1999 in literature
See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature.
EventsJune 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 booksApollyon - Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHayeAssassins - Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHayeAtomised - Michel Houellebecq Battle Royale - Koushun TakamiBlind Eye - James B. StewartThe Century - Peter Jennings and Todd BrewsterLe Chambre des Officiers (The Officers' Ward) - Marc DugainCharlotte Gray - Sebastian FaulksChocolat - Joanne HarrisDarwin's Radio - Greg BearDeath du Jour - Kathy ReichsDining with Peggy Guggenheim - Jane Turner RylandsDisgrace - J. M. CoetzeeThe Fifth Elephant - Terry PratchettFlorence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star - Kelly R. BrownThe Fortune Catcher - Susanne PariThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen KingGlamorama - Bret Easton EllisHannibal - Thomas HarrisHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. RowlingHearts in Atlantis - Stephen KingInvisible Monsters - Chuck PalahniukIrresistible Forces - Danielle SteelA Lake Beyond the Wind - Yahya Yakhlif The Mark of the Angel - Nancy HustonMiss Wyoming - Douglas CouplandOne of the Guys - Robert Clark YoungParadise - Toni MorrisonPrisoner in a Red-Rose Chain – Jeffrey MooreRulers Of Evil - F. Tupper SaussySick Puppy - Carl HiaasenSingle & Single - John le CarréSpeak - Laurie Halse AndersonStar Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace - Terry Brooks Scattered Like Seeds - Shaw J. DallalSurvivor - Chuck PalahniukSuzanne Valadon: The Mistress of Montmartre - June Rose 'Tis - Frank McCourtTara Road - Maeve BinchyTemple - Matthew ReillyThe Testament - John Grisham Through the Stones - Diana Gabaldon Timeline - Michael Crichton
Births
Deaths February 8 - Iris Murdoch, writer, aged 79 February 22 - William Bronk, poet, aged 80 (or 81?) February 24 - Andre Dubus, writer March 4 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer, aged 77 May 10 - Shel Silverstein, children's poet, aged 68 July 2 - Mario Puzo, writer (The Godfather), aged 78 July 16 - John F. Kennedy, Jr, publisher, son of John F. Kennedy, aged 38 (airplane crash) October 3 - Heinz G. Konsalik, writer, aged 78 October 19 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian born Francophone lawyer and writer December 8 - Rupert Hart-Davis, editor, publisher December 12 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22), aged 76
Awards Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace Finlandia Prize: * 1999 Kristina Carlson, Maan ääreen 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. Hugo Award for Best Novel: Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Andrew Miller, Ingenious Pain Nebula Award: Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents Newbery Medal for children's literature: Louis Sachar, Holes Nobel Prize for Literature: Günter Grass Orange Prize for Fiction: Suzanne Berne, A Crime in the Neighborhood Prix Femina: Maryline Desbiolles, Anchise Prix Goncourt: Jean Echenoz, Je m'en vais Prix Décembre: Claude Askolovitch, Voyage au bout de la France: Le Front National tel qu'il est Prix Médicis French: Michel Del Castillo, Colette, une certaine France Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Christian Oster, Mon grand appartement Prix Médicis International: Bjorn Larsson, Le capitaine et les ręves Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Margaret Edson, Wit Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Cunningham, The Hours Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mark Strand, Blizzard of One Samuel Johnson Prize: Antony Beevor, Stalingrad Viareggio Prize: Ernesto Franco, Vite senza fine Whitbread Best Book Award: Seamus Heaney, Beowulf''
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