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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2009. ==Events== * April 21 – UNESCO launches the World Digital Library. * May 1 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman appointed to the position; she is also the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. * May 5 – Posthumous publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's narrative poem ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' in alliterative verse based on the 13th century ''Poetic Edda'' and probably written in the 1930s. * May 16–25 – Ruth Padel becomes the first woman ever elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford but resigns nine days later after she is alleged to have been involved in what some sources refer to as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, her leading rival for the post. *August 10 – Standard orthography for writing in the Silesian language is adopted in Cieszyn, at a meeting of the Standardization Committee of the Silesian Language.〔Kanōna szrajbowanio ślōnskij godki (pp 1-9). 2009. ''Ślůnsko Nacyjo''. No 8(30), August. Zabrze: Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno. ISSN 1897-1717〕 *October 8 – Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. *November 10 – Linden MacIntyre wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel ''The Bishop's Man''. *Australian publishers Allen & Unwin announce the suspension of their annual Iremonger Award, on the grounds that no manuscript of sufficient merit has been submitted.〔http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=441〕 *Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm-Zentrum library opens at Humboldt University of Berlin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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