2020 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2020.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Events

New books

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

Fiction

Children and young people

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Biography and memoirs

  • Lee Lawrence The Louder I Will Sing (September 17, UK)[11]

Deaths

Awards

The following list is arranged alphabetically:

Drama: Will Arbery[67]
Fiction: Andrea Lawlor,[68] Ling Ma,[69] and Genevieve Sly Crane[70]
Nonfiction: Jaquira Díaz [71] and Jia Tolentino[72]
Poetry: Aria Aber,[73] Dianely Antigua,[74] Jake Skeets,[75] and Genya Turovskaya[76]

References

  1. "Coronavirus: Austria and Italy reopen some shops as lockdown eased". BBC News. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. "JK Rowling unveils The Ickabog, her first non-Harry Potter children's book". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. Italie, Hillel (2020-06-25). "Early, rarely seen Alcott story published in Strand Magazine". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. Flood, Alison (2020-07-31). "Booker prize-longlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga arrested in Zimbabwe". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. Flood, Alison (2020-08-28). "German library pays £2.5m for 'friendship book', 400 years after it first tried to buy it". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  6. "Harry Potter first edition fetches £60,000 at auction". BBC News. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  7. "Rare Sir Isaac Newton book sells for £24k at auction". BBC News. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  8. "Shakespeare First Folio fetches a record $10m at auction". BBC News. 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  9. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/viacomcbs-sells-simon-schuster-to-penguin-random-house-for-2-billion.html
  10. "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books. February 5, 2020.
  11. "Costa Book Awards". Costa Coffee. 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  12. "12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read". CBC Books, May 5, 2020.
  13. "The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett: 9780525536291". Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  14. "'Love, Creekwood' is the Simonverse Epilogue We've Been Waiting For". Epic Reads. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  15. Deen, Sarah. "Zoella turns to crime as she introduces new book series The Magpie Society". Metro. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  16. Flood, Alison (2020-04-20). "Jacqueline Wilson reveals publicly that she is gay". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  17. Elizabeth Wurtzel, ‘Prozac Nation’ author who spurred a memoir boom, dies at 52
  18. "Breaking News: Chukwuemeka Ike is dead". Sun News Online. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  19. Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary
  20. Garth, John (20 January 2020). "Christopher Tolkien obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  21. Le poète Charles Carrère n'est plus (in French)
  22. Fallece el escritor Armando Uribe a los 86 años de edad « Diario y Radio U Chile
  23. Författaren och regissören Jörn Donner har dött – blev 86 år, read 29 February 2020.
  24. Cohen, Noah (1 February 2020). "Mary Higgins Clark, bestselling mystery author who called N.J. home, dies at 92". nj.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  25. Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90
  26. Noted Barbadian poet and historian Brathwaite dies
  27. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-veteran-journalist-christie-blatchford-was-known-for-her-work-ethic/
  28. 'True Grit' Novelist Charles Portis Dies at 86
  29. Prominent Greek Poet Kiki Dimoula Died - The National Herald
  30. Clive Cussler: Dirk Pitt novels author dies aged 88 - BBC News
  31. Noted Taiwanese poet Yang Mu dies at 79
  32. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/legendary-broadway-playwright-terrence-mcnally-remembered-for-bringing-the-complexity-of-gay-life-to-the-stage-2020-03-30
  33. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/books/tomie-de-paola-dead.html
  34. Romei, Stephen (2 April 2020). "Australian poet Bruce Dawe dies, aged 90". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  35. Dixler, Elsa (April 3, 2020). "Patricia Bosworth, Actress-Turned-Author, Dies at 86". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  36. "Renowned Guelph children's author Jean Little passes away". GuelphToday. Village Media. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  37. Aguilar, Andrea (April 16, 2020). "El escritor chileno Luis Sepúlveda muere de coronavirus en Oviedo". EL PAÍS.
  38. "Författaren PO Enquist är död" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  39. Yahya Hassan er død (in Danish)
  40. Famed Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya dies at age 82
  41. "Cofio'r llenor a'r 'cawr diwylliannol' Emyr Humphreys". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  42. "Derek Mahon, one of Ireland's leading poets, has died, aged 78". Irish Times. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  43. https://allenginsberg.org/2020/10/diane-di-prima-1934-2020/
  44. המשורר וחתן פרס ישראל נתן זך מת בגיל 89 (in Yiddish)
  45. "Умер Михаил Жванецкий". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  46. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/books/ben-bova-dies.html
  47. Nuyorican Poets Cafe Co-Founder Miguel Algarín Dies at 79
  48. Alison Lurie, Tart-Voiced Novelist of Manners, Dies at 94
  49. A statement from Jonny Geller, CEO, The Curtis Brown Group
  50. "第163回芥川賞 高山羽根子さん『首里の馬』と遠野遥『破局』がダブル受賞". bunshun.jp (in Japanese). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  51. Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (4 April 2020), "Namwali Serpell Wins the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Award for The Old Drift", Brittle Paper.
  52. Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  53. "Let it flow: A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path wins 42nd Diagram Prize". The Bookseller. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  54. "Caine Prize 2020: British Nigerian author Irenosen Okojie". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  55. "Merky author Derek Owusu wins Desmond Elliott prize for 'profound' debut".
  56. "Dylan Thomas prize £30,000 winner named". BBC News. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  57. "Deutscher Buchpreis 2020 für Anne Weber". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Frankfurt. dpa. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  58. https://www.cnn.com/cnn/2020/10/08/opinions/nobel-prize-literature-louise-gluck-matters-hofmann/index.html
  59. https://www.affaritaliani.it/libri-editori/il-colibri-di-veronesi-premiato-anche-in-francia-presto-uscita-in-26-paesi-717670.html
  60. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/07/22/2065975/0/en/Pritzker-Military-Museum-Library-Announces-2020-Literature-Award-Recipient.html
  61. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/30/herve-le-tellier-wins-prix-goncourt-france-books-world-reopen-l-anomalie
  62. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/colson-whitehead-awarded-second-pulitzer-prize/
  63. https://www.them.us/story/2-black-queer-writers-awarded-2020-pulitzer-prizes?intcid=inline_amp
  64. https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/gil-adamson-jessica-j-lee-win-writers-trust-2020-literary-prizes
  65. https://mia.mk/amir-or-named-struga-poetry-evenings-laureate/?lang=en
  66. "Irish author wins Walter Scott fiction prize". BBC News. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  67. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/will-arbery#/
  68. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/andrea-lawlor#/
  69. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/ling-ma#/
  70. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/genevieve-sly-crane#/
  71. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/jaquira-d%C3%ADaz#/
  72. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/jia-tolentino#/
  73. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/aria-aber#/
  74. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/diannely-antigua#/
  75. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/jake-skeets#/
  76. https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/genya-turovskaya#/
  77. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/09/maggie-o-farrell-wins-womens-prize-for-fiction-with-exceptional-hamnet
  78. http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction
  79. https://www.tvp.info/49878546/durs-grnbein-laureatem-nagrody-literackiej-im-zbigniewa-herberta
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