2025 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2025.
Anniversaries
[edit]- 14 January – Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 18 January – Gilles Deleuze was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 January – Ernesto Cardenal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 20 January – Eugen Gomringer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 1 February – Alfred Grosser was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 4 February – Russell Hoban was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 6 February – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 22 February – Edward Gorey was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 24 February – Etel Adnan was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 10 March – Manolis Anagnostakis was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 12 March – Harry Harrison was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 21 March – Peter Brook was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 25 March – Flannery O'Connor was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
- 3 October – Gore Vidal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
New books
[edit]Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of Pub. | Ref. |
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| Abdulrazak Gurnah | Theft | March 18 | [1] |
| Jessie Elland | The Ladie Upstairs | May 22 | [2] |
| Stephen King | Never Flinch | May 27 | [3] |
Children and young adults
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Poetry
[edit]| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
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| Robbie Coburn | The Foal in the Wire | May 28 |
Drama
[edit]Nonfiction
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Biography and memoirs
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Deaths
[edit]| Individual | Background | Date of Death | Age | Cause of Death | Ref. |
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| David Lodge | British author and critic (Changing Places, Small World: An Academic Romance, The Picturegoers) | January 1 | 89 | [4] | |
| Joseph Monninger | American novelist (The Letters) | January 1 | 71 | lung cancer. | [5] |
Awards
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-8933-0.
- ^ "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71