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{{short description|Overview of the events of 2016 in literature}}{{Year nav topic5|2016|literature|poetry}}This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2016.

Events

• May 20 – Writers who sign a letter calling for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union include Hilary Mantel, John le Carré, Philip Pullman and Tom Stoppard;WEB,weblink Hilary Mantel's in, David Starkey's out: the literary battle of Brussels, The Guardian, John Dugdale, 11 June 2016, 12 December 2016, nevertheless, the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum endorses Brexit.
• May 24 – Hundreds of US writers, including Stephen King, Robert Polito and Nicole Krauss, sign an "open letter to the American people" urging them not to support Donald Trump as a presidential candidate in the November 2016 United States presidential election.WEB,weblink An Open Letter to the American People – Writers Speak Out Against Donald Trump, Literary Hub, Andrew Altschul and Mark Slouka, 24 May 2016, 12 December 2016,
• November 26 – UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy receives the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award.WEB,weblink News – Carol Ann Duffy awarded Wilfred Owen Association Poetry Award, Wilfred Owen Association, 2 December 2016, 12 December 2016,

Anniversaries

• January 10 – Fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
• February 1 – 20th anniversary of the publication of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.WEB,weblink Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest at 20, February 7, 2016, The New York Times,
• February 22 – 40th anniversary of the publication of Raymond Carver's Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
• February 28 – Centenary of Henry James's death in 1916
• March 28 – 75th anniversary of the death of Virginia Woolf in 1941
• April 3 – 25th anniversary of Graham Greene's death in 1991
• April 12 – Centenary of the birth of Beverly Cleary, American children's author
• May 21 – Centenary of the birth of Harold Robbins, American novelist dubbed one of "the world's bestselling authors."WEB,weblink Harold Robbins, OverDrive,
• May 28 – Centenary of the birth of Walker Percy, National Book Award-winning American novelist (The Moviegoer, published 55 years ago in 1961)
• April 21 – Bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë's birth in 1816
• April 22 – 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes.Is it fair for Shakespeare to overshadow Cervantes?, BBC, 18 April 2016
• April 23 – Possible 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death
• April 24 – Centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, which inspired W. B. Yeats's poem "Easter, 1916"
• July 1 – Centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, in which those fighting included Robert Graves, Ford Madox Ford and JRR Tolkien
• July 14 – Centenary of the birth of Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author
• September 13 – Centenary of the birth of Roald Dahl, Welsh-born children's author
• September 17 – Centenary of the birth of Mary Stewart (Mary Rainbow), English romantic suspense novelist
• September 28 – Fiftieth anniversary of the death of André Breton, French poet, essayist and theorist; the leading exponent of Surrealism in literature
• October 3 – Centenary of the birth of James Herriot (James Alfred Wight), English writer and veterinary surgeon
• October 22 – 90 years ago, Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises is published in a first edition consisting of 5090 copies, selling at $2.00 per copy
• December 14 – Centenary of the birth of Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer
• December 29 – Centenary of the publication in book form of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, in New York

New books

The date after each title indicate the U.S. publication date, unless otherwise stated.

Fiction

• Naomi Alderman – The Power (UK, October)
• Mohammed Hasan Alwan – A Small Death (موت صغير, Lebanon, May)
• Fernando Aramburu – (:es:Patria (novela de 2016)|Patria) (Spain)
• Anuk Arudpragasam – The Story of a Brief Marriage (UK)
• Margaret Atwood – Hag-Seed (October)WEB, Hag-Seed review – Margaret Atwood turns The Tempest into a perfect storm,weblink The Guardian, 14 December 2016, 16 October 2016,
• Sebastian Barry – Days Without End (October)WEB, Days Without End by Sebastian Barry review – a bravura journey into America's past,weblink The Guardian, 15 December 2016, 28 October 2016,
• Gary Barwin – Yiddish for Pirates (April 8)WEB, Review: Gary Barwin’s Yiddish for Pirates is unlike anything else you'll read this year,weblink The Globe and Mail, 15 December 2016,
• Mike Binder – Keep Calm (February 2)WEB, Kirkus Reviews

• Pierce Brown – Morning Star (February 9)NEWS, Best Sellers for the week of February 28, 2016,weblink The New York Times, February 21, 2016, February 21, 2016,
• Graeme Macrae Burnet – His Bloody Project (UK)
• Marcia Clark – Blood Defense (May 1)WEB,weblink Marcia Clark on how her new book is different than the old Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, Kate, Tuttle, Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2016, February 9, 2017,
• J. M. Coetzee – The Schooldays of Jesus (UK, September 27)
• Jean-Baptiste Del Amo – (:fr:Règne animal (roman)|Règne animal) (France, August 18)
• Emma Donoghue – The Wonder (September)WEB, The Wonder by Emma Donoghue review – a thrilling domestic psychodrama,weblink The Guardian, 15 December 2016, 23 September 2016,
• Paul Goldberg – The Yid (February 2)WEB,weblink

'The Yid', by Paul Goldberg, Zachary, Lazar, 19 February 2016, nytimes.com,

• Linda Grant – The Dark Circle (UK only, November 3)
• Mark Greaney – Back Blast
• Yaa Gyasi – Homegoing
• Michael Helm – After James (September 13)WEB, After James,weblink Barnes & Noble, 3 January 2017,
• Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson – Navigators of Dune (September 13)WEB,weblink Navigators of Dune, 3 January 2017, Barnes & Noble,
• Vigdis Hjorth – Arv og miljø (Wills and Testaments, Norway)
• Anosh Irani – The Parcel
• Alexandra Kleeman – Intimations: Stories (September 13)
• Christian Kracht – The Dead (Die Toten, Germany, September 8)
• László Krasznahorkai – Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming (Báró Wenckheim hazatér, Hungary, September)
• Shari Lapena – The Couple Next Door
• Deborah Levy – Hot Milk (UK, March 24)WEB,weblink Hot Milk (Hardback), 2 January 2017, Waterstones,
• Édouard Louis – (:fr:Histoire de la violence|Histoire de la violence) (History of Violence, France, January 7)
• Mike McCormack – Solar Bones (UK, May 5)WEB, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack {{!, Waterstones |url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/solar-bones/mike-mccormack/9780992817091 |website=www.waterstones.com |access-date=3 January 2017}}
• Elizabeth McKenzie – The Portable Veblen
• C. E. Morgan – The Sport of Kings
• Sayaka Murata – Convenience Store Woman (コンビニ人間, Konbini ningen, Japan, July 27)
• Maggie O'Farrell – This Must Be the Place (UK, May 17)WEB,weblink This Must Be the Place (Hardback), 2 January 2017, Waterstones,
• Chibundu Onuzo – Welcome to Lagos (UK)
• Stef Penney – Under A Pole Start
• Sarah Perry – The Essex Serpent (UK, May 27)WEB,weblink The Essex Serpent, 2 January 2017, Waterstones,
• Kerry Lee Powell – Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush
• Christoph Ransmayr – Cox
• David Adams Richards – Principles to Live By
• Steven Rowley – Lily and the Octopus (June 7)WEB,weblink Meet the Unknown Author of the Next Blockbuster Novel, The New York Observer, Kara, Bloomgarden-Smoke, January 13, 2016, January 24, 2016,
• Joss Sheldon – The Little Voice (UK, November 23)WEB, Have you ever felt like the world wants you to be someone else? If so, this is the book for you!, HuffPost, 2016-11-24,weblink 2020-04-24, WEB, Paul, The 5 Most Thought Provoking Political Novels EVER, BuzzFeed Community, 1970-01-18,weblink 2020-04-24,
• Leïla Slimani – Chanson douce (France, August 18, translated as Lullaby or The Perfect Nanny)
• Ali Smith – Autumn (UK, October 20)WEB,weblink Autumn (hardback), 2017-01-02, Waterstones,
• Zadie Smith – Swing Time
• Botho Strauß – Oniritti Höhlenbilder (Germany, October 10)
• David Szalay – All That Man Is (linked short stories, UK, April 7)WEB, All That Man is by David Szalay {{!, Waterstones |url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/all-that-man-is/david-szalay/9780224099769 |website=www.waterstones.com |access-date=3 January 2017}}
• Yasuko Thanh – Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains (Canada)WEB,weblink Two debut novelists among this year’s Writers’ Trust nominees, The Globe and Mail, September 21, 2016,
• Madeleine Thien – Do Not Say We Have Nothing (October 11)WEB,weblink Do Not Say We Have Nothing, 3 January 2017, Barnes & Noble,
• Rose Tremain – The Gustav Sonata (UK, May 19)WEB,weblink The Gustav Sonata, 2 January 2017, Penguin,
• Katherena Vermette – The Break (Canada)
• Colson Whitehead – The Underground Railroad
• Zoe Whittall – The Best Kind of People (August 27)WEB, The Best Kind of People,weblink Barnes & Noble, 3 January 2017,
• Corrina Wycoff – Damascus House (May 25)

Children and young people

• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (with Mahlon F. Craft and Kinuko Y. Craft) – Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
• Jo Ellen Bogart – The White Cat and the Monk
• Paula Bossio – The Pencil (original El Lapiz, 2011)
• Maxine Beneba Clarke – The Patchwork Bike
• Brian Conaghan – The Bombs that Brought Us Together
• Mem Fox and Judy Horacek – Ducks Away!
• Denise Fleming – 5 Little Ducks
• Jory John and Lane Smith – Penguin Problems
• Dav Pilkey – Dog Man (first in the eponymous series of 10 books)
• J. Patrick Lewis (with Gary Kelley) – The Navajo Code Talkers
• Sophie Piper (with Anne Yvonne Gilbert) – Jesus is Born
• Dave Rudden – Knights of the Borrowed DarkWEB, 8 April 2018, Irish author Dave Rudden on overcoming bullying and self-harm and how writing changed everything,weblink Armstrong, Maggie, 26 September 2023,weblink 19 September 2023, The Irish Independent, live,
• Francesca Simon – The Monstrous ChildWEB, The Monstrous Child (Main) – Books,weblink WHSmith, 10 December 2016, 20 December 2016,weblink dead,
• Maggie Stiefvater – The Raven King (last book in The Raven Cycle series)WEB, The Raven King Cover!,weblink maggiestiefvater.com, 10 December 2016, 12 November 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161112062505weblink">weblink dead,
• Jacqueline Wilson – Rent a BridesmaidWEB, Rent A Bridesmaid – Books,weblink WHSmith, 10 December 2016, 20 December 2016,weblink dead,
• Toni Yuly – Cat Nap (Yuly book)

Poetry

• Matthew and Michael Dickman – Brother
• Alice Oswald – Falling Awake
• Jacob Polley – Jackself

Drama

• Caryl Churchill
  • Escaped Alone (UK, 20 January)WEB,weblink Escaped Alone, 2017-01-02, Waterstones,
  • Pigs And Dogs (UK, 21 July)WEB,weblink Pigs and Dogs, 2017-01-02, Waterstones,
• Martyna Majok – Cost of Living
• Suman Pokhrel – YajnaseniWEB,weblink Sunil Pokharel on US tour with two solo plays, September 29, 2016, My Republica, January 21, 2021,
• J. T. Rogers – Oslo (June)
• Zlatko Topčić – Silvertown
• Alex Vickery-Howe – Out of the Ordinary

Non-fiction

• Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Boy
• Daniel Beer – The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars (UK)
• Paul Cartledge – Democracy: A Life (UK, March 24)WEB, Democracy,weblink Oxford University Press, 14 December 2016,
• Nicholas Crane – The Making of the British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present
• Daisy Deomampo – Transnational ReproductionJOURNAL, Book Review: Transnational Reproduction: Race, Kinship and Commercial Surrogacy in India,weblink Kalindi, Vora, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2017, 31, 10.1111/maq.12370, 2019-05-09, 2019-05-09,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190509013717weblink">weblink dead,
• Susan Faludi – In the Darkroom (June 14)WEB,weblink In the Darkroom – Kirkus Review, Kirkus Reviews,
• Christopher Goscha – The Penguin History of Vietnam
• John Guy – Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years (UK, May 5){{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
• Jock Haswell (with John Lewis-Stempel) – A Brief History of the British Army (UK, May 26)
• Gareth Stedman Jones – Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion (UK, August)Timothy Shenk in London Review of Books (29 June 2017), pp. 17–20.
• Daniel Levitin – (A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age)
• John Lewis-Stempel
  • The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland (UK, June 20)
  • Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, The Great War (UK)
• John McWhorter – Words on the Move: Why English Won't – and Can't – Sit Still (Like, Literally)
• Rajiv Malhotra
  • Academic Hinduphobia
  • Battle for Sanskrit
• Hisham Matar – The Return (UK, June 30)WEB, The Return, Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between by Hisham Matar,weblink www.penguin.co.uk, 29 December 2016,
• Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack – The Index Card (January 5)WEB,weblink The Index Card, Indie Bound, 18 August 2017,
• Patrick Phillips – Blood at the Root
• John Preston – A Very English Scandal (UK, May 5)WEB,weblink A Very English Scandal, Penguin Books, 2017-06-21,weblink 2017-06-14, dead,
• Kassia St. Clair – The Secret Lives of Colour
• Gary Younge – Another Day in the Death of America

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in literature" article:

• January 11 – Gunnel Vallquist, Swedish writer and translator (born 1918)WEB,weblink Akademieledamoten Gunnel Vallquist är död, Aftonbladet, sv,
• January 18 – Michel Tournier, French writer, 91 (born 1924)WEB, Michel Tournier obituary,weblink The Guardian, 10 December 2016, 21 January 2016,
• January 20 – David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author and critic (b. 1941)
• February 8 – Margaret Forster, English novelist and biographer, 77 (born 1938)WEB, Margaret Forster obituary,weblink The Guardian, 10 December 2016, 8 February 2016,
• February 18 – YÅ«ko Tsushima (津島 佑子), Japanese author, 68 (born 1947)作家の津島佑子さん死去６８歳　太宰治の次女 {{in lang|ja}}
• February 19
  • Umberto Eco – Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose), 84 (born 1932)Morto lo scrittore Umberto Eco. Ci mancherà il suo sguardo sul mondo {{in lang|it}}
  • Harper Lee – American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), 89 (born 1926)WEB,weblink Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Dies at 89, William, Grimes, 19 February 2016, 27 November 2017, www.nytimes.com,
• February 29 – Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (born 1951)WEB, Louise Rennison: Comedian and bestselling author of teen fiction,weblinkweblink 2022-05-01, subscription, live, The Independent, 7 January 2020, en, 8 March 2016, {{cbignore}}
• March 1 – Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress, 63, (born 1952)WEB, Hunter, Allan, 21 May 2023, 'Little Girl Blue': Cannes Review,weblink Screen International, Screen Daily, 22 May 2023, 22 May 2023,weblink live,
• March 4 – Pat Conroy, American novelist (The Prince of Tides), 70 (born 1945)WEB, Pat Conroy obituary,weblink The Guardian, 10 December 2016, 7 March 2016,
• March 8 - Enrique Estrázulas, Uruguayan writer, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist and diplomat, 74 (born 1942)WEB, Writer and diplomat Enrique Estrázulas dies, 8 March 2016, Montevideo Portal,weblink {{in lang|es}}
• March 21 – Tomás de Mattos, Uruguayan writer and librarian, 68 (born 1947)WEB,weblink Falleció el escritor Tomás de Mattos, 21 March 2016, El País (Uruguay), El País, es,
• March 31 – Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer and the 2002 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 86 (born 1929)WEB, Imre Kertész obituary,weblink The Guardian, 10 December 2016, 31 March 2016,
• April 3 – Lars Gustafsson, Swedish writer and scholar, novelist and poet, 79 (born 1936)WEB, News And Publicity,weblink www.bloodaxebooks.com, 29 December 2016,
• April 5 – E. M. Nathanson, American author (The Dirty Dozen), 87 (born 1928)WEB, E.M. Nathanson, author of 'The Dirty Dozen,' dies at 88,weblink The Orange County Register, 29 December 2016, {{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• April 12 – Sir Arnold Wesker, English dramatist, 83 (born 1932)WEB, Sir Arnold Wesker obituary,weblink The Guardian, 12 April 2016,
• April 30 – Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and recidivist, won the 1957 Lamont Prize in Poetry, 94 (born 1921)WEB, Father Daniel Berrigan obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 2 May 2016,
• June 6 – Sir Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Amadeus), 90 (born 1926)WEB, Sir Peter Shaffer obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 6 June 2016,
• June 25 – Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, winner of the Hertzog Prize (born 1936)Another tree has fallen – RIP Adam Small
• June 30 – Sir Geoffrey Hill, English poet, 84 (born 1932)WEB, Sir Geoffrey Hill obituary,weblink The Guardian, 1 July 2016,
• July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet, 93 (born 1923)WEB, Yves Bonnefoy obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 31 July 2016,
• July 2 – Elie Wiesel, American Jewish author (Night) and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner (born 1928)NEWS,weblink Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87, Berger, Joseph, July 2, 2016, The New York Times, 0362-4331, July 2, 2016,
• July 14 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer, 66 (born 1950)WEB, Péter Esterházy, Hungarian novelist – obituary,weblink The Telegraph, 29 December 2016,
• July 19 – Carlos Gorostiza, Argentine playwright, theatre director and novelist, 96 (born 1920)
• August 24 – Michel Butor, French essayist, novelist, critic and a leading figure of 1950s Nouveau Roman group, 89 (born 1926)WEB, Michel Butor – French author,weblink Encyclopædia Britannica, 29 December 2016,
• September 4 :
  • Isidore Okpewho, Nigerian novelist and critic, 74 (born 1941)WEB, In Memory,weblink www.africanstudies.org, 29 December 2016,
  • Cyril C. Perera, Sri Lankan author and translator, 93 (born 1923)
• September 16
  • Edward Albee, American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), 88 (born 1928)WEB, Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88,weblink The Washington Post, 14 December 2016, 16 September 2016,
  • W. P. Kinsella, Canadian author (Shoeless Joe), 81 (born 1935)WEB, WP Kinsella, 'Field of Dreams' author – obituary,weblink The Telegraph, 29 December 2016,
• September 28 – Gloria Naylor, African-American novelist and academic (The Women of Brewster Place), 66, (born 1950)Gloria Naylor, award-winning novelist, dies aged 66
• October 13 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright and the 1997 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 90 (born 1926)WEB, Dario Fo obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 13 October 2016,
• October 31 – Natalie Babbitt, American author (Tuck Everlasting), 84 (born 1932)WEB, Natalie Babbitt obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 15 November 2016,
• November 7 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, novelist and songwriter, 82 (born 1934)WEB, Leonard Cohen obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 10 November 2016,
• November 10 – Francisco Nieva, Spanish playwright, novelist and short story writer, 91 (born 1924)
• November 11 – Sir James McNeish, New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer, 85 (born 1931)NEWS, Writer's writer Sir James McNeish dies,weblink New Zealand Herald, 2016-11-23,
• November 20 – William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer, 88 (born 1928)WEB, William Trevor obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 21 November 2016,
• December 12 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian novelist and short story writer, 85 (born 1931)WEB, Shirley Hazzard obituary,weblink The Guardian, 29 December 2016, 13 December 2016,
• December 24 – Richard Adams, English author (Watership Down), 96 (born 1920)WEB, Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96,weblink BBC News, 27 December 2016, 27 December 2016,
• December 28 – Michel Déon, French novelist, 97 (born 1919)

Awards

In alphabetical order of prize names:

• Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Mary Morris for The Jazz Palace
• Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: Lisa McInerney, The Glorious HeresiesWEB, On Writing: Lisa McInerney,weblink www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk, 14 December 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161220141824weblink">weblink 20 December 2016, dead,
• Baillie Gifford Prize: Philippe Sands, East West StreetWEB, Philippe Sands wins the 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction,weblink The Guardian, 14 December 2016, 15 November 2016,
• Booker Prize: Paul Beatty, The Sellout (first American winner)WEB, The Sellout wins 2016 Man Booker Prize,weblink themanbookerprize.com, 29 December 2016, 28 October 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161028005633weblink">weblink dead,
• Caine Prize for African Writing: Lidudumalingani Mqombothi, "Memories We Lost"
• Camões Prize: Raduan NassarWEB, 2016 Camões Prize,weblink www.itamaraty.gov.br, 16 December 2016,
• Costa Book Awards: Sebastian Barry, Days Without End (novel and overall winner); Francis Spufford, Golden Hill (first novel); Alice Oswald, Falling Awake (poetry); Keggie Carew, Dadland (biography); Brian Conaghan, The Bombs that Brought us Together (children's)
• Danuta Gleed Literary Award: Heather O'Neill, Daydreams of Angels
• Dayne Ogilvie Prize: Leah HorlickWEB, Leah Horlick wins 2016 Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers,weblink www.cbc.ca, 16 December 2016,
• Desmond Elliott Prize: Lisa McInerney, The Glorious HeresiesWEB, News – The Desmond Elliott Prize,weblink The Desmond Elliott Prize, 14 December 2016,
• DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy, India
• Dylan Thomas Prize: Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with FeathersWEB, 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers' wins £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize,weblink The Telegraph, 2 February 2017,
• European Book Prize: Javier Cercas, The Impostor and, Erri De Luca, Le Plus et le Moins
• Folio Prize: No prize awardedWEB, The Folio Prize "suspended" for 2016,weblink The Guardian, 14 May 2017, 30 September 2015,
• German Book Prize: Bodo Kirchhoff, WiderfahrnisWEB, Bodo Kirchhoff Wins the German Book Prize 2016 – Publishing Perspectives,weblink Publishing Perspectives, 15 December 2016, 18 October 2016,
• Goldsmiths Prize: Mike McCormack, Solar BonesWEB, Armitstead, Claire, Single sentence novel wins Goldsmiths prize for books that "break the mould",weblink The Guardian, 14 November 2016, 9 November 2016,
• Gordon Burn Prize: David Szalay, All That Man IsWEB, Flood, Alison, David Szalay's 'unsparing' All That Man Is wins Gordon Burn prize,weblink The Guardian, 8 November 2016, 7 October 2016,
• Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing
• Governor General's Award for French-language fiction: Dominique Fortier, Au péril de la mer
• Governor General's Awards, other categories: See 2016 Governor General's Awards.
• Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre Le Dernier des nôtres
• International Booker Prize: Han Kang, The VegetarianWEB, The Vegetarian wins the Man Booker International Prize 2016,weblink themanbookerprize.com, 29 December 2016, 1 December 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171201043149weblink">weblink dead,
• International Dublin Literary Award: Family Life by Akhil Sharma
• International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Rabai al-Madhoun, Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Naqba
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction: Eimear McBride, The Lesser Bohemians
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography: Laura Cumming, The Vanishing Man
• Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award: Anne Enright, The Green RoadWEB, Anne Enright's The Green Road wins Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award,weblink The Irish Times, 14 December 2016,
• Lambda Literary Awards: Multiple categories; see 28th Lambda Literary Awards.
• Miguel de Cervantes Prize: Eduardo Mendoza
• Miles Franklin Award: A. S. Patrić, Black Rock White CityWEB, 'The most momentous news of my life': AS Patric wins Miles Franklin award,weblink The Guardian, 16 December 2016, 26 August 2016,
• National Biography Award: Brenda Niall for Mannix
• National Book Award for Fiction: Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
• National Book Critics Circle Award: Louise Erdrich, LaRose
• Nike Award: Bronka Nowicka, Nakarmić kamieÅ„
• Nobel Prize in Literature: Bob Dylan
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: James Hannaham, Delicious Foods
• PEN Center USA Fiction Award:
• Premio Planeta de Novela:
• Premio Strega: Edoardo Albinati, La scuola cattolica
• Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing: Hew Strachan
• Prix Goncourt: Leïla Slimani, Chanson douce
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Viet Thanh Nguyen, The SympathizerWEB, Fiction – Past Winners,weblink www.pulitzer.org, 14 December 2016,
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Peter Balakian, Ozone JournalWEB, Poetry – Past Winners,weblink www.pulitzer.org, 14 December 2016,
• RBC Taylor Prize: Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana AlliluyevaWEB,weblink Rosemary Sullivan wins the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize for Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, March 7, 2016, Cision, January 21, 2021,
• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: Yasuko Thanh, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains
• Russian Booker Prize:
• Scotiabank Giller Prize: Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have NothingWEB, Madeleine Thien Wins the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize,weblink Scotiabank Giller Prize, 14 December 2016,
• Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings:
• Walter Scott Prize: Simon Mawer, TightropeWEB, The winner of the 2016 Walter Scott Prize is announced! –,weblink The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, 14 December 2016, 18 June 2016,
• W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: Ralph Peters, Valley of the ShadowWEB, 'Valley of the Shadow' wins W. Y. Boyd Award for excellence in military fiction,weblink News and Press Center, 14 December 2016, 10 May 2016,
• Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award: Lars GustafssonWEB,weblink Herbert literature Prize goes to Lars Gustafsson, 2019-03-12,

See also

Notes

• Information on the literary calendar at Books in 2016: a literary calendar |Books |The Guardian

References

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