This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2015.
Events
Anniversaries
New books
The date in brackets after a title refers to U.S. publication unless otherwise stated.
Fiction
Children and young people
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
Films
Deaths
- January 1 â Miller Williams, American poet, 84 (born 1930)
- January 4 â Michele Serros, American novelist, poet, and staff writer, 48 (born 1966)
- January 10 â Robert Stone, American novelist, 77 (born 1937)
- January 12 â John Bayley, novelist and critic, 89 (born 1925)
- January 25 â John Leggett, American author and academic, 97 (born 1917)
- January 27 â Suzette Haden Elgin, American linguist and science fiction author, 78 (born 1936)
- January 28 â Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic, 90 (born 1924)
- January 29 â Colleen McCullough, Australian author, 77 (born 1937)
- February 6
- André Brink, South African novelist and professor of literature, (born 1935)
- Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, (born 1936)
- February 13 â Faith Bandler, Australian author and civil rights activist, 96 (born 1918)
- February 14 â Philip Levine, American poet laureate, 87 (born 1928)
- February 23 â James Aldridge, Australian-born British novelist and journalist, 96 (born 1918)
- February 26
- Fritz J. Raddatz, German feuilleton writer, essayist and biographer (suicide, born 1931)
- Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American writer, 42 (stabbed, born 1972)
- February 28 â YaÃ
Âar Kemal, Turkish writer and intellectual (born 1923)
- March 12 â Sir Terry Pratchett, English author of fantasy novels, 66 (posterior cortical atrophy, born 1948)
- March 18 â Grace Ogot, Kenyan writer, 84 (born 1930)
- March 24 â Alan Seymour, Australian playwright, 87 (born 1927)
- March 26 â Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and Nobel prizewinner, 83 (born 1931)
- April 9 â Ivan Doig, American novelist, 75 (born 1939).
- April 13
- Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, 74 (lung cancer, born 1940)
- Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and Nobel prizewinner, 87 (lung infection, born 1927)
- April 15 â Rosemary Tonks, English poet and novelist, 85 (born 1928)
- May 2 â Ruth Rendell, English crime and thriller writer, 85 (born 1930)
- May 2 â William Zinsser American journalist and critic (born 1922)
- May 20 â J. S. Harry, Australian poet, 76 (born 1939)
- May 23 â Moyra Caldecott, English writer, 87 (born 1927)
- June 19 â James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer, 90 (born 1925)
- July 21 â E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, 84 (born 1931)
- July 31 â Alan Cheuse, American writer and radio reviewer, 75 (born 1940)
- August 30 â Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author (Awakenings), 82 (born 1933)
- October 2 â Brian Friel, Irish playwright and short-story writer, 86 (born 1929)
- October 5 â Henning Mankell, Swedish novelist, childrenâÂÂs author and playwright, 67 (born 1948)
- October 7 â W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author, 87 (born 1928)
- October 18
- Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian novelist and cultural critic, 70 (born 1945)
- Paul West, English-born American novelist, poet and essayist, 85 (born 1930)
- October 27 â Mitzura Arghezi, Romanian book editor, illustrator, and politician (born 1924)
- November 30:
- Dan Fante, American author and playwright, 71 (born 1944)
- Hazel Holt, English novelist, 87 (born 1928)
- November 30 â Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan scholar and writer, 75 (born 1940)
- December 5 â William McIlvanney, Scottish novelist, short-story writer and poet, 79 (born 1936)
- December 9 â Akiyuki Nosaka, Japanese writer (Grave of the Fireflies), 85 (born 1930)
- December 16 - Peter Dickinson, English author and poet (born 1927)
Awards
- Akutagawa Prize, Japan: Masatsugu Ono for ' (A Prayer Nine Years Ago)
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, U.S.: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: How to Be Both by Ali Smith
- Caine Prize for African Writing: Namwali Serpell, The Sack
- Camões Prize, Portugal: Hélia Correia
- David Cohen Prize: Tony Harrison
- Dayne Ogilvie Prize, Canada: Alex Leslie
- Desmond Elliott Prize, U.K.: Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
- DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, India
- Folio Prize, U.K.: Family Life by Akhil Sharma
- European Book Prize: Jean-Pierre Orban, Vera and, Robert Menasse, Der Europäische Landbote
- Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Navid Kermani
- German Book Prize: Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 by Frank Witzel
- Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia: Bei Dao (China)
- Goldsmiths Prize, U.K.: Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
- Gordon Burn Prize, U.K.: In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, Canada: Guy Vanderhaeghe, Daddy Lenin and Other Stories
- Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Canada: Nicolas Dickner, Six degrés de liberté
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Les Prépondérants by Hédi Kaddour; ' by Boualem Sansal
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Italian by Shukri Mabkhout, Tunisia
- International Dublin Literary Award: Harvest by Jim Crace
- Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award: Blue Is the Night by Eoin McNamee
- Man Booker Prize: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize: Fernando del Paso
- Miles Franklin Award: The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
- National Book Award for Fiction, U.S.: Fortune Smiles By Adam Johnson
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Svetlana Alexievich, Belarus
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish
- PEN Center USA 2015 Fiction Award: Robert Thomas, Bridge
- Premio Planeta de Novela, Spain: Hombres desnudos by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett; La isla de Alice by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
- Premio Strega, Italy: Nicola Lagioia
- Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, U. S.: David Hackett Fischer
- Prix Goncourt: Boussole by Mathias ÃÂnard
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, U.S.: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: U.S.: Digest by Gregory Pardlo
- RBC Taylor Prize, Canada: They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Canada: André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs
- Russian Booker Prize: Vera by Alexander Snegirev
- SAARC Literary Award: Sitakant Mahapatra, Selina Hossain, Suman Pokhrel, Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary, Aryan Aroon
- Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, U.K.: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
- Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada: André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, U.K.: The Ten Thousand Things by John Spurling
- Whiting Awards, U.S.: Fiction: Leopoldine Core, Dan Josefson, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi; Nonfiction: Elena Passarello; Plays: Lucas Hnath, Anne Washburn; Poetry: Anthony Carelli, Aracelis Girmay, Jenny Johnson, Roger Reeves
- W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction, U.S.: Redeployment by Phil Klay
- Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: Ryszard Krynicki
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