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Overview of the events of 2006 in literature
Overview of the events of 2006 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2006 .
Events
March – The first full-length original novel in the
Manx language , Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley ("The Vampire Murders") is published by
Brian Stowell , after being serialized in the press.
[1]
April 7 –
Justice Peter Smith concludes in a case of February 27 in the London
High Court of Justice against the publisher
Random House over the bestselling novel
The Da Vinci Code (2003), that the author,
Dan Brown , has not breached the copyright of
Michael Baigent and
Richard Leigh in their
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982, non-fiction). The judgment also contains a
coded message on the whim of the judge.
[2]
April 7 –
9 – First
Jaipur Literature Festival held in India.
[3]
Summer –
Brutalism becomes the first literary movement to be launched through the social networking site
Myspace .
[4]
June 14 –
Ciaran Creagh 's play Last Call , based loosely on the hanging of the murderer
Michael Manning in 1954, as witnessed by the playwright's father, is staged in
Mountjoy Prison ,
Dublin , where it is set.
[5]
June–September –
Elif Şafak is tried for "insulting Turkishness" in her novel
The Bastard of Istanbul , published earlier in the year, but eventually acquitted.
June 7 – The final portion of the library accumulated by Sir
Thomas Phillipps (died 1872) is sold by
Christie's in London.
[6]
July 14 –
The Times Literary Supplement reports on the discovery of a missing copy of
Shelley 's
Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things , an
1811 pamphlet containing a 172-line poem critical of war, politics and religion; although published anonymously, the poem is thought to have contributed to the rebel poet's expulsion from the University of Oxford (which acquires the unique copy of the pamphlet in 2015).
[7]
July 21 – The writers of
America's Next Top Model go on strike while working on
Cycle 7 , due to be broadcast on the new
CW Network in September 2006. The writers seek representation through the
Writers Guild of America , which would allow them regulated wages, access to portable
health insurance , and
pension benefits . These benefits would be similar to those given to writers on scripted shows.
August 1 – The
University of Helsinki library becomes the
National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto ).
September –
Museum of Modern Literature opens in
Marbach am Neckar ,
Schiller 's birthplace in Germany.
September 20 – The
Writers Guild of America, West , holds a
Los Angeles rally in support of the
America's Next Top Model writers'
strike . President
Patric Verrone says: "Every piece of media with a moving image on a screen or a recorded voice must have a writer, and every writer must have a WGA contract."
[8]
November 6 – WGAw files an unfair labor practice complaint with the
National Labor Relations Board after Top Model producers say the next season of the show will not require writers. In response, Verrone said, "As they demanded union representation, the company decided they were expendable. This is illegal strikebreaking."
[9]
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Genre fiction
Fantasy
Joe Abercrombie –
The Blade Itself (May 4, first in First Law series)
R. Scott Bakker –
The Thousandfold Thought (January 20, third in
Prince of Nothing trilogy)
Steven Erikson –
The Bonehunters (March 1, sixth in
Malazan Book of the Fallen series)
Terry Goodkind –
Phantom (July 18, 10th in
Sword of Truth series)
Laurell K. Hamilton –
Mistral's Kiss (December 12, fifth in
Merry Gentry series)
Sherrilyn Kenyon – Dark Side of the Moon (May 30, 15th in Dark-Hunter series)
Gregory Keyes –
The Blood Knight (July 11, third in
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series)
Dean Koontz –
Brother Odd (November 28, third in
Odd Thomas series)
Tanith Lee –
Piratica II (second in
The Piratica Series )
Scott Lynch –
The Lies of Locke Lamora (June 27, first in Gentleman Bastards series)
Patricia A. McKillip –
Solstice Wood
Zhang Muye –
Ghost Blows Out the Light (March)
James Patterson –
School's Out – Forever (May 23, second in
Maximum Ride series)
Angie Sage –
Flyte (March 1, second in
Septimus Heap series)
Darren Shan
Catherynne M. Valente –
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden (October 31, first in
The Orphan's Tales )
Jeff VanderMeer –
Shriek: An Afterword (August 8)
Rick Riordan –
The Sea of Monsters
Historical
Horror
Humor and satire
Mystery and crime
Romance
Scifi
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
January 4 –
Irving Layton , Canadian poet (born
1912 )
[24]
January 12 –
Hilda Ellis Davidson , English antiquarian and academic (born
1914 )
January 16 –
Jan Mark , English children's writer (born
1943 )
January 19 –
Awn Alsharif Qasim , Sudanese author and scholar (born
1933 )
January 30 –
Wendy Wasserstein , American playwright (born
1950 )
February 2 –
Chris Doty , Canadian dramatist (born
1966 )
February 4 –
Betty Friedan , American feminist writer (born
1921 )
[25]
February 8 –
Michael Gilbert , English crime writer (born
1912 )
February 9 –
Ena Lamont Stewart , Scottish playwright (born
1912 )
February 11 –
Peter Benchley , American novelist (born
1940 )
[26]
February 17 –
Sybille Bedford , German-born English novelist and journalist (born
1911 )
February 20 –
Lucjan Wolanowski (Lucjan Kon), Polish writer, journalist and traveler (born
1920 )
February 21
February 22 –
Hilde Domin , German writer (born
1909 )
February 24 –
Octavia E. Butler , American science fiction writer (born
1947 )
[28]
February 25 –
Margaret Gibson , Canadian novelist and story writer (born
1948 )
March 27 –
Stanisław Lem , Polish science fiction writer (born
1921 )
March 30 –
John McGahern , Irish novelist, dramatist and short story writer (born
1934 )
April 3 –
Muhammad al-Maghut , Syrian Ismaili poet (born
1934 )
April 6 –
Leslie Norris , Anglo-Welsh poet and author (born
1921 )
[29]
April 8 –
Gerard Reve , Dutch novelist and poet (born
1923 )
[30]
April 13 –
Muriel Spark , Scottish-born novelist (born
1918 )
[31]
April 25 –
Jane Jacobs , American urban planning critic and activist (born
1916 )
May 9 –
Jerzy Ficowski , poet, writer and translator (born
1924 )
May 16 –
Clare Boylan , Irish novelist (born
1948 )
[32]
May 18 –
Gilbert Sorrentino , American novelist and poet (born
1929 )
June 17 –
James H. McClure , South African-born crime writer (born
1939 )
[33]
June 28 –
Nigel Cox , New Zealand novelist (born
1951 )
July 17 –
Mickey Spillane , American crime writer (born
1918 )
[34]
July 28 –
David Gemmell , English fantasy novelist (born
1948 )
August 16 –
Alex Buzo , Australian playwright and author (born
1944 )
August 17 –
Shamsur Rahman , Bengali poet (born
1929 )
August 21 –
S. Yizhar , Israeli novelist (born
1916 )
August 25 –
Silva Kaputikyan , Armenian poet (born
1919 )
August 30 –
Naguib Mahfouz , Egyptian novelist, 1988
Nobel laureate (born
1911 )
[35]
September 1 –
György Faludy , Hungarian poet, writer and translator (born
1910 )
September 12 –
Edna Staebler
CM , Canadian author and literary journalist (born
1906 )
[36]
October 13 –
Protiva Bose , Bengali writer and singer (born
1915 )
October 17 –
Ursula Moray Williams , English children's writer (born
1911 )
[37]
October 25 –
Paul Ableman , English writer of erotic fiction and playwright (born
1927 )
November 1 –
William Styron , American novelist (born
1925 )
[38]
November 6 –
Nelson S. Bond , American writer (born
1908 )
November 9 –
Ellen Willis , American journalist and critic (born
1941 )
November 10 –
Jack Williamson , American science fiction author (born
1908 )
November 15 –
George G. Blackburn
MC , Canadian author (born
1917 )
[39]
November 23
November 24
November 27 –
Bebe Moore Campbell , American author (born
1950 )
December 21 –
Philippa Pearce , English children's writer (born
1920 )
December 26 –
John Heath-Stubbs , English poet and translator (born
1918 )
Awards
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2006 Governor General's Awards : see article
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award :
Katherine Paterson
[40]
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award :
Belinda Castles , The River Baptists
Caine Prize for African Writing :
Mary Watson , "Jungfrau"
Camões Prize :
José Luandino Vieira (declined)
Compton Crook Award :
Maria Snyder , Poison Study
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry :
John Tranter , Urban Myths: 210 Poems
Edna Staebler Award for
Creative Non-Fiction :
Francis Chalifour ,
After
[41]
Eric Gregory Award :
Fiona Benson , Retta Bowen,
Frances Leviston , Jonathan Morley, Eoghan Walls
Europe Theatre Prize :
Harold Pinter
Griffin Poetry Prize :
Sylvia Legris , Nerve Squall , and
Kamau Brathwaite , Born to Slow Horses
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction:
Cormac McCarthy ,
The Road
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography:
Byron Rogers , The Man Who Went into the West: The life of
R.S. Thomas
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry :
Jaya Savige , Latecomers
Lambda Literary Awards : Multiple categories; see
2006 Lambda Literary Awards .
Man Booker Prize :
Kiran Desai ,
The Inheritance of Loss .
Miles Franklin Award :
Roger McDonald ,
The Ballad of Desmond Kale
National Book Award for Fiction :
Richard Powers ,
The Echo Maker
National Book Critics Circle Award :
Kiran Desai ,
The Inheritance of Loss
Orange Prize for Fiction :
Zadie Smith ,
On Beauty
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction :
E. L. Doctorow ,
The March
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction :
Geraldine Brooks ,
March
Premio Nadal :
Eduardo Lago , Llámame Brooklyn
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry :
Fleur Adcock
SAARC Literary Award :
Maitreyi Pushpa ,
Zahida Hina ,
Laxman Gaikwad ,
Tissa Abeysekara
Scotiabank Giller Prize :
Vincent Lam ,
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Wallace Stevens Award :
Michael Palmer
Whiting Awards : Fiction:
Charles D’Ambrosio ,
Yiyun Li ,
Micheline Aharonian Marcom ,
Nina Marie Martínez ,
Patrick O’Keeffe ; Plays:
Stephen Adly Guirgis ,
Bruce Norris ; Poetry:
Sherwin Bitsui ,
Tyehimba Jess ,
Suji Kwock Kim
See also
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford companion to children's literature (Second ed.). Oxford.
ISBN
978-0-19-871554-2 . {{
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link )
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^
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^
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^
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^
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