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1999 in literature
See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
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June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized. He does not continue with his next book, On Writing, until July.
New books
Births
Deaths
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February 8 - Iris Murdoch, writer, aged 79
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February 22 - William Bronk , poet, aged 80 (or 81?)
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February 24 - Andre Dubus, writer
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March 4 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer, aged 77
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May 10 - Shel Silverstein, children's poet, aged 68
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July 2 - Mario Puzo, writer (The Godfather), aged 78
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July 16 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher, son of John F. Kennedy, aged 38 (airplane crash)
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October 3 - Heinz G. Konsalik, writer, aged 78
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October 19 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian born Francophone lawyer and writer
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December 8 - Rupert Hart-Davis, editor, publisher
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December 12 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22), aged 76
Awards
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Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
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Finlandia Prize: * 1999 Kristina Carlson , Maan ääreen
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Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Bonnie Burnard: A Good House
- See 1999 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
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Hugo Award for Best Novel: Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
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IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Andrew Miller, Ingenious Pain
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Nebula Award: Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
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Newbery Medal for children's literature: Louis Sachar, Holes
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Günter Grass
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Orange Prize for Fiction: Suzanne Berne , A Crime in the Neighborhood
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Prix Femina: Maryline Desbiolles , Anchise
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Prix Goncourt: Jean Echenoz , Je m'en vais
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Prix Décembre: Claude Askolovitch , Voyage au bout de la France: Le Front National tel qu'il est
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Prix Médicis French: Michel Del Castillo , Colette, une certaine France
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Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Christian Oster , Mon grand appartement
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Prix Médicis International: Bjorn Larsson , Le capitaine et les ręves
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Margaret Edson , Wit
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Cunningham, The Hours
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mark Strand, Blizzard of One
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Samuel Johnson Prize: Antony Beevor, Stalingrad
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Viareggio Prize: Ernesto Franco , Vite senza fine
- Whitbread Best Book Award : Seamus Heaney, Beowulf
Last updated: 05-18-2005 19:19:36
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