Events January 3 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published New Books The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel - Michael Chabon The Bear And The Dragon - Tom Clancy The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood The Brethren - John Grisham Code to Zero - Ken Follett Daughter Of Fortune - Isabel Allende Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs Deck The Halls - Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling Hayati, My Life - Miriam Cooke The House On Hope Street - Danielle Steel The Human Stain - Philip Roth The Indwelling - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins Ingrid Caven - Jean-Jacques Schuhl Journey - Danielle Steel The Last Precinct - Patricia Cornwell The Mark - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins The Measure Of A Man - Sidney Poitier Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough Omerta - Mario Puzo The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum Roses Are Red - James Patterson Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood - Charles Foster True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey The Truth - Terry Pratchett When Genius Failed - Roger Lowenstein When I Lived in Modern Times - Linda Grant The Will - Reed Arvin Winter Solstice - Rosamunde Pilcher Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan Births Deaths January 26 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer February 12 - Charles Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author Awards Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian. Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times Prix Fémina: Camille Laurens, Dans ces bras-là Prix Goncourt: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Ingrid Caven Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, Camille Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, Diabolus in musica Prix Médicis International: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald Margulies, Dinner With Friends Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, Repair Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2 Viareggio Prize: Giorgio Van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers
New Books The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel - Michael Chabon The Bear And The Dragon - Tom Clancy The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood The Brethren - John Grisham Code to Zero - Ken Follett Daughter Of Fortune - Isabel Allende Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs Deck The Halls - Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling Hayati, My Life - Miriam Cooke The House On Hope Street - Danielle Steel The Human Stain - Philip Roth The Indwelling - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins Ingrid Caven - Jean-Jacques Schuhl Journey - Danielle Steel The Last Precinct - Patricia Cornwell The Mark - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins The Measure Of A Man - Sidney Poitier Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough Omerta - Mario Puzo The Prayer of Jabez - Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum Roses Are Red - James Patterson Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood - Charles Foster True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey The Truth - Terry Pratchett When Genius Failed - Roger Lowenstein When I Lived in Modern Times - Linda Grant The Will - Reed Arvin Winter Solstice - Rosamunde Pilcher Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan Births Deaths January 26 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer February 12 - Charles Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author Awards Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian. Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times Prix Fémina: Camille Laurens, Dans ces bras-là Prix Goncourt: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Ingrid Caven Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, Camille Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, Diabolus in musica Prix Médicis International: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald Margulies, Dinner With Friends Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, Repair Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2 Viareggio Prize: Giorgio Van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers
Deaths January 26 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer February 12 - Charles Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author Awards Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian. Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times Prix Fémina: Camille Laurens, Dans ces bras-là Prix Goncourt: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Ingrid Caven Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, Camille Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, Diabolus in musica Prix Médicis International: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald Margulies, Dinner With Friends Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, Repair Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2 Viareggio Prize: Giorgio Van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers