Overview of the events of 1995 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1995.
Events
Uncertain dates
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Films
Births
Deaths
- January 9 – Peter Cook, English writer, comedian and satirist (born 1937)[14]
- January 30 – Gerald Durrell, English nature writer and naturalist (born 1925)[15]
- January 31 – George Abbott, American writer, director and producer (born 1887)[16]
- February 4 – Patricia Highsmith, American crime novelist (born 1921)[17]
- February 6
- James Merrill, American poet (born 1926)[18]
- Xia Yan (夏衍), Chinese playwright and screenwriter, (born 1900)[19]
- February 21
- February 23 – James Herriot, English veterinary novelist (born 1916)[21]
- March 9 – Ian Ballantine, American publisher (born 1916)[22]
- March 20 – Sidney Kingsley, American dramatist (born 1906)[23]
- April 14 – Brian Coffey, Irish poet (born 1905)[24]
- April 27 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (born 1921)[25]
- May 30 or May 31 – Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu, Romanian novelist, memoirist and poet (born 1897)
- June 14 – Roger Zelazny, American fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1937)[26]
- June 15 – Charles Bennett, English screenwriter (born 1899)[27]
- June 20 – Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (born 1911)
- June 21– Katarína Lazarová, Slovak novelist and translator (born 1914)
- June 25 – Qiu Miaojin (邱妙津), Taiwanese Chinese novelist (suicide, born 1969)
- July 6 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer (born 1915)[28]
- July 13 – Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (born 1908)[29]
- July 16
- July 25 – Janice Elliott, English novelist and children's writer (born 1931)
- August 3 – Edward Whittemore, American novelist, (born 1933)
- August 17 – Howard Koch, American screenwriter (born 1901)[31]
- August 19 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and writer (born 1910)
- August 29 – Michael Ende, German fantasy novelist (born 1929)[32]
- September 8 – Eileen Chang, Chinese writer (born 1920)[33]
- October 13 – Henry Roth, Austrian-born American novelist and short story writer (born 1906)
- October 22 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist (born 1922)[34]
- October 29 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (born 1924)[35]
- November 4 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (born 1925)[36]
- November 10 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer (executed, born 1941)
- November 13 – Mary Elizabeth Counselman, American author and poet (born 1911)
- November 16 – Robert H. Adleman, American novelist and historian (born 1919)
- November 17 – Marguerite Young, American novelist, poet and biographer (born 1908)
- November 20 – Robie Macauley, American writer and literary critic (born 1919)[37]
- November 22 – Margaret St. Clair, American science fiction writer (born 1911)[38]
- December 2 – Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist (born 1913)[39]
- December 9 – Toni Cade Bambara, American writer (born 1939)
- December 30 – Heiner Müller, German dramatist (born 1929)[40]
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
- Booker Prize: Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
- Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Philip Pullman, Northern Lights[42]
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Christopher Priest, The Prestige
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Gitta Sereny, Albert Speer: His Battle with the Truth
- Cholmondeley Award: U. A. Fanthorpe, Christopher Reid, C. H. Sisson, Kit Wright
- Eric Gregory Award: Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald
- Newdigate prize: Antony Dunn
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award: Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
United States
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Maxine Kumin
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, William Maxwell
- Carnegie Medal: Philip Pullman, Northern Lights
- Compton Crook Award: Doranna Durgin, Dun Lady's Jess
- Hugo Award: Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance
- Nebula Award: Robert Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlanta
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Philip Levine, The Simple Truth
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography: Joan D. Hedrick, Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
- Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction: Jonathan Weiner, The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
- Pulitzer Prize for History: Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- Wallace Stevens Award: James Tate
- Whiting Awards:
- Fiction: Michael Cunningham, Reginald McKnight, Matthew Stadler, Melanie Sumner
- Nonfiction: André Aciman, Lucy Grealy (nonfiction/poetry), Suzannah Lessard, Russ Rymer
- Poetry: James L. McMichael, Mary Ruefle
Elsewhere
Notes
- Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. ISBN 9780198715542.
References
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- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Dive Right in, the Sharks Won't Bite: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Guide to Success by Jane Wesman, Author Kaplan Publishing $19.95 (194p) ISBN 978-0-7931-1101-5".
- ^ "Goodbyee ... Dud bids poignant farewell to his partner Pete". The Independent. May 2, 1995. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Hilchey, Tim (February 1995). "Gerald Durrell, 70, Who Prized Animals, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ "Abbott, George". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A– Ak–Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 13. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- ^ Hodgson, Godfrey (February 6, 1995). "Obituary: Patricia Highsmith". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Gussow, Mel (February 7, 1995). James Merrill Is Dead at 68; Elegant Poet of Love and Loss.
- ^ "Xia Yan (Chinese author)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Calder, John (February 23, 1995). "Obituary: Robert Bolt". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ Mary B. W. Tabor (February 24, 1995). James Herriot, 78, Writer, Dies; Animal Stories Charmed People.
- ^ Mary B. W. Tabor (March 10, 1995). "Ian Ballantine, 79, a Publisher Who Led Move Into Paperbacks". The New York Times.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (March 21, 1995). "Sidney Kingsley, Playwrite, Is Dead at 88; Creator of 'Dead End' and 'Men in White'". The New York Times.
- ^ Michael Smith (16 April 1995). "Obituary: Brian Coffey". The Independent.
- ^ Otterspeer, Willem (in Dutch) (2013). De mislukkingskunstenaar: Willem Frederik Hermans. Biografie, deel 1 (1921–1952), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam. [The Artist of Failure: Willem Frederik Hermans. A Biography, Vol. 1, (1921–1952)]
- ^ "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 6: The Road to Amber, NESFA Press, 2009.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (19 June 1995). "The man who knew too much". The Guardian. p. 4.
- ^ Pace, Eric (July 7, 1995). "Aziz Nesin of Turkey Dies at 80; Writer Escaped Militants' Arson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
- ^ "Bengal gears up to pay homage to Ashapurna Devi". The Indian Express. Express News Service. December 28, 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Pace, Eric (July 18, 1995). "Stephen Spender, Poet of Melancholic Vision and Social Conscience, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ Mel Gussow (August 18, 1995). "Howard Koch, a Screenwriter For 'Casablanca,' Dies at 93". The New York Times. p. D17.
- ^ Alan Cowell (September 1, 1995). "Michael Ende, 65, German Children's Writer". The New York Times.
- ^ Robert McG. Thomas Jr. "Eileen Chang, 74, Chinese Writer Revered Outside the Mainland". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ Jacobs, Eric (October 23, 1995). "Sir Kingsley Amis obituary: From angry young man to old devil". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Eric Pace (October 31, 1995). "Terry Southern, Screenwriter, Is Dead at 71". The New York Times.
- ^ Craig R. Whitney (November 7, 1995). "Gilles Deleuze, 70, French Professor and Author". The New York Times.
- ^ Pace, Eric, "Robie Macauley, 76, Editor, Educator And Fiction Writer" (Obituary), The New York Times, November 23, 1995
- ^ "Authors : St Clair, Margaret : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Felicity Bryan (October 23, 2011). "Obituary: Professor Robertson Davies". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.
- ^ Eric Pace (January 3, 1996). "Heiner Muller, the Playwright And Social Critic, Dies at 66". The New York Times.
- ^ Faculty of Arts, 1995, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Denise Chong, Retrieved 11/27/2012
- ^ Hahn 2015, p. 660