2021 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2021.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Events

New books

Fiction

New adult fiction, sorted by author's last name
Author Title Date of Pub. Ref.
Anuk Arudpragasam A Passage North July 13 [4]
Claire Fuller Unsettled Ground March 25 [5]
Damon Galgut The Promise May [6]
Lauren Groff Matrix September 7 [7]
Jakob Guanzon Abundance March 2 [8]
Nathan Harris The Sweetness of Water June 15 [9]
Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun March 2 [10]
Caroline Kepnes You Love Me April 6 [11]
Stephen King Billy Summers August 3 [12]
Stephen King Later March 2 [13]
John le Carré Silverview October 12 [14]
Patricia Lockwood No One Is Talking About This February 16 [15]
Nadifa Mohamed The Fortune Men May 27 [16]
Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water February 4 [17]
Viet Thanh Nguyen The Committed March 2 [18]
Anna North Outlawed January 5 [19]
Nnedi Okorafor Remote Control January 19 [20]
Helen Oyeyemi Peaces April 6 [21]
Lauren Oyler Fake Accounts February 2 [22]
Lindsay Pereira Gods and Ends March 22 [23]
Richard Powers Bewilderment September 21 [24]
Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You September 7 [25]
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr La plus secrète mémoire des hommes August 19 [26]
Maggie Shipstead Great Circle May 4 [27]
Michael Farris Smith Nick January 5 [28]
Wole Soyinka Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth September 28 [29]
Francis Spufford Light Perpetual May 18 [30]
Elizabeth Strout Oh William! October 19 [4]
Colson Whitehead Harlem Shuffle September 14 [31]

Children and young adults

New books for children and young adults, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of Pub. Ref.
Joanna Ho Eyes That Kiss in the Corners January 5 [32]
Rose Szabo What Big Teeth February 2 [33]
Jory John Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear March 23 [34]
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Ace of Spades June 1 [35]
Meghan Markle The Bench June 8 [36]
Jordan Ifueko Redemptor August 27 [37]
Ayana Gray Beasts of Prey September 28 [38]
Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot October 26 [39]
Roseanne A. Brown A Psalm of Storms and Silence November 2 [40]
Natasha Bowen Skin of the Sea [41]

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

New nonfiction books
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Elizabeth Kolbert Under a White Sky February 9 [43]
Bill Gates How to Avoid a Climate Disaster February 16 [44]
Jordan Peterson Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life March 2 [45]
Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty April 13 [46]
Sasha Issenberg The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage June 1 [47]
Michael Holding Why We Kneel, How We Rise June 24 [48]
Sam Kean The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science July 13 [49]
Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present November 2 [50]
Zoë Playdon The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: The Transgender Trial That Threatened to Upend the British Establishment November 11 [51]

Biography and memoirs

New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
Author Title Date of pub. Ref.
Blake Bailey Philip Roth: The Biography May 26 [52]
Hunter Biden Beautiful Things April 6 [53]
Walter Isaacson The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race March 9 [54]
Sinéad O'Connor Rememberings June 1 [55]
Nadia Owusu Aftershocks: A Memoir January 12 [56]
Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart April 20 [57]

Deaths

Deaths sorted by date of death
Individual Background Date of Death Age Cause of Death Ref.
Mary Catherine Bateson Daughter of Margaret Mead, American author and anthropologist January 2 81 Brain damage [58]
Eric Jerome Dickey American novelist January 3 59 Cancer [59]
Neil Sheehan American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author January 7 84 Complications from Parkinson's disease [60]
Christopher Little J. K. Rowling's literary agent January 7 79 Cancer [61][62]
Ved Mehta MacArthur Fellow, New Yorker writer, influential mentor,[63] and chronicler of India January 9 87 Complications from Parkinson's disease [64]
Vassilis Alexakis Greek-born French writer and translator January 11 77 [65]
Sharon Kay Penman American historian and novelist January 22 75 Pneumonia [66]
Martha Madrigal Mexican poet January 23 92 COVID-19
Lars Norén Swedish playwright, novelist and poet January 26 77 COVID-19 [67]
Maria Guarnaschelli American cookbook editor February 6 79 Heart disease [68]
Jean-Claude Carrière French novelist, screenwriter and actor February 8 89 [69]
Lawrence Otis Graham American essayist and cultural critic February 19 59 [70]
Lawrence Ferlinghetti American beat poet, publisher, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore February 22 101 Interstitial lung disease [71]
Enrique González Rojo, Jr. Mexican writer and philosopher March 5 92 [72]
N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat Indian poet March 6 84 [73]
Valentin Kurbatov Russian literary critic and writer March 6 81 [74]
Djibril Tamsir Niane Guinean writer and historian March 8 89 COVID-19 [75]
Norton Juster American writer March 8 91 Complication from a stroke [76]
Joan Walsh Anglund American poet and children's book author and illustrator March 9 95 Heart failure [77]
Robert Middlekauff American historian March 10 91 Complication from a stroke [78]
Nawal El Saadawi Egyptian feminist and writer March 21 89 [79]
Adam Zagajewski Polish poet March 21 75 [80]
Morris Dickstein American literary critic and cultural historian March 24 81 Complications from Parkinson's disease [81]
Beverly Cleary Children's book writer March 25 104 [82]
Larry McMurtry American storyteller March 25 84 [83]
Giancarlo DiTrapano Founder of Tyrant Books March 30 47 [84][85]
Arthur Kopit American playwright April 2 83 [86]
Denis Donoghue Irish academic and literary critic April 6 92 [87]
Vartan Gregorian Saved the New York Public Library April 15 87 [88]
Anthony Thwaite English poet and editor April 22 90 [89]
Pieter Aspe Belgian writer May 2 68 [90]
Jesús Hilario Tundidor Spanish poet May 2 85 [91]
Lucinda Franks Journalist and memoirist, first women to win a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting May 5 74 [92]
Kentaro Miura Japanese manga artist May 6 54 Acute aortic dissection [93]
Eric Carle American children's book writer and illustrator May 23 91 Kidney failure [94]
Dan Frank Editorial director of Pantheon Books May 24 67 [95]
Friederike Mayröcker Austrian poet and writer June 4 96 [96]
Richard Robinson Turned Scholastic into a major children's book publisher June 5 84 [97]
Janet Malcolm American journalist, biographer, and writer for The New Yorker June 16 86 Lung cancer [98]
Stephen Dunn American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet June 24 82 Complications from Parkinson's disease [99]
Elizabeth Martinez American author who jumpstarted the Chicana movement June 29 95 [100]
Athan Theoharis American historian July 3 84 Pneumonia [101]
Roberto Calasso Italian novelist, critic, scholar, and publisher July 28 80 [102]
Jean Breeze Jamaican dub poet and storyteller August 4 65 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [103]
Donald Kagan American historian August 6 89 [104]
Jill Murphy British children's author and illustrator August 18 72 Cancer [105]
James W. Loewen American sociologist and author August 19 79 Bladder cancer [106]
David Roberts American adventure writer August 20 78 [107]
Russ Kick American writer and ediot September 12 52 [108]
Charles W. Mills American philosopher September 20 70 Cancer [109]
Takao Saito Japanese manga artist September 24 84 Pancreatic cancer [110]
Gary Paulsen American author October 13 82 Cardiac arrest [111]
Máire Mhac an tSaoi Irish language scholar and poet October 16 99 [112]
Brendan Kennelly Irish poet October 17 85 [113]
Jerry Pinkney American children's book writer and illustrator October 20 81 Heart attack [114]
Raúl Rivero Cuban poet November 6 75 [115]
Sylvère Lotringer French literary critic and founder of Semiotexte(e) November 8 83 [116]
Jakucho Setouchi Japanese feminist writer November 9 99 Heart failure [117]
Petra Mayer American book editor November 13 46 Pulmonary embolism [118]
Etel Adnan Lebanese-American novelist November 14 96 [119]
Robert Bly American poet, translator, and author November 21 96 Complications of Alzheimer's disease [120]
Almudena Grandes Spanish novelist November 21 94 Cancer [121]
Andrew Vachss American crime writer November 23 79 Coronary artery disease [122]
Marie-Claire Blais Canadian writer November 30 82 [123]
Miroslav Zikmund Czech adventurer, travel writer and film director December 1 102 [124]
Greg Tate American journalist and cultural critic December 7 64 [125]
Anne Rice American author December 12 80 Complications from a stroke [126]
bell hooks American author and feminist December 15 69 Kidney failure [127][128][129]
Madhur Kapila Indian journalist, novelist, art critic, and reviewer of Hindi literature December 19 79 Cardiac arrest [130]
Myrna Manzanares Belizean writer and activist December 21 75 Complications from a stroke [131]
Joan Didion American author and memoirist December 23 87 Complications from Parkinson's disease [132]
Keri Hulme New Zealand writer (The Bone People) and poet December 25 74 Chronic medical issues [133]

Awards

2021 literary award winners, sorted alphabetically by award
Award Author Title Ref.
Arthur C. Clarke Award Laura Jean McKay The Animals in That Country [134]
Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Katherena Vermette The Strangers [135]
BBC National Short Story Award Lucy Caldwell All the People Were Mean and Bad [136]
Booker Prize Damon Galgut The Promise [137]
Camões Prize Paulina Chiziane [138]
Carl Zuckmayer Medal Nora Gomringer [139]
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Kirstin Valdez Quade The Five Wounds [140]
Costa Book Award for Biography John Preston Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell [141]
Costa Book Award for Children's Book Manjeet Mann The Crossing [141]
Costa Book Award for First Novel Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water [141]
Costa Book Award for Novel Claire Fuller Unsettled Ground [141]
Costa Book Award for Poetry Hannah Lowe The Kids [141]
Costa Book of the Year Claire Fuller Unsettled Ground [141]
Danuta Gleed Literary Award Jack Wang We Two Alone [142]
David Cohen Prize Colm Tóibín [143]
Dylan Thomas Prize Raven Leilani Luster [144]
Folio Prize Carmen Maria Machado In the Dream House
Giller Prize Omar El Akkad What Strange Paradise [145]
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Norma Dunning Tainna [146]
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction Fanny Britt Faire les sucres [147]
Governor General's Awards, other categories (See 2021 Governor General's Awards)
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française François-Henri Désérable Mon maître et mon vainqueur [148]
Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Tomson Highway Permanent Astonishment [135]
Holberg Prize Martha Nussbaum [149]
International Booker Prize David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (trans.) At Night All Blood Is Black [150]
International Dublin Literary Award Valeria Luiselli Lost Children Archive [151]
Jerusalem Prize Julian Barnes [152]
Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize Weyman Chan [135]
Matt Cohen Award Frances Itani [135]
National Book Award for Fiction Jason Mott Hell of a Book [153]
National Book Award for Nonfiction Tiya Miles All That She Carried [153]
National Book Award for Poetry Martín Espada Floaters [153]
National Book Award for Translated Literature Elisa Shua Dusapin with Aneesa Abbas Higgins (trans.) Winter in Sokcho [153]
National Book Award for Young People's Literature Malinda Lo Last Night at the Telegraph Club [153]
Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah [154]
Orwell Prize for Political fiction Ali Smith Summer [155]
Orwell Prize for Political writing Joshua Yaffa Between Two Fires: Truth, ambition and compromise in Putin's Russia [155]
Prix Femina Clara Dupont-Monod S'adapter [156]
Prix Goncourt Mohamed Mbougar Sarr La plus secrète mémoire des hommes [157]
Prix Médicis Christine Angot Le Voyage dans l'Est [158]
Prix Renaudot Amélie Nothomb Premier sang [159]
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Louise Erdrich The Night Watchman
Walter Scott Prize Hilary Mantel The Mirror and the Light
Women's Prize for Fiction Susanna Clarke Piranesi [160]
Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award Cherie Dimaline [135]

See also

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