Ismail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania’s plight to the world Jul 01 2024 Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map... Read more »
Donald Sutherland, whose acting career spanned six decades and included starring in such highly acclaimed films as Donât Look Now, M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, has died aged 88. He died in... Read more »
John Burnside, author of Black Cat Bone and The Asylum Dance, has died aged 69 after a short illness. He died on 29 May, his publisher has confirmed. Though mainly known for... Read more »
Caleb Carr, the son of the Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his cat, Masha, has died... Read more »
Alice Munro, short story master and Nobel Laureate, dies at 92 May 14 2024 Canadian author Alice Munro died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, on May 13. She was 92.
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Shirley Conran, the author of Lace and Superwoman, has died aged 91, her son the designer Jasper Conran has announced. The bestselling âqueen of the bonkbusterâ was also the founder of the... Read more »
Paul Auster dies at 77 May 01 2024 Paul Auster, the prolific novelist, memoirist and screenwriter who rose to fame in the 1980s with his postmodern reanimation of the noir novel and... Read more »
CJ Sansom, the bestselling author of Dissolution, Winter in Madrid and Dominion has died aged 71, having been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer that affects bone marrow, in 2012. His... Read more »
Lynne Reid Banks, author of ‘The Indian in the Cupboard,’ dies at 94 Apr 05 2024 Lynne Reid Banks, a versatile British author who began her writing career with the best-selling feminist... Read more »