Events
- 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.
- 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.
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“As I look at the human story I see two stories. They run parallel and never meet. One is of people who live, as they can or must, the events that arrive; the other is of people who live, as they intend, the events they create.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)
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