1999 in literature
Overview of the events of 1999 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1999 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Thomas Berry – The Great Work: Our Way into the Future David Cairns – Berlioz: Volume 2, Servitude and Greatness 1832–1869 Wayson Choy – Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood The Dalai Lama – Ancient Wisdom, Modern World
Samuel R. Delany – Times Square Red, Times Square Blue Laurence des Cars – Les Préraphaélites : Un modernisme à l'anglaise Freeman Dyson – The Sun, the Genome and the Internet Koenraad Elst – Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke – Paracelsus: Essential Readings .John Steele Gordon – The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653–2000 Brian Greene – The Elegant Universe Deborah Harkness – John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster – The Century S.T. Joshi – Sixty Years of Arkham House Winona LaDuke – All our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life Bruce Lincoln – Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship Jamie Oliver – The Naked Chef W. G. Sebald – Luftkrieg und Literatur On the Natural History of Destruction )David Southwell – Conspiracy Theories Dejan Stojanović – Razgovori (Conversations)[ 19] Jean-Pierre Vernant – L'univers, les dieux, les hommes [ 20]
Births
Deaths
January 11 – Naomi Mitchison , Scottish novelist and poet (born 1897 )[ 21] January 16 – Dadie Rylands (George Rylands), English Shakespearean scholar (born 1902 )February 8 – Iris Murdoch , Irish-born novelist and philosopher (born 1919 )[ 22] February 20 – Sarah Kane , English playwright (suicide, born 1971 )[ 23] February 22 – William Bronk , American poet (born 1918 )[ 24] February 24 – Andre Dubus , American short story writer, essayist and autobiographer (born 1936 )[ 25] March 4
March 5 – John Figueroa , Jamaican poet (born 1920 )[ 27] March 8 – Adolfo Bioy Casares , Argentine author (born 1914 )[ 28] March 13
March 28 – Jim Turner , American editor (born 1945 )April 13 – Knut Hauge , Norwegian novelist, dramatist and children's writer (born 1911 )[ 31] May 8 – Soeman Hs , Indonesian novelist (born 1904 )May 10 – Shel Silverstein , American children's poet (born 1930 )[ 32] May 27 – Alice Adams , short story writer and novelist (born 1926 )June 14 – J. F. Powers , American writer (born 1917 )July 2 – Mario Puzo , American writer (born 1920 )[ 33] July 14 – Maria Banuș , Romanian poet and translator (born 1914 )September 25 – Marion Zimmer Bradley , American writer (born 1930 )[ 34] October 3 – Heinz G. Konsalik , German novelist (born 1921 )October 19
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Booker Prize : J. M. Coetzee , Disgrace Carnegie Medal for children's literature : Aidan Chambers , Postcards from No Man's Land [ 42] James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Timothy Mo , Renegade, or Halo2 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Kathryn Hughes , George Eliot : The Last VictorianCholmondeley Award : Vicki Feaver , Geoffrey Hill , Elma Mitchell , Sheenagh Pugh Eric Gregory Award : Ross Cogan , Matthew Hollis , Helen Ivory , Andrew Pidoux , Owen Sheers , Dan Wyke Orange Prize for Fiction : Suzanne Berne , A Crime in the Neighborhood Samuel Johnson Prize (first award): Antony Beevor , Stalingrad Whitbread Best Book Award : Seamus Heaney , Beowulf
United States
Fiction: Ehud Havazelet , Ben Marcus , Yxta Maya Murray , ZZ Packer
Nonfiction: Gordon Grice , Margaret Talbot
Plays: Naomi Iizuka
Poetry: Michael Haskell , Terrance Hayes , Martha Zweig
Elsewhere
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871554-2
References
^ Andrew Motion (20 May 1999). "The insider's story" . The Guardian . Retrieved 12 January 2021 . ^ Michael Kennedy (June 19, 2019). "Stephen King Recalls the Accident That Almost Ended His Life 20 Years Ago Today" . Screen Rant . Retrieved January 13, 2021 . ^ Scandinavian Review ^ Jenny Hartley; Sarah Turvey (2002). The Reading Groups Book ISBN 978-0-19-925596-2 ^ Helene Carol Weldt-Basson (1 May 2017). Masquerade and Social Justice in Contemporary Latin American Fiction ISBN 978-0-8263-5816-5 ^ Cecilia Konchar Farr (4 November 2004). Reading Oprah: How Oprah's Book Club Changed the Way America Reads ISBN 978-0-7914-6257-7 ^ Adam Mars-Jones (14 February 1999). "Blood is thicker than water - and twice as messy" . The Guardian . Retrieved 11 September 2021 . ^ Hahn 2015, p. 21
^ Hahn 2015, p. 140
^ Hahn 2015, p. 252
^ " . Time . Retrieved 12 January 2022 .^ GILLES, CAROL; PFANNENSTIEL, GENNIE (2000). "Talking about Books: Touching the Heart: Books that Amplify Life" (PDF) . Language Arts . 78 (1): 78–86. ISSN 0360-9170 . JSTOR 41483118 . Retrieved 12 January 2022 . ^ Hahn 2015, pp. 264-265
^ a b Olson, Danel (2011). 21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 ISBN 978-0-8108-7728-3 ^ Hahn 2015, p. 631
^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005 ISBN 978-1-85743-269-5 ^ Yvonne Ying Hsieh (2006). Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, ou, la philosophie de l'ouverture ISBN 978-1-883479-49-7 ^ Belgrade: Književna reč . Stojanović, Dejan (2009). "Sunce sebe gleda" . Open Library . Retrieved 2013-12-20 .
^ Belgrade: Književna reč . Stojanović, Dejan (2010). "Razgovori" . Open Library . Retrieved 2013-12-20 .
^ Rüf, Isabelle (16 October 1999). "Livres: Jean-Pierre Vernant: L'Univers, les dieux, les hommes" . Le Temps . Retrieved 29 October 2020 . ^ Jenni Calder (13 June 2019). The Burning Glass: The Life of Naomi Mitchison ISBN 978-1-912240-67-8 ^ Conradi, Peter J. (2004). "Murdoch, Dame (Jean) Iris (1919–1999)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/71228 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 ^ Hattenstone, Simon. The Guardian
^ Peter Appleborne (25 February 1999). "William M. Bronk, 81, a Poet Of Depth and Haunting Vision" . New York Times . Retrieved 4 May 2023 . ^ Dubus, Andre III. "Andre Dubus III: "What I'm working on now, I can't think about anyone liking" . Beatrice (Interview). Ron Hogan. Retrieved 2009-03-21 . ^ Bruce Weber (March 16, 1999). "Del Close, 64, a Comedian With a Flair for Improvisation" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-09-02 . ^ Pamela Beshoff, "Obituary: John Figueroa" , The Independent
^ O. Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. Kiribati . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 153. ^ Gifford, Denis (19 March 1999). "Obituary: Lee Falk" . The Independent . Archived from the original . Retrieved 15 February 2020 . ^ "KANIN, GARSON (1912–1999), U.S. playwright and director" . Jewish Virtual Library . Retrieved November 20, 2020 .^ "Knut Hauge" . Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011 .^ Michael Gray Baughan (2013). Shel Silverstein . Facts On File, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-4381-4936-3 ^ "Mario Puzo, Author Who Made 'The Godfather' a World Addiction, Is Dead at 78" . The New York Times ^ Adrian, Jack (30 September 1999). "Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley" The Independent Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2018-09-24 . ^ "Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006" . Findmypast.com . Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018 .^ Jefferson, Ann (2020-07-21). Nathalie Sarraute: A Life Between ISBN 978-0-691-20192-4 ^ John Mole (12 November 1999). "Obituary: E.J. Scovell" Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 13 January 2021 . ^ "Obituary for Paul Bowles" . The New York Times . 19 November 1999.^ "SFE: Cohen, Matt" . sf-encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 12 January 2022 .^ Norwich, John Julius, "Davis, Sir Rupert Charles Hart- (1907–1999)" , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2008
^ Severo, Richard; Mitgang, Herbert (December 14, 1999). "Joseph Heller, Darkly Surreal Novelist, Dies at 76" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 15, 2010 . ^ Hahn 2015, p. 660
^ Hahn 2015, p. 658
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