1999 in literature

See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature.

Deaths

• February 8 - Iris Murdoch, writer, aged 79
• February 22 - William Bronk, poet, aged 80 (or 81?)
• February 24 - Andre Dubus, writer
• March 4 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer, aged 77
• May 10 - Shel Silverstein, children's poet, aged 68
• June 14 - J. F. Powers, American writer, aged 81
• July 2 - Mario Puzo, writer (The Godfather), aged 78
• July 16 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher, son of John F. Kennedy, aged 38 (airplane crash)
• October 3 - Heinz G. Konsalik, writer, aged 78
• October 19 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian born Francophone lawyer and writer
• November 11 - Jacobo Timmerman, journalist and publisher
• December 8 - Rupert Hart-Davis, editor, publisher
• December 12 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22), aged 76