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2001 in literature
See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
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February 15 - Author Michael Crichton signed a new two book deal with HarperCollins Publishers reportedly earning $40 million for the two books.
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July 20 - London: After being found guilty of two counts of perjury and two of perverting the course of justice, a shackled Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare is taken to Belmarsh jail in a van, seated next to a convicted knife murderer.
New books
Births
Deaths
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January 31 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction writer
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February 7 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, aviator
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February 14 - Alan Ross,78, poet and editor
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March 12 - Robert Ludlum, author
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May 11 - Douglas Adams, author (heart attack) (b. 1952)
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May 13 - R.K. Narayan, 94, Indian novelist
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June 1 - Hank Ketcham, 81, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace
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June 27 - Tove Jansson, children's author
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July 3 - Mordecai Richler
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August 1 - Poul Anderson - fantasy / sci-fi author
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August 6 - Jorge Amado, 88, Brazilian writer
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August 20 - Fred Hoyle, Astronomer and science fiction writer
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November 10 - Ken Kesey, 66, author.
Awards
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Booker Prize: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
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Finlandia Prize: Hannu Raittila Canal Grande
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Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
- See 2001 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Griffin Poetry Prize: Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours and Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh , translation of Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan
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Hugo Award: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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IMPAC Award: Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Richard Peck , A Year Down Yonder
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Nobel Prize for Literature: V.S. Naipaul
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Orange Prize for Fiction: Kate Grenville Picador , The Idea of Perfection
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Prix Décembre: Chloé Delaume , Le Cri du sablier
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Prix Femina: Marie Ndiaye , Rosie Carpe
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Prix Goncourt: Jean-Christophe Rufin , Rouge Brésil
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Prix Médicis French: Edwy Plenel , Secrets de jeunesse
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Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Le Loup mongol
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Prix Médicis International: Antonio Skarmeta , La noce du poète
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: David Auburn, Proof
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stephen Dunn, Different Hours
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Samuel Johnson Prize: Michael Burleigh , The Third Reich
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Viareggio Prize: Nicolò Ammaniti , Io non ho paura, Michele Ranchetti , Verbale, and Giorgio Pestelli , Canti del destino
Last updated: 05-18-2005 19:19:49
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