2012 in literature

none June 2012 2012 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death.https://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0101/310418-james_joyce/ EU copyright on James Joyce works lifted RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann 3 January 2012 3 January 2012 November 7, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004309/https://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0101/310418-james_joyce/ live January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from The Satanic Verses, which is banned in the country.http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie_may_not_attend_literature_festival_in_India_following_widespread_protests Salman Rushdie may not attend literature festival in India following widespread protests – Wikinews, the free news source En.wikinews.org 18 January 2012 18 January 2012 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120122005150/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie_may_not_attend_literature_festival_in_India_following_widespread_protests live February – James Joyce's children's story The Cats of Copenhagen is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16982445 James Joyce children's book sparks feud BBC News 10 February 2012 10 February 2012 January 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160129064419/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16982445 live March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years.Victoria Sussens-Messerer https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decembermar/Mayfive-hundred-fairytales-discovered-germany Five hundred new fairy tales discovered in Germany The Guardian 5 March 2012 5 March 2012 London April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book Beijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party", after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book to Liu Binjie at the fair.Benedicte Page https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberapr/19/ma-jian-paint-london-book-fair Ma Jian protest paints the London Book Fair red The Guardian UK 19 April 2012 19 April 2012 July – Jaime García Márquez tells his students that his brother Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian writer and recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, has dementia, which has ended his writing career.Conal Urquhart https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberjul/Julygabriel-garcia-marquez-career-dementia Gabriel García Márquez's writing career ended by dementia The Guardian London 7 July 2012 7 July 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18749389 Garcia Marquez "suffering from dementia", says brother BBC News UK 7 July 2012 7 July 2012 October 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181007085414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18749389 live September 27 – The 50th anniversary of the publication of ecological text Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is noted.Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberdec/Julywhy-rachel-carson-is-a-saint Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 50 years on | Books The Guardian London 2014-04-04http://livinggreenmag.com/20DecemberSeptember18/energy-ecology/thanks-to-rachel-carson-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-silent-spring/ Thanks to Rachel Carson on the 50th Anniversary of "Silent Spring" Living Green Magazine 2014-04-04 August 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200804080732/https://livinggreenmag.com/20DecemberSeptember18/energy-ecology/thanks-to-rachel-carson-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-silent-spring/ live https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-fracking-of-rachel-carson Orion Magazine The Fracking of Rachel Carson August 23, 2012 March 12, 2016 March 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313125404/https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-fracking-of-rachel-carson/ live September 28 – Sue Limb's parody of the Bloomsbury Group, Gloomsbury, begins to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the U.K.http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/gloomsbury/ Gloomsbury British Comedy Guide 2021-02-27 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210119/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/gloomsbury/ live October 24 – Boekenberg ("Book mountain"), a public library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, designed by MVRDV, is opened. December – The discovery is announced of "The Tallow Candle", a previously unknown story by Hans Christian Andersen found at the bottom of a box in Denmark in October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20706230 Tallow Candle: Hans Christian Andersen's "first work" BBC News UK 13 December 2012 13 December 2012 November 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181107021635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20706230 live unknown date Precious Timbuktu Manuscripts are evacuated under threat from Islamist rebels by Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara and Stephanie Diakité.https://archive.org/details/badasslibrarians0000hamm The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Hammer Joshua Joshua Hammer 2016 Simon & Schuster 978-1-4767-7740-5 registration An underground library in Darayya is formed in the besieged Syrian city by students.Delphine Minoui Delphine Minoui 2017 Les passeurs de livres de Daraya: Une bibliothèque secrète en Syrie Paris Seuil 978-2-02-136302-9 New books Fiction (literary) Saud Alsanousi – The Bamboo Stalkhttp://arablit.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/page-turning-novel-by-young-kuwaiti-author-wins-2013-arabic-booker/ Page-turning Novel by Young Kuwaiti Author Wins 2013 'Arabic Booker' Arabic Literature (in English) M. Lynx Qualey April 23, 2013 14 January 2013 May 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130524090110/http://arablit.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/page-turning-novel-by-young-kuwaiti-author-wins-2013-arabic-booker/ live Jacob M. Appel – The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up (October 27)Dundee International Book Prize won by Jacob M Appel https://web.archive.org/web/20240824050554/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20088112 August 24, 2024 , BBC News, October 26, 2012. Filippo Bologna – I pappagalli (The Parrots, satire, March) Peter Carey – The Chemistry of Tears (May 15) Dan Chaon – Stay Awake (short stories, February 7) Emily Danforth – The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Bildungsroman, February 2) Stephen Dau – The Book of Jonas (March 15)The 2013 VCU Cabell First Novelist Semifinalists http://wp.vcu.edu/firstnovelist/2013/04/22/the-2013-vcu-cabell-first-novelist-semifinalists/ Virginia Commonwealth University 22 April 2013 March 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020812/http://wp.vcu.edu/firstnovelist/2013/04/22/the-2013-vcu-cabell-first-novelist-semifinalists/ live Debra Dean – The Mirrored World Elena Ferrante – L'amica geniale (My Brilliant Friend, first of the Neapolitan Novels)2019-09-21 The 100 best books of the 21st century en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century 2023-02-28 0261-3077 December 6, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191206135810/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century live Richard Ford – Canada (May 22) Ben Fountain – Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (May 1)https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/books/review/billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk-by-ben-fountain.html 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,' by Ben Fountain Dyer Geoff 2012-05-18 The New York Times 0362-4331 2016-09-29 Emily Giffin – Where We Belong (July 24) Mark Haddon – The Red House (June 12) John Irving – In One Person (May 8) Adam Johnson – The Orphan Master's Son (January 10) Christian Kracht – Imperium (February 16) Mario Vargas Llosa – The Dream of the Celt (English translation by Edith Grossman, June 5)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/18/new-mario-vargas-llosa-novel Faber to publish new Mario Vargas Llosa novel Benedicte Page 18 October 2010 the Guardian 18 August 2018 August 24, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240824050719/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/18/new-mario-vargas-llosa-novel live Attica Locke – The Cutting Season Ben Marcus – The Flame Alphabet (January 17) Toni Morrison – Home(May 8)http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/20989.html Toni Morrison Receives Award, Talks About Her Next Novel – After Hours Blog washingtonian.com September 26, 2011 2012-02-01 September 30, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110930001517/http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/20989.html dead Alice Munro – Dear Life (short story collection) Chibundu Onuzo – The Spider King's Daughter Ron Rash – The Cove (April 10) J. K. Rowling – The Casual Vacancy (September 27)JK Rowling: Casual Vacancy tops fiction charts https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9584404/JK-Rowling-Casual-Vacancy-tops-fiction-charts.html The Daily Telegraph 4 October 2012 London Emma-Victoria Farr 3 October 2012 October 4, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004003423/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9584404/JK-Rowling-Casual-Vacancy-tops-fiction-charts.html live Benjamin Alire Sáenz – Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club (October 30) Neeta Shah – Bollywood Striptease (March 27)http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-29/news-interviews/31108310_1_riya-sen-rumours-krrish Bollywood Striptease' speaks the truth: Riya Sen The Times of India February 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120412032321/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-29/news-interviews/31108310_1_riya-sen-rumours-krrish April 12, 2012 Richard Wagamese – Indian Horse"Indian Horse is a dark ride". Calgary Herald, February 28, 2012. Children and young people Claire Alexander – Back to Front and Upside Down!Pera Miriam Honoring Excellence & Leadership: 2013 ALA AWARD WINNERS American Libraries Sep–Oct 2013 44 9–10 25 24602239 David Almond – The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas Hannah Barnaby – Wonder Show (March 20)Hayes Summer Morris Award Finalist: Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/01/23/morris-award-finalist-wonder-show-by-hannah-barnaby/ YALSA 28 October 2014 September 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929071945/http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/01/23/morris-award-finalist-wonder-show-by-hannah-barnaby/ live John and Carole Barrowman – Hollow Earth (February 2)) Emily Gravett – Matilda's Cat John Green – The Fault in Our StarsHahn 2015, p. 246 Jon Klassen – This is Not My HatHahn 2015, p. 329 Josh Lacey – The Dragonsitter Inga Moore – Captain Cat Rick Riordan – The Mark of Athena Rainbow Rowell – Eleanor & Park Maggie Stiefvater – The Raven Boys (first book in The Raven Cycle)Hahn 2015, p. 551 Mary Sullivan – Dear Blue Sky Jacqueline Wilson – The Worst Thing About My Sister Drama Ayad Akhtar – Disgracedhttp://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Drama The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Drama 2013-04-25 Pulitzer.org April 23, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423212958/http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Drama live Alan Bennett Cocktail Sticks Hymn People Howard Brenton – 55 Days Monica Byrne – What Every Girl Should Know Lolita Chakrabarti – Red Velvet James Graham – This House Miho Mosulishvili – My Redbreast Suman Mukhopadhyay – Bisarjan Theresa Rebeck – Dead Accounts Sam Shepard – Heartless Anne Washburn – Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Florian Zeller – Le Père Poetry See 2012 in poetry Paige Ackerson-Kiely – My Love Is a Dead Arctic Explorer Marilyn Buck – Inside/Out: Selected Poems Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi – The Qat'aat o Rubaiyat of Zia Fatehabadi (quatrains, translation) Jack Gilbert – Collected Poems Paul Hoover – Desolation: Souvenir Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) – June Fourth Elegies (translation) Eileen Myles – Snow-Flake Lucia Perillo – On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths D. A. Powell – Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys W. G. Sebald – Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems 1964–2001 David Wagoner – After the Point of No Return Science fiction and fantasy Joe Abercrombie – Red Country (November 20) Daniel Abraham The King's Blood (May 22) (writing as James S. A. Corey) – Caliban's War (June 26)Review: Caliban's War https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-12906-0 14 May 2012 Publishers Weekly 21 October 2012 Saladin Ahmed – Throne of the Crescent Moon (February 7) Aaron Allston – Mercy Kill Leigh Bardugo – Shadow and Bone John Barrowman and Carole Barrowman – Hollow Earth John Birmingham – Angels of Vengeance (April 10) Alex Bledsoe – Wake of the Bloody Angel (July 3) David Brin – Existence (June 19) Tobias Buckell – Arctic Rising (February 28) Orson Scott Card – Shadows in Flight (January 17) Samuel R. Delany – Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (April 17) Troy Denning – Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse Steven Erikson – Forge of Darkness (September 18) Ian C. Esslemont – Orb Sceptre Throne (May 22) Mira Grant – Blackout (May 22) Jon Courtenay Grimwood – The Outcast Blade (March 26) Robin Hobb – City of Dragons (February 7) Douglas Hulick – Sworn in Steel (June 5) N. K. Jemisin The Killing Moon (May 1) The Shadowed Sun (June 12) Stephen King – The Wind Through the Keyhole (April 24) Mary Robinette Kowal – Glamour in Glass (April 10) Jay Lake – Calamity of So Long a Life Sarah J. Maas – Throne of Glass Paul Melko – Broken Universe (June 5) China Miéville – Railsea (May 15) Michael Moorcock – The Whispering Swarm Tim Powers – Hide Me Among the Graves (March 13) Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – The Long Earth (June 19) Hannu Rajaniemi – The Fractal Prince (September 4) Alastair Reynolds – Blue Remembered Earth (June 5) Rick Riordan – The Mark of Athena (October 2) Kim Stanley Robinson – 2312 (May 22) Robert J. Sawyer – Triggers (April 3) John Scalzi – Redshirts (June 5) Karl Schroeder – Ashes of Candesce (February 14) Brian Francis Slattery – Lost Everything (April 10) Charles Stross – The Apocalypse Codex (July 3) Brent Weeks – The Blinding Knife (September 11) Daniel H. Wilson – Amped (June 5) Ben H. Winters – The Last Policeman (July 12) Gene Wolfe – The Land Across Crime, horror etc. Ace Atkins – Lullaby (May 1) Laird Barron – The Croning (May 1) Ted Bell – Phantom (March 20) Alex Berenson – The Shadow Patrol (February 21) Steve Berry – The Columbus Affair (May 15) Lee Child – A Wanted Man (September 27) Lincoln Child – The Third Gate (June 12) Michael Connelly – The Black Box (November 26) Robert Crais – Taken (January 24) Justin Cronin – The Twelve (October 16) Clive Cussler – The Storm (June 5) Nelson DeMille – The Panther (October 16) Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl (June 5) Vince Flynn – Kill Shot (February 7) John Grisham Calico Joe (April 10) The Racketeer (legal thriller, October 23) Dean Koontz – Odd Apocalypse (July 31) William Landay – Defending Jacob (January 31) Joe R. Lansdale – Edge of Dark Water (March 12) Dennis Lehane – Live by Night (October 2) Elmore Leonard – Raylan (January 17) Robert R. McCammon – The Providence Rider (May 31) Jo Nesbø – Phantom (October 2) Michael Palmer – Oath of Office (February 14) Ridley Pearson – The Risk Agent (June 19) Matthew Reilly – Scarecrow Returns (January 3) Jeremy Robinson – Second World (May 22) James Rollins – Bloodline (June 26) Greg Rucka – Alpha (May 22) John Sandford – Stolen Prey (May 15) Scott Sigler – Nocturnal (April 3) Daniel Silva – Fallen Angel (July 17) Joseph Wambaugh –Harbor Nocturne (April 3) David Wellington – 32 Fangs (April 24) F. Paul Wilson – Nightworld (May 22) Non-fiction Marty Appel – Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss (May 8) Alison Bechdel – Are You My Mother? (memoir, May 1) Antony Beevor – The Second World War (June 5)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/17/second-world-war-antony-beevor-review The Second World War by Antony Beevor – review The Guardian 17 June 2012 9 September 2013 Shephard, Ben Katherine Boo – Behind the Beautiful Forevers (February 7) David Byrne – How Music Works (December 12) Gregor Collins – The Accidental Caregiver (August 18) Susan Cain – Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (January 24) Sean Connolly – The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math (March 14) Charles Duhigg – The Power of Habit (February 28) Michael Hastings – The Operators (January 10) Lawrence M. Krauss – A Universe from Nothing (January 10)Reynosa Peter Some of the Changes Lawrence M. Krauss Should Make to the Second Edition of "A Universe From Nothing" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-reynosa/some-of-the-changes-lawre_b_9664630.html Huffington Post April 13, 2016 April 12, 2016 July 11, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170711231331/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-reynosa/some-of-the-changes-lawre_b_9664630.html live Mark Levin – Ameritopia (January 17)https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/why-mainstream-media-ignores-conservative-bestsellers/254692/ Why Mainstream Media Ignores Conservative Bestsellers Friedersdorf Conor Conor Friedersdorf March 19, 2012 Politics The Atlantic en-US May 27, 2019 February 7, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210207104205/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/why-mainstream-media-ignores-conservative-bestsellers/254692/ live George Megalogenis – The Australian MomentThe past is still with us http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/stories/2012/04/30/the-past-that-is-still-with-us 30 April 2012 Deakin University 13 November 2014 September 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223016/http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/stories/2012/04/30/the-past-that-is-still-with-us live Masha Gessen – The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (March 1) Dan Jones – The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England (UK)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/03/plantagenets-dan-jones-review The Plantagenets by Dan Jones – review The Guardian Larman Alexander June 3, 2012 August 15, 2020 January 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210125234147/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/03/plantagenets-dan-jones-review live Jonah Lehrer – Imagine (March 20) Rachel Maddow – Drift (March 27) Marilynne Robinson – When I Was a Child I Read Books (March 27) Michael Lind – Land of Promise (April 17) Jonathan Haidt – The Righteous Mind (April 2) E. O. Wilson – The Social Conquest of Earth (April 9) Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy – The President's Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity (April 19) Edward Humes – Garbology (book)|Garbology (April 19) Peter Bergen – Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad (May 1) Steve Coll – Private Empire (May 1) Robert A. Caro – The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (May 1) Warren Littlefield and T. R. Pearson – Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV (May 1) Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein – It's Even Worse Than It Looks (May 1)http://basicbooks.com/perseus/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465031331 Perseus Books Home Basicbooks.com May 1, 2012 June 7, 2012 https://archive.today/20120708112012/http://basicbooks.com/perseus/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465031331 July 8, 2012 mdy-all Tom Holland – In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire (May 15) Callum Roberts – The Ocean of Life (May 22) Douglas Brinkley – Cronkite (May 29) Michelle Obama – American Grown (May 29) Christoph Ransmayr – Atlas of an Anxious Man (Atlas eines ängstlichen Mannes; Austria)https://www.dw.com/en/christoph-ransmayr-atlas-of-an-anxious-man/a-45202398 Christoph Ransmayr: 'Atlas of an Anxious Man' DW February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210202021712/https://www.dw.com/en/christoph-ransmayr-atlas-of-an-anxious-man/a-45202398 live Arun Shourie – Worshipping False Gods Amity Shlaes – Coolidge (June 26) Peter Watson – The Great Divide (June 26) Ro Khanna – Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future (July 24)https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensweet/20DecemberAugust13/former-obama-official-says-manufacturing-should-be-a-national-security-issue/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180929002442/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensweet/20DecemberAugust13/former-obama-official-says-manufacturing-should-be-a-national-security-issue/ September 29, 2018 Former Obama Official Says Manufacturing Should be a National Security Issue Forbes 2012-08-13 2014-04-04 Ken Sweet Jim Holt – Why Does the World Exist? (July 16) Michael D. Lemonick – Mirror Earth (October 16) Helaine Olen – Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry Deaths January 3 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-born novelist and publisher (born 1924) Martin Sandra Czech writer and publisher Josef Skvorecky dies in Toronto at age 87 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712 The Globe and Mail January 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120120105640/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712/ January 20, 2012 January 7 – Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (born 1935) January 19 – Shraga Gafni (On Sarig), Israeli children's author (born 1926)https://www.jta.org/2012/01/26/lifestyle/israeli-childrens-author-shraga-gafni-dies-at-85 Israeli children's author Shraga Gafni dies at 85 January 26, 2012 Alan D Abbey Jewish Telegraphic Agency 23 August 2024 August 6, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240806102232/https://www.jta.org/2012/01/26/lifestyle/israeli-childrens-author-shraga-gafni-dies-at-85 live January 23 – Maurice Meisner, American historian, author, and academic (born 1931)https://news.wisc.edu/maurice-meisner-historian-of-modern-china-dies-at-80/ Maurice Meisner, historian of modern China, dies at 80 February 2, 2012 Susannah Brooks University of Wisconsin-Madison 23 August 2024 June 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240604115041/https://news.wisc.edu/maurice-meisner-historian-of-modern-china-dies-at-80/ live January 28 – Don Starkell, Canadian diarist and author (born 1932)https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-adventurer-starkell-dies-1.1266340 Winnipeg adventurer Starkell dies January 30, 2012 CBC News 23 August 2024 November 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231120062314/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-adventurer-starkell-dies-1.1266340 live January 29 – Damien Bona, American historian and journalist (born 1955) January 30 – Bill Wallace, American children's author and educator (born 1947) February 1 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and Nobel laureate (born 1923)https://www.reuters.com/article/20DecemberFebruaryJanuary/us-poland-szymborska-idUSTRE8102OO20120201 Polish Nobel winning poet Szymborska dies at 88 Reuters 2012-03-18 2012-02-01 November 2, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171102181924/https://www.reuters.com/article/20DecemberFebruaryJanuary/us-poland-szymborska-idUSTRE8102OO20120201 live February 3 – John Christopher (Samuel Youd) English science fiction novelist (born 1922) February 4 – Irene McKinney, American poet (born 1939)http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201202040046 W.Va. poet laureate Irene McKinney dies at 72 2012-02-04 Charleston Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia 2012-02-05 https://archive.today/20121217203700/http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201202040046 December 17, 2012 mdy-all February 4 – John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (born 1924) February 21 – Barney Rosset, American publisher (born 1922) March 21 – Christine Brooke-Rose, Swiss-born English novelist and translator (born 1923) March 25 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (born 1943)http://www.agi.it/italy/news/201203251457-cro-ren1122-writer_antonio_tabucchi_dies_in_lisbon Writer Antonio Tabucchi dies in Lisbon AGI – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia AGI.it March 25, 2012 March 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120505080520/http://www.agi.it/italy/news/201203251457-cro-ren1122-writer_antonio_tabucchi_dies_in_lisbon May 5, 2012 March 27 – Adrienne Rich, American writer (born 1929)https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decembermar/29/adrienne-rich-poet-essayist-dies Adrienne Rich, award-winning poet and essayist, dies Alison Flood The Guardian UK March 29, 2012 March 29, 2012 March 28 – John Arden, English playwright (born 1930)Michael Coveney https://www.theguardian.com/stage/20Decembermar/30/john-arden?CMP=twt_fd Obituary: John Arden The Guardian UK March 30, 2012 March 30, 2012 April 2 – Sarah Dreher, American novelist and playwright (born 1937)http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=Sarah-Dreher&pid=156954574 Sarah A. Dreher Obituary: View Sarah Dreher's Obituary by The Republican Obits.masslive.com June 7, 2012 September 29, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000320/http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=Sarah-Dreher&pid=156954574 live April 7 – Miss Read (Dora Jesse Shafe), English novelist (born 1913)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9198376/Dora-Saint.html Dora Saint Telegraph April 11, 2012 June 7, 2012 London June 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120626162209/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9198376/Dora-Saint.html live April 8 – Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American and political scientist (born 1921) April 17 – Leila Berg, English children's writer and activist (born 1917)Rosemary Stones https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberapr/23/leila-berg Leila Berg obituary | Books | guardian.co.uk The Guardian June 7, 2012 London April 23, 2012 April 26 – Ardian Klosi, Albanian publicist and writer (suicide, born 1957)http://www.ora-news.com/v2/index.php?on=details&id=43280&nid=2 (Albanian) Ora-news.com April 27, 2012 June 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120622233316/http://www.ora-news.com/v2/index.php?on=details&id=43280&nid=2 June 22, 2012 mdy-all May 8 – Maurice Sendak, American children's author and illustrator (born 1928)https://www.nytimes.com/20DecemberMaySeptemberbooks/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all The New York Times Margalit Fox Maurice Sendak, Children's Author, Dies at 83 May 8, 2012 May 12 – Walter Wink, American theologian and scholar (born 1935) May 15 Jean Craighead George, American novelist (born 1919)https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jean-craighead-george-author-of-my-side-of-the-mountain-and-julie-of-the-wolves-dies-at-92/20DecemberMay21/gIQAK67hgU_story.html Jean Craighead George, author of My Side of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves dies at 92 June 7, 2012 The Washington Post Emily Langer May 23, 2012June 2021 medicmedic Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (born 1928)https://www.nytimes.com/20DecemberMay16/books/carlos-fuentes-mexican-novelist-dies-at-83.html?_r=0 The New York Times Anthony DePalma Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Man of Letters, Dies at 83 May 15, 2012 May 26 – Leo Dillon, American children's author and illustrator (born 1933) June 5 Ray Bradbury, American science-fiction and fantasy author (born 1920)http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ray-bradbury-20120607,0,5622415.story?page=2&sc=3891293532255411816 Ray Bradbury, enduring author of fantasy, science fiction, dies at 91 – Page 2 Los Angeles Times June 7, 2012 Lynell George June 6, 2012 March 9, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220309060349/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2012-jun-07-la-me-ray-bradbury-excerpt-20120607-story.html live Barry Unsworth, English writer of historical fiction (born 1930)Alison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberjun/Augustbarry-unsworth-booker-prizewinner-dies Barry Unsworth, Booker prizewinner, dies at 81 The Guardian UK June 8, 2012 June 8, 2012 June 19 – Emili Teixidor, Catalan journalist and author (born 1933)https://www.ccma.cat/324/mor-lescriptor-i-pedagog-emili-teixidor-als-78-anys-a-causa-dun-cancer/noticia/1772893 Mor l'escriptor i pedagog Emili Teixidor als 78 anys a causa d'un càncer ca CCMA June 19, 2012 13 January 2024 August 24, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240824050631/https://www.ccma.cat/324/mor-lescriptor-i-pedagog-emili-teixidor-als-78-anys-a-causa-dun-cancer/noticia/1772893/ live June 23 – Marjorie Chibnall, medievalist, biographer and translator (born 1915) July 28 – Carol Kendall, American children's writer (born 1917)http://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=carol-kendall&pid=158795513#fbLoggedOut Carol Kendall: Obituary Lawrence Journal-World (ljworld.com) July 29, 2012 2012-07-29 December 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141223110737/http://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=carol-kendall&pid=158795513#fbLoggedOut live July 30 Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (born 1939)Patsy McGarry http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/20December0731/breaking6.html Tributes paid to 'national treasure' Maeve Binchy The Irish Times 31 July 2012 31 July 2012 Héctor Tizón, Argentinian writer and diplomat (born 1929)http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/107579/a-great-writer-and-a-wonderful-human-being A great writer and a wonderful human being Andrew Graham-Yooll Buenos Aires Herald July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012 August 21, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160350/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/107579/a-great-writer-and-a-wonderful-human-being live July 31 Mollie Hunter, Scottish novelist and children's writer (born 1922)7 August 2012 http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-mollie-hunter-mcilwraith-writer-1-2453621 Obituary: Mollie Hunter (McIlwraith), writer – Obituaries The Scotsman 2012-08-07 August 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170827043236/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-mollie-hunter-mcilwraith-writer-1-2453621 live Gore Vidal, American novelist, playwright and political commentator (born 1925)Jay Parini https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/01/gore-vidal-dies Gore Vidal Obituary The Guardian August 1, 2012 August 5, 2012 London November 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104210546/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/01/gore-vidal-dies live August 2 Amos Hakham, Israeli biblical scholar (born 1921)http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/246534#.UBs3LfbN8Uo First Winner of Bible Contest Dies at 91 Arutz Sheva 3 August 2012 August 5, 2012 February 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203023056/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/246534#.UBs3LfbN8Uo live Sir John Keegan, English military historian and journalist (born 1934)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html Sir John Keegan (obituary) The Daily Telegraph 2 August 2012 London April 3, 2018 October 20, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201020224809/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html live Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and film director (born 1917)http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/paysdelaloire_detail_-L-ecrivain-Gilbert-Prouteau-est-mort-ce-jeudi-a-l-age-de-95-ans_3723-2101456_actu.Htm L'écrivain Gilbert Prouteau est mort ce jeudi à l'âge de 95 ans – Challans – Cultures fr ouest-france.fr 2012-08-05 August 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120808235535/http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/paysdelaloire_detail_-L-ecrivain-Gilbert-Prouteau-est-mort-ce-jeudi-a-l-age-de-95-ans_3723-2101456_actu.Htm live August 4 – Henry Scholberg, American bibliographer (born 1921) August 6 – Robert Hughes, Australian critic and historian (born 1938)Kennedy Randy 6 August 2012 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/arts/robert-hughes-art-critic-whose-writing-was-elegant-and-contentious-dies-at-74.html?pagewanted=all Robert Hughes, Art Critic Whose Writing Was Elegant and Contentious, Dies at 74 The New York Times 22 February 2013 August 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210815124359/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/arts/robert-hughes-art-critic-whose-writing-was-elegant-and-contentious-dies-at-74.html?pagewanted=all live August 11 – Heidi Holland, South African journalist and author (born 1947)Heidi Holland obituary https://web.archive.org/web/20190402112637/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9481012/Heidi-Holland.html April 2, 2019 , The Daily Telegraph, 16 August 2012 August 22 – Nina Bawden, English novelist and children's writer (born 1925)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341736 Author Nina Bawden dies aged 87 BBC News 22 August 2012 22 August 2012 November 23, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123151253/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341736 live September 6 – Horacio Vázquez-Rial, Argentine-born Spanish writer (cancer, born 1947)Spain's Great Forgotten Writer Horacio Vazquez-Rial Dies http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/20DecemberSeptemberJunespain-great-forgotten-writer-horacio-vazquez-rial-dies/ FoxNews Latino 7 September 2012 7 September 2012April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes September 8 – Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and novelist (born 1939)Jon Tolaas Store norske leksikon Godal Anne Marit Anne Marit Godal Norsk nettleksikon Oslo http://snl.no/Jon_Tolaas no 27 September 2012 June 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629194248/http://snl.no/Jon_Tolaas live September 10 Ernesto de la Peña, Mexican writer (born 1927)http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=573839&CategoryId=13003 Mexican Writer Ernesto de la Peña Dies Latin American Herald Tribune 2012-09-10 September 29, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041219/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=573839&CategoryId=13003 Hans Joachim Störig, German writer, lexicographer and translator (born 1915)http://www.boersenblatt.net/548526/ Hans Joachim Störig ist gestorben: "Ein umfassend gebildeter Mensch" | Personalia boersenblatt.net 2012-09-16 October 28, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121028234829/http://www.boersenblatt.net/548526/ September 12 – Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet (born 1946)Фото: Сергей Семенов / Коммерсантъ http://kommersant.ru/doc/2021337?NodesID=8 Ъ-Газета – Иная логика письма Kommersant.ru 2012-08-14 2012-09-14 September 17, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120917081456/http://kommersant.ru/doc/2021337?NodesID=8 live September 14 – Louis Simpson, American poet (Alzheimer's disease, born 1923)https://www.nytimes.com/20DecemberSeptember18/arts/louis-simpson-a-pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-dies-at-89.html?_r=1 Louis Simpson a Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet dies at 89 The New York Times 2012-09-18 Mervyn Rothstein September 17, 2012 subscription September 15 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian writer (born 1918)http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=159942306 Fred BODSWORTH Obituary: View Fred BODSWORTH's Obituary by Toronto Star Legacy.com 2012-09-15 2012-09-19 November 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121102064431/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=159942306 live September 20 Robert G. Barrett, Australian author (cancer, born 1942)http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-21/larrikin-writer-robert-barrett-dies/4274020 Larrikin author Robert G. Barrett dies ABC News September 21, 2012 abc.net.au 22 September 2012 October 31, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161031023441/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-21/larrikin-writer-robert-barrett-dies/4274020 live Tereska Torrès, French writer (born 1920) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9566294/Tereska-Torres.html Tereska Torrès The Telegraph September 25, 2012 2012-09-26 London September 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145421/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9566294/Tereska-Torres.html live September 21 – Sven Hassel (Børge Pedersen), Danish novelist (born 1917)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/02/sven-hassel Sven Hassel obituary The Guardian 2 October 2012 17 March 2014 August 24, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240824050545/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/02/sven-hassel live September 22 – Irving Adler, American author, mathematician, and scientist (born 1913)https://www.nytimes.com/20DecemberSeptember27/books/irving-adler-author-of-science-and-math-books-for-the-young-dies-at-99.html?ref=obituaries&_r=1& Irving Adler, Author of Science and Math Books for the Young, Dies at 99 The New York Times 2012-09-28 Dennis Hevesi September 27, 2012 October 7 – Ivo Michiels (Henri Paul René Ceuppens), Belgian writer in Flemish (born 1923)http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20121007_019 Ivo Michiels overleden Standaard.be 2009-04-30 2012-10-07 October 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121029034705/http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20121007_019 live October 21 – George McGovern, American politician and writer (born 1922)https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/family-spokesman-george-mcgovern-dead-age-90-17527808#.UIPdP0LhDw4 Family Spokesman: George McGovern Dead at Age 90 Associated Press ABC News October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022224227/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/family-spokesman-george-mcgovern-dead-age-90-17527808#.UIPdP0LhDw4 October 22, 2012 October 25 – Aude, Canadian novelist (born 1947)http://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-litteraire/2012/10/29/lauteure-quebecoise-aude-est-decedee/ L'auteure québécoise Aude est décédée Voir October 29, 2012 August 9, 2022 September 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160920141754/https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-litteraire/2012/10/29/lauteure-quebecoise-aude-est-decedee/ live October 29 – J. Bernlef, Dutch writer (born 1937)http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/20DecemberOctoberdutch_writer_j_bernlef_dies.php Dutch writer J Bernlef dies Dutch News 30 October 2012 30 October 2012 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes November 2 Han Suyin, Chinese-born novelist (born 1916)Alison Lake https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/han-suyin-chinese-born-author-of-a-many-splendoured-thing-dies-at-95/2012/11/04/55d11efe-e887-11e0-9660-be84fb24c979_story_1.html Han Suyin, Chinese-born author of 'A Many-Splendoured Thing,' dies at 95 The Washington Post 4 November 2012 January 13, 2024 October 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181019121936/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/han-suyin-chinese-born-author-of-a-many-splendoured-thing-dies-at-95/2012/11/04/55d11efe-e887-11e0-9660-be84fb24c979_story_1.html live János Rózsás, Hungarian writer (born 1926)http://index.hu/kultur/20DecemberNovemberFebruarymeghalt_rozsas_janos_iro/ Index – Kultúr – Meghalt Rózsás János író Index.hu 2012-11-02 huApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes November 19 – Boris Strugatsky, Soviet Russian writer (pneumonia, born 1925)http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/20DecemberNovember121119_rn_boris_strugatsky_dies.shtml BBC Russian – Лента новостей – Умер писатель-фантаст Борис Стругацкий Bbc.co.uk 1970-01-01 2012-11-19September 2025 medicmedic November 20 – Ivan Kušan, Croatian writer (born 1933)http://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/knjizevnik-ivan-kusan-preminuo-80-godini-clanak-477506 Književnik Ivan Kušan preminuo u 80. godini Zajović Milena 2012-11-20 Večernji list hr 20 November 2012 November 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121127175152/http://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/knjizevnik-ivan-kusan-preminuo-80-godini-clanak-477506 live November 22 – Jan Trefulka, Czech writer and dissident (renal failure, born 1929)http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-writer-dissident-jan-trefulka-dies/869256 Czech writer, dissident Jan Trefulka dies Czech News Agency 2012-11-22 December 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121212101826/http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-writer-dissident-jan-trefulka-dies/869256 live December 1 – Ahmed Taib El Alj, Moroccan playwright (born 1928)https://hespress.news/chkoun/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%AC/ ar Hespress, Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj Hespress News 9 April 2019 23 January 2022 April 25, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230425182848/https://hespress.news/chkoun/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%AC/ live December 4 – Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (born 1932) December 5, 2012 http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/379831/ Vasily Belov has never recovered from desecration of a church in his own village NTV Russia March 1, 2012 December 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121205065859/http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/379831/ live December 6 – Jan Carew, Guyanese novelist, poet and dramatist (born 1920)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/21/jan-carew Jan Carew obituary 21 December 2012 Margaret Busby Margaret Busby The Guardian 13 January 2024 January 1, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230101154018/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/21/jan-carew live December 16 – Fan Vavřincová, Czech screenwriter, novelist, and author (born 1917)Fan Vavřincová http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/59186-fan-vavrincova/ ČSFD.cz 2013-01-06 December 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161214151642/http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/59186-fan-vavrincova/ live December 28 – Jayne Cortez, African-American poet (born 1934)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jayne-Cortez Jayne Cortez Encyclopaedia Britannica December 24, 2021 January 13, 2024 March 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240304080922/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jayne-Cortez live December 31 – Jovette Marchessault, Canadian novelist and playwright (born 1938)"Jovette Marchessault, écrivaine et artiste, est décédée à l'âge de 74 ans" https://web.archive.org/web/20240824050628/https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/theatre/367454/jovette-marchessault-ecrivaine-et-artiste-est-decedee-a-l-age-de-74-ans August 24, 2024 . Le Devoir, January 2, 2013. Awards thumb|Mo Yan in Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature Caine Prize for African Writing: Babatunde Rotimi, "Bombay's Republic" Camões Prize: Dalton Trevisan Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Patrick Ness, A Monster CallsHahn 2015, p. 661 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: Gene WolfeAlison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberdec/14/gene-wolfe-grand-master-award Gene Wolfe wins grand master award for science fiction and fantasy The Guardian 14 December 2012 14 December 2012 London Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, Amber Dawn; honour of distinction, Mariko Tamaki. Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Joshua Knelman, Hot ArtFaculty of Arts, November 7, 2012, Edna Staebler Award,Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved November16/2012 European Book Prize: Rolf Bauerdick, Madonna on the moon, and Luuk van Middelaar, Europe's passage Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Liao Yiwu Governor General's Awards: Multiple categories; see 2012 Governor General's Awards. Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction: Candace Savage, A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape International Dublin Literary Award: Jon McGregor, Even the DogsAlison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/20Decemberjun/13/jon-mcgregor-wins-impac-literary-award Jon McGregor wins International Impac Dublin Literary Award The Guardian June 13, 2012 June 13, 2012 London International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Rabee Jaber, The Druze of Belgrade Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2012 Lambda Literary Awards. Man Booker Prize: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Miles Franklin Award: Anna Funder, All That I Am.2012 Winner, Anna FunderApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes , Miles Franklin Literary Awards, 20 June 2012. Accessed 23 June 2013. Archived, July 15, 2013.Anna Funder wins Miles FranklinMay 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes, "Lateline" 20/June2012 National Biography Award: The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian AnthropologistDr Martin Thomas wins 2012 National Biography Award May 14, 2012 http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/story/dr-martin-thomas-wins-2012-national-biography-award Australian National University 22 July 2013 February 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225052103/http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/story/dr-martin-thomas-wins-2012-national-biography-award live National Book Award for Fiction: to The Round House by Louise Erdrich National Book Critics Circle Award: to Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain Nobel Prize in Literature: Mo Yanhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/20December10Novemberbreaking27.html Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel prize The Irish Times 11 October 2012 11 October 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction: to The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: John Agard Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13 SAARC Literary Award: Fakrul Alam, Ayesha Zee Khan Scotiabank Giller Prize: Will Ferguson, 419 Whiting Awards: Fiction: Alan Heathcock, Anthony Marra, Hanna Pylväinen; Nonfiction: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts; Plays: Danai Gurira, Samuel D. Hunter, Mona Mansour, Meg Miroshnik; Poetry: Ciaran Berry, Atsuro Riley Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award: Nino Ricci See also List of literary awards List of poetry awards 2012 in Australian literature Notes Hahn Daniel The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature 2015 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-871554-2 2nd References 30em External links Literary events in 2012 at The Guardian Books to watch out for in autumn 2012 at The Guardian Popular Books of 2012 at Goodreads Published 2012 Books at Goodreads 2012 Books at Goodreads Category:2012-related lists