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… 2001 ^{. Events Immediately after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks W Events March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the Events January 29 &mdash Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time becomes Events April 1 &mdash Foetrycom Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests Events October 7 &mdash Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. Events March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.} 2002 ^{. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.} 2003 - 2004 - 2005 ^{. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.} 2006 ^{. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.} 2007 … … 1970s ^{. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.} 1980s ^{. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.} 1990s -2000s- 2010s ^{. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019.} 2020s ^{. The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini ( common) era} 2030s … … 20th century ^{. The 2030s will begin on January 1, 2030 and end on December 31, 2039. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on} 21st century ^{. The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.} 22nd century …
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3 New drama
4 Non-fiction
5 Deaths
6 Awards
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Events

Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Last Crossing to be read across the nation. Canada Reads is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada 's public broadcaster, the CBC. Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM, (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian Fiction author The Last Crossing is a Novel by Canadian writer Guy Vanderhaeghe.
June 1 - Sasebo, Nagasaki - Controversy briefly surrounded Koushun Takami's Battle Royale, when an 11-year-old fan of the story (known on the internet as Nevada-tan) murdered her classmate, 12-year-old Satomi Mitarai, in a way that mimicked a scene from the story. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.As of 2006 the city has an estimated Population of 258324 and the density of 709 is best-known as the author of the Novel Battle Royale, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki is a Novel written by Japanese author Koushun Takami. The book (ISBN 4-89392-958-5 was first published in Japan in April 1999, and later formed the basis [1] [2]

New books

Germano Almeida - O mar na Lajinha
R. Scott Bakker - The Darkness That Comes Before
Steven Barnes - The Cestus Deception
Alistair Beaton - A Planet for the President
T. C. Boyle - The Inner Circle
Gennifer Choldenko - Al Capone Does My Shirts
Stephen Clarke - A Year in the Merde
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Wendy Coakley-Thompson - Back to Life
Suzanne Collins - Gregor the Overlander
J. J. Connelly - Layer Cake
Afua Cooper - The Hanging of Angelique
Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Escape and The Last Kingdom
Douglas Coupland - Eleanor Rigby
Stevie Davies - Kith & Kin
L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg - Sagas of Conan
Cory Doctorow - Eastern Standard Tribe
Ben Elton - Past Mortem
Giorgio Faletti - Niente di vero tranne gli occhi
Karen Joy Fowler - The Jane Austen Book Club
Robert Goddard - Play to the End
Elisabeth Harvor, All Times Have Been Modern (Canada)
Michael Helm - In the Place of Last Things
Carl Hiaasen - Skinny Dip
Allison Hedge Coke - Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty
Jiang Rong - Wolf Totem
Cynthia Kadohata - Kira-Kira
Peg Kehret - Escaping the Giant Wave
Stephen King - The Dark Tower and Song of Susannah
David Leavitt - The Body of Jonah Boyd
Tanith Lee - Piratica
David Lodge - Author, Author
Henning Mankell - Depths
David Michaels - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
David Mitchell -Cloud Atlas
Alice Munro - Runaway
Garth Nix - Grim Tuesday
Linda Sue Park - When My Name Was Keoke
Michael Reaves and Steve Perry - MedStar I: Battle Surgeons and MedStar II: Jedi Healer
Marilynne Robinson - Gilead
Philip Roth - The Plot Against America
Nick Sagan - Edenborn
David Sherman & Dan Cragg - Jedi Trial
Kyle Smith - Love Monkey
Lemony Snicket - The Grim Grotto
David Southwell - Conspiracy Files
Olen Steinhauer - The Confession
Neal Stephenson - The Confusion (Vol. Germano Almeida (born 1945 is a Cape Verde Author and Lawyer. O mar na Lajinha is a Capeverdean Novel published in 2004 by Germano Almeida. Richard Scott Bakker (born February 2, 1967, Simcoe Ontario) is a Canadian Fantasy Author. The Darkness That Comes Before is the first book in the Prince of Nothing series by Scott Bakker. Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952 in Los Angeles CA) is a Science fiction writer lecturer creative consultant and human performance technician The Cestus Deception is a Science fiction novel by Steven Barnes set in the Star Wars galaxy during the Clone Alistair Beaton (born 1947 is a Scottish left wing political satirist, journalist radio presenter novelist and television writer A Planet for the President ( 2004) is a novel by Alistair Beaton. T Coraghessan Boyle (also known as TC Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U The Inner Circle is a novel by T C Boyle first published in 2004 about the development of Sexology in the United States and Gennifer Choldenko (born October 20[[ 957]] is a Newbery Honor -winning American writer of popular books for children and adolescents Al Capone Does My Shirts is a Young adults book written in 2004 by Southern California -based Young adults literature author Gennifer Choldenko Stephen Clarke is a British journalist and novelist He lives in Paris where he "divides his time between writing and not writing A Year in the Merde is a Comic novel by Stephen Clarke first published in 2004 under the Pen name Paul West. Susanna Clarke (born November 1, 1959) is a British author best known for her debut Novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born Wendy Cecille Thompson on December 27 1966 in Brooklyn, New York) is a mainstream fiction author Back to Life is a 2004 novel the first book by author Wendy Coakley-Thompson. Suzanne Collins is an American cartoon writer and author Suzanne started her career in 1991 by writing for children's Television shows Gregor the Overlander is the first book of The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins. JJ Connolly is the writer of the crime novel Layer Cake, and of the screenplay of the film based on it Afua Cooper is a Jamaican born Canadian Historian and dub poet. Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English Historical novelist He is best known for his Sharpe's Escape is the twentieth novel in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series finding the hero embroiled in the British retreat through Portugal in 1810 from the defence of The Last Kingdom is the first book in The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell. Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian Novelist. Eleanor Rigby is a 2004 Novel by Douglas Coupland, about a lonely 42-year-old woman Stevie Davies is an award-winning Welsh Novelist. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea, and a Fellow of the Royal Society Lyon Sprague de Camp, ( November 27 1907 – November 6 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy author Linwood Vrooman Carter ( June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Björn Emil Oscar Nyberg, born September 11 1929, is a Swedish fantasy author best known for his additions to the series of Conan Sagas of Conan is a 2004 omnibus collection of three previously issued Fantasy books written by L Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian Blogger Journalist and Science fiction author who serves as co-editor Eastern Standard Tribe is a 2004 novel by Cory Doctorow, who also wrote Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and A Place So Foreign and Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959 is an English Comedian, writer and director. Past Mortem is a detective novel by Ben Elton first published in 2004. Giorgio Faletti (born November 25 1950) is an Italian writer actor and singer-songwriter Karen Joy Fowler (b February 7 1950, Bloomington Indiana) is an American author of The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2004 novel by American author Karen Joy Fowler. Robert Goddard (b 13 November, 1954, Fareham, Hampshire, England) is a British Novelist. Play to the End is a crime novel by Robert Goddard first published in 2004. Erica Elisabeth Arendt Harvor (née Deichman) (born 26 June 1936) is a Canadian Novelist and Poet who lives in Ottawa Criticism of Canadian literature has focused on nationalistic and regional themes Michael Helm is a Canadian novelist Helm was born in Eston, Saskatchewan, and studied literature at the University of Toronto after receiving Carl Hiaasen (ˈhaɪəsɛn (born March 12, 1953) is an American Journalist and Novelist. Skinny Dip is a Caper novel by Carl Hiaasen first published in 2004. Http//wwwartscouncilsdgov/aisc/lit5htm Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (born 4 August 1958) is an American poet and Canadian poet Alan Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English Novelist and winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty The Line of Beauty is a 2004 Booker Prize -winning novel by Alan Hollinghurst. Lu Jiamin (born Beijing, 1946 is a Chinese dissident and author most famous for his best-selling 2004 novel Wolf Totem, which he wrote Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Japanese American writer known for writing coming of age stories about Asian American women Kira-Kira is a young adult novel by Cynthia Kadohata. It won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2005 Peg Kehret (born Margaret Ann Schulze on November 11, 1936 in LaCrosse Wisconsin; last name pronounced like Carrot) is an American Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, For other uses of The Dark Tower, see The Dark Tower (disambiguation Song of Susannah is the sixth and penultimate novel in Stephen King 's ''Dark Tower'' series. David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961) is an American novelist Biography Born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Leavitt is a graduate The Body of Jonah Boyd is a Novel by David Leavitt, published in 2004 that depicts various consequences of the theft of a Manuscript. Tanith Lee (born September 19, 1947) is a British Writer of Science fiction, horror and Fantasy. The Piratica Series is a fantasy series by Tanith Lee. Piratica Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventures Upon the High Seas - 2004 David John Lodge CBE, (born January 28, 1935 at Brockley London, England) is a British author This article is about the David Lodge novel For the similar Author! Author!, see the disambiguation page Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is an internationally known Swedish Crime writer, children's author and Playwright Depths is a 2004 novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell. Set in 1914 the novel concerns a naval engineer Lars Tobiasson-Svartman a depth-sounder David Michaels is a Pseudonym for the authors of novels in the Splinter Cell, EndWar, and Ghost Recon series Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a 2004 novel told in the first person by author David Michaels. David Mitchell (born January 12, 1969) is an English Novelist. Cloud Atlas is a 2004 novel the third book by British author David Mitchell. Alice Ann Munro ( Née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer and three-time winner of Canada's Runaway is a book of short stories by Alice Munro. First published in 2004 by McClelland and Stewart, it was awarded that year's Giller Garth Nix (born 19 July 1963 in Melbourne) is an Australian author of young adult Fantasy novels most notably the Grim Tuesday is a novel written by Garth Nix in 2004, and was first published in the USA by Scholastic Press and in Great Britain by Linda Sue Park is an American author of Children's fiction. Park published her first novel Seesaw Girl, in 1999 Michael Reaves (born 1950) is an American writer known for his contributions as producer and story editor to a number of 1990s animated television series including Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is an American television writer and Science fiction Author. MedStar I Battle Surgeons is the first of two Del Rey Star Wars books by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry set in the MedStar II Jedi Healer is a Star Wars Del Rey book by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry set in the Star Wars galaxy Marilynne Robinson (born 1943 is an American Author. Her 1980 novel Housekeeping (see 1980 in literature) won a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Gilead is a Novel written by Marilynne Robinson and published in 2004. Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark New Jersey) is an American novelist The Plot Against America A Novel (ISBN 0-618-50928-3 is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004 Nick Sagan (b September 16, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American Novelist and Screenwriter. Edenborn is a 2004 novel by Nick Sagan. It is the sequel to ''Idlewild'', and takes place 18 years after that book David Sherman is an American novelist who deals overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level Dan Cragg (born September 6, 1939, in Rochester NY) is an American soldier essayist and science-fiction author Jedi Trial is a Science fiction novel by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. Love Monkey is a novel by Kyle Smith published in 2004 and is the basis for the 2006 CBS show of the same name Lemony Snicket is a Pseudonym used by author Daniel Handler in his book series A Series of Unfortunate Events, as well as a character in that The Grim Grotto is the eleventh novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. David Southwell (born 1971 was born near Southend on the English coast Conspiracy Files is a 2006 Discovery Times documentary 4-part Television series about conspiracy theories. Bridge of Sighs (disambiguation before adding wiki linkfor "The Bridge of Sighs" novel The Confession is also the English title to the 1970 French-Italian film L'Aveu, as well as the title of a story written by French author Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known primarily for his Science fiction works in the Postcyberpunk genre The Confusion is a Novel by Neal Stephenson. It is the second volume in The Baroque Cycle. II of the Baroque Cycle) and The System of the World (Vol. The Baroque Cycle is a series of novels written by Neal Stephenson. The System of the World, a Novel by Neal Stephenson, forms the third volume in The Baroque Cycle. III of the Baroque Cycle)
Sean Stewart - Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Thomas Sullivan - Dust of Eden
Karen Traviss - Star Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact
Jonathan Trigell - Boy A
Andrew Vachss - Down Here
Vivian Vande Velde - Heir Apparent
Bob Weltlich - Crooked Zebra
A. N. Wilson - My Name Is Legion
Michael Winter - The Big Why

New drama

Non-fiction

Thomas P. M. Barnett - The Pentagon's New Map
T. The Baroque Cycle is a series of novels written by Neal Stephenson. Sean Stewart (born June 2 1965) is a US - Canadian Science fiction and Fantasy author Yoda Dark Rendezvous is a 2004 Star Wars novel written by Sean Stewart and published by Del Rey. Pulitzer Prize nominee Thomas Sullivan is the author of some eighty short stories and Novels His work is distinguished by broadly appealing tales Karen Traviss is a Science fiction author and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Republic Commando Hard Contact is the tie-in novel to the video game Republic Commando, written by Karen Traviss. Jonathan Trigell (born 1974) is a British Author. His first novel entitled Boy A, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2004 Boy A is the title of a 2004 novel by British writer Jonathan Trigell. Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American Crime fiction Author, child protection consultant and Attorney exclusively representing Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American Crime fiction Author, child protection consultant and Attorney exclusively representing Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951, Rochester New York) is an American Author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults For the usage of the term see Heir apparent. Heir Apparent is a Science fiction / Fantasy novel by young Bob Weltlich is a former American College basketball coach and author Crooked Zebra is a 2004 novel by former University of Texas college basketball coach Bob Weltlich. Andrew Norman Wilson (born 27 October, 1950) is an English writer known for his critical biographies novels and works of popular and cultural history My Name Is Legion is a novel by A N Wilson first published in 2004. Michael Winter (born 1965) is a Canadian writer He was born in Jarrow, England and grew up in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934 is an English Author and Tony Award -winning Playwright. The History Boys is a play by English playwright Alan Bennett. Neil Brand (born March 18 1958) is a British Writer, Composer, and a renowned silent film Accompanist. Bryony Lavery (born 1947 is a British dramatist known for her successful and award-winning 2004 play Frozen. Frozen is a 2004 play by Bryony Lavery that tells the story of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl Rhona John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950 is a Playwright from the Bronx. Doubt A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley originally staged Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23 Thomas PM Barnett (born 1962 is an American Military Geostrategist. The Pentagon's New Map War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century is a 2004 book by Thomas Barnett based around an earlier article he wrote for Mike Childs - The Rocklopedia Fakebandica
Richard A. Clarke - Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
Flora Fraser - Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
Leonie Frieda - Catherine de' Medici
Sheila Hancock - The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw
Allison Hedge Coke - Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer
Lawrence Lessig - Free Culture
Roger Lowenstein - Origins of the Crash
Farah Pahlavi - An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah
Chuck Palahniuk - Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
Michael Palin - Himalaya
Miranda Seymour - The Bugatti Queen: In Search of a Motor-Racing Legend
Owen Sheers - The Dust Diaries
Ben Stein - Can America Survive? The Rage of the Left, The Truth, and What to Do About It
Jon Stewart and writers of The Daily Show - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Milt Thomas - Cave of a Thousand Tales
J. Maarten Troost - The Sex Lives of Cannibals

Deaths

January-February

January 4

John Toland, author and historian
Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Jeff Nuttall, poet, publisher, and author of Bomb Culture

January 10, Alexandra Ripley, author of Scarlett
January 10 (or 11?), Spalding Gray, actor and author
January 13, Zeno Vendler, philosopher and linguist
January 14, Jack Cady, science fiction author
January 15

Olivia Goldsmith, author
Alex Barris, Canadian actor and writer

January 22, George Woodbridge, illustrator
January 29, M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions
29 January, Janet Frame, New Zealand author
February 2, Alan Bullock, historian
February 4, Hilda Hilst, Brazilian novelist
February 5, Frances Partridge, last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group
February 7, Norman Thelwell, cartoonist
February 8, Julius Schwartz, comic book and pulp magazine editor
February 16, Bill Oakley, comic book letterer
February 19, Hermann Krings, German philosopher
February 27, Paul Sweezy, economist and founding editor of the Monthly Review
February 28, Daniel J. Boorstin, historian
February 29, Jerome Lawrence, playwright

March-August

March 9, Albert Mol, author, actor, and dancer
March 29 - Peter Ustinov, actor, dramatist and memoirist (b. The Rocklopedia Fakebandica, by T Mike Childs is an Illustrated Encyclopedia of fictional Musical Against All Enemies Inside America's War on Terror (ISBN 0-743-26823-7 is a 2004 book by former U Flora Fraser (born 1958 is a British writer best known for her historical biographies Leonie Frieda (born 1956 is a Swedish -born former model translator and writer working and living in the United Kingdom Catherine de' Medici (April 13 1519 &ndash January 5 1589 was born in Florence, Italy as Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de' Medici. Sheila Hancock OBE (born 22 February, 1933) is an English Actress, known primarily for her comic performances The Two of Us My Life with John Thaw (ISBN 1-58234-417-5 is a 2004 biography written by British Actress Sheila Hancock. Http//wwwartscouncilsdgov/aisc/lit5htm Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (born 4 August 1958) is an American poet and Canadian poet Lawrence Lessig (born June 3 1961) is an American academic and political activist Free Culture How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity ( 2004) (published in paperback as Free Culture Roger Lowenstein, an American financial journalist, reported for the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade including two years writing An Enduring Love My Life with the Shah is a 2004 book written by Farah Pahlavi, the former Shahbanu (Empress of Iran, who has been living in exile since Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (ˈpɑːlənɪk born February 21 1962) is an American Transgressional fiction Novelist Stranger Than Fiction True Stories (published in the United Kingdom & Australia as Nonfiction) is a Non-fiction book by Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members Himalaya with Michael Palin was a 2004 BBC television series presented by comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin. Miranda Jane Seymour is an English literary critic novelist and biographer Hellé Nice (b Mariette Hélène Delangle 15 December, 1900 in Aunay-sous-Auneau, Eure-et-Loir, France; d Owen Sheers (born 1974) is a Welsh poet author playwright actor and TV presenter The Dust Diaries is an award-winning book by Owen Sheers, published in 2004. Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25 1944) is an American attorney political figure and Entertainment personality who in his early career Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28 1962 is an American Comedian, Satirist, Actor, Writer, and The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show America (The Book A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 non-fiction Bestseller written by Jon Stewart and other writers of Milt Thomas is a United States author and novelist After 21 years in the music industry Thomas began a writing career at age 50 Cave of a Thousand Tales The Life and Times of Pulp Author Hugh B J Maarten Troost is the author of two humorous books regarding the part of his life spent in the South Pacific and one on a trip to China The Sex Lives of Cannibals The Sex Lives of Cannibals Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific is a 2004 travelogue by author J Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. John Willard Toland ( June 29, 1912 in La Crosse Wisconsin - January 4, 2004 in Danbury Connecticut) was an Joan Delano Aiken ( September 4 1924 &ndash January 4 2004) was an English Novelist. Jeff Nuttall ( July 8, 1933 &ndash January 4, 2004) was an English Poet, publisher Actor, painter Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Alexandra Ripley, née Braid ( January 8, 1934 - January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Spalding Rockwell Gray ( June 5, 1941 &ndash ca January 10, 2004) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Zeno Vendler (1921 – 2004 was a Hungarian-born philosopher He was born and brought up in Hungary in 1921 Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Jack Cady ( 1933 - January 14, 2004) was an American Author. He is most known as an award winning fantasist and horror writer Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Olivia Goldsmith ( 1949 - January 15, 2004) was an American Author, best known for her first novel The First Wives Club Alex Paul Barris, CM (September 16 1922 &ndash January 15 2004 was an American -born Canadian television Actor and Writer. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. For the British actor see George Woodbridge. George Woodbridge ( 1930 - January 19, 2004) an American illustrator Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Mary Margaret ('Mollie' Kaye ( August 21, 1908 - January 29, 2004) was a British writer The Far Pavilions is an epic Novel of British- Indian history by M Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. The New Zealand author Janet Paterson Frame, ONZ, CBE ( August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) published eleven Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Alan Louis Charles Bullock Baron Bullock ( 13 December 1914 - 2 February 2004) was a British historian who wrote an influential Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst, more widely known as Hilda Hilst ( Jaú, April 21, 1930 &ndash Campinas[[February 4]] 2004) Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Frances Catherine Partridge ( 15 March 1900 – 5 February 2004) was a long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group and a writer probably The Bloomsbury Group was an English collectivity of loving friends and relatives who lived in or near London during the first half of the twentieth century Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Norman Thelwell ( 3 May 1923 - 7 February 2004) was an English Cartoonist well-known for his humorous illustrations of Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Julius "Julie" Schwartz ( June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was a Jewish Comic book and Pulp magazine Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Bill Oakley (born in 1966 is an American television writer best known for his work on The Simpsons. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Paul Marlor Sweezy ( April 10, 1910 – February 27 2004) was a Marxist economist Monthly Review is an independent Marxist journal published in New York City. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Daniel Joseph Boorstin ( October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American Historian, Professor, Attorney Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Jerome Lawrence ( July 14, 1915 - February 29, 2004) was an American Playwright and author Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Albert Mol ( Amsterdam, January 1, 1917 &ndash Laren, March 9, 2004) was a popular Dutch author actor and TV personality Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (ˈjuːstɪnɒf or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/ 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow 1921)
March 30
- Dr Michael King OBE New Zealand historian, author and biographer
- Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist and broadcaster (b. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Michael King, OBE ( December 15, 1945 &ndash March 30, 2004) was a widely respected New Zealand popular historian The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Biographers are Authors who write an account of another person's life while autobiographers are authors who write their own Biography. Alistair Cooke should not be confused with Alastair Cook, English cricketer 1908)
May 2, Paul Guimard, French writer
April 26, Hubert Selby, Jr., American author
July 1, Peter Barnes, playwright
July 8, Paula Danziger, young adult novelist

September-December

September 18 - Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Paul Guimard ( 3 March 1921 - 2 May 2004) was a French Writer known for combining his passions of writing and the sea Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Hubert Selby Jr ( July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was a 20th century American writer "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Peter Barnes, ( January 10 1931 &ndash July 1 2004) was an English Olivier Award -winning Playwright and Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Paula Danziger ( August 18, 1944 – July 8, 2004) was a US children's author. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Norman F Cantor (born in Winnipeg, Canada on November 19, 1929, died in Miami Florida, United States on September 1929)
September 24 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Françoise Sagan ( June 21, 1935 &ndash September 24 2004) real name Françoise Quoirez, was a French playwright 1935)
October 16, Vincent Brome, English biographer and novelist
October 20, Anthony Hecht, American poet
November 24, Arthur Hailey, Canadian author
December 2 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Vincent Brome (pronounced 'broom' ( 14 July 1910 – 16 October 2004) was an English writer who gradually established himself as a Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Anthony Evan Hecht, ( January 16 1923 &ndash October 20 2004) was an American Poet. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Arthur Hailey ( April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British / Canadian novelist Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Mona Jane Van Duyn ( May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American Poet. 1921)
December 8, Jackson Mac Low, American poet
December 12, Phaswane Mpe, South African novelist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Jackson Mac Low ( September 12, 1922 &ndash December 8, 2004) was an American Poet, Performance artist, Composer Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Phaswane Mpe, ( September 10 1970 &ndash December 12 2004) was a South African Poet and Novelist. 1970)
December 18 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson ( 3 August 1926 &ndash 18 December 2004) was a British writer and journalist 1926)
December 28, Susan Sontag, American novelist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Susan Sontag ( January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American Literary theorist, Philosopher, 1933)

Awards

Nobel Prize for Literature: Elfriede Jelinek

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Premio Nadal: Antonio Soler, El camino de los ingleses

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