2025 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2025.

Anniversaries

14 January – Yukio Mishima was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
18 January – Gilles Deleuze was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
20 January – Ernesto Cardenal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
20 January – Eugen Gomringer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
1 February – Alfred Grosser was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
4 February – Russell Hoban was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
6 February – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
22 February – Edward Gorey was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
24 February – Etel Adnan was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
10 March – Manolis Anagnostakis was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
12 March – Harry Harrison was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
21 March – Peter Brook was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
25 March – Flannery O'Connor was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).
3 October – Gore Vidal was born in 1925 (100th Anniversary).

New books

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Fiction

New adult fiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of Pub.	Ref.
Abdulrazak Gurnah	Theft	March 18	^[1]
Jessie Elland	The Ladie Upstairs	May 22	^[2]
Stephen King	Never Flinch	May 27	^[3]

Children and young adults

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.

Poetry

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.
Robbie Coburn	The Foal in the Wire	May 28

Drama

Nonfiction

New nonfiction, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.

Biography and memoirs

New biographies and memoirs, sorted by date of publication
Author	Title	Date of pub.	Ref.

Deaths

2025 deaths, sorted by date of death
Individual	Background	Date of Death	Age	Cause of Death	Ref.
David Lodge	British author and critic (Small World: An Academic Romance, Changing Places, The Picturegoers)	January 1	89		^[4]
Joseph Monninger	American novelist and academic (The Letters)	January 1	71	lung cancer.	^[5]
Tidiane Diakité	Malian-born French historian and academic	January 2	80		^[6]
Noreen Riols	British novelist and essayist	January 2	98		^[7]
Howard Buten	American author and clown	January 3	74		^[8]
Peter Schaap	Dutch singer-songwriter and author	January 3	78		^[9]
José Claer	Canadian novelist and poet	January 4	61		^[10]
Richard Foreman	American playwright (Rhoda in Potatoland)	January 4	87	pneumonia	^[11]
Na D'Souza	Indian novelist and short story writer	January 5	87		^[12]
Lee Hoesung	Japanese-South Korean novelist		89		^[13]
František Šmahel	Czech historian and academic		90		^[14]
Henry Beissel	Canadian poet, playwright and editor	January 9	95		^[15]
Mukhtar Magauin	Kazakh writer, translator and publicist	January 9	84		^[16]
Stephan Krasovitsky	Russian poet, translator, and priest	January 10	89		^[17]
Keith Dewhurst	English playwright and scriptwriter	January 11	93		^[18]
Paul Benacerraf	French-American philosopher	January 13	94		^[19]
André Sollie	Belgian author and illustrator	January 13	77		^[20]
Kjell Gjerseth	Norwegian novelist and journalist	January 14	78		^[21]
Li Kuei-hsien	Taiwanese poet and translator	January 15	87		^[22]
Geneviève Callerot	French novelist and resistance fighter	January 16	108		^[23]
Howard Andrew Jones	American author and editor		56	brain cancer	^[24]
Ridley Wills II	American author and historian		90		^[25]
Jules Feiffer	American cartoonist, playwright (Knock Knock), and screenwriter (Popeye, Munro), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986)	January 17	95	heart failure	^[26]
Kulanthai Shanmugalingam	Sri Lankan playwright	January 17	93		^[27]
Don Cupitt	English philosopher	January 18	90		^[28]
Jalal Matini	Iranian writer and scholar	January 19	96		^[29]
Michael Longley	Northern Irish poet (The Weather in Japan)	January 22	85	complications from surgery	^[30]
Tabish Mehdi	Indian poet and literary critic	January 22	73		^[31]
Esther Jansma	Dutch writer and poet	January 23	66	cancer	^[32]
Joseph A. Amato	American historian and writer	January 24	86		^[33]
Suzanne Massie	American historian and academic	January 26	94		^[34]
Maung Khin Min	Burmese writer and linguist	January 27	83		^[35]
Marina Colasanti	Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist	January 28	87		^[36]
Mahmoud Saeed	Iraqi-born American novelist and short story writer	January 28	86		^[37]

Awards

2024 literary award winners, sorted alphabetically by award
Award	Category	Author	Title	Ref.

References

^ "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
^ "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-8933-0.
^ "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71
^ L'historien malien et breton d'adoption, Tidiane Diakité, est décédé à 81 ans (in French)
^ Noreen Riols obituary
^ Howard Buten, alias le clown Buffo, auteur de « Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué », est mort (in French)
^ Groningse zanger Peter Schaap ('Adem mijn adem') overleden (in Dutch)
^ L'auteur et poète trans José Claer est décédé (in French)
^ Richard Foreman, Iconoclastic Playwright and Impresario, Dies at 87 (registration required)
^ Well-known writer Na. D’Souza passes away
^ 李恢成さん死去　89歳　芥川賞作家、北海道新聞文学賞選考委員 (in Japanese)
^ Zemřel historik Šmahel, znalec Lucemburků, husitství či reformace (in Czech)
^ Henry Beissel (in German)
^ Известный казахстанский писатель Мухтар Магауин умер в США (in Kazakh)
^ Умер поэт, священник, религиозный деятель Станислав Красовицкий (in Russian)
^ Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter (subscription required)
^ Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)
^ Bekroonde jeugdschrijver en illustrator André Sollie (77) overleden (in Flemish)
^ Kjell Gjerseth er død (in Nynorsk)
^ Veteran Taiwanese poet Lee Kuei-shien dies at 87
^ Mort de Geneviève Callerot, l’une des plus anciennes résistantes françaises, à l’âge de 108 ans (in French)
^ Howard Andrew Jones Obituary
^ Nashville historian, Vanderbilt benefactor Ridley Wills II dies at 90
^ Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95
^ Sri Lankan Tamil Playwright Kulanthai M. Shanmugalingam, Creator of “Mansumantha Manier,” Passes Away at 93
^ Don Cupitt 1934-2025
^ دکتر جلال متینی ، رئیس سابق دانشگاه فردوسی درگذشت (in Persian)
^ Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
^ Obituary: Famous Urdu writer, poet, Dr Tabish Mehdi is no more
^ Dichter Esther Jansma (66) overleden (in Dutch)
^ ‘Generous with his wisdom’
^ Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94
^ မြန်မာစာပေလောကမှာ ထင်ရှားတဲ့ မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)
^ Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)
^ Novelist Mahmoud Saeed dies at age 86

[1] "Theft: By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[2] "Baskerville pre-empts 'Emmerdale' actress Jessie Elland's haunted house debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[3] King, Stephen (May 27, 2025). Never Flinch. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-8933-0.

[4] "David Lodge, 1935–2025". Penguin Random House. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

[5] Author Joseph Monninger Dies at 71

[6] L'historien malien et breton d'adoption, Tidiane Diakité, est décédé à 81 ans (in French)

[7] Noreen Riols obituary

[8] Howard Buten, alias le clown Buffo, auteur de « Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué », est mort (in French)

[9] Groningse zanger Peter Schaap ('Adem mijn adem') overleden (in Dutch)

[10] L'auteur et poète trans José Claer est décédé (in French)

[11] Richard Foreman, Iconoclastic Playwright and Impresario, Dies at 87 (registration required)

[12] Well-known writer Na. D’Souza passes away

[13] 李恢成さん死去　89歳　芥川賞作家、北海道新聞文学賞選考委員 (in Japanese)

[14] Zemřel historik Šmahel, znalec Lucemburků, husitství či reformace (in Czech)

[15] Henry Beissel (in German)

[16] Известный казахстанский писатель Мухтар Магауин умер в США (in Kazakh)

[17] Умер поэт, священник, религиозный деятель Станислав Красовицкий (in Russian)

[18] Keith Dewhurst obituary: prolific playwright and scriptwriter (subscription required)

[19] Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)

[20] Bekroonde jeugdschrijver en illustrator André Sollie (77) overleden (in Flemish)

[21] Kjell Gjerseth er død (in Nynorsk)

[22] Veteran Taiwanese poet Lee Kuei-shien dies at 87

[23] Mort de Geneviève Callerot, l’une des plus anciennes résistantes françaises, à l’âge de 108 ans (in French)

[24] Howard Andrew Jones Obituary

[25] Nashville historian, Vanderbilt benefactor Ridley Wills II dies at 90

[26] Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95

[27] Sri Lankan Tamil Playwright Kulanthai M. Shanmugalingam, Creator of “Mansumantha Manier,” Passes Away at 93

[28] Don Cupitt 1934-2025

[29] دکتر جلال متینی ، رئیس سابق دانشگاه فردوسی درگذشت (in Persian)

[30] Poet Michael Longley dies aged 85

[31] Obituary: Famous Urdu writer, poet, Dr Tabish Mehdi is no more

[32] Dichter Esther Jansma (66) overleden (in Dutch)

[33] ‘Generous with his wisdom’

[34] Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94

[35] မြန်မာစာပေလောကမှာ ထင်ရှားတဲ့ မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ကွယ်လွန် (in Burmese)

[36] Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio (in Portuguese)

[37] Novelist Mahmoud Saeed dies at age 86

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Anniversaries

New books

Fiction

Children and young adults

Poetry

Drama

Nonfiction

Biography and memoirs

Deaths

Awards

See also

References