This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005.
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Films
Deaths
- January 4 â Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, children's fiction writer and radio broadcaster (born 1946)
- January 7 â Pierre Daninos, French novelist (born 1913)
- January 14 â Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (born 1922)
- January 15
- Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (born 1920)
- Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (born 1913)
- January 19 â K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (suicide; born 1974)
- January 20 â Roland Frye, American theologian and critic (born 1921)
- January 21
- John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917)
- Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (born 1907)
- January 24 â Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (born 1933)
- January 25 â Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator (born 1923)
- January 29 â Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born 1924)
- February 10 â Arthur Miller, American playwright (born 1915)
- February 11 â Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (born 1944)
- February 20 â Hunter S. Thompson, American writer, creator of Gonzo journalism (born 1937)
- February 21 â Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (born 1929)
- February 25 â Phoebe Hesketh, English poet (born 1909)
- March 7 â Willis Hall, English playwright (born 1929)
- March 8
- Alice Thomas Ellis, English novelist, essayist and cookery book author (born 1932)
- Anna Haycraft, English novelist (born 1932)
- March 10 â Patience Gray, English cookery and travel writer (born 1917)
- March 17 â Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (born 1912)
- March 22 â Anthony Creighton, English playwright (born 1922)
- March 30 â Robert Creeley, American poet (born 1926)
- April 5 â Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (born 1915)
- April 7 â Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (meningitis, born 1964)
- April 26 â Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (born 1917)
- May 7 â Tristan Egolf, American novelist (suicide, born 1971)
- June 9 â Hovis Presley, English poet (heart attack, born 1960)
- June 10 â Nick Darke, Cornish playwright (cancer, born 1948)
- June 14 â Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (born 1923)
- June 16 â Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (born 1905)
- June 20 â Larry Collins, American novelist (born 1929)
- June 22 â William Donaldson, English satirist (born 1935)
- June 27 â Shelby Foote, American novelist (born 1916)
- June 28 â Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (born 1932)
- June 30 â Christopher Fry, English dramatist (born 1907)
- July 6
- Evan Hunter, American novelist (born 1926)
- Claude Simon, French Nobel laureate in literature (born 1913)
- July 7 â Gustaf Sobin, American poet (born 1935)
- July 17 â Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (born 1924)
- July 19 â Edward Bunker, American crime writer (born 1933)
- August 9 â Judith Rossner, American novelist (born 1935)
- August 16 â William Corlett, English author and playwright (born 1938)
- August 21 â Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (born 1036)
- August 29 â Sybil Marshall, English novelist (born 1913)
- September 3 â R. S. R. Fitter, English nature writer (born 1913)
- September 26 â Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (born 1934)
- September 27
- Ronald Pearsall, English writer (born 1927)
- Mary Lee Settle, American novelist (born 1918)
- October 2 â August Wilson, American playwright (born 1945)
- October 17 â Ba Jin (å·´éÂÂ), Chinese novelist (born 1904)
- October 31 â Amrita Pritam, Indian Punjabi poet and novelist (born 1919)
- November 1 â Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (born 1915)
- November 2 â Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian
- November 4 â Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (born 1932)
- November 5 â John Fowles, English writer (born 1926)
- November 21 â Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (born 1907)
- November 26 â Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (born 1923)
- December 1 â Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist
- December 2 â Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (born 1925)
- December 9 â Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (born 1928)
- December 15 â Julián MarÃÂas, Spanish philosopher and author (born 1914)
- December 16 â Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (born 1921)
Awards
Australia
Canada
Sweden
United Kingdom
- Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting (first award): Duncan Macmillan, Monster
- Caine Prize for African Writing: S. A. Afolabi, "Monday Morning"
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Mal Peet, Tamar
- Cholmondeley Award: Jane Duran, Christopher Logue, M. R. Peacocke, Neil Rollinson
- Commonwealth Writers Prize: Andrea Levy, Small Island
- Dagger of Daggers: John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)
- Eric Gregory Award: Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Jaim Smith
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Ian McEwan, Saturday
- Man Booker International Prize (first award): Ismail Kadare
- Man Booker Prize: John Banville, The Sea
- Samuel Johnson Prize: Jonathan Coe, Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Somerset Maugham Award: Justin Hill, Passing Under Heaven; Maggie O'Farrell, The Distance Between Us
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award: Hilary Spurling, Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954
United States
Fiction: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Nell Freudenberger, Seth Kantner, John Keene (fiction/poetry)
Plays: Rinne Groff
Poetry: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith
Other
See also
Notes
References