The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

Yann Martel receives the Man Booker Prize for Life of Pi

Carl Dennis receives the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Practical Gods

Suzan-Lori Parks receives the Pulitzer Prize in drama for Topdog/Underdog

Donald E. Westlake publishes Put a Lid on It

Richard Russo receives the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Empire Falls

Camilo José Cela dies

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Claude Brown dies

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Virginia Hamilton dies

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Damon Knight dies

Cyrus Colter dies

Thor Heyerdahl dies

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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, creator of the Nancy Drew mysteries, dies

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Chaim Potok dies

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Imre Kertész receives the Nobel Prize for Literature

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Dee Brown dies

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