2000 in literature
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The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
February 13 - 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
[edit] New books
[edit] Fiction
Isabel Allende - Daughter of Fortune Reed Arvin - The Will Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin Louis Auchincloss - Her Infinite Variety Eleanor Ayer - Parallel Journeys Trezza Azzopardi - The Hiding Place Iain M. Banks - Look to Windward Matt Beaumont - e Raymond Benson - Doubleshot T. C. Boyle - A Friend of the Earth Ben Bova - Jupiter Dan Brown - Angels and Demons Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel Tom Clancy - The Bear And The Dragon Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark - Deck The Halls Miriam Cooke - Hayati, My Life Bernard Cornwell - Harlequin (aka The Archer's Tale) Patricia Cornwell - The Last Precinct August Derleth - The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition Ken Follett - Code to Zero Myla Goldberg - Bee Season Linda Grant - When I Lived in Modern Times John Grisham - The Brethren Mohsin Hamid - Moth Smoke Joanne Harris - Blackberry Wine Elisabeth Harvor - Excessive Joy Injures the Heart (Canada) David Holland - Murcheston: The Wolf's Tale Robert Jordan - Winter's Heart Barbara Kingsolver - Prodigal Summer Robert Ludlum - The Prometheus Deception Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins - The Indwelling and The Mark Barry N. Malzberg - In the Stone House Colleen McCullough - Morgan's Run Alistair MacLeod - Island Patrick Maher - Candid Confessions George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde Robert B. Parker - Hugger Mugger James Patterson - Roses Are Red Rosamunde Pilcher - Winter Solstice Giuseppe Pontiggia - Nati due volte Terry Pratchett - The Truth Philip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass Mario Puzo - Omertà Kathy Reichs - Deadly Decisions Philip Roth - The Human Stain J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Peter Ruber editor - Arkham's Masters of Horror Jean-Jacques Schuhl - Ingrid Caven Christina Schwarz - Drowning Ruth Michael Slade - Hangman Gillian Slovo - Red Dust Zadie Smith - White Teeth Muriel Spark - Aiding and Abetting Michael Stackpole - Dark Tide: Onslaught and Dark Tide: Ruin Domenico Starnone - Via Gemito Danielle Steel - The House On Hope Street and Journey Kathy Tyers - Balance Point Andrew Vachss - Dead and Gone Juliet Marillier - Son of the Shadows
[edit] Drama
[edit] Poetry
Anne Carson - Men in the Off Hours Paul Celan - Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan (Translated by Heather McHugh and Nikolai Popov) Fanny Howe - Fanny Howe: Selected Poems Pierre Labrie - À tout hasard Grazyna Miller - Sull'onda del respiro (On the Wave of Breath) Owen Sheers - The Blue Book
[edit] Non-fiction
The Beatles Anthology Peter Ackroyd - London: A Biography Gerina Dunwich - Your Magickal Cat: Feline Magick, Lore, and Worship Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Charles Foster - Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood Lawrence Lessig - Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace Roger Lowenstein - When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management Sidney Poitier - The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee - Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp - The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
[edit] Births
[edit] 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 September 7 - Malcolm Bradbury, 68, British novelist and critic (The History Man) October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author November 2 - Robert Cormier, 75, young adult fiction writer November 8 - L. Sprague de Camp, 92, American sci-fi and fantasy author
[edit] Awards
[edit] Australia
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Stephen Gray, The Artist is a Thief C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: John Millett, Iceman Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Jennifer Maiden, Mines Mary Gilmore Prize: Lucy Dougan, Memory Shell Miles Franklin Award: Tie: Thea Astley, Drylands; Kim Scott, Benang
[edit] Canada
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.
[edit] France
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
[edit] United Kingdom
Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Zadie Smith, White Teeth James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Martin Amis, Experience Cholmondeley Award: Alistair Elliot, Michael Hamburger, Adrian Henri, Carole Satyamurti Eric Gregory Award: Eleanor Margolies, Antony Rowland, Antony Dunn, Karen Goodwin, Clare Pollard Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Edwin Morgan Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers
[edit] United States
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize awarded to Quan Barry for Asylum Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, Eleanor Ross Taylor Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry, Corey Marks, "Renunciation", and (separately) Christopher Patton, "Broken Ground" Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, David Ferry for Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Greg Rappleye, A Path Between Houses Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed Compton Crook Award: Stephen L. Burns, Flesh and Silver Frost Medal: Anthony Hecht Hugo Award: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy 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 Wallace Stevens Award: Frank Bidart
[edit] Other
Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open Premio Nadal: Lorenzo Silva, El alquimista impaciente Viareggio Prize: Giorgio van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato
