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- 28 January – On this day 75 years ago, W. B. Yeats died in Menton, France.[10]
- 5 February – William Burroughs was born in 1914 (100th Anniversary)[11]
- 21 February – Christopher Marlowe's 450th birthday celebrated (may or may not be his birthday)[10]
- 1 March – On this day 100 years ago, Ralph Ellison (author of Invisible Man) was born.[10]
- 9 March – Charles Bukowski died 20 years ago today (1994).[12]
- 10 March – On this day 50 years ago, John Updike receives the National Book Award for The Centaur.[13]
- 31 March – 100th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz in 1914.[14][15]
- 4 April – Marguerite Duras was born in 1914 (100th Anniversary)[10]
- 14 April – On this day 75 years ago, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was published.[10]
- 16 April – Ralph Ellison dies on this date 20 years ago in 1994. (see March 1 above for Ellison links)
- 18 April – On this day 40 years ago (1974) the first printing of J. M. Coetzee's debut novel Dusklands appeared in hardback.[16]
- 23 April – It is assumed that William Shakespeare was born on this day 450 years ago (because records show that he was baptised on 26 April).[10]
- 26 April – The centenary of Bernard Malamud's birth (April 26, 1914).[17]
- May – The 100th anniversary of Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons.[18][19]
- 16 June – This year's Bloomsday celebration will also mark the 100th anniversary of the publication (June 1914) of Joyce's Dubliners.[20]
- 21 September – the 50th anniversary of the publication of Herzog by Saul Bellow, the second of his three National Book Award-winning novels.[21]
- 7 July – Sir Walter Scott's debut novel, Waverley, was published (anonymously) 200 years ago today.[10]
- 22 September – Alain-Fournier died in action in northern France 100 years ago today, just a year after the publication of his only novel, Le Grand Meaulnes.[10]
- 27 October – Dylan Thomas was born a hundred years ago.[10]
- 18 November – Margaret Atwood celebrates her 75th birthday today.[10]
- 2 December – The Marquis de Sade died 200 years ago today.[10]
Fiction
Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless stated otherwise.
- Belinda Alexandra – Sapphire Skies (Australia)
- Jacob M. Appel – Scouting for the Reaper (February 15)
- Kate Atkinson – A God in Ruins (UK)
- Margaret Atwood – Stone Mattress – Nine Tales (September 16)
- Bandi – The Accusation (Korean language short stories, South Korea, May)
- Natalie Baszile – Queen Sugar (February 6)
- Pierce Brown – Red Rising (January 28)
- Jessie Burton – The Miniaturist (UK)
- Rosa da Silva (Sigrid Shreeve) - Jabujicaba (UK)
- Anthony Doerr – All the Light We Cannot See (May 6)
- Ceridwen Dovey – Only the Animals (April 23)
- David Grossman – A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel (In original Hebrew as סוס אחד נכנס לְבָּר (Soos Echad Nechnas L'bar), Israel)
- John Hornor Jacobs – The Incorruptibles (UK)
- Marlon James – A Brief History of Seven Killings (October 2)
- Stephen King
- Thomas King – The Back of the Turtle
- Paul Kingsnorth – The Wake (UK, April?)
- Herman Koch – Geachte heer M. (Dear Mr. M., Netherlands)
- Niviaq Korneliussen – Homo Sapienne (Greenland)
- Laila Lalami – The Moor's Account (September 9)
- S. E. Lister – Hideous Creatures (UK, May)
- Édouard Louis (born Eddy Bellegueule) – En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (translated as The End of Eddy, France, February)
- Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – Kintu (Ugandan-born author published in Kenya)
- Emily St. John Mandel – Station Eleven (Canada)
- Javier Marías – Así empieza lo malo (Thus Bad Begins, Spain)
- Sean Michaels – Us Conductors (Canada, April 8)
- Karen Miller – The Falcon Throne (September)
- Haruki Murakami – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (translation, August 12)
- Rick Riordan – The Blood of Olympus (October 7)
- Rudy Ruiz – Seven for the Revolution
- Samanta Schweblin – Distancia de rescate (translated as Fever Dream, Argentina)
- Roger Scruton – Notes from Underground (March 12)
- Akhil Sharma – Family Life
- Joss Sheldon – Involution & Evolution (August 4)
- Leïla Slimani – Dans le jardin de l'ogre (France)[22]
- Ali Smith – How to Be Both (UK, August 28)
- Miriam Toews – All My Puny Sorrows[23]
- Olga Tokarczuk – The Books of Jacob (Księgi Jakubowe) (Poland, October)
- Niall Williams – History of the Rain
Children and young people
Poetry
- Rosemary Tonks (posthumous) – Bedouin of the London Evening (selected poetry and prose)
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in literature" article,
- January 4 – Jean Metellus, Haitian neurologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1937)
- January 14 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, 83 (born 1930)
- January 28 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer, 64 (born 1949)
- January 29 – Hashem Shabani, Iranian poet, 32, (hanged, born c. 1982)
- February 18 – Mavis Gallant, Canadian writer of short stories, 91 (born 1923)[26]
- March 2 – Justin Kaplan, American writer, editor and biographer, 88 (born 1925)[27]
- March 18 – Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian researcher and poet,
- April 2
- April 5 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, naturalist and wilderness writer, 86 (born 1927)[28][29][30]
- April 10
- April 15 – Rosemary Tonks, English poet, prose writer, and children's writer (born 1928)
- April 17 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel laureate, 87 (born 1927)[32]
- April 20 – Alistair MacLeod, Canadian writer, 77 (born 1936)[33][34]
- April 24 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet, dramatist and writer, 92 (born 1921)[35]
- May 6 – Farley Mowat, Canadian author and environmentalist, 92 (born 1921)[36]
- May 21 – Ruth Guimarães, Afro-Brazilian classicist, fiction writer and poet, 93 (born 1920)
- May 28
- June 19 – Josephine Pullein-Thompson, English children's novelist, 90 (born 1924)
- June 22 – Felix Dennis, English publisher and poet, 67 (born 1947)[38]
- June 23 – Nancy Garden, American author (born 1938)[39]
- June 25 – Ana María Matute, Spanish writer, 88 (born 1925)[40]
- June 29 – Dermot Healy, Irish poet, playwright, fiction writer and memoirist. 66 (born 1947)[41]
- July 4 – C. J. Henderson, American author and critic, 62
- July 7 – Sheila K. McCullagh, English children's writer (born 1920)
- July 13 – Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, anti-apartheid activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 90 (born 1923)[42]
- July 20 – Thomas Berger, American writer, 93 (born 1924)
- August 1 – Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian novelist, 40 (brain tumour, born 1974)
- August 2
- September 4
- September 21 – Linda Griffiths, Canadian playwright, 60 (born 1953)[43]
- September 24 – Hugh C. Rae (Jessica Stirling, etc.), Scottish novelist, 79 (born 1935)
- September 28 – Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and physician, 91 (born 1923)
- November 27 – P. D. James, English crime writer, 94 (born 1920)[44]
- November 29 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet and writer, United States Poet Laureate, 80 (born 1934)[45]
- November 30
- December 3 – Vicente Leñero, Mexican writer and journalist, 81 (born 1933)[48]
- December 12 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, 86 (born 1928)
- December 24 – Lee Israel, American biographer and literary forger, 75 (born 1939)
- Akutagawa Prize: Hiroko Oyamada for Ana (Hole) and Tomoka Shibasaki for Haru No Niwa (Spring Garden)
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
- Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride[49]
- Caine Prize for African Writing: Okwiri Oduor, "My Father's Head"
- Camões Prize: Alberto da Costa e Silva
- Costa Book of the Year: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald[50]
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award: Paul Carlucci, The Secret Life of Fission[51]
- Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Tamai Kobayashi[52]
- Desmond Elliott Prize: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride[53]
- DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry[54]
- Dylan Thomas Prize: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris[55]
- European Book Prize: Pascale Hugues, Hannah's Dress, and Anthony Giddens, Turbulent and Mighty Continent
- Folio Prize: Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders[56]
- German Book Prize: Kruso by Lutz Seiler[57]
- Goldsmiths Prize: How to Be Both by Ali Smith[58]
- Gordon Burn Prize: The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth[59]
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle[60]
- Governor General's Award for French-language fiction: Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée[60]
- Governor General's Awards, other categories: See 2014 Governor General's Awards.
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Adrien Bosc, for Constellation
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi[61]
- International Dublin Literary Award: Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Sound of Things Falling
- Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award: A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride[62]
- Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 26th Lambda Literary Awards
- Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Erickson
- Man Booker Prize: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan[63]
- Miles Franklin Award: All The Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld[64]
- National Biography Award: The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer by Alison Alexander[65]
- National Book Award for Fiction: to Redeployment by Phil Klay[66]
- Nobel Prize in Literature: to Patrick Modiano[67]
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt[68]
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri[69][70]
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows[71]
- SAARC Literary Award: Tarannum Riyaz
- Samuel Johnson Prize: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald[72]
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: Sean Michaels, Us Conductors[73]
- Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings: Ko Un[74]
- Walter Scott Prize: An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris[75]
- Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: Charles Simic[76]
Link (2014-03-22). "Silliman's Blog". Ronsilliman.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
Begley, Adam (2014). Updike. HarperCollins (2014). p. 265. ISBN 978-0061896453. Updike and Cheever had met fleetingly at literary events, such as the National Book Award on March 10, 1964, at the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton, where Updike accepted the prize for The Centaur
Kannermeyer, J. C. (2012). J. M. Coetzee: A Life in Writing. Michiel Heyns, translator. Scribe Publications. p. 247. ISBN 9781922070081. On 18 April 1974 the first printing of Dusklands appeared in hardback, with a press release by Randall praising the novel as "one of the most important works of literature to have been written in South Africa". The retail price was R4.80.
National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-09. (With interview, acceptance speech by Matthiessen, and essay by Harold Augenbraum from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
Link (2014-05-29). "Silliman's Blog". Ronsilliman.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
Citation reads: "for a compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless."