2000 in literature
See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events January 3 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published September 24 - The American Family Association begins a year-long attack on Robert Clark Young's novel, One of the Guys, in an attempt to persuade the U.S. Congress to defund the National Endowment for the Arts
New books The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel - Michael Chabon The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman The Bear And The Dragon - Tom Clancy The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood The Brethren - John Grisham Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace - Lawrence Lessig Code to Zero - Ken Follett Daughter Of Fortune - Isabel Allende Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs Deck The Halls - Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling Hayati, My Life - Miriam Cooke The Hiding Place - Trezza Azzopardi The House On Hope Street - Danielle Steel The Human Stain - Philip Roth The Indwelling - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins Ingrid Caven - Jean-Jacques Schuhl Journey - Danielle Steel The Last Precinct - Patricia Cornwell Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks The Mark - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins The Measure Of A Man - Sidney Poitier Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough Omertà - Mario Puzo The Pagan Book of Halloween - Gerina Dunwich The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp Parallel journeys - Elanor Ayer Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum Roses Are Red - James Patterson Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood - Charles Foster True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey The Truth - Terry Pratchett When Genius Failed - Roger Lowenstein When I Lived in Modern Times - Linda GrantWhite Teeth - Zadie Smith The Will - Reed Arvin Winter Solstice - Rosamunde Pilcher Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan Your Magickal Cat - Gerina Dunwich
Births
Deaths January 26 - A. E. van Vogt, science fiction author January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author November 8 - L. Sprague de Camp, 92, American sci-fi and fantasy author
Awards Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Hugo Award: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian. Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times Prix Femina: Camille Laurens, Dans ces bras-là Prix Goncourt: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Ingrid Caven Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, Camille Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, Diabolus in musica Prix Médicis International: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald Margulies, Dinner With Friends Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, Repair Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2 Viareggio Prize: Giorgio Van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers
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