2005 in Literature - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 7 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (born 1913)
  • January 14 - Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (born 1922)
  • January 15
    • Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (born 1913)
    • Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (born 1920)
  • January 19 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (born 1974) (suicide)
  • January 21 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (born 1907)
  • January 24 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (born 1933)
  • January 25 - Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
  • January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter (born 1924)
  • February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (born 1915)
  • February 11 - Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (born 1944)
  • February 20 - Hunter S. Thompson, American writer, creator of Gonzo journalism (born 1937)
  • February 21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (born 1929)
  • February 25 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (born 1909)
  • March 7 - Willis Hall, English playwright (born 1929)
  • March 8 - Anna Haycraft, English novelist (born 1932)
  • March 17 - Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (born 1912)
  • March 22 - Anthony Creighton, English playwright (born 1922)
  • March 30 - Robert Creeley, American poet (born 1926)
  • April 5 - Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (born 1915)
  • April 7 - Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (born 1964) (meningitis)
  • April 26 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (born 1917)
  • May 7 - Tristan Egolf, American novelist (born 1971) (suicide)
  • June 9 - Hovis Presley, English poet (born 1960) (heart attack)
  • June 14 - Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (born 1923)
  • June 16 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (born 1905)
  • June 20 - Larry Collins, American novelist (born 1929)
  • June 22 - William Donaldson, English satirist (born 1935)
  • June 27 - Shelby Foote, American novelist (born 1916)
  • June 28 - Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (born 1932)
  • June 30 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (born 1907)
  • July 6
    • Claude Simon, French Nobel laureate in literature (born 1913)
    • Evan Hunter, American novelist (born 1926)
  • July 7 - Gustaf Sobin, American poet (born 1935)
  • July 17 - Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (born 1924)
  • July 19 - Edward Bunker, American crime writer (born 1933)
  • August 9 - Judith Rossner, American novelist (born 1935)
  • August 21 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (born 1936)
  • August 29 - Sybil Marshall, English novelist (born 1913)
  • September 3 - R. S. R. Fitter, English nature writer (born 1913)
  • September 26 - Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (born 1934)
  • September 27
    • Mary Lee Settle, American novelist (born 1918)
    • Ronald Pearsall, English writer (born 1927)
  • October 2 - August Wilson, American playwright (born 1945)
  • October 17 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (born 1904)
  • November 1 - Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (born 1915)
  • November 2 - Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian
  • November 3 - Robert Waller, English poet, (born 1913)
  • November 4 - Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (born 1932)
  • November 5 - John Fowles, English writer (born 1926)
  • November 26 - Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (born 1923)
  • December 1 - Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist
  • December 2 - Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (born 1925)
  • December 9 - Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (born 1928)
  • December 15 - Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (born 1914)
  • December 16 - Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (born 1921)

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