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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2022.
Events[edit]
- 1 January – The 2022 New Year Honours List in the UK includes novelist Anthony Horowitz,[1] cookery writer Claudia Roden[2] and publisher Peter Usborne, all of whom receive the CBE.[3][4]
- 5 January – The Robert B. Silvers Foundation awards the inaugural Robert B. Silvers Prizes to recognize excellence in journalism, literary criticism, and arts writing.[5]
- 11 January – Maya Angelou becomes the first African American woman to appear on a quarter in the United States.[6]
- 25 January – Colm Tóibín is named the new Laureate for Irish Fiction.[7]
- 22 April – The results of a survey carried out by Mayank Kejriwal and Akarsh Nagaraj at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, using AI, reveal evidence of gender bias in literature.[8]
- 4 May – Ram Nath Kovind becomes the first President of India to address a regional language literary event in the northeast when he attends the closing session of the annual conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha in Tamulpur, western Assam.[9]
- 2 June – British literary figures recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours include novelists Ian Rankin (knighthood)[10] and Salman Rushdie; the latter is made a Companion of Honour, along with illustrator Sir Quentin Blake.[11]
- 15 June – Opening of Shakespeare North in Prescot in northwest England, incorporating a replica early-17th century playhouse.[12]
- 12 August – Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie is stabbed before a lecture in New York state.[13]
Anniversaries[edit]
- 200th anniversary of the death of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 150th anniversary of Publishers Weekly[14]
- 100th anniversary of the Newbery Medal[15]
- 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Philip Larkin[16]
- 100th anniversary of the publication of
- Aaron's Rod, a novel by D. H. Lawrence
- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
- Ulysses by James Joyce
New books[edit]
Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction[edit]
Children and young adults[edit]
Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Akshaya Raman | The Ivory Key | January 4 | [32] |
Sue Lynn Tan | Daughter of the Moon Goddess | January 11 | [22] |
Nnedi Okorafor | Akata Woman | January 18 | [22] |
V.E. Schwab | Gallant | March 1 | [13] |
Sabaa Tahir | All My Rage | [13] | |
Deborah Falaye | Blood Scion | March 8 | [33] |
Casey McQuiston | I Kissed Shara Wheeler | May 3 | [13] |
Poetry[edit]
- Ocean Vuong – Time Is a Mother (April 5, US)[34]
Drama[edit]
Non-fiction[edit]
Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Imani Perry | South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation | January 25 | [13][19] |
Daniel H. Pink | The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward | February 1 | [13] |
Chuck Klosterman | The Nineties | February 8 | [13] |
Alexandra Lange | Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall | June 14 | [35] |
Elizabeth Alexander | The Trayvon Generation | June 28 | [19] |
Patrick Radden Keefe | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks | June 28 | [36] |
Biography and memoirs[edit]
Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Bernardine Evaristo | Manifesto: On Never Giving Up | January 18 | [19] |
Laura Gao | Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American | March 8 | [37] |
Elena Ferrante | In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing | March 15 | [19] |
Maud Newton | Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation | March 29 | [13][19] |
Hannah Gadsby | Ten Steps to Nanette | March 29 (Australia) | [38] |
Delia Ephron | Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life | April 12 | [19] |
Janelle Monáe | The Memory Librarian | April 19 | [24] |
Viola Davis | Finding Me | April 26 | [24] |
Deaths[edit]
Individual | Background | Date of Death | Age | Cause of Death | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zheng Min | Chinese poet | January 3 | 101 | [39] | |
Terry Teachout | American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist | January 13 | 65 | [40][41] | |
Ron Goulart | American author of Groucho Marx mysteries | January 14 | 89 | Respiratory arrest | [42] |
Thiago de Mello | Brazilian poet and translator | January 14 | 95 | [43] | |
André Leon Talley | American fashion author, editor, and journalist | January 18 | 73 | Complications of a heart attack and COVID-19 | [44][45][46][47] |
Lani Forbes | American young adult novelist` | February 3 | 35 | Neuroendocrine cancer | [48] |
Ashley Bryan | American writer and illustrator of children's books | February 4 | 98 | [49][50] | |
Jason Epstein | American editor and publisher | February 4 | 93 | Congestive heart failure | [51] |
Kenta Nishimura | Japanese novelist | February 5 | 54 | [52] | |
Bruce Duffy | American novelist | February 10 | 70 | Brain cancer | [53] |
P. J. O'Rourke | American political satirist and journalist | February 15 | 74 | Lung cancer | [54] |
Jan Pieńkowski | Polish-born English writer and illustrator of children's books (Meg and Mog) | February 19 | 85 | Complications of dementia | [55] |
Shirley Hughes | English writer and illustrator of children's books | February 25 | 94 | [56] | |
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. | American author, editor, and journalist | March 8 | 86 | Complications from Parkinson's disease | [57] |
Maureen Howard | American novelist, memoirist, and editor | March 13 | 91 | [58] | |
Yuz Aleshkovsky | Russian-American writer, poet, and singer-songwriter | March 21 | 92 | [59] (in Russian) | |
Ted Mooney | American novelist and journalist (Art in America) | March 22 | 70 | Heart disease | [60] |
Richard Howard | American poet, critic, and translator | March 31 | 92 | [61] | |
David McKee | English writer and illustrator of children's books (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Not Now, Bernard) | April 6 | 87 | [62] | |
Jack Higgins | British crime writer | April 9 | 92 | [63] | |
Serhiy Dyachenko | Ukrainian fantasy novelist | May 5 | 77 | [64] | |
Patricia A. McKillip | American fantasy novelist (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld) | May 6 | 74 | [65] | |
Kim Chi-ha | South Korean poet and playwright | May 8 | 81 | [66] | |
Peter Lamborn Wilson | American anarchist author and poet (Temporary Autonomous Zone) | May 22 | 76-77 | [67] | |
Morton L. Janklow | American literary agent | May 25 | 91 | [68][69] | |
Walter Abish | Austrian-born American author of experimental novels and short stories | May 28 | 90 | [70] | |
Boris Pahor | Slovenian writer (Necropolis) | May 30 | 108 | [71] | |
George Lamming | Barbadian novelist (In the Castle of My Skin) and poet | June 4 | 94 | [72] | |
Duncan Hannah | American visual artist and author | June 11 | 69 | Heart attack | [73] |
A.B. Yehoshua | Isreali novelist, essayist, and playwright | June 14 | 85 | Cancer | [74] |
Raffaele La Capria | Italian writer and screenwriter (Hands over the City, Many Wars Ago) | June 26 | 99 | [75] | |
Frank Moorhouse | Australian novelist and screenwriter | June 26 | 83 | [76] | |
Susie Steiner | British crime novelist | July 2 | 51 | Brain cancer | [77] |
Joan Lingard | Scottish author (The Kevin and Sadie series) | July 12 | 90 | [78] | |
Stuart Woods | American novelist (Chiefs) | July 22 | 84 | [2] | |
Melissa Bank | American author (The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing) | August 2 | 61 | Lung cancer | [79] |
David McCullough | American author. Historian, and biographer (Truman, John Adams) | August 7 | 89 | [80] | |
Raymond Briggs | British author, illustrator, cartoonist and graphic novelist (The Snowman, Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman) | August 9 | 88 | Pneumonia | [81][82] |
Jean-Jacques Sempé | French cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas) | August 11 | 89 | [83] |
Awards[edit]
See also[edit]
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