2011 in literature

none June 2012 2011 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2011. Events June 7 – Ransom Riggs publishes his young-adult novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which pins its narrative around a series of earlier private photographs he had collected. It remains top of The New York Times Children's Chapter Books list for 45 weeks and founds a series of five novels.Netburn Deborah Found photography drives 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' Los Angeles Times May 17, 2011 August 1, 2024 https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/05/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-ransom-riggs.html July – J. K. Rowling ends her relationship with her long-standing agent Christopher Little and joins his rival, Neil Blair.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/04/harry-potter-jk-rowling-agent Harry Potter author JK Rowling leaves her agent The Guardian July 4, 2011 Malik Shiv April 25, 2017 December 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170425031638/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/04/harry-potter-jk-rowling-agent dead , The Guardian, July 4, 2011. September 24 – The first 100 Thousand Poets for Change Day takes place,Santa Rosa City Council Agenda and Summary Report City of Santa Rosa http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/agendas_packets_minutes/Pages/20110913_CC_Agenda.aspx dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141107072800/http://www.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/agendas_packets_minutes/Pages/20110913_CC_Agenda.aspx November 7, 2014 the organization having been founded by Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion in March. November 12 – The Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library opens in Istanbul, Turkey.http://www.todayszaman.com/news-262527-istanbuls-tanpinar-literature-museum-library-opens.html Today's Zaman İstanbul's Tanpınar Literature Museum-Library opens 13 November 2011 23 February 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140227151934/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-262527-istanbuls-tanpinar-literature-museum-library-opens.html 27 February 2014 New books Fiction Chris Adrian – The Great Nighthttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8565806/The-Great-Night-by-Chris-Adrian-review.html The Great Night by Chris Adrian: review O'Riordan Adam June 22, 2011 The Daily Telegraph 18 December 2012 Kevin Barry – City of Bohane Giannina Braschi – United States of Banana T. C. Boyle – When the Killing's Done Geraldine Brooks – Caleb's CrossingAtlas Amelia Pride of the Indian College https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/pride-of-the-indian-college Harvard Magazine 10 October 2021 en 17 April 2011 Kate Christensen – The Astral: A Novel Patrick deWitt – The Sisters Brothers E. L. Doctorow – All the Time in the World Steve Earle – I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues Jeffrey Eugenides – The Marriage Plot James Frey – The Final Testament of the Holy Bible Hallgrímur Helgason – Konan við 1000° (The Woman at 1000°) Chad Harbach – The Art of Fielding Alan Hollinghurst – The Stranger's Child E. L. James – Fifty Shades of Grey Mat Johnson – Pym Stephen Kelman – Pigeon English Philip Kerr – Prague FataleLake, Anthony. Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in Historical Crime Fiction. Taylor & Francis, 2023.p.63 Ben Lerner – Leaving the Atocha Station Merethe Lindstrøm – Days in the History of Silence (Dager i stillhetens historie) Javier Marías – Los enamoramientos (The Infatuations)https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/books/javier-marias-dead.amp.html Javier Marías, to Many the Greatest Living Spanish Novelist, Dies at 70 Risen, Clay 12 September 2022 The New York Times Andrew Miller – Pure Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹) – 1Q84 Téa Obreht – The Tiger's Wife Michael Ondaatje – The Cat's Table Ann Patchett – State of Wonder New York Times Will Perilous Trek to Amazon Reveal Heart of Darkness? The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/books/state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett-book-review.html 1 June 2011 22 August 2012 February 12, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210212162623/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/books/state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett-book-review.html live Chuck Palahniuk – Damned Tom Perrotta – The Leftovers Arthur Phillips – The Tragedy of Arthur Rodrigo Rey Rosa – Severina (novella) Karen Russell – Swamplandia! Stig Sæterbakken – Through the Night (Gjennom natten)Sorknes Mailen Kleve Marie L. 2012-03-01 https://www.dagbladet.no/2012/03/01/kultur/litteratur/bok/ungdommens_kritikerpris/20475615/ Stig Sæterbakken ble ungdommens favorittforfatter Dagbladet 2015-10-14 Faruk Šehić – Knjiga o Uni (Quiet Flows the Una)http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2013/faruk-sehic Faruk Šehić European Union Prize for Literature https://web.archive.org/web/20140209145049/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2013/faruk-sehic 1 August 2024 February 9, 2014 Colm Tóibín – The Empty Family Zlatko Topčić – The Final Word Juan Gabriel Vásquez – The Sound of Things Falling (El ruido de las cosas al caer)Impac Dublin award goes to Juan Gabriel Vásquez 12 June 2014 The Guardian Alison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/12/impac-dublin-award-juan-gabriel-vasquez-the-sound-of-things-falling June 16, 2014 David Foster Wallace – The Pale KingMax DT Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story 2012 Viking Children and young people David Almond – The True Tale of the Monster Billy Deanhttps://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=9780763663094&UPC=9780763663094&position=1 The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean catalog.wccls.org 14 December 2016 Kelley Armstrong – The Gathering Stéphane-Yves Barroux – Mr Leon's Paris Demarconnay Julie 2012-12-18 Coup de cœur sur le salon : Le Paris de Léon – Barroux https://mondedulivre.hypotheses.org/935 2024-03-21 Monde du Livre 10.58079/rlpy fr-FR Paula Bossio – El Lapiz (The Pencil, 2016) Andy Griffiths – The 13-Storey Treehouse (first in the Treehouse series of seven books) Anthony Horowitz – Scorpia RisingHahn 2015, pp. 14-15 and 289 Jon Klassen – I Want My Hat BackHahn 2015, p. 329 Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan, and Jude Watson – Vespers Risinghttp://www.the39clues.com/vespers The 39 Clues Book 11: Vespers Rising – Coming April 5, 2011 39 Clues Official Website April 3, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110123225452/http://www.the39clues.com/vespers January 23, 2011 Derek Landy – Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked Patricia McKissack (with Leo and Diane Dillon) – Never Forgotten Michael Morpurgo – The Pied Piper of Hamelin Courtney Allison Moulton – Angelfire Brandon Mull – Beyonders: A World Without Heroes Christopher Paolini – InheritanceHahn 2015, p. 439 Jerry Pinkney (adaptation) – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Catherine Rayner – Solomon Crocodile Rick Riordan The Throne of Firehttps://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2011-01-11-kane-chronicles-2_N.htm Exclusive first chapter: 'The Kane Chronicles, Book Two: The Throne of Fire' USA Today January 13, 2011 April 3, 2011 March 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110322130840/http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2011-01-11-kane-chronicles-2_N.htm live The Son of Neptunehttp://rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/heroes-of-olympus/thesonofneptune.aspx The Son of Neptune Rick Riordan Official Site April 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303212658/http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/heroes-of-olympus/thesonofneptune.aspx March 3, 2011 dead mdy-all Douglas Wood – Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World Poetry See 2011 in poetry. Rae Armantrout – Money Shot (February) Billy Collins – Horoscopes for the Dead (April) Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi – Meri Tasveer (Urdu, My Portrait) Susan Howe – That This (February) Alice Notley – Culture of One (March) Sarah Palin (edited by Michael Solomon) – I Hope Like Heck (June 21) Michael Palmer – Thread (May) Lee Wardlaw – Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku Drama Richard Bean – One Man, Two Guvnors (adaptation)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8536319/One-Man-Two-Guvnors-National-Theatre-review.html One Man, Two Guvnors – Productions The Telegraph 2011-06-19 London Charles Spencer 25 May 2011 January 11, 2022 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8536319/One-Man-Two-Guvnors-National-Theatre-review.html live Alecky Blythe – London Road (musical verbatim theatre) Nick Dear – Frankenstein Vivienne Franzmann – Mogadishu Rodrigo García – Golgota Picnic Stephen Adly Guirgis – The Motherfucker with the Hat Sam Holcroft – Edgar and Annabel Stephen Karam – Sons of the Prophet Andrew Motion – Incoming Various authors – Sixty-Six Bookshttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3196030.ece Sixty-Six Books at the Bush, London The Times 10 November 2015 May 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150517230837/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3196030.ece dead Science fiction and fantasy Joe Abercrombie – The Heroes Daniel Abraham The Dragon's Path Leviathan Wakes (writing as James S. A. Corey, with Ty Franck)2012 Hugo Awards http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/ Hugo Awards April 7, 2012 2012-10-21 September 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120901050636/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/ live Ann Aguirre – Aftermath Greg Bear – Halo: Cryptum Lauren Beukes – Zoo City Jack Campbell – The Lost Frontier: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnought Orson Scott Card – The Lost Gate Ernest Cline – Ready Player Onehttp://www.randomhouse.com/book/209887/ready-player-one-by-ernest-cline/9780307887436/ Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 2011 Random House Publishers September 12, 2011 March 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150331234917/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/209887/ready-player-one-by-ernest-cline/9780307887436 live Michael Crichton & Richard Preston – Micro David Anthony Durham – The Sacred Bandhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/david-anthony-durhams-the-sacred-band-book-iii-of-the-acacia-trilogy/2011/12/05/gIQArSQn7O_story.html David Anthony Durham's 'The Sacred Band,' Book III of the Acacia Trilogy December 23, 2011 Washington Post Jeff VanderMeer July 8, 2024 Greg Egan – The Clockwork Rocket William Giraldi – Busy Monsters Michael Grant — Plague Mira Grant – Deadline Lev Grossman – The Magician King Stephen Hunt – The Rise of the Iron Moon Stephen King — 11/22/63 Sharon Lee & Steve Miller – Ghost Ship Pittacus Lore — The Power of Six George R. R. Martin – A Dance with Dragons China Miéville – Embassytown Andrew Miller – Pure Karen Miller – A Blight of Mages Terry Pratchett – Snuff Hannu Rajaniemi – The Quantum Thief Brian Ruckley – The Edinburgh Dead Brandon Sanderson – The Alloy of Law John Scalzi – Fuzzy Nation Dan Simmons – Flashback Neal Stephenson – Reamde Charles Stross – Rule 34 Michael Swanwick – Dancing with Bears Catherynne M. Valente – Deathless Vernor Vinge – The Children of the Sky Jo Walton – Among Others David Weber – How Firm a Foundation Robert Charles Wilson – Vortex Daniel Wilson – Robopocalypse Crime and Thrillers Kate Atkinson – Started Early, Took My Dog Steve Berry – The Jefferson Key Lee Child – The Affair Michael Connelly – The Fifth Witness Jeffery Deaver – Carte Blanche Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee – Forbidden Ted Dekker – The Priest's Graveyard Ranj Dhaliwal – Daaku: The Gangster's Life Sue Grafton – V is for Vengeance John Grisham – The Litigators Joe R. Lansdale Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella Devil Red Henning Mankell – The Troubled Man Jo Nesbø – The Snowman Donald Ray Pollock – The Devil All the Time Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan – The Night Eternal Nicolaas Vergunst – Knot of Stone Ferdinand von Schirach – Der Fall Collini (The Collini Case) S. J. Watson – Before I Go to Sleep Non-fiction Peter Bergen – The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda Abhinav Bindra – A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold Michael Bronski – A Queer History of the United States David Brooks – The Social Animal Richard Dawkins – The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Joan Didion – Blue Nights Douglas Edwards – I'm Feeling Lucky Ulrich Eberl – Life in 2050 Tina Fey – Bossypants John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly - Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American WestAtomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West book review David E. Nye Isis University of Chicago Press 2012 103 4 804–805 10.1086/670113 Business History Review Cambridge University Press for Harvard Business School Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West book review John Wills April 10, 2014 88 1 10.1017/S0007680513001517 Joshua Foer – Moonwalking with Einstein James Gleick – The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Brian Greene – The Hidden Reality Yuval Noah Harari – קיצור תולדות האנושות (Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind) Matthew Hollis – Now All Roads Lead to FranceRobert Macfarlane https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/05/roads-lead-france-thomas-review Now All Roads Lead to France by Matthew Hollis – review The Guardian 5 August 2011 31 October 2012 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205181823/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/05/roads-lead-france-thomas-review live Louis Hyman – Debtor Nation Zlatan Ibrahimović and David Lagercrantz – I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović (Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimović)Herbert Ian Why 'I am Zlatan' should win Book of the Year prize: Ibrahimovic's book is so much better than the usual stage-managed guff https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/honest-revealing-detailed-and-so-much-better-than-the-usual-stagemanaged-guff-why-i-am-zlatan-should-be-book-of-the-year-8963297.html 5 January 2022 The Independent 26 November 2013 Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, Fast and Slow David King – Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris Joshua Knelman – Hot ArtFaculty of Arts, November 7, 2012, Edna Staebler Award,Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved 11/27/2012 Lawrence M. Krauss – Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Sciencehttps://physicsworld.com/a/physics-worlds-2011-books-of-the-year Physics World's 2011 Books of the Year Physics World 19 December 2012 1 August 2024 Erik Larson – In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Joseph Lelyveld – Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India Steven Levy – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives Charles C. Mann – 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Rajiv Malhotra – Breaking India David McCullough – The Greater Journey Ben Mezrich – Sex on the Moon Scott Miller – The President and the Assassin Dana Priest – Top Secret America Annie Proulx – Bird Cloud: A Memoir Janet Reitman – Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion Sylvain Tesson – The Consolations of the Forest Sarah Vowell – Unfamiliar Fishes Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie – The Declaration of Independents Daniel Yergin – The Quest Mitchell Zuckoff – Lost in Shangri-La Deaths January 2 – Robert Trumble, Australian writer (born 1919) January 4 Eva Strittmatter, German author and poet (born 1930) Dick King-Smith English children's writer (born 1922) January 10 – Joe Gores, American novelist and screenwriter (born 1931) January 11 – Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian and author (born 1917) January 14 – Sun Axelsson, Swedish novelist (born 1935) January 15 – Romulus Linney, American playwright (born 1930) January 16 – R. F. Langley, English poet and diarist (born 1938) January 17 – Jean Dutourd, French novelist (born 1920) January 19 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (born 1930) January 20 F. A. Nettelbeck, American poet (born 1950) Reynolds Price, American author (born 1933) January 22 – Park Wan-suh, South Korean novelist (born 1931) January 23 – Novica Tadić, Serbian poet (born 1949) January 24 – Anna Yablonskaya, Ukrainian playwright and poet (born 1981) January 25 – Vincent Cronin, English writer (born 1924) January 29 Loreen Rice Lucas, Canadian author (born 1914) Hemayel Martina, Curaçaon poet (born 1990) January 30 – Hisaye Yamamoto, Japanese American author (born 1921) February 2 – Eric Nicol, Canadian author (born 1919) February 3 – Édouard Glissant, Martinique poet and critic writing in French (born 1928) February 5 Charles E. Silberman, American author (born 1925) Martin Quigley Jr., American author and publisher (born 1917) Brian Jacques, English children's writer (born 1939) February 9 – David Sánchez Juliao, Colombian author and diplomat (born 1945) February 13 – Oakley Hall III, American playwright (born 1950) February 15 – Judith Binney, New Zealand author (born 1940) February 16 Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (born 1930) Hans Joachim Alpers, German science fiction author (born 1943) February 17 Perry Moore, American author (born 1971) Vivien Noakes, English biographer and critic (born 1937) James McLure, American playwright (born 1951) February 18 – Victor Martinez, US poet and novelist (born 1954) February 19 – Max Wilk, American playwright, screenwriter and author (born 1920) February 25 Manny Fried, American playwright and actor (born 1913) Aminath Faiza, Maldivian poet and writer in the Dhivehi language (born 1924) February 26 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author (born 1926) February 28 – Netiva Ben-Yehuda, Israeli author (born 1928) March 2 – Thor Vilhjálmsson, Icelandic author (born 1925) March 3 – May Cutler, Canadian author and publisher (born 1923) March 5 – Alberto Granado, Argentine-born Cuban biochemist and writer (born 1922) March 8 Iraj Afshar, Iranian bibliographer and historian (born 1925) Steven Kroll, American children's author (born 1941) March 9 – Doris Burn, American children's author and illustrator (born 1923) March 13 – Leo Steinberg, American art historian and critic (born 1920) March 14 – Giora Leshem, Israeli poet and publisher (born 1940) March 19 – Raymond Garlick, English-born Welsh poet and editor (born 1926) March 26 – Diana Wynne Jones, English children's fantasy novelist (born 1934)Diana Wynne Jones British writer Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones www.britannica.com 10 January 2022 en January 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220110220518/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones live March 27 – H. R. F. Keating, English crime novelist (born 1926)Mike Ripley https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/28/hrf-keating-obituary H.R.F. Keating obituary The Guardian 28 March 2011 April 2 – Paul Violi, American poet (born 1944)https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/books/paul-violi-poet-dies-at-66.html The New York Times William Grimes Paul Violi, Poet, Dies at 66 2011-04-15 April 3 – Ulli Beier, German writer, editor and scholar (born 1922) April 4 – Craig Thomas, Welsh novelist (born 1942)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/13/craig-thomas-obituary Craig Thomas obituary 13 April 2011 Steve Holland The Guardian 2 March 2024 April 6 – Thøger Birkeland, Danish children's writer (born 1922)http://www.information.dk/telegram/264678 Forfatteren Thøger Birkeland er død Dagbladet Information Danish 6 April 2011 6 April 2011 April 10 – Stephen Watson, South African writer and critic in English (born 1954) April 12 – Sachin Bhowmick, Indian screenwriter (born 1930) April 14 Rosihan Anwar, Indonesian journalist (born 1922) Patrick Cullinan, South African poet and biographer (born 1933) April 16 – William A. Rusher, American columnist and publisher (born 1923)http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/264931/rip-kathryn-jean-lopez R.I.P. – By Kathryn Jean Lopez – The Corner – National Review Online Nationalreview.com 16 April 2011 2012-04-24 May 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513065946/http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/264931/rip-kathryn-jean-lopez live April 17 – Bob Block, English comedy writer (born 1921)Mary Kalemkerian https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fradio4%2F2011%2F05%2Fbob_block_life_with_the_lyons.html Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Bob Block: Life with the Lyons on 4 Extra BBC 20 February 2012 2012-04-24 May 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110528031239/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/05/bob_block_life_with_the_lyons.html live April 19 – Anne Blonstein, English poet (born 1958)Lock Charles https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anne-blonstein-experimental-poet-whose-work-was-informed-by-her-scientific-background-2281547.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anne-blonstein-experimental-poet-whose-work-was-informed-by-her-scientific-background-2281547.html May 1, 2022 subscription Anne Blonstein: Experimental poet whose work was informed by her scientific background – Obituaries – News The Independent UK May 10, 2011 2012-04-24 April 20 – Madelyn Pugh, American screenwriter (born 1921)McLellan Dennis http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-madelyn-pugh-davis-20110422,0,4154147.story Madelyn Pugh Davis, 'I Love Lucy' writer, dies at 90 Los Angeles Times April 22, 2011 2012-04-24 November 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061824/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-madelyn-pugh-davis-20110422,0,4154147.story live April 21 – W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd), Welsh-language poet (born 1916)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13168527 BBC News – Poet WJ Gruffydd dies, aged 94, after a long illness BBC April 22, 2011 2012-04-24 November 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181124131647/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13168527 live April 25 – Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet (born 1917)http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=477856 Gobierno decreta dos días de duelo oficial por muerte de Gonzalo Rojas Emol.com April 25, 2011 2012-04-24 es September 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919204322/http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=477856 live April 29 Abdul Hameed, Pakistani novelist (born 1928) https://web.archive.org/web/20110910040122/http://www.bbcnewspakistan.com/a-hameed-a-well-known-writer-passed-away.html September 10, 2011 Joanna Russ, American science fiction author (born 1937)Locus Publications http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/joanna-russ-1937-2011 Locus Online News » Joanna Russ (1937–2011) April 29, 2011 Locusmag.com 2012-04-24 January 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120311/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/joanna-russ-1937-2011/ live April 30 Richard Holmes, English military historian (born 1946)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13251220 Prof Richard Holmes, acclaimed military historian, dies BBC News April 30, 2011 2012-04-24 April 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190417065439/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13251220 live Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (born 1911) May 4 – Frans Sammut, Maltese writer (born 1945) May 5 – Arthur Laurents, American playwright, librettist and screenwriter (born 1917) May 9 – Newton Thornburg, American novelist (born 1929)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/newton-thornburg-novelist-whose-cutter-and-bone-was-a-key-text-of-the-usrsquos-vietnam-era-2334865.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/newton-thornburg-novelist-whose-cutter-and-bone-was-a-key-text-of-the-usrsquos-vietnam-era-2334865.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Newton Thornburg: Novelist whose 'Cutter and Bone' was a key text of the US's Vietnam era – Obituaries – News The Independent London 2011-08-10 2012-04-24 May 10 – Patrick Galvin, Irish poet and dramatist (born 1927) May 11 – Reach Sambath, Cambodian journalist (born 1964) May 13 Pam Gems, English playwright (born 1925)Lyn Gardner https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/may/16/pam-gems-obituary Pam Gems obituary | Stage The Guardian London 2012-04-24 May 16, 2011 December 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161202001225/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/may/16/pam-gems-obituary live Badal Sarkar, Indian dramatist (born 1925) May 14 – Birgitta Trotzig, Swedish novelist and poet (born 1929) May 15 – Martin Woodhouse, English novelist, screenwriter and inventor (born 1932)Steve Holland https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/martin-woodhouse-obituary Martin Woodhouse obituary | Books The Guardian UK 2012-04-24 July 5, 2011 September 4, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904084701/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/martin-woodhouse-obituary live May 19 – William Kloefkorn, American poet (born 1932)http://www.omaha.com/article/20110520/NEWS01/705209871/0 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616185544/http://www.omaha.com/article/20110520/NEWS01/705209871/0 dead June 16, 2012 State poet Kloefkorn dies at 78 Omaha.com May 20, 2011 2012-04-24 May 21 – Pádraig Kennelly, Irish journalist, publisher and editor (born 1938)http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0522/kennellyp.html Kerry Eye editor passes away – RTÉ News Rte.ie May 26, 2011 2012-04-24 August 31, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110831022111/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0522/kennellyp.html live May 22 – Chidananda Dasgupta, Indian film critic (born 1921)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Film-critic-Chidananda-Dasgupta-passes-away/articleshow/8534936.cms Film critic Chidananda Dasgupta passes away – The Times of India The Times of India 2012-04-24 July 17, 2012 https://archive.today/20120717210527/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Film-critic-Chidananda-Dasgupta-passes-away/articleshow/8534936.cms live May 24 – Fănuș Neagu, Romanian novelist, journalist, and short story writer (cancer, born 1932)Mihnea-Petre Pârvu, Ionuț Fantaziu, "Ultimul boem al veacului trecut s-a stins", in Evenimentul Zilei, 25 May 2011, pp. 4–5Alex. Ștefănescu, "La o nouă lectură. Fănuș Neagu", in România Literară, Issue 13/2002, pp. 9–10 May 25 Leonora Carrington, British-born Mexican painter and novelist (born 1917)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8539650/Leonora-Carrington.html Leonora Carrington The Telegraph May 26, 2011 2012-04-24 London June 16, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616073916/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8539650/Leonora-Carrington.html live Edwin Honig, American poet and translator (born 1919) Yannis Varveris, Greek poet, critic and translator (born 1955) May 30 – Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian of philosophy (born 1942) June 4 – Curth Flatow, German dramatist and screenwriter (born 1920) June 7 – Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician (born 1923) June 10 – Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, English travel writer and novelist, (born 1915) June 13 – Burt Styler, American screenwriter (born 1925) June 18 – Cheryl B, American poet and spoken word artist (born 1972) June 21 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian novelist and poet (car crash, born 1927) June 22 – Zbyněk Zeman, Czech historian (born 1928) June 29 – K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, writer and cultural critic (born 1904) July 7 – Olav Versto, Norwegian journalist and editor (drowning, born 1950)http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10080256 Olav Versto omkom i ulykke – VG Nett July 8, 2011 Vg.no 2012-04-24 no December 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111217232246/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10080256 live July 3 – Iain Blair (Emma Blair), Scottish romance novelist (born 1942) July 11 – Henry Carlisle, American translator, novelist and activist (born 1926) July 16 – Geraint Bowen, Welsh poet (born 1915) July 18 – Georgess McHargue, American author and poet (born 1941) July 20 – Blaize Clement, American mystery writer and psychologist (born 1932) July 22 – Ifti Nasim, Pakistani-born American poet and radio host (born 1946) July 27 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian novelist writing in French (born 1935)April 2012 July 28 – Ahmed Omaid Khpalwak, Afghan journalist (killed in explosion, born c. 1958) July 30 – Pêr Denez, French Breton linguist and writer (born 1921) July 31 – Eliseo Alberto, Cuban-born Mexican novelist, essayist and journalist (born 1951) August 1 – Stan Barstow, English novelist (born 1928)Ian Haywood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/01/stan-barstow-obituary Stan Barstow obituary | Books The Guardian UK 2012-04-24 August 1, 2011 December 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161202042651/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/01/stan-barstow-obituary live August 3 Simona Monyová, Czech novelist (murdered, born 1967)Aleš Černý http://zpravy.idnes.cz/spisovatelka-simona-monyova-byla-ve-svem-dome-zavrazdena-pmq-/krimi.aspx?c=A110804_113315_brno-zpravy_dmk Spisovatelka Simona Monyová byla ve svém domě zavražděna – iDNES.cz Mladá fronta DNES August 4, 2011 Czech Republic 2012-04-24 cs April 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402195421/http://zpravy.idnes.cz/spisovatelka-simona-monyova-byla-ve-svem-dome-zavrazdena-pmq-/krimi.aspx?c=A110804_113315_brno-zpravy_dmk live William Sleator, American science-fiction writer (born 1945)https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/william-sleator-science-fiction-writer-for-young-adults-dies-at-66.html William Sleator, Fantasy Writer for Young Adults, Dies at 66 New York Times August 6, 2011 2022-04-16 April 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220416115507/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/william-sleator-science-fiction-writer-for-young-adults-dies-at-66.html live August 10 – Selwyn Griffith, Welsh poet (born 1928)https://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_9120000/newsid_9126500/9126562.stm BBC Arlein – Newyddion – Y Dirprwy-Archdderwydd Selwyn Iolen wedi marw BBC News January 29, 2010 2012-04-24 cy August 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110811202113/http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_9120000/newsid_9126500/9126562.stm live August 15 – Michael Legat, English author and publisher (born 1923) August 17 – Michel Mohrt, French writer (born 1914)http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/17/97001-20110817FILWWW00357-info-le-figaro-deces-du-romancier-michel-mohrt.php Le Figaro – Flash Actu : INFO LE FIGARO – Décès du romancier Michel Mohrt August 17, 2011 Lefigaro 2012-04-24 fr October 20, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111020215938/http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/17/97001-20110817FILWWW00357-info-le-figaro-deces-du-romancier-michel-mohrt.php live August 26 – Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, American novelist (born 1940)https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/books/susan-fromberg-schaeffer-novelist-dies-at-71.html The New York Times William Grimes Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Novelist, Dies at 71 August 31, 2011 February 26, 2017 November 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161118215523/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/books/susan-fromberg-schaeffer-novelist-dies-at-71.html live August 27 – N. F. Simpson, English dramatist (born 1919)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/8731685/NF-Simpson.html NF Simpson The Telegraph August 30, 2011 2012-04-24 London September 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130907/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/8731685/NF-Simpson.html live September 9 Herbert Lomas, English poet (born 1924)Christopher Matthew https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/12/herbert-lomas-obituary Herbert Lomas obituary | Books The Guardian UK 2012-04-24 September 12, 2011 February 2, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202150501/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/12/herbert-lomas-obituary live Khairy Shalaby, Egyptian novelist and dramatist (born 1938)http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/493814 Novelist Khairy Shalaby dies at age 73 | Egypt Independent Almasryalyoum.com 13 September 2011 2012-04-24 June 4, 2012 https://archive.today/20120604023142/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/493814 live September 14 – Frank Parkin, Welsh sociologist and novelist (born 1931)Krishan Kumar https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/09/frank-parkin Frank Parkin obituary | Education The Guardian UK 2012-04-24 November 9, 2011 February 2, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202150833/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/09/frank-parkin live September 22 Cengiz Dağcı, Crimean Tatar novelist and poet writing in Turkish (born 1919)http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kategoriler/kultur-sanat/94899-turk-edebiyatinin-aci-kaybi Türk edebiyatının acı kaybı March 27, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120402003139/http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kategoriler/kultur-sanat/94899-turk-edebiyatinin-aci-kaybi April 2, 2012 tr Margaret Ogola, Kenyan novelist (born 1958)http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B779c6464-505d-4af2-8323-ddd92845bf98%7D Cardinal Otunga's Biographer Dies – Financial and Business News MENAFN 2012-04-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404150643/http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B779c6464-505d-4af2-8323-ddd92845bf98%7D April 4, 2012 dead mdy-all September 23 – José Miguel Varas, Chilean writer (born 1928)http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326975&Itemid=1 Noticias de Prensa Latina Prensa-latina.cu January 1, 1970 2012-04-24 es April 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120403011108/http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326975&Itemid=1 live September 26 – David Zelag Goodman, American screenwriter (born 1930)McLellan Dennis http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-david-zelag-goodman-20110928,0,4358808.story David Zelag Goodman obituary: Oscar-nominated screenwriter dies at 81 Los Angeles Times September 28, 2011 2012-04-24 October 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111008041934/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-david-zelag-goodman-20110928,0,4358808.story live September 27 David Croft, English television writer and producer (born 1922)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15072847 BBC News – Dad's Army co-writer David Croft dies at the age of 89 BBC September 27, 2011 2012-04-24 August 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180820173250/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15072847 live Sara Douglass, Australian fantasy author (ovarian cancer, born 1957)http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/australian-fantasy-writer-sara-douglass-dies-of-ovarian-cancer/story-e6frf7jx-1226147916645 Australian fantasy writer Sara Douglass dies of ovarian cancer Herald Sun Australia September 27, 2011 2012-04-24 Jennifer Chapman March 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200328195019/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/australian-fantasy-writer-sara-douglass-dies-of-ovarian-cancer/story-e6frf7jx-1226147916645 live September 29 – Hella Haasse, Dutch novelist (born 1918)2011-09-30 Schrijfster Hella Haasse overleden https://nos.nl/artikel/277368-schrijfster-hella-haasse-overleden 2023-04-13 nos.nl nl April 15, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230415045739/https://nos.nl/artikel/277368-schrijfster-hella-haasse-overleden live October 4 – Vittorio Curtoni, Italian science fiction writer and translator (born 1949)http://www.piacenzasera.it/libri/lultimo-saluto-laico-a-curtoni-ciao-intellettuale-umile.jspurl?IdC=1146&IdS=1444&tipo_padre=0&tipo_cliccato=0&id_prodotto=12506&css= PiacenzaSera Piacenzasera.it 2012-04-24 it https://web.archive.org/web/20120525133514/http://www.piacenzasera.it/libri/lultimo-saluto-laico-a-curtoni-ciao-intellettuale-umile.jspurl?IdC=1146&IdS=1444&tipo_padre=0&tipo_cliccato=0&id_prodotto=12506&css= May 25, 2012 dead October 10 – Uno Röndahl, Swedish writer (born 1924) October 11 – Ewald Osers, Czech translator and poet (born 1917)Amanda Hopkinson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ewald-osers-poet-translator-and-stalwart-of-the-world-service-6257421.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ewald-osers-poet-translator-and-stalwart-of-the-world-service-6257421.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Ewald Osers: Poet, translator and stalwart of the World Service – Obituaries – News The Independent UK 5 November 2011 2012-04-24 October 12 – Lowell H. Harrison, American historian (born 1922)http://www.jvpfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1283966&fh_id=12637 Obituary For: Dr. Lowell H. Harrison | Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home Jvpfh.com 2012-04-24 April 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120403082433/http://www.jvpfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1283966&fh_id=12637 live October 15 – Earl McRae, Canadian journalist (born 1942) https://web.archive.org/web/20120115064751/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa%2Bjournalist%2BEarl%2BMcRae%2Bdies/5557067/story.html January 15, 2012 October 18 Paul Everac, Romanian writer (born 1924)http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/dramaturgul-paul-everac-a-murit-8878682 Dramaturgul Paul Everac a murit – Mediafax October 18, 2011 Mediafax.ro 2012-04-24 ro January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120122055057/http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/dramaturgul-paul-everac-a-murit-8878682 live Friedrich Kittler, German literary scholar and media theorist (born 1943)David Childs https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/friedrich-kittler-media-theorist-influential-in-the-fields-of-literary-and-cultural-studies-6265202.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/friedrich-kittler-media-theorist-influential-in-the-fields-of-literary-and-cultural-studies-6265202.html May 1, 2022 subscription Friedrich Kittler: Media theorist influential in the fields of literary and cultural studies – Obituaries The Independent UK November 21, 2011 2012-04-24 October 19 Kakkanadan, Indian Malayalam writer (born 1935)C. Gouridasan Nair https://www.thehindu.com/arts/malayalam-writer-kakkanadan-dead/article2550870.ece Arts: Malayalam writer Kakkanadan dead The Hindu India October 19, 2011 2012-04-24 April 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120429021546/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article2550870.ece live Bohdan Osadchuk, Ukrainian historian and journalist (born 1920)Wojciechowski Marcin October 20, 2011 Zmarł prof. Bohdan Osadczuk. Ukraiński Polak, polski Ukrainiec https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,10501833,zmarl-prof-bohdan-osadczuk-ukrainski-polak-polski-ukrainiec.html?disableRedirects=true 2023-04-13 wyborcza.pl April 15, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230415045809/https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,10501833,zmarl-prof-bohdan-osadczuk-ukrainski-polak-polski-ukrainiec.html?disableRedirects=true live October 21 Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (lung cancer, born 1954)https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=journalist-hikmet-bila-passes-away-2011-10-21 TURKEY – Journalist Hikmet Bila passes away Hurriyet Daily News 2012-04-24 May 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520085409/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=journalist-hikmet-bila-passes-away-2011-10-21 live Tone Pavček, Slovenian author and translator (born 1928)http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1687354 STA: Acclaimed Poet Tone Pavcek Dies Sta.si October 21, 2011 2012-04-24 December 25, 2012 https://archive.today/20121225054706/http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1687354 live October 23 Florence Parry Heide, American children's author (born 1919)http://www.kenoshanews.com/scripts/edoris/edoris.dll?tem=access_no&docid=259260764 Kenosha News Kenosha News 25 October 2011 2012-04-24 dead https://archive.today/20120905000715/http://www.kenoshanews.com/scripts/edoris/edoris.dll?tem=access_no&docid=259260764 September 5, 2012 mdy-all Bogdan Zakrzewski, Polish historian and researcher of Polish literature (born 1916)IT Gratka Sp. z o.o. http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/bogdan_zakrzewski_nie_zyje_profesor_zmarl_w_wieku_95_lat_216028.html Bogdan Zakrzewski nie żyje. Profesor zmarł w wieku 95 lat – Wiadomości24 Wiadomosci24.pl October 24, 2011 2012-04-24 pl April 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401183219/http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/bogdan_zakrzewski_nie_zyje_profesor_zmarl_w_wieku_95_lat_216028.html live October 24 – Morio Kita (北 杜夫), Japanese novelist, essayist and psychiatrist (born 1927)http://www.houseofjapan.com/local/novelist-essayist-morio-kita-dies-at-84 Novelist-essayist Morio Kita dies at 84 | House of Japan – Japan News Technology Autos Culture Life Style House of Japan October 26, 2011 2012-04-24 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120401034628/http://www.houseofjapan.com/local/novelist-essayist-morio-kita-dies-at-84 April 1, 2012 November 3 H. G. Francis, German science fiction author (born 1936) https://web.archive.org/web/20120313163506/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,796038,00.html March 13, 2012 (German) Morris Philipson, American novelist and publisher (born 1926)http://news.gnom.es/news/morris-philipson-former-director-of-university-of-chicago-press-1926-2011 Morris Philipson, former director of University of Chicago Press, 1926–2011 News.Gnom.Es June 7, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120331143208/http://news.gnom.es/news/morris-philipson-former-director-of-university-of-chicago-press-1926-2011 March 31, 2012 November 21 Arie van Deursen, Dutch historian (born 1931) https://web.archive.org/web/20120118101357/http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/binnenland/prof_dr_a_th_van_deursen_80_overleden_1_604463 January 18, 2012 (Dutch) Theodore Enslin, American poet (born 1925)Michael Carlson https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/30/theodore-enslin Theodore Enslin obituary | Books The Guardian June 7, 2012 London January 30, 2012 January 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160131170915/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/30/theodore-enslin live Anne McCaffrey, American fantasy writer (born 1926)Doctorow Cory http://boingboing.net/2011/11/22/rip-anne-mccaffrey.html RIP, Anne McCaffrey Boing Boing November 22, 2011 June 7, 2012 July 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712062856/http://boingboing.net/2011/11/22/rip-anne-mccaffrey.html live November 25 – Leonid Borodin, Russian novelist, journalist and Soviet dissident, (born 1938)http://www.openspace.ru/news/details/32196/ Умер Леонид Бородин — Литература — OpenSpace.ru 2011-11-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111127000503/http://www.openspace.ru/news/details/32196/ November 27, 2011 (Russian) November 26 – Rashid Karim, Bangladeshi novelist (born 1925)Junaidul Haque http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=212634 Rashid Karim: voice of modern fiction Thedailystar.net December 3, 2011 June 7, 2012 April 15, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230415045801/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-212634 live November 30 Ana Daniel, Portuguese poet (born 1928)http://www.radioocidente.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao%3D158%26id%3D24896%26idSeccao%3D1490%26Action%3Dnoticia R dio ocidente online - Sintra - Na morte de Ana Daniel 2012-01-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120127034347/http://www.radioocidente.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=158&id=24896&idSeccao=1490&Action=noticia January 27, 2012 (Portuguese) Partap Sharma, Indian playwright (born 1939)http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k11/nov/nov275.php > News Headlines > Noted commentator, documentary maker Partap Sharma passes away Indiantelevision.com November 30, 2011 June 7, 2012 February 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223014358/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k11/nov/nov275.php live December 15 – Christopher Hitchens, English journalist and commentator (esophageal cancer, born 1949)Juli Weiner, "In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011" https://web.archive.org/web/20120415150530/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011 April 15, 2012 , Vanity Fair, December 15, 2011. December 20 – Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright (born 1926)https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jan/16/barry-reckord/ Barry Reckord obituary Busby Margaret Margaret Busby The Guardian London January 16, 2012 December 10, 2016 February 2, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202085603/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jan/16/barry-reckord live December 23 – Tripuraneni Maharadhi, Indian screenwriter (born 1930)http://www.ndtv.com/article/andhra-pradesh/writer-tripuraneni-maharathi-passes-away-160444 Writer Tripuraneni Maharathi passes away Ndtv.com December 24, 2011 June 7, 2012 January 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120125011553/http://www.ndtv.com/article/andhra-pradesh/writer-tripuraneni-maharathi-passes-away-160444 live December 27 – Thinley Norbu, Tibetan Buddhist writer and teacher (born 1931)http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=24010 Blog Archive » Dungse Rinpoche passes away kuenselonline December 28, 2011 June 7, 2012 mdyDecember 2016 medicmedic December 30 – Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet (born 1920)http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2012/jan/03/esteemed-poet-eleanor-taylor-dies-ar-1585126/ https://archive.today/20130102072716/http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2012/jan/03/esteemed-poet-eleanor-taylor-dies-ar-1585126/ dead January 2, 2013 Esteemed poet Eleanor Taylor dies Daily Progress June 7, 2012 December 31 Celia Dale, English fiction writer and book reviewer (born 1912https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ Celia Dale 1912-2011: 'Quiet, clever, subtle and terrifying' Richard Kelly 9 January 2012 Faber 30 June 2020 June 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200624141833/https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ live Penny Jordan, English romantic novelist (born 1946)Kate Bradley and Bryony Green https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/15/penny-jordan Penny Jordan obituary | Books The Guardian June 7, 2012 London January 15, 2012 November 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141120022230/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/15/penny-jordan live Awards thumb|Tomas Tranströmer in 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature: Tomas Tranströmer Australia Miles Franklin Award: Kim Scott, That Deadman Dance2011 Winner, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin Literary Awards, June 22, 2011. Accessed 2013-06-23. Archived 2013-07-13. Canada Amazon.ca First Novel Award: David Bezmozgis, The Free World Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Helen Waldstein Wilkes, Letters from the LostFaculty of Arts, September 8, 2011, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved 11/27/2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, Farzana Doctor; honours of distinction, Dani Couture, Matthew J. Trafford. Governor General's Awards: Multiple categories; see 2011 Governor General's Awards. Scotiabank Giller Prize: Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction: Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life and Times Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award: Wayne Johnston United Kingdom Man Booker Prize: Julian Barnes, The Sense of an EndingThe Sense of an Ending wins The 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1554 themanbookerprize.com December 7, 2011 October 18, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120120221525/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1554 January 20, 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing: NoViolet Bulawayo, "Hitting Budapest"August 2024 David Cohen Prize: Julian BarnesAugust 2024 Orange Prize for Fiction: Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife United States Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2011 Lambda Literary Awards. National Book Award for Fiction: to Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward National Book Critics Circle Award: to Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories by Edith Pearlman PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad Whiting Awards: Fiction: Scott Blackwood, Ryan Call, Daniel Orozco, Teddy Wayne; Nonfiction: Paul Clemens; Plays: Amy Herzog; Poetry: Don Mee Choi, Eduardo C. Corral, Shane McCrae, Kerri Webster Other Camões Prize: Manuel António Pina Europe Theatre Prize: Peter Stein European Book Prize: Maxim Leo, Red Love, and Anna Bikont, The Crime and the Silence Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Boualem Sansal International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Mohammed Achaari, The Arch and the Butterfly, and Raja'a Alem, The Doves' Necklace SAARC Literary Award: Ibrahim Waheed, Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar See also List of literary awards List of poetry awards 2011 in comics 2011 in Australian literature Notes Hahn Daniel The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature 2015 Oxford. University Press 9780198715542 2nd References 30em External links Popular Books of 2011 at Goodreads Published 2011 Books at Goodreads 2011 Books at Goodreads Category:2011-related lists