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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2024.

Anniversaries edit

30 January – Lloyd Alexander was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
19 April – Lord Byron died of fever in Missolonghi, Greece (200th Anniversary).^[1]
11 May – On this day 100 years ago, Robert Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize for the book New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes.^[2]
2 August – James Baldwin was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
5 August – Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie comic strip was first published in the New York Daily News (100th Anniversary).
30 September - Truman Capote was born in 1924 (100th Anniversary).
5 October - José Donoso was born (100th Anniversary).
15 October – Éditions du Sagittaire published André Breton's Surrealist Manifesto (100th Anniversary).

100th anniversary of the publication of
- A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
- The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
- The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
- Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

New books edit

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Fiction edit

New adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of Pub.	Ref.
Álvaro Enrigue	You Dreamed of Empires	January 9	^[3]
Kristin Hannah	The Women	February 6
Jennifer Croft	The Extinction of Irena Rey	March 5	^[4]
Téa Obreht	The Morningside	March 19	^[5]
Stephen King	You Like It Darker	May 21	^[6]

Children and young adults edit

Poetry edit

Drama edit

Nonfiction edit

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.
Sylvain Tesson	Avec les fées	January 10	^[7]

Biography and memoirs edit

New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.
RuPaul	The House of Hidden Meanings	March 5
Salman Rushdie	Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder	April 16	^[8]

Deaths edit

January 22 – Elke Erb, German author and poet, 85^[9]
March 22 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French children's book writer and illustrator, 98^[10]
April 2 – John Barth, American fiction writer, 93^[11]
April 4 – Lynne Reid Banks, English novelist, 94^[12]
April 27 – C. J. Sansom, British crime writer (Shardlake series), 71^[13]
April 28 – Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, New Zealand writer, Poet Laureate (2013–2015), 86^[14]
April 30 – Paul Auster, American crime writer (The New York Trilogy), 77^[15]
May 4 – Jūrō Kara, Japanese playwright, 84^[16]

References edit

^ Smith, Helena (April 18, 2021). "Revealed: Lord Byron's £4,000 cheque that helped create modern Greece". The Guardian. Athens. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ Thompson, Lawrance (ed.). Selected Letters of Robert Frost. p. lvi. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ Garner, Dwight (January 8, 2024). "A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Exclusive Cover Reveal of Jennifer Croft's "The Extinction of Irena Rey"". Electric Literature. July 7, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "The Morningside by Téa Obreht". Kirkus Reviews. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ Collis, Clark (November 6, 2023). "Read the start of Stephen King's Cujo sequel in excerpt from story collection, You Like It Darker". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ Plouviez, Grégory (10 January 2024). "'Avec les fées' : que vaut le dernier livre de Sylvain Tesson ?". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Salman Rushdie to publish memoir on stabbing that left him blind in one eye". CNN. Reuters. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
^ "Schriftstellerin Elke Erb gestorben". Zeit. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Laurent de Brunhoff".
^ Parini, Jay (2004). The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-19-515653-9.
^ "The Indian In The Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks dies aged 94". NewsChain. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Knight, Lucy (April 29, 2024). "CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71". The Guardian.
^ "Sir Vincent O'Sullivan Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Paul Auster, famed novelist known for 'The New York Trilogy' and '4 3 2 1,' dies at 77". NBC News. May 1, 2024.
^ 唐十郎さん死去、84歳…「泥人魚」「ベンガルの虎」アングラ小劇場運動を先導 (in Japanese)

[1] Smith, Helena (April 18, 2021). "Revealed: Lord Byron's £4,000 cheque that helped create modern Greece". The Guardian. Athens. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2] Thompson, Lawrance (ed.). Selected Letters of Robert Frost. p. lvi. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[3] Garner, Dwight (January 8, 2024). "A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[4] "Exclusive Cover Reveal of Jennifer Croft's "The Extinction of Irena Rey"". Electric Literature. July 7, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[5] "The Morningside by Téa Obreht". Kirkus Reviews. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[6] Collis, Clark (November 6, 2023). "Read the start of Stephen King's Cujo sequel in excerpt from story collection, You Like It Darker". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[7] Plouviez, Grégory (10 January 2024). "'Avec les fées' : que vaut le dernier livre de Sylvain Tesson ?". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[8] "Salman Rushdie to publish memoir on stabbing that left him blind in one eye". CNN. Reuters. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-04-19.

[9] "Schriftstellerin Elke Erb gestorben". Zeit. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[10] "Laurent de Brunhoff".

[11] Parini, Jay (2004). The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-19-515653-9.

[12] "The Indian In The Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks dies aged 94". NewsChain. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[13] Knight, Lucy (April 29, 2024). "CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71". The Guardian.

[14] "Sir Vincent O'Sullivan Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[15] "Paul Auster, famed novelist known for 'The New York Trilogy' and '4 3 2 1,' dies at 77". NBC News. May 1, 2024.

[16] 唐十郎さん死去、84歳…「泥人魚」「ベンガルの虎」アングラ小劇場運動を先導 (in Japanese)

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2024 in literature

Contents

Anniversaries edit

New books edit

Fiction edit

Children and young adults edit

Poetry edit

Drama edit

Nonfiction edit

Biography and memoirs edit

Deaths edit

See also edit

References edit