The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events - 400th anniversary of Cervantes' publication of the first part of Don Quixote.
- February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.
[edit] New books See also: 2005 in books [edit] New drama [edit] Non-fiction [edit] Poetry Main article: 2005 in poetry[edit] Deaths - January 7 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
- January 14 - Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (b. 1922)
- January 15
- January 19 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974) (suicide)
- January 21 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (b. 1907)
- January 24 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
- January 25 - Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
- January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- February 11 - Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (b. 1944)
- February 21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
- February 25 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (b. 1909)
- March 7 - Willis Hall, English playwright (b. 1929)
- March 8 - Anna Haycraft, English novelist (b. 1932)
- March 17 - Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (b. 1912)
- March 22 - Anthony Creighton, English playwright (b. 1922)
- March 30 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
- April 5 - Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (b. 1915)
- April 7 - Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (b. 1964) (meningitis)
- April 26 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (b. 1917)
- May 7 - Tristan Egolf, American novelist (b. 1971) (suicide)
- June 9 - Hovis Presley, English poet (b. 1960) (heart attack)
- June 14 - Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (b. 1923)
- June 16 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (b. 1905)
- June 20 - Larry Collins, American novelist (b. 1929)
- June 22 - William Donaldson, English satirist (b. 1935)
- June 27 - Shelby Foote, American novelist (b. 1916)
- June 28 - Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (b. 1932)
- June 30 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (b. 1907)
- July 6
- July 7 - Gustaf Sobin, American poet (b. 1935)
- July 17 - Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (b. 1924)
- July 19 - Edward Bunker, American crime writer (b. 1933)
- August 9 - Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
- August 21 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936)
- August 29 - Sybil Marshall, English novelist (b. 1913)
- September 3 - R. S. R. Fitter, English nature writer (b. 1913)
- September 26 - Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (b. 1934)
- September 27
- October 2 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
- October 17 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (b. 1904)
- November 1 - Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (b. 1915)
- November 2 - Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian
- November 3 - Robert Waller, English poet, (b. 1913)
- November 4 - Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (b. 1932)
- November 5 - John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
- November 26 - Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
- December 1 - Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist
- December 2 - Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (b. 1925)
- December 9 - Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (b. 1928)
- December 15 - Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (b. 1914)
- December 16 - Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)
[edit] Awards [edit] Australia [edit] Canada [edit] United Kingdom [edit] United States - Fiction: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Nell Freudenberger, Seth Kantner, John Keene (fiction/poetry)
- Plays: Rinne Groff
- Poetry: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Ilya Kaminsky, John Keene (fiction/poetry), Dana Levin, Spencer Reece, Tracy K. Smith
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