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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of2003.

Events[edit]

February 12– An invitation from theFirst Lady of the United States,Laura Bush,for some poets to attend a conference at theWhite Houseis postponed when one of them,Sam Hamill,organizes a "Poets Against the War" group for poetry readings across the United States on the same date.^[1]
February 15–Anti-war protestsoccur in London. They are later used as the setting forIan McEwan's 2005 novelSaturday.^[2]
March – TheUniversity of Mosullibrary is damaged and looted during theIraq War,but many volumes are removed for protection by staff.
April 14– TheIraq National Library and Archiveis burned down during theBattle of Baghdad.^[3]
April –Nicholas Hytnersucceeds SirTrevor Nunnas artistic director of London'sRoyal National Theatre.^[4]
November 7–UNESCOplaces among theMasterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanitywayang kulit,a shadow puppet theatre and best known of theIndonesian wayang.^[5]

New books[edit]

Films[edit]

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Deaths[edit]

January 5–Jean Kerr,American author and playwright (born1923)
January 21–Paul Haines,American-born Canadian poet and songwriter (born1933)
February 16–Aleksandar Tišma,Serbian novelist (born1924)
February 26–Quentin Keynes,English explorer, writer and filmmaker (born1921)
March 11–Brian Cleeve,English-born Irish writer and broadcaster (born1921)
March 12–Howard Fast,American novelist (born1914)
March 14–Lucian Boz,Romanian and Australian literary critic (born1908)
April 3–Michael Kelly,American journalist (born1957)
April 7–Cecile de Brunhoff,French children's writer (born1903)
June 21
- George Axelrod,American dramatist and screenwriter (born1922)
- Leon Uris,American novelist (born1924)
July 6–Kathleen Raine,English poet, scholar, and translator (born1908)^[20]
July 10–Winston Graham,English novelist (born1908)^[21]
July 14–Éva Janikovszky,Hungarian novelist and children's writer (born1926)
July 15–Roberto Bolaño,Chilean-born fiction writer (born1953)
July 16–Carol Shields,American-born Canadian novelist (breast cancer; born1935)^[22]
September 3–Alan Dugan,American poet (born1923)
September 12–Profira Sadoveanu,Romanian journalist, memoirist, biographer, editor and translator (born1906)
September 24–Derek Prince,English biblical scholar, author and radio presenter (born1915)
September 25–Edward Said,Palestinian-American literary critic (born1935)^[23]
November 9–Alan Davidson,Northern Irish historian and food writer (born1924)
December 3–Sita Ram Goel,Indian historian, publisher and author (born1921)
December 11–Ahmadou Kourouma,Ivorian writer (born1927)^[24]
December 12–Fadwa Toukan,Palestinian poet (born1917)

Awards[edit]

Nobel Prize for Literature:J. M. Coetzee

Australia[edit]

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award:Nicholas Angel,Drown Them in the Sea
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry:Emma Lew,Anything the Landlord Touches
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:Jill Jones,Screens Jets Heaven
Miles Franklin Award:Alex Miller,Journey to the Stone Country

Canada[edit]

Giller Prize:M. G. Vassanji–The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
See2003 Governor General's Awardsfor a complete list of the winners of those awards.
Griffin Poetry Prize:Margaret Avison,Concrete and Wild CarrotandPaul Muldoon,Moy sand and gravel
Edna Staebler AwardforCreative Non-Fiction:Alison Watt,The Last Island^[25]

Sweden[edit]

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:Maurice SendakandChristine Nöstlinger^[26]

United Kingdom[edit]

Booker Prize:DBC Pierre,Vernon God Little
Caine Prize for African Writing:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor,"Weight of Whispers"
Carnegie Medalforchildren's literature:Jennifer Donnelly,A Gathering Light^[27]
Cholmondeley Award:Ciarán Carson,Michael Donaghy,Lavinia Greenlaw,Jackie Kay
David Cohen Prize:Beryl Bainbridge,Thom Gunn
Eric Gregory Award:Jen Hadfield,Zoë Brigley,Paul Batchelor,Olivia Cole,Sasha Dugdale,Anna Woodford
James Tait Black Memorial Prizefor biography:Janet Browne,Charles Darwin:Volume 2 – The Power of Place
James Tait Black Memorial Prizefor fiction:Andrew O'Hagan,Personality
Orange Prize for Fiction:Valerie Martin,Property
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry:U. A. Fanthorpe
Whitbread Book of The Year Award:Mark Haddon,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time:A Novel

United States[edit]

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:David Shumate,High Water Mark
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry:W. S. Merwin
Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry:Julie Sheehan,"Brown-headed Cow Birds"
Bollingen Prize for Poetry:Adrienne Rich
Brittingham Prize in Poetry:Brian Teare,The Room Where I Was Born
Compton Crook Award:Patricia Bray,Devlin's Luck
Frost Medal:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Hugo Award:Robert J. Sawyer,Hominids
Lambda Literary Awards:Multiple categories; see2003 Lambda Literary Awards
National Book Award for Fiction:Shirley Hazzard,The Great Fire
National Book Critics Circle Award:Edward P. Jones,The Known World
Newbery Medalforchildren's literature:Avi,Crispin: The Cross of Lead^[28]
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction:Sabina Murray,The Caprices
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:Jeffrey Eugenides,Middlesex
Wallace Stevens Award:Richard Wilbur
Whiting Awards:

Fiction:Courtney Angela Brkic(fiction/nonfiction),Alexander Chee,Agymah Kamau,Ann Pancake,Lewis Robinson,Jess Row

Nonfiction:Christopher Cokinos,Trudy Dittmar

Plays:Sarah Ruhl

Poetry:Major Jackson

Other[edit]

Camões Prize:Rubem Fonseca
International Dublin Literary Award:Orhan PamukMy Name is Red
Premio Nadal:Andrés Trapiello,Los amigos del crimen perfecto
SAARC Literary Award:Tissa Abeysekara,Laxman Gaikwad

Notes[edit]

Hahn, Daniel (2015).The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature(2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press.ISBN 9780198715542.

References[edit]

^Knowles, Joe (2003-02-14)."Poets Against the War".In These Times.Archived fromthe originalon 2008-09-06.Retrieved2014-11-10.
^Christopher Hitchens(April 2005)."Civilisation and its malcontents".The Atlantic(April 2005).Retrieved17 January2021.
^Eskander, Saad (December 2004). "The Tale of Iraq's 'Cemetery of Books'".Information Today.21(11): 1–54.
^"Hytner appointment welcomed".BBC News.25 September 2001.Retrieved17 January2021.
^Indonesian wayang Inscribed in 2003 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
^Will Hammond (10 August 2003)."Old London calling".The Guardian.Retrieved23 October2021.
^Lane, Harriet (1 June 2003)."Ali's in Wonderland".The Observer.Retrieved31 May2005.
^Young, Richard (2011).Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater.Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. p. 185.ISBN 9780810874985.
^Charlotte Moore (24 May 2003)."Just the facts, ma'am".The Guardian.Retrieved23 October2021.
^John Homans (March 10, 2003)."The Three Wives Club".New York.Retrieved23 October2021.
^Stuhr, Rebecca (2009).Reading Khaled Hosseini.Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood Press. p. 25.ISBN 9780313355110.
^Hahn 2015, p. 21
^Hahn 2015, p. 332-333
^Hahn 2015, p. 408
^Hahn 2015, p. 492
^Hahn 2015, pp. 264-265
^Olson, Danel (2011).21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000.Scarecrow Press. p. 523.ISBN 978-0-8108-7728-3.
^Goodreads,Into the Blue,Book review, Retrieved 11/27/2012
^Eichenberger, J. (2003).Your Pilot's License.Mcgraw-hill.ISBN 9780071402859.Retrieved2015-04-03.
^Watts, Janet (8 July 2003)."Obituary: Kathleen Raine".The Guardian.Retrieved11 October2018.
^"Winston Graham obituary".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-05-01.RetrievedMarch 9,2015.
^Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (July 18, 2003)."Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist, Dies at 68".The New York Times.
^Bernstein, Richard (26 September 2003)."Edward W. Said, Literary Critic and Advocate for Palestinian Independence, Dies at 67".The New York Times.p. 23.Retrieved6 June2013.
^Busby, Margaret(16 December 2003)."Ahmadou Kourouma".The Independent.London. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-05-01.
^Faculty of Arts, 2003,Edna Staebler Award Archived2014-06-06 atArchive-It,Wilfrid Laurier University,Previous winners, Alison Watt, Retrieved 11/27/2012
^Hahn 2015, p. 653
^Hahn 2015, p. 661
^Hahn 2015, p. 658

[1] Knowles, Joe (2003-02-14)."Poets Against the War".In These Times.Archived fromthe originalon 2008-09-06.Retrieved2014-11-10.

[2] Christopher Hitchens(April 2005)."Civilisation and its malcontents".The Atlantic(April 2005).Retrieved17 January2021.

[3] Eskander, Saad (December 2004). "The Tale of Iraq's 'Cemetery of Books'".Information Today.21(11): 1–54.

[4] "Hytner appointment welcomed".BBC News.25 September 2001.Retrieved17 January2021.

[5] Indonesian wayang Inscribed in 2003 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

[6] Will Hammond (10 August 2003)."Old London calling".The Guardian.Retrieved23 October2021.

[7] Lane, Harriet (1 June 2003)."Ali's in Wonderland".The Observer.Retrieved31 May2005.

[8] Young, Richard (2011).Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater.Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. p. 185.ISBN 9780810874985.

[9] Charlotte Moore (24 May 2003)."Just the facts, ma'am".The Guardian.Retrieved23 October2021.

[10] John Homans (March 10, 2003)."The Three Wives Club".New York.Retrieved23 October2021.

[11] Stuhr, Rebecca (2009).Reading Khaled Hosseini.Santa Barbara, Calif: Greenwood Press. p. 25.ISBN 9780313355110.

[12] Hahn 2015, p. 21

[13] Hahn 2015, p. 332-333

[14] Hahn 2015, p. 408

[15] Hahn 2015, p. 492

[16] Hahn 2015, pp. 264-265

[17] Olson, Danel (2011).21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000.Scarecrow Press. p. 523.ISBN 978-0-8108-7728-3.

[18] Goodreads,Into the Blue,Book review, Retrieved 11/27/2012

[19] Eichenberger, J. (2003).Your Pilot's License.Mcgraw-hill.ISBN 9780071402859.Retrieved2015-04-03.

[20] Watts, Janet (8 July 2003)."Obituary: Kathleen Raine".The Guardian.Retrieved11 October2018.

[21] "Winston Graham obituary".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-05-01.RetrievedMarch 9,2015.

[22] Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (July 18, 2003)."Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist, Dies at 68".The New York Times.

[23] Bernstein, Richard (26 September 2003)."Edward W. Said, Literary Critic and Advocate for Palestinian Independence, Dies at 67".The New York Times.p. 23.Retrieved6 June2013.

[24] Busby, Margaret(16 December 2003)."Ahmadou Kourouma".The Independent.London. Archived fromthe originalon 2022-05-01.

[25] Faculty of Arts, 2003,Edna Staebler Award Archived2014-06-06 atArchive-It,Wilfrid Laurier University,Previous winners, Alison Watt, Retrieved 11/27/2012

[26] Hahn 2015, p. 653

[27] Hahn 2015, p. 661

[28] Hahn 2015, p. 658

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Events[edit]

New books[edit]

Fiction[edit]

Children and young people[edit]

Drama[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Non–fiction[edit]

Films[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Awards[edit]

Australia[edit]

Canada[edit]

Sweden[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]