Nigel Jenkins
Welsh poet
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
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M’hamed Benguettaf
Algerian actor and playwright
Died on Sunday January 5th 2014
Stepan Chapman
American author (The Troika)
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Namdeo Dhasal
Indian poet and activist
Died on Wednesday January 15th 2014
Jean Metellus
Haitian poet and writer
Died on Saturday January 4th 2014
Masako Bandō
Japanese novelist
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Juan Gelman
Argentine poet
Died on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Ahmad A’zam
Uzbek writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Friday January 3rd 2014
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican poet
Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Alan Burns
English author
Died on Monday January 13th 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poet
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Paula Gruden
Australian poet and translator
Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Neal Barrett, Jr.
American author
Died on Sunday January 12th 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Boyd Oxlade
Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick)
Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Jacobs
British writer
Died on Saturday January 11th 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish author
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Aguinaldo Fonseca
Cape Verdean poet
Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Hemmingson
American writer
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
James Walker
Australian television writer (Neighbours)
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Michel Jeury
French science fiction author
Died 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 author
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian feminist critic and academic
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Rod McKuen
American poet
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Grazia Livi
Italian author and journalist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer and filmmaker
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (The Thorn Birds)
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Bill Sykes
English author and chaplain
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Joan Peters
American author (From Time Immemorial)
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Taeko Kono
Japanese writer and critic
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese manga author (8 Man
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Ganesh Patro
Indian playwright and screenwriter
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Bernice Gordon
American crossword writer (The New York Times)
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Miriam Akavia
Israeli writer
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Michele Serros
American novelist and poet
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
Gunnar Christie Wasberg
Norwegian non-fiction writer
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Arnaldo Calveyra
Argentine poet and novelist
Died on Thursday January 15th 2015
Ives Roqueta
French Occitian author
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
Suzette Haden Elgin
American science fiction author and linguist
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Mike Marqusee
American-born writer and activist
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Juan Isidro Moreno
Dominican Republic poet
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
John Leggett
American writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Mark Juddery
Australian author and journalist
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Godfrey Kalimugogo
Ugandan writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Robert Gover
American author
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Miller Williams
American poet
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Pauline Fisk
66. British author
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Bonnie Christensen
American children's book author and illustrator
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Mari Ellis
British writer and women's rights activist
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
John Bayley
British literary critic and writer
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Aisha Choudhary
Indian motivational speaker and author
Died on Saturday January 24th 2015
Robert Stone
American novelist (Dog Soldiers)
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Link Byfield
Canadian conservative columnist
Died on Saturday January 24th 2015
Hans Stoiber
Austrian poet
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writer
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Brian Clemens
British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Chin Shunshin
Japanese author
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Robert Scott
American author
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Harve Bennett
American producer and writer (Star Trek
Died on Wednesday February 25th 2015
Anne Cuneo
Swiss author and film director
Died on Wednesday February 11th 2015
Helena Araújo
Colombian writer
Died on Monday February 2nd 2015
Bertrice Small
American author
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Melanie Tem
American horror and dark fantasy author
Died on Monday February 9th 2015
Said Sheikh Samatar
Somali scholar and writer
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Debra A. Kemp
American author (The Firebrand)
Died on Sunday February 8th 2015
Maurice Hurley
American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Paul E. Toms
American author and pastor
Died on Saturday February 7th 2015
John Rowlands
Welsh author and novelist
Died on Monday February 23rd 2015
Assia Djebar
Algerian novelist
Died on Friday February 6th 2015
Ted Roberts
Australian screenwriter and producer
Died on Monday February 23rd 2015
André Brink
South African novelist and playwright
Died on Friday February 6th 2015
Govind Pansare
Indian political activist and author
Died on Friday February 20th 2015
Herman Rosenblat
Polish-born American writer
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Harris Wittels
American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Anne Moody
American author and civil rights activist
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Talus Taylor
American writer
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Louise Maheux-Forcier
Canadian author
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Carol Severance
American fantasy author
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Martin Green
British writer and publisher
Died on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Gigi Vesigna
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
John Paul Jackson
American writer and producer
Died on Wednesday February 18th 2015
Ernest Ferlita
American playwright and professor of drama and speech
Died on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Thomas J. Stanley
American author (The Millionaire Next Door
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Uri Orbach
Israeli writer
Died on Monday February 16th 2015
Andrew Patner
American art critic and radio host
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Yaşar Kemal
Turkish author
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Philip Levine
American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Died on Saturday February 14th 2015
Carlos Noguera
Venezuelan writer and psychologist
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Sarah Foot
British journalist and author
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Kesava Reddy
Indian novelist
Died on Friday February 13th 2015
Vasu Malali
Indian author and film director
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-American writer
Died on Thursday February 26th 2015