2025 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2025.

Anniversaries

• 14 January – Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 18 January – Gilles Deleuze was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 20 January – Ernesto Cardenal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 20 January – Eugen Gomringer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 1 February – Alfred Grosser was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 4 February – Russell Hoban was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 6 February – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 22 February – Edward Gorey was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 24 February – Etel Adnan was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 10 March – Manolis Anagnostakis was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 12 March – Harry Harrison was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 21 March – Peter Brook was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 25 March – Flannery O'Connor was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 11 May – Rubem Fonseca was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 27 May – Jean-Paul Aron was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 27 May – Tony Hillerman was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 6 June – Thomas Mann was born in 1875 (150th Anniversary).
• 10 June – James Salter was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 30 June – Philippe Jaccottet was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 19 July – Jean-Pierre Faye was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 20 July – Frantz Fanon was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 26 July – Ana María Matute was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 1 August – Ernst Jandl was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 18 August – Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 25 August – Thea Astley was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 27 August – Saiichi Maruya was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 6 September – Andrea Camilleri was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 15 September – Giuseppe Fava was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 19 September – Tatsuhiro Ōshiro was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 24 September – Kunio Tsuji was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 3 October – Gore Vidal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 11 October – Elmore Leonard was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 13 October – Frank D. Gilroy was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 20 October – Art Buchwald was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 2 November – Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
• 14 November – Jean Paul died in 1825 (200th Anniversary).
• 4 December
• Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 (150th Anniversary).
• Hannah Arendt died in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
• 5 December – E. Marlitt was born in 1825 (200th Anniversary).
• 7 December – Thornton Wilder died in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
• 8 December – Carmen Martín Gaite was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 12 December – Ahmad Shamlou was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• 16 December – Jane Austen was born in 1775 (250th Anniversary).
• 19 December
• Tankred Dorst was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
• Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975 (50th Anniversary).
• 21 December – Giovanni Boccaccio died in 1375 (650th Anniversary).

New books

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Fiction

Children and young adults

Poetry

Translations

Notable translations first published in English:

Drama

Nonfiction

Biography and memoirs

Deaths

Awards

Notable new movies and TV series based on books

Below are some of the most prominent film and television productions expected to premiere/broadcast during 2025:

See also

References