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The year 2010 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

Mario Vargas Llosa in 2010

February – The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", is officially opened.^[1]
April 3 – First release of the Apple iPad electronic book reading device.^[2]
April 12 – Little-known author Paul Harding wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel Tinkers (2009) published by tiny Bellevue Literary Press.^[2]
June 24 – Neil Gaiman becomes the first author to win both the Carnegie Medal in Literature and the Newbery Medal for the same book — The Graveyard Book.^[3]
July 27 – Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy becomes an international sensation. As of May 2010, a total of 27 million copies have been sold worldwide.^[4]^[5] On July 27 Amazon says Larsson is first author to sell more than 1 million Kindle e-books.^[2]
August 13 – Time magazine puts Jonathan Franzen on its cover for his novel Freedom, the first time an author has appeared here since 2000 with Stephen King.^[2]
October 7 – The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
October 12 – Howard Jacobson wins the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question
November 9 – Johanna Skibsrud wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists.^[6]
November 16 – The 2010 Governor General's Awards are announced. Winners include Dianne Warren for English fiction, Kim Thúy for French fiction, Richard Greene for poetry and Robert Chafe for drama.^[7]
November – Mark Twain's Autobiography is published (officially) 100 years after the author's death, the delay instructed by Twain himself. Unofficial copies had been published multiple times throughout the 20th century.
Book censorship in the Republic of Ireland by the state ceases as all prior bans expire.

Awards

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Gerbrand Bakker, The Twin
Petrarca-Preis: Pierre Michon, for his body of work
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life^[8]
Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 2010 Lambda Literary Awards.
Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Main award, Nancy Jo Cullen; honours of distinction, Lisa Foad, George K. Ilsley.
Governor General's Awards: Multiple categories; see 2010 Governor General's Awards.
Scotiabank Giller Prize: Johanna Skibsrud, The Sentimentalists
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Emma Donoghue, Room
Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction: James FitzGerald, What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past
Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award: Miriam Toews
Camões Prize: Ferreira Gullar
Miles Franklin Award: Peter Temple, Truth
Nobel Prize in Literature: to Mario Vargas Llosa
Man Booker Prize: to The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Orange Prize for Fiction: to The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: to Tinkers by Paul Harding
National Book Award for Fiction: to Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
National Book Critics Circle Award: to A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: to War Dances by Sherman Alexie

New works

Deaths

January 1
- Bingo Gazingo, 85, American performance poet
- Billy Arjan Singh, 92, Indian author
January 2 – Rajendra Keshavlal Shah, 96, Indian poet
January 3 – Isak Rogde, 62, Norwegian translator
January 4
- Knox Burger, 87, American editor, writer, and literary agent
- Hywel Teifi Edwards, 74, Welsh historian and writer
January 5 – Bernard Le Nail, 63, French writer, historian
January 6 – George Leonard, 86, American writer, editor
January 8 – Slavka Maneva, 75, Macedonian writer and poet
January 9 – Laura Chapman Hruska, 74, American writer, co-founder and editor in chief of Soho Press
January 11 – Miep Gies, 100, Austrian-born Dutch friend and biographer of Anne Frank
January 14 – P. K. Page, 93, Canadian poet
January 16 – Takumi Shibano, 83, Japanese novelist
January 17 – Erich Segal, 72, American professor, author
January 18 – Robert B. Parker, 77, American detective writer (Spenser series, Jesse Stone novels)
January 19 – Vladimir Karpov, 87, Russian writer, Chairman of the USSR Union of Writers (1986–1991)
Robert B. Parker
January 20 – Abraham Sutzkever, 96, Polish-born Israeli poet.
January 21 – Paul Quarrington, 56, Canadian novelist
January 26 – Louis Auchincloss, 92, American novelist
January 27
- J. D. Salinger, 91, American novelist (The Catcher in the Rye)
- Howard Zinn, 87, American historian (A People's History of the United States)
January 31
- Kage Baker, 57, American science fiction and fantasy author
- Tomás Eloy Martínez, 75, Argentine writer
February 2
- Rosa Lobato de Faria, 77, Portuguese writer
- Eustace Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer
February 5
- Peter Calvocoressi, 97, British historian, publisher
- Brooks Thomas, 78, American publisher (Harper and Row)
February 6 – Robert Dana, 80, American poet
February 7 – William Tenn, 89, American science fiction writer
Robert Dana
February 8 – Wahei Tatematsu, 62, Japanese novelist,
February 10 – H. V. F. Winstone, 83, British writer
February 11 – Colin Ward, 85, British anarchist writer
February 13 – Lucille Clifton, 73, American poet
February 14 – Dick Francis, 89, British novelist
February 16 – Jim Harmon, 76, American science fiction writer
February 17 – Arnold Beichman, 96, American writer
February 23 – Mervyn Jones, 87, British biographer and novelist
February 27 – Carlos Montemayor, 62, Mexican writer
March 1 – Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer
March 3 – Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer
March 8 – Jerry E. Smith, 59, American author
March 9 – Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo, 83, Santomean poet
March 10 – Truddi Chase, 70, American autobiographical author
March 11 – Matilde Elena López, 91, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright
March 12 – Miguel Delibes, 89, Spanish novelist
March 14 – Vinda Karandikar, 91, Indian poet and writer
March 15
- Joseph Galdon, 81, Filipino writer
- Patricia Wrightson, 88, Australian children's writer
March 16 – Jane Sherman, 101, American writer
March 17 – Sid Fleischman, 90, American children's writer
March 18 – Amanda Castro, 47, Honduran poet
March 20 – Ai Ogawa, 62, American poet
March 21 – Susana, Lady Walton, 83, Argentine writer
March 24 – William Mayne, 82, British children's author
March 28 – Zofia Romanowiczowa, 87, Polish writer and translator
April 2 – Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet
April 9
- Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright
- Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist
April 14 – Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss German-language author
April 16 – Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist
April 20 – Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer
April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, 82, British novelist
April 28
- Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist
- Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress
May 1 – T. M. Aluko, 91, Nigerian writer
May 3
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer
- Peter O'Donnell, 90, British novelist
May 6 – Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright
May 7
- Rane Arroyo, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhage
- Anders Buraas, 94, Norwegian journalist
May 12
- Allan Manings, 86, American television writer
- Antonis Karkayiannis, 78, Greek journalist and newspaper publisher
May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, Italian poet
June 18 - José Saramago, 87, Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate
June 19 - Carlos Monsiváis, 72, Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist
July 2 – Beryl Bainbridge, 77, British novelist
August 6 – Tony Judt, 62, British historian
August 9 – Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian
August 10 – Marie de Garis, 100, Guernseyan author
August 12 – Laurence Gardner, 67, British writer
August 13 – Patrick Cauvin, 77, French novelist
August 14 – Terje Stigen, 88, Norwegian author
August 16 – Narayan Gangaram Surve, 83, Indian poet
August 17
- Sir Frank Kermode, 90, British literary critic
- Ludvík Kundera, 90, Czech writer and translator
- Edwin Morgan, 90, Scottish poet
August 18 – Efraim Sevela, 82, Russian writer and screenwriter
August 20 – David J. Weber, 69, American historian and author
August 21 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, 69, Argentine writer
August 27
- George Hitchcock, 96, American poet
- Ravindra Kelekar, 85, Indian author and poet
August 29 – A. C. Baantjer, 86, Dutch author
August 31 – Vance Bourjaily, 87, American novelist, playwright, journalist, and essayist
September 3
- Larry Ashmead, 78, American book editor
- Micky Burn, 97, British writer and poet
September 5
- Elizabeth Jenkins, 104, English author
- Lewis Nkosi, 73, South African writer
September 7 – Barbara Holland, 77, American author
September 10 – Edwin Charles Tubb, 90, British science fiction author
September 11 – Fathi Osman, 82, Egyptian author
September 12 – Judith Merkle Riley, 68, American author
September 18 – James Bacon, 96, American author
September 20 – Jennifer Rardin, 45, American author
September 24 – Gilda O'Neill, 59, British novelist and historian
September 29 – Clifford B. Hicks, 90, American writer and editor
October 1 – Mikhail Roshchin, 77, Russian playwright
October 4 – Henrique de Senna Fernandes, 86, Macanese author
October 5
- Alba Bouwer, 90, South African writer
- Bernard Clavel, 87, French writer
October 11 – Claire Rayner, 79, British author
October 12 – Belva Plain, 95, American novelist
October 13 – Donald H. Tuck, 87, Australian science fiction bibliographer
October 20
- Eva Ibbotson, 85, Austrian-born British novelist
- Robert Katz, 77, American writer
- Julian Roberts, 80, British librarian
October 21 – A. Ayyappan, 61, Indian poet
October 22 – Alí Chumacero, 92, Mexican writer and poet
October 23 – George Cain, 66, American author
October 24 – Joseph Stein, 98, American playwright
October 25 – Vesna Parun, 88, Croatian poet
October 29 – Bärbel Mohr, 46, German author
October 30 – Harry Mulisch, 83, Dutch writer
November 1 – Monica Johnson, 64, American novelist
November 3 – P. Lal, 81, Indian writer
November 4 – Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, 76, Filipino poet
November 5 – Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet
November 8
- Philip Carlo, 61, American crime author
- George Solomos, 85, American editor and writer
November 9 – Ektor Kaknavatos, 90, Greek poet
November 11 – Carlos Edmundo de Ory, 87, Spanish poet
November 15
- Edmond Amran El Maleh, 93, Moroccan writer
- Hugh Prather, 72, American self-help author
November 16 – Ragnhild Magerøy, 90, Norwegian writer
November 21 – Norris Church Mailer, 61, American author
November 25 – Yaroslav Pavulyak, 62, Ukrainian poet
November 29 – Bella Akhmadulina, 73, Russian poet
December 5
- David French, 71, Canadian playwright
- Heda Margolius Kovály, 91, Czech author
December 6 – Martin Russ, 79, American author
December 7 – Elizabeth Edwards, 61, American author
December 14 – Ruth Park, New Zealand children's writer (born 1917)
December 20 – Brian Hanrahan, 61, British journalist
December 24 – Elisabeth Beresford, 84, British children's author, creator of The Wombles.

References

↑ ABC:Wheeler Centre's Gala Night Of Storytelling, Feb 24, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stephen Lowman, "Book World", page.12, December 12, 2010, The Washington Post.
↑ Carnegie Press Desk: 2010 winner announcement.
↑ McGrath, Charles (May 23, 2010). "The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
↑ "The Fourth Book". Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
↑ "The Sentimentalists wins Giller Prize". BBC Online. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010.
↑ "Regina's Dianne Warren wins Gov-Gen Award for ‘Cool Water’". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2010.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Faculty of Arts, November 10, 2010, Edna Staebler Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (Campus Updates), Retrieved 11/16/2012
↑ Flood, Alison (2012-06-13). "Jon McGregor wins International Impac Dublin Literary Award: British author wins world's richest literary prize for his novel Even the Dogs". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2012-06-14.

2010 in literature

Events

Awards

New works

Fiction

Science fiction and fantasy

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

New drama

Non-fiction

Deaths

References

See also