2005 in literature
See also: 2004 in literature, other events of 2005, 2006 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- February 25 – Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.
New books
- DisneyWar – James B. Stewart
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
- Haunted – Chuck Palahniuk
- Saturday – Ian McEwan
- SilverFin – Charlie Higson
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception – Eoin Colfer
Deaths
- January 7 – Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
- January 14 – Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (b. 1922)
- January 15 – Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (b. 1913)
- January 15 – Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (b. 1920)
- January 19 – K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- January 21 – Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (b. 1907)
- January 24 – Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
- January 25 – Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
- January 29 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter. (b. 1924)
- February 10 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- February 11 – Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (b. 1944)
- February 21 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
- February 25 – Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (b. 1909)
- March 30 – Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
- April 7 – Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (b. 1964)
- April 26 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (b. 1917)
Awards
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