2003 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2003.

Events

February 12 – An invitation from the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, for some poets to attend a conference at the White House is postponed when one of them, Sam Hamill, organizes a "Poets Against the War" group for poetry readings across the United States on the same date.[1]
February 15 – Anti-war protests occur in London. They are later used as the setting for Ian McEwan's 2005 novel Saturday.[2]
March – The University of Mosul library is damaged and looted during the Iraq War, but many volumes are removed for protection by staff.
April 14 – The Iraq National Library and Archive is burned down during the Battle of Baghdad.[3]
April – Nicholas Hytner succeeds Sir Trevor Nunn as artistic director of London's Royal National Theatre.[4]
November 7 – UNESCO places among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and best known of the Indonesian wayang.[5]

January 5 – Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (born 1923)
January 21 – Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933)
February 16 – Aleksandar Tišma, Serbian novelist (born 1924)
February 26 – Quentin Keynes, English explorer, writer and filmmaker (born 1921)
March 11 – Brian Cleeve, English-born Irish writer and broadcaster (born 1921)
March 12 – Howard Fast, American novelist (born 1914)
March 14 – Lucian Boz, Romanian and Australian literary critic (born 1908)
April 3 – Michael Kelly, American journalist (born 1957)
April 7 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French children's writer (born 1903)
June 21
- George Axelrod, American dramatist and screenwriter (born 1922)
- Leon Uris, American novelist (born 1924)
July 6 – Kathleen Raine, English poet, scholar, and translator (born 1908)[8]
July 10 – Winston Graham, English novelist (born 1908)[9]
July 14 – Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist and children's writer (born 1926)
July 15 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean-born fiction writer (born 1953)
July 16 – Carol Shields, American-born Canadian novelist (breast cancer, born 1935)
September 3 – Alan Dugan, American poet (born 1923)
November 9 – Alan Davidson, Northern Irish historian and food writer (born 1924)
December 12 – Fadwa Toukan, Palestinian poet (born 1917)

Knowles, Joe (2003-02-14). "Poets Against the War". In These Times. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
Christopher Hitchens. "Civilisation and its malcontents". The Atlantic (April 2005). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Eskander, Saad (December 2004). "The Tale of Iraq's 'Cemetery of Books'". Information Today. 21 (11): 1–54.
"Hytner appointment welcomed". BBC News. 25 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Indonesian wayang Inscribed in 2003 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Lane, Harriet (1 June 2003). "Ali's in Wonderland". The Observer. Retrieved 31 May 2005.
Goodreads, Into the Blue, Book review, Retrieved 11/27/2012
Watts, Janet (8 July 2003). "Obituary: Kathleen Raine". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
"Winston Graham obituary". The Independent. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
Faculty of Arts, 2003, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Alison Watt, Retrieved 11/27/2012

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