Uanhenga Xitu
Angolan writer and politicianDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
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Orlanda Amarílis
Cape Verdean authorDied on Saturday February 1st 2014
Juan José Plans
Spanish writerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Ken’ichi Yamamoto
Japanese novelistDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
John Grant
Scottish children's authorDied on Sunday February 23rd 2014
John Bagonzi
American authorDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Giancarlo Livraghi
Italian authorDied on Saturday February 22nd 2014
Maggie Estep
American poet and writer (Love is a Dog From Hell)Died on Wednesday February 12th 2014
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka
Russian-born Latvian author of children's booksDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Peter Desbarats
Canadian authorDied on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Gregory Kane
American newspaper columnist (Baltimore Sun)Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Fazal Shahabuddin
Bangladeshi poet and journalistDied on Sunday February 9th 2014
James Tague
American writerDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Mavis Gallant
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Ana María Moix
Spanish writerDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Ounsi el-Hajj
Lebanese poetDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Eric Bercovici
American screenwriter and producer (Shōgun)Died on Sunday February 9th 2014
Michio Mado
Japanese poetDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Don Safran
American screenwriter (Happy Days) and producerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Peter Philipp
German writer and comedianDied on Thursday February 6th 2014
Masako Bandō
Japanese novelistDied on Monday January 27th 2014
Juan Gelman
Argentine poetDied on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Ahmad A’zam
Uzbek writerDied on Saturday January 4th 2014
Patrick D. Smith
American author (A Land Remembered)Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal
Cuban theologian and writerDied on Friday January 3rd 2014
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican poetDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Alan Burns
English authorDied on Monday January 13th 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poetDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Paula Gruden
Australian poet and translatorDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Neal Barrett, Jr.
American authorDied on Sunday January 12th 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Boyd Oxlade
Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick)Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Jacobs
British writerDied on Saturday January 11th 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish authorDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Aguinaldo Fonseca
Cape Verdean poetDied on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Hemmingson
American writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Katsuyo Kobayashi
Japanese food critic (Iron Chef)Died on Thursday January 23rd 2014
Bill Conlin
American sports columnist (Philadelphia Daily News)Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Traian T. Coșovei
Romanian poetDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Dhirubhai Thaker
Indian Gujarati writerDied on Wednesday January 22nd 2014
Josep Maria Castellet
Spanish writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian director and screenwriterDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Gordon Hessler
British film director (Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park) and screen writerDied on Sunday January 19th 2014
Rynn Berry
American vegetarian activist and authorDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Sebastian Barker
British poetDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Aslan Gahramanly
Azerbaijani playwrightDied on Sunday January 19th 2014
Amiri Baraka
American poetDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Levon Khechoyan
Armenian writerDied on Wednesday January 8th 2014
François Cavanna
French author and satirical newspaper editorDied on Wednesday January 29th 2014
Douglas Davis
American art critic and artistDied on Thursday January 16th 2014
Madeline Gins
American poetDied on Wednesday January 8th 2014
Barry Spacks
American poetDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Gary Arlington
American authorDied on Thursday January 16th 2014
Alvin Aubert
American poetDied on Tuesday January 7th 2014
Kenneth Rose
British journalist and authorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Hiroshi Yoshino
Japanese poetDied on Wednesday January 15th 2014
Annamária Kinde
Romanian poetDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Nigel Jenkins
Welsh poetDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Tor Milde
Norwegian journalist and writer (Verdens Gang)Died on Wednesday January 15th 2014
M’hamed Benguettaf
Algerian actor and playwrightDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Stepan Chapman
American author (The Troika)Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Pauline Fisk
66. British authorDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
Bonnie Christensen
American children's book author and illustratorDied on Monday January 12th 2015
Mari Ellis
British writer and women's rights activistDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
John Bayley
British literary critic and writerDied on Monday January 12th 2015
Aisha Choudhary
Indian motivational speaker and authorDied on Saturday January 24th 2015
Robert Stone
American novelist (Dog Soldiers)Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Link Byfield
Canadian conservative columnistDied on Saturday January 24th 2015
Hans Stoiber
Austrian poetDied on Saturday January 10th 2015
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writerDied on Friday January 23rd 2015
Brian Clemens
British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The AvengersDied on Saturday January 10th 2015
Chin Shunshin
Japanese authorDied on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Robert Scott
American authorDied on Friday January 9th 2015
James Walker
Australian television writer (Neighbours)Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Michel Jeury
French science fiction authorDied on Friday January 9th 2015
Robert Blees
American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana)Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Gloria D. Miklowitz
American authorDied on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian feminist critic and academicDied on Friday January 9th 2015
Rod McKuen
American poetDied on Thursday January 29th 2015
Grazia Livi
Italian author and journalistDied on Sunday January 18th 2015
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer and filmmakerDied on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (The Thorn Birds)Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Bill Sykes
English author and chaplainDied on Saturday January 17th 2015
Joan Peters
American author (From Time Immemorial)Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Taeko Kono
Japanese writer and criticDied on Thursday January 29th 2015
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese manga author (8 ManDied on Saturday January 17th 2015
Ganesh Patro
Indian playwright and screenwriterDied on Monday January 5th 2015
Bernice Gordon
American crossword writer (The New York Times)Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Miriam Akavia
Israeli writerDied on Friday January 16th 2015
Gunnar Christie Wasberg
Norwegian non-fiction writerDied on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Arnaldo Calveyra
Argentine poet and novelistDied on Thursday January 15th 2015