2005 In Literature

Events

• February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.

New books

• DisneyWar - James B. Stewart
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
• Saturday - Ian McEwan
• SilverFin - Charlie Higson

Deaths

• January 7 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
• January 14 - Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (b. 1922)
• January 15 - Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (b. 1913)
• January 15 - Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (b. 1920)
• January 19 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
• January 21 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (b. 1907)
• January 24 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
• January 25 - Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
• January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter. (b. 1924)
• February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
• February 11 - Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (b. 1944)
• February 21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
• February 25 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (b. 1909)
• March 30 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)

Awards

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