This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2013.
Events
- 21 January â An annual Orwell Day is instituted.
- 26 January â Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204.
- 7 March â World Book Day becomes a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries.
- April â J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books. The author's identity is revealed by the media in July.
- 23 April â World Book Night.
- 28 April â The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Simon Stephens' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London.
- 1 July â Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger.
- 3 September â The new Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the U.K., is opened by Malala Yousafzai. Its public spaces are integrated with those of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
- October â Jo Nesbø reveals himself as Tom Johansen, author of three forthcoming novels.
- 28 November â Three unpublished works by J. D. Salinger (died 2010), including "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", are leaked onto the internet.
Anniversaries
New books
Fiction
Children's and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Deaths
- 2 January
- Alexei Rudeanu, Romanian writer (born 1939)
- Teresa ToraÃ
Âska, Polish journalist and writer (born 1944)
- 7 January â MaruÃ
¡a Krese, Slovene poet, writer and journalist (born 1947)
- 10 January â Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet and short story writer (born 1924)
- 11 January â Robert Kee, English writer, journalist and broadcaster (born 1919)
- 18 January â Jacques Sadoul, French novelist, book editor and non-fiction writer (born 1934)
- 20 January
- Yemi Ajibade, Nigerian playwright and actor (born 1929)
- Dolores Prida, Cuban-American journalist and playwright (born 1943)
- Toyo Shibata (æ´ç°ãÂÂã¨), Japanese poet (born 1911)
- 24 January â Richard G. Stern, American novelist and educator (born 1928)
- 2 February â Sirajul Haq Memon, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar in Sindhi (born 1933)
- 3 February â Robert Anthony Welch, Irish author and academic (born 1947)
- 4 February â Margaret Frazer (Gail Lynn Brown), American historical novelist (born 1946)
- 5 February â Leda Mileva, Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat (born 1920)
- 7 February
- Niki Marangou, Cypriot writer and painter (born 1948)
- Jonathan Rendall, English author (born 1964)
- 8 February â Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (born 1934)
- 10 February â W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (born 1927)
- 12 February â Barnaby Conrad, American author (born 1922)
- 13 February â Oswald LeWinter, Austrian-born American writer (born 1931)
- 14 February
- Glenn Boyer, American author (born 1924)
- Mary Brave Bird, American Lakota writer and activist (born 1954)
- Friedrich Neznansky, Russian writer (born 1932)
- 17 February
- William Bridges, American author and business consultant (born 1933)
- Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (born 1923)
- Debbie Ford, American motivational author (born 1955)
- 23 February
- Maurice Rosy, Belgian comics writer (born 1927)
- Sylvia Smith, English writer (born 1945)
- 24 February â Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian author (born 1931)
- 26 February
- Jan Howard Finder, American science fiction writer (born 1939)
- Stéphane Hessel, German-born French author and diplomat (born 1917)
- 27 February
- Molly Lefebure, English writer (born 1919)
- Imants Ziedonis, Latvian poet (born 1933)
- 10 March â Robert Chrisman, American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founder of The Black Scholar (born 1937)
- 1 April â Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (born 1923)
- 11 April â Adam Galos, Polish historian (born 1924)
- 13 April â Nick Pollotta, American science fiction author (born 1954)
- 20 April
- Jocasta Innes, China-born English non-fiction writer (born 1934)
- E. L. Konigsburg, American children's novelist and illustrator (born 1930)
- 22 April â Clément Marchand, Canadian poet and journalist (born 1912)
- 1 May â Gregory Rogers, Australian children's author and illustrator (born 1957)
- 12 May â Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian (born 1932)
- 23 May â William Demby, American author (born 1922)
- 26 May â Jack Vance, American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer (born 1916)
- 6 June â Tom Sharpe, English comic novelist (born 1928)
- 9 June â Iain Banks, Scottish novelist (born 1954)
- 23 June â Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 12 July â Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer on anthropology (born 1920)
- 2 September â Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (born 1919)
- 18 September â Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German literary critic (born 1920)
- 21 September â Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet (shot dead, born 1935)
- 23 September
- Christopher Koch, Australian novelist (born 1932)
- ÃÂlvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist (born 1923)
- Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926)
- 1 October â Tom Clancy, American thriller writer (born 1947)
- 25 November â Joel Lane, English author, poet, and critic (born 1963)
- 11 December â Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (born 1929)
Awards
- Akutagawa Prize (Early): Kaori Fujino for Tsume to Me (çªã¨ç®) "Nails and Eyes"
- Caine Prize for African Writing: Tope Folarin, "Miracle"
- Camões Prize: Mia Couto
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award: (announced 11 June 2013)
- David Cohen Prize: Hilary Mantel
- Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, C. E. Gatchalian; honours of distinction, Anand Mahadevan, Barry Webster
- Dylan Thomas Prize: Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
- European Book Prize: Eduardo Mendoza, An Englishman in Madrid, and Arnaud Leparmentier, The French, gravediggers of the euro
- Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Svetlana Alexievich
- German Book Prize: Terézia Mora, Das Ungeheuer
- Goldsmiths Prize: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
- Gordon Burn Prize: Pig Iron by Ben Myers
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Governor General's Award for French-language fiction: Quand les guêpes se taisent by Stéphanie Pelletier
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Plonger by Christophe Ono-dit-Biot
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: John Scalzi for Redshirts
- International Dublin Literary Award: City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi
- Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2013 Lambda Literary Awards
- Man Booker Prize: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Miles Franklin Award: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
- National Biography Award (5 August): The Two Frank Thrings by Peter Fitzpatrick
- National Book Award for Fiction: The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
- National Book Critics Circle Award: to Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Alice Munro
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Premio Planeta de Novela: El cielo ha vuelto by Clara Sánchez
- Premio Strega: Resistere non serve a niente by Walter Siti
- Pritzker Military Library Literature Award: to Tim O'Brien
- Prix Goncourt: Au revoir lÃÂ -haut by Pierre Lemaitre
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
- Russian Booker Prize: ÃÂþ÷òÃÂðÃÂõýøõ ò ÃÂðýôöÃÂÃÂô (Return to Panjrud) by Andrei Volos
- SAARC Literary Award: Suman Pokhrel, Abhay K, Daya Dissanayake, Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid
- Samuel Johnson Prize: (announced November 2013) The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: Lynn Coady, Hellgoing
- Whiting Awards: Fiction: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (fiction/nonfiction), Amanda Coplin, Jennifer duBois, C.E. Morgan, Stephanie Powell Watts; Nonfiction: Morgan Meis, Clifford Thompson; Plays: Virginia Grise; Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips
- Women's Prize for Fiction: May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
- Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: W.S. Merwin
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