The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
2000 Literary Facts
Nelson DeMille publishes The Lion’s Game
The booming U.S. economy begins to slow after nearly a decade of growth; many dot-com businesses fail
Donald Margulies receives the Pulitzer Prize in drama for Dinner with Friends
C. K. Williams receives the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Repair
Gao Xingjian receives the Nobel Prize for Literature
J. K. Rowling publishes Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Margaret Atwood receives the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin
Martin Amis publishes Experience
Yearlong fears of global disaster because of the “Y2K bug” end on New Years Day, with little computer-related disruption of power and services worldwide
Anne Hebert dies
Explore: Héloïse, Kamouraska, Anne Hébert
Alex Comfort dies
Explore: Alex(ander) Comfort
A. W. Purdy dies
Explore: A(lfred) W(ellington) Purdy
Penelope Fitzgerald dies
Explore: The Blue Flower, Penelope Fitzgerald, Summary and Description of the Story "At Hiruharama" by Penelope Fitzgerald
Karl Shapiro dies
Explore: Karl Shapiro, Auto Wreck
Barbara Cartland dies
Explore: Who was Barbara Cartland and what is her contribution to literature?
Stanley Kunitz is appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, for a term beginning in October, 2000
Explore: The War Against the Trees, Father and Son, Stanley Kunitz
Dudley Randall dies
Explore: Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham
Yehuda Amichai dies
Explore: Not Like a Cypress, Yehuda Amichai
R. S. Thomas dies
Explore: Ninetieth Birthday, R. S. Thomas
Robert Cormier dies
Explore: The Chocolate War, In the Middle of the Night, Robert Cormier
Malcolm Bradbury dies
Explore: Eating People Is Wrong, Malcolm Bradbury
Gwendolyn Brooks dies
Explore: A Street in Bronzeville, Gwendolyn Brooks