2001 in literature

Events

• The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, hits movie theaters. The film is directed by Peter Jackson

• February 15 - Author Michael Crichton signed a new two book deal with HarperCollins Publishers reportedly earning $40 million for the two books.

• July 20 - London, England: After being found guilty of two counts of perjury and two of perverting the course of justice, a shackled Lord Jeffrey Archer is taken to Belmarsh jail in a van, seated next to a convicted knife murderer.

New Books

• The Ash Garden[?] - Dennis Bock[?]
• Back When We Were Grownups[?] - Anne Tyler[?]
• Baudolino[?] - Umberto Eco
• The Bonesetter's Daughter[?] - Amy Tan
• The Cold Six Thousand[?] - James Ellroy[?]
• The Constant Gardener[?] - John le Carré
• The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
• Death in Holy Orders[?] - P.D. James
• Dolce Agonia[?] - Nancy Huston
• Empire Falls[?] - Richard Russo[?]
• Fatal Voyage[?] - Kathy Reichs[?]
• The Fiery Cross[?] - Diana Gabaldon[?]
• Five Quarters of the Orange[?] - Joanne Harris
• The Fourth Hand[?] - John Irving
• Fury[?] - Salman Rushdie
• Giving Something Back[?] - Robert N. Kucey
• Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming[?] - Gale E. Christianson[?]
• The Idea of Perfection[?] - Kate Grenville Picador[?]
• Leap Of Faith[?] - Danielle Steel
• Life of Pi[?] - Yann Martel
• Man Ray's Montparnasse[?] - Herbert R. Lottman[?]
• Marie Antoinette: The Journey[?] - Antonia Fraser
• Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
• A Painted House[?] - John Grisham
• Rouge Brésil[?] - Jean-Christophe Rufin[?]
• Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand[?]
• Skipping Christmas[?] - John Grisham
• The Stone Carvers[?] - Jane Urquhart
• Thinks ... - David Lodge
• The White Castle[?] - Orhan Pamuk[?]

Births

Deaths

• January 31 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction writer
• February 7 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, aviator
• March 12 - Robert Ludlum, author
• June 1 - Hank Ketcham[?], 81, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace
• July 3 - Mordecai Richler
• August 1 - Poul Anderson - fantasy / sci-fi author
• August 6 - Jorge Amado[?], 88, Brazilian writer
• August 20 - Fred Hoyle, Astronomer and science fiction writer
• November 10 - Ken Kesey, 66, author.

Awards

• Booker Prize: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
• Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Richard B. Wright[?] - Clara Callan
• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Richard Peck[?], A Year Down Yonder
• Nobel Prize for Literature: V.S. Naipaul
• Orange Prize for Fiction: Kate Grenville Picador[?], The Idea of Perfection
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: David Auburn[?], Proof
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stephen Dunn[?], Different Hours