Pritish Nandy was an Indian poet, painter, journalist, politician, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, television and streaming content. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

New Delhi, India

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Selim İleri

Turkey

c. 1950 – 2025 (75 years old)

Ali Selim İleri was a Turkish writer, screenwriter, and film critic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Ankara, Turkey

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Lee Hoesung

Japan

c. 1936 – 2025 (89 years old)

Lee Hoesung was a Japanese Zainichi Korean novelist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Tokyo, Japan

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Na D'Souza

India

c. 1938 – 2025 (87 years old)

Norbert D'Souza was an Indian writer in the Kannada language. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

New Delhi, India

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Richard Foreman

United States

c. 1938 – 2025 (87 years old)

Richard Foreman was an American avant-garde experimental playwright, director, and the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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José Claer

Canada

c. 1964 – 2025 (61 years old)

Josué Jude Carrier, better known by his pen name José Claer, was a Canadian poet and author.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Ottawa, Canada

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James Arthur Ray

United States

c. 1958 – 2025 (67 years old)

James Arthur Ray was an American self-help businessman, motivational speaker, author and convicted felon who was found guilty in 2011 of causing three deaths through negligent homicide.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Howard Buten

United States

c. 1951 – 2025 (74 years old)

Howard Buten was an American author living in France. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Bertrand Bouvier

Switzerland

c. 1930 – 2025 (95 years old)

Bertrand Bouvier was a Swiss writer and translator who specialized in Modern Greek.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Bern, Switzerland

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Noreen Riols

United Kingdom

c. 1927 – 2025 (98 years old)

Noreen Patricia Riols, was a British novelist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom

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Joseph Monninger

United States

c. 1954 – 2025 (71 years old)

Joseph Monninger was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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David Lodge

United Kingdom

c. 1936 – 2025 (89 years old)

David John Lodge was an English novelist and critic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom

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Buchi Emecheta

Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta

Nigeria

1944 – 2017 (72 years old)

Nigerian-born British novelist celebrated for The Joys of Motherhood, Second Class Citizen, and The Bride Price, whose fiction dissected the double burdens of colonial racism and patriarchal traditions.

East Finchley (London), United Kingdom

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Assia Djebar

آسيا جبار (فاطمة الزهراء إيملاين)

Algeria

1936 – 2015 (78 years old)

Foremost Algerian novelist, essayist, and filmmaker who gave voice to Algerian women silenced by colonialism and patriarchy, becoming the first writer from North Africa elected to the Académie Française in 2005.

Cherchell, Algeria

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Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Gabo)

Literature & Poetry

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Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Gabo)

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombia

6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014 (87 years old)

Preeminent titan of Latin American magical realism and 1982 Nobel laureate whose monumental epic One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) chronicled the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo and the Buendía dynasty.

Mexico City, Mexico

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Jose Emilio Pacheco

José Emilio Pacheco Berny

Mexico

1939 – 2014 (74 years old)

Mexican poet, novelist, and translator beloved for his coming-of-age novella Battles in the Desert and moral, lucid poetry of time, destruction, and urban change.

Mexico City, Mexico

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Chinua Achebe

Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe

Nigeria

1930 – 2013 (82 years old)

Revered as the 'Father of Modern African Literature', Nigerian novelist whose groundbreaking Things Fall Apart restored authentic African voice and agency against colonial distortion.

Ogidi (Anambra State), Nigeria

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Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes Macías

Panama (Mexican parents)

1928 – 2012 (83 years old)

Mexican novelist and diplomat, central titan of the Latin American Boom, celebrated for The Death of Artemio Cruz, Where the Air Is Clear, and Terra Nostra.

Paris, France

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