 2015 at Goodreads Published 2015 Books at Goodreads 2015 Books at Goodreads Category:2015-related lists