2022 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2022.
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Events
- 1 January
- The 2022 New Year Honours List in the UK includes novelist Anthony Horowitz, cookery writer Claudia Roden and publisher Peter Usborne, all of whom receive the CBE.
- A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh enters the public domain in the United States.
- 5 January – The Robert B. Silvers Foundation awards the inaugural Robert B. Silvers Prizes to recognize excellence in journalism, literary criticism, and arts writing.
- 11 January – Maya Angelou becomes the first African-American woman to appear on a quarter-dollar coin in the United States.
- 25 January – Colm Tóibín is named the new Laureate for Irish Fiction.
- 22 April – The results of a survey carried out by Mayank Kejriwal and Akarsh Nagaraj at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, using AI, reveal evidence of gender bias in literature.
- 4 May – Ram Nath Kovind becomes the first President of India to address a regional language literary event in the northeast when he attends the closing session of the annual conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha in Tamulpur, western Assam.
- 28 May – Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona, designed by Suma Arquitectura, is formally inaugurated.
- 2 June – British literary figures recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours include novelists Ian Rankin (knighthood) and Salman Rushdie; the latter is made a Companion of Honour, along with illustrator Sir Quentin Blake.
- 15 June – Opening of Shakespeare North in Prescot in northwest England, incorporating a replica early-17th century playhouse.
- 12 August – Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie is stabbed multiple times as he is about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States.
Anniversaries
- 200th anniversary of the death of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 150th anniversary of Publishers Weekly
- 100th anniversary of the Newbery Medal
- 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Philip Larkin
- 100th anniversary of the publication of
- In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- One of Ours by Willa Cather
- "The Problem of Thor Bridge" by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
- The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka
- Aaron's Rod by D. H. Lawrence
- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
- "Celephaïs" by H. P. Lovecraft
- "Herbert West–Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft
- "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft
- "The Tomb" by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
New books
Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.
Fiction
Children and young adults
| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akshaya Raman | The Ivory Key | January 4 | |
| Jacqueline Woodson | The Year We Learned to Fly | ||
| Sue Lynn Tan | Daughter of the Moon Goddess | January 11 | |
| Nnedi Okorafor | Akata Woman | January 18 | |
| Eva Chen | I Am Golden | February 1 | |
| Leanne Hall | The Gaps | February 8 | |
| Akwaeke Emezi | Bitter | February 15 | |
| V. E. Schwab | Gallant | March 1 | |
| Sabaa Tahir | All My Rage | ||
| Deborah Falaye | Blood Scion | March 8 | |
| Kelly Barnhill | The Ogress and the Orphans | ||
| Casey McQuiston | I Kissed Shara Wheeler | May 3 | |
| Jen Ferguson | The Summer of Bitter and Sweet | May 10 | |
| Laura Kate Dale | Me and My Dysphoria Monster | August 18 | |
| Aaron Reynolds | Creepy Crayon! | August 23 | |
| Mo Willems | The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! | September 6 | |
| Malinda Lo | A Scatter of Light | October 4 | |
| Liz Montague | Maybe an Artist | October 18 | |
| Kim Spencer | Weird Rules to Follow | ||
| Jeff Kinney | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde | October 25 | |
| Ammaar Reshi/ChatGPT | Alice and Sparkle | December 4 |
Poetry
- Ocean Vuong – Time Is a Mother (April 5, US)
Drama
Nonfiction
| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imani Perry | South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation | January 25 | |
| Daniel H. Pink | The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward | February 1 | |
| Chuck Klosterman | The Nineties | February 8 | |
| Alexandra Lange | Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall | June 14 | |
| Ed Yong | An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us | June 21 | |
| Elizabeth Alexander | The Trayvon Generation | June 28 | |
| Patrick Radden Keefe | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks | June 28 | |
| Quentin Tarantino | Cinema Speculation | November 1 | |
| Michelle Obama | The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times | November 15 | |
| Oskar Lafontaine | Ami, it's time to go! Plädoyer für die Selbstbehauptung Europas | November 21 |
Biography and memoirs
| Author | Title | Date of pub. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardine Evaristo | Manifesto: On Never Giving Up | January 18 | |
| Laura Gao | Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American | March 8 | |
| Elena Ferrante | In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing | March 15 | |
| Maud Newton | Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation | March 29 | |
| Hannah Gadsby | Ten Steps to Nanette | March 29 (Australia) | |
| Delia Ephron | Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life | April 12 | |
| Janelle Monáe | The Memory Librarian | April 19 | |
| Viola Davis | Finding Me | April 26 | |
| Jennette McCurdy | I'm Glad My Mom Died | August 9 |
Films
Deaths
| Individual | Background | Date of Death | Age | Cause of Death | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zheng Min | Chinese poet | January 3 | 101 | ||
| F. Sionil José | Filipino novelist and journalist | January 6 | 97 | ||
| Terry Teachout | American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist | January 13 | 65 | ||
| Ron Goulart | American author of Groucho Marx mysteries | January 14 | 89 | Respiratory arrest | |
| Thiago de Mello | Brazilian poet and translator | January 14 | 95 | ||
| André Leon Talley | American fashion author, editor, and journalist | January 18 | 73 | Complications of a heart attack and COVID-19 | |
| Lani Forbes | American young adult novelist` | February 3 | 35 | Neuroendocrine cancer | |
| Ashley Bryan | American writer and illustrator of children's books | February 4 | 98 | ||
| Jason Epstein | American editor and publisher | February 4 | 93 | Congestive heart failure | |
| Kenta Nishimura | Japanese novelist | February 5 | 54 | ||
| Bruce Duffy | American novelist | February 10 | 70 | Brain cancer | |
| P. J. O'Rourke | American political satirist and journalist | February 15 | 74 | Lung cancer | |
| Jan Pieńkowski | Polish-born English writer and illustrator of children's books (Meg and Mog) | February 19 | 85 | Complications of dementia | |
| Shirley Hughes | English writer and illustrator of children's books | February 25 | 94 | ||
| Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. | American author, editor, and journalist | March 8 | 86 | Complications from Parkinson's disease | |
| Maureen Howard | American novelist, memoirist, and editor | March 13 | 91 | ||
| Yuz Aleshkovsky | Russian-American writer, poet, and singer-songwriter | March 21 | 92 | (in Russian) | |
| Ted Mooney | American novelist and journalist (Art in America) | March 22 | 70 | Heart disease | |
| Richard Howard | American poet, critic, and translator | March 31 | 92 | ||
| David McKee | English writer and illustrator of children's books (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Not Now, Bernard) | April 6 | 87 | ||
| Jack Higgins | British crime writer | April 9 | 92 | ||
| Serhiy Dyachenko | Ukrainian fantasy novelist | May 5 | 77 | ||
| Patricia A. McKillip | American fantasy novelist (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld) | May 6 | 74 | ||
| Kim Chi-ha | South Korean poet and playwright | May 8 | 81 | ||
| Peter Lamborn Wilson | American anarchist author and poet (Temporary Autonomous Zone) | May 22 | 76-77 | ||
| Morton L. Janklow | American literary agent | May 25 | 91 | ||
| Walter Abish | Austrian-born American author of experimental novels and short stories | May 28 | 90 | ||
| Boris Pahor | Slovenian writer (Necropolis) | May 30 | 108 | ||
| George Lamming | Barbadian novelist (In the Castle of My Skin) and poet | June 4 | 94 | ||
| Duncan Hannah | American visual artist and author | June 11 | 69 | Heart attack | |
| A. B. Yehoshua | Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright | June 14 | 85 | Cancer | |
| Raffaele La Capria | Italian writer and screenwriter (Hands over the City, Many Wars Ago) | June 26 | 99 | ||
| Frank Moorhouse | Australian novelist and screenwriter | June 26 | 83 | ||
| Susie Steiner | British crime novelist | July 2 | 51 | Brain cancer | |
| Joan Lingard | Scottish author (The Kevin and Sadie series) | July 12 | 90 | ||
| Stuart Woods | American novelist (Chiefs) | July 22 | 84 | ||
| Melissa Bank | American author (The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing) | August 2 | 61 | Lung cancer | |
| David McCullough | American author. Historian, and biographer (Truman, John Adams) | August 7 | 89 | ||
| Raymond Briggs | English author, illustrator, cartoonist and graphic novelist (The Snowman, Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman) | August 9 | 88 | Pneumonia | |
| Nicholas Evans | English journalist, novelist (The Horse Whisperer), and screenwriter | August 9 | 72 | Heart attack | |
| Jean-Jacques Sempé | French cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas) | August 11 | 89 | ||
| Frederick Buechner | American novelist (A Long Day's Dying (1950), Godric (1980)), memoirist (The Sacred Journey (1982), Now and Then (1982)), essayist, poet, theologian, and preacher | August 15 | 96 | ||
| Joseph Delaney | English author (Spook's) | August 16 | 77 | ||
| Hadrawi | Somali poet | August 18 | 78-79 | ||
| Michael Malone | American writer | August 19 | 80 | Pancreatic cancer | |
| Peter Straub | American writer (Julia, Ghost Story, and The Talisman) | September 4 | 79 | ||
| Mariella Mehr | Swiss novelist, playwright and poet | September 5 | 74 | ||
| Javier Marías | Spanish novelist (A Heart So White and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me) | September 11 | 70 | Pneumonia | |
| Yadollah Royaee | Iranian poet | September 14 | 90 | ||
| Tibor Frank | Hungarian historian | September 15 | 74 | ||
| Saul Kripke | American philosopher and logician | September 15 | 81 | ||
| Hilary Mantel | British novelist (Wolf Hall) | September 22 | 70 | ||
| Knud Sørensen | Danish novelist, essayist and poet | September 26 | 94 | ||
| Marguerite Andersen | German-born Canadian writer, poet and translator | October 1 | 97 | ||
| Charles Fuller | American playwright (A Soldier's Play, Zooman and the Sign) | October 3 | 83 | ||
| Rebecca Godfrey | Canadian author | October 3 | 54 | Lung cancer | |
| David Huerta | Mexican poet | October 3 | 72 | ||
| Peter Robinson | British-born Canadian crime writer | October 4 | 72 | ||
| Temsüla Ao | Indian poet and writer (Laburnum For My Head) | October 9 | 76 | ||
| Bruno Latour | French philosopher and sociologist (Laboratory Life, Science in Action, We Have Never Been Modern) | October 9 | 75 | Pancreatic cancer | |
| Thomas Cahill | American scholar and writer (How the Irish Saved Civilization) | October 18 | 82 | ||
| John Jay Osborn Jr. | American writer (The Paper Chase) | October 19 | 77 | Squamous cell cancer | |
| Anton Donchev | Bulgarian novelist (Time of Parting) and screenwriter | October 20 | 92 | ||
| Leszek Engelking | Polish writer and translator | October 22 | 67 | ||
| Mike Davis | American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian (City of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, Set the Night on Fire) | October 25 | 76 | Cancer | |
| Julie Powell | American author (Julie & Julia) | October 25 | 49 | Cardiac arrest | |
| Gerald Stern | American poet, essayist, and educator | October 27 | 97 | ||
| Bahaa Taher | Egyptian novelist and short story writer | October 27 | 87 | ||
| Hava Pinhas-Cohen | Israeli writer and poet | October 29 | 67 | ||
| Gael Greene | American author | November 1 | 88 | ||
| Doris Grumbach | American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist | November 4 | 104 | ||
| Geoff Cochrane | New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer | November 14 | 71 | ||
| Marcus Sedgwick | British writer, illustrator and musician | November 15 | 54 | ||
| Joëlle Guillais | French writer | November 19 | 70 | Stroke | |
| Marijane Meaker | American writer (Spring Fire) | November 21 | 95 | Cardiac arrest | |
| Bernadette Mayer | American poet and writer | November 22 | 77 | ||
| Milovan Danojlić | Serbian poet, essayist and literary critic | November 23 | 85 | ||
| Christian Bobin | French author and poet | November 24 | 71 | ||
| Hans Magnus Enzensberger | German author, poet, translator, and editor (Der Untergang der Titanic, The Number Devil) | November 24 | 93 | ||
| Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh | Yemeni poet and essayist | November 28 | 85 | ||
| Ray Nelson | American science fiction writer (The Ganymede Takeover, The Prometheus Man) | November 30 | 91 | ||
| Dominique Lapierre | French author | December 4 | 91 | ||
| Claude Mossé | French historian | December 12 | 97 | ||
| Xi Xi | Chinese novelist and poet | December 18 | 85 | Heart failure | |
| Manfred Messerschmidt | German historian (Germany and the Second World War) | December 19 | 96 | ||
| Françoise Bourdin | French novelist | December 25 | 70 | ||
| Begoña Huertas | Spanish writer | December 25 | 57 | ||
| Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Indian writer, Sanskrit grammarian, and literary critic | December 28 | 86 | ||
| Marion Meade | American biographer and novelist | December 29 | 88 |
Awards
Adult
Children's, Teen, and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Date awarded | Recipient(s) | Work | Date Published | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Youth Literature Award | Picture Book | Jan 24 | Daniel W. Vandever with Corey Begay (Illus.) | Herizon | ||
| Middle Grade Book | Brian Young | Healer of the Water Monster | ||||
| Young Adult Books | Eric Gansworth | Apple (Skin to the Core) | ||||
| American Library Association | Caldecott Medal | Jan 24 | Andrea Wang with Jason Chin (Illus.) | Watercress | ||
| Childre's Literature Legacy Award | Grace Lin | — | — | |||
| Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults | Gail Jarrow | Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield | ||||
| Geisel Award | Corey R. Tabor | Fox at Night | ||||
| Margaret Edwards Award | A.S. King | — | — | |||
| Michael L. Printz Award | Angeline Boulley | Firekeeper's Daughter | ||||
| Mildred L. Batchelder Award | Sachiko Kashiwaba | Temple Alley Summer | ||||
| Newbery Medal | Donna Barba Higuera | The Last Cuentista | ||||
| Odyssey Award | C. G. Esperanza | Boogie Boogie, Y'all | ||||
| Pura Belpré Award, Author | Donna Barba Higuera | The Last Cuentista | ||||
| Pura Belpré Award, Illustrator | Raúl Gonzalez | ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge | ||||
| Pura Belpré Award, Young Adult | Raquel Vasquez Gilliland | How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe | ||||
| Schneider Family Book Award | Darren Lebeuf and Ashley Barron (Illus.) | My City Speaks | ||||
| Sibert Medal | Cynthia Levinson and Evan Turk (Illus.) | The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art | ||||
| Stonewall Book Award, Children's / YA | Kyle Lukoff | Too Bright to See | ||||
| Malinda Lo | Last Night at the Telegraph Club | |||||
| Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement | Nikki Grimes | — | — | |||
| William C. Morris Award | Angeline Boulley | Firekeeper's Daughter | ||||
| Andre Norton Award | May 21 | Darcie Little Badger | A Snake Falls to Earth | |||
| Asian/Pacific American Award | Picture Book | Jan 24 | Andrea Wang and Jason Chin (Illus.) | Watercress | ||
| Children's Literature | Hena Khan | Amina's Song | ||||
| Young Adult Literature | Malinda Lo | Last Night at the Telegraph Club | ||||
| Boston Globe-Horn Book Award | Picture Book | Jun 22 | Jason Reynolds with Jason Griffin (illus.) | Ain't Burned All the Bright | ||
| Fiction and Poetry | Sabaa Tahir | All My Rage | ||||
| Nonfiction | Brandy Colbert | Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre | ||||
| Carnegie Medal | ~Jun 15 | Katya Balen | October, October | |||
| Coretta Scott King Book Award | Author | Jan 24 | Carole Boston Weatherford | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | ||
| Illustrator | Floyd Cooper | |||||
| Ezra Jack Keats Book Award | Writer | March 8 | Paul Harbridge | Out Into the Big Wide Lake | ||
| Illustrator | Gracey Zhang | Lala’s Word | ||||
| Sydney Taylor Book Award | Picture Book | Jan 24 | Susan Kusel with Sean Rubin (Illus.) | The Passover Guest | ||
| Middle Grade | Veera Hiranandani | How to Find What You're Not Looking For | ||||
| Young Adult | Aden Polydoros | The City Beautiful | ||||
See also
References
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