2008 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2008.

Events

January 1 – In the UK's 2008 New Year Honours List, Hanif Kureishi (CBE), Jenny Uglow (OBE), Peter Vansittart (OBE) and Debjani Chatterjee (MBE) are all rewarded for "services to literature".

May 7–11 – First Palestine Festival of Literature.

June 15 – Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times interview how he felt about the death of his great rival William F. Buckley, Jr., replies: "I thought hell is bound to be a livelier place, as he joins forever those whom he served in life, applauding their prejudices and fanning their hatred."

July – Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children is the winner of a poll to select the "Best of the Booker".

First Twitter novels appear.

Books

Prose fiction

David Turashvili – Flight from the USSR

Aravind Adiga – The White Tiger and Between the Assassinations (November 1)

Uwem Akpan – Say You’re One of Them

Paul Auster – Man in the Dark

Henry Bauchau – Le Boulevard périphérique

This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/2008_in_literature

Podcasts:

Email this Page Play all in Full Screen Show More Related Videos

back

Most Related
Most Recent
Most Popular
Top Rated

expand screen to full width
repeat playlist
shuffle
replay video
clear playlist restore
images list

PLAYLIST TIME:

2008 in literature

Events

Books

Prose fiction

Podcasts:

EXPLORE WN.com