2014 in literature
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- 3.1 Books
- 3.2 Further reading
- 5.1 German literary prizes
- 5.2 International Literary Awards
Events
- 02 March: Sibylle Lewitscharoff holds, in the event series " Dresden speeches " a lecture that triggers violent protests.
- 13th - 16th March: Leipzig Book Fair " appearance Switzerland "
- 02 April: International Kinderbuchtag
- April 23: World Book Day
- June 16: Bloomsday
- 08th - 12th October: Frankfurt Book Fair; Host country: Finland
Anniversaries ( selection)
Birthdays
Dying Days
- 0 im, January: 100th anniversary of the death of Ambrose Bierce
- January 09: 50th Anniversary of Halide Edip Adıvar
- January 21: 200th Anniversary of Jacques -Henri Bernardin de Saint -Pierre
- March 20: 50th Anniversary of Brendan Behan
- March 25: 100th anniversary of Frédéric Mistral
- March 27: 300th anniversary of Anton Ulrich (Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel )
- March 31: 100th anniversary of the death of Christian Morgenstern
- April 02: 100th anniversary of the death of Paul Heyse
- MAY 19: 150th anniversary of the death of John Clare
- MAY 19: 150th anniversary of the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- MAY 26: 150th anniversary of Charles Sealsfield
- June 03: 50th anniversary of the death of Frans Eemil Sillanpää
- 06 July: 100th anniversary of Delmira Agustini
- July 16: 350th anniversary of the death of Andreas Gryphius
- July 19: 50th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Sieburg
- August 12: 50th anniversary of the death of Ian Fleming
- September 04: 50th Anniversary of Werner Berggruen
- September 05: 100th anniversary of Charles Peguy
- September 22: 100th anniversary of the death of Alain -Fournier
- September 22: 200th Anniversary of August Wilhelm Iffland
- SEPTEMBER 25: 100th anniversary of the death of Alfred Lichtenstein
- September 26: 100th anniversary of the death of Hermann Lons
- October 26: 50th anniversary of the death of Agnes Miegel
- October 27: 50th anniversary of the death of Willi Bredel
- November 03: 100th anniversary of Georg Trakl
- November 28: 500th anniversary of the death of Hartmann Schedel
- December 02: 200th anniversary of the death of the Marquis de Sade
- December 29: 50th Anniversary of Bernard von Brentano
Released before ... years
New releases
- Breaking News ( novel) - Frank Schätzing
- The Years of Pilgrimage of the colorless Mr. Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
Further reading
- Klaus in a closet or the wrong Christmas ( Comedy, 1927) - Erich Kastner
Died
- January 02: Elizabeth Jane Howard
- January 09: Amiri Baraka
- January 11: Fritz Molden
- JANUARY 14: Jon Bing
- JANUARY 14: Juan Gelman
- JANUARY 15: Joachim Nowotny
- JANUARY 15: Reinhard Palm
- JANUARY 26: José Emilio Pacheco
- January 27: Helga Pankratz
- JANUARY 28: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
- JANUARY 29: François Cavanna
- JANUARY 30: Igor Bondarenko
- January 31: Horst Mönnich
- February 02: Enzo Muzii
- February 05: Martin Wallimann
- 06 February: Peter Philipp
- February 08: Peter Gente
- February 08: Karl Heinz Henssel
- FEBRUARY 14: Werner middle two
- FEBRUARY 16: Uwe Berger
- FEBRUARY 16: Benno Meyer- Wehlack
- FEBRUARY 18: Karl Eibl
- FEBRUARY 18: Mavis Gallant
- FEBRUARY 18: Margarita Stāraste
- FEBRUARY 28: Mado Michio
- 06 March: Manlio Sgalambro
- March 08: Justus peacocks
- March 10: Joe McGinniss
- MARCH 13: Icchokas Mera
- MARCH 18: Lucius Shepard
- 20 March: Karin Kramer
- 20 March: Khushwant Singh
- MARCH 22: Friedl Hofbauer
- MARCH 25: Jonathan Schell
- April 01: Jacques Le Goff
- 02 April: Unnikrishnan Puthoor
- 02 April: Urs Widmer
- 03 April: Régine Deforges
- April 05: Peter Matthiessen
Literary Awards 2014
German literary prizes
- Adelbert von Chamisso Prize: Ann Cotten; Dana Ranga and Nellja Veremej ( prizes )
- Annette von Droste- Hulshoff Price:
- Berlin Literature Prize: Hans Joachim Harmful
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal: Dieter Kühn
- Clemens Brentano Prize: Maximilian Probst for the bike. The last human technology
- German Book Prize:
- German narrator Price:
- German Science Fiction Price: Best Novel:
- Best story:
- Best Novel:
- Best story:
- Best foreign novel:
- Fiction: Sasa Stanisic for before the feast of
- Nonfiction / essay writing: Helmut Portlethen for The shadow of the photographer
- Translation: Robin Detje for the translation from American English of Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
International literary awards
- AKO Literatuurprijs:
- Anna Seghers Prize:
- Anton Wild Goose Price:
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:
- Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize:
- Bridge Berlin:
- Carnegie Medal:
- Cervantespreis:
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award:
- Erich Fried Prize:
- Finlandia Prize:
- Franz Hessel Prize:
- Franz Kafka Prize for Literature:
- Griffin Poetry Prize: Canadian:
- International:
- Novel:
- Youth book:
- Sports Book:
- Life's work:
- Prose:
- Nonfiction:
- Poetry:
- Youth book:
- Fiction:
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- Balzan Prize:
- European Translation Prize Offenburg: Christian Hansen for his translations from Spanish
- Peace Prize of the German Book Trade:
- Goethe Medal:
- Golden Goethe Medal of the Goethe Society in Weimar:
- Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding Pankaj Mishra for Out of the ruins of the empire. The revolt against the West and the re- emergence of Asia
- Lessing Prize for Criticism: Hans -Ulrich Wehler; Award: Albrecht von Lucke
- Sigmund Freud Prize for scientific prose: