Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Miller Williams

United States

c. 1931 – 2015 (84 years old)

Stanley Miller Williams was an American contemporary poet, as well as a university professor, translator and editor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Radwa Ashour

رضوى عاشور

Egypt

May 26, 1946 – November 30, 2014 (68 years old)

Distinguished Egyptian novelist, literary critic, and university professor whose epic masterpiece 'The Granada Trilogy' chronicled the tragic fall of Islamic Spain, celebrated for her profound intellectual courage and championing of human rights.

Cairo, Egypt

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Said Aql

سعيد عقل

Lebanon

4 July 1912 – 28 November 2014 (102 years old)

Centenarian titan of Lebanese poetry whose sublime linguistic perfection and Phoenician cultural nationalism shaped modern Lebanese literature.

Zahlé, Lebanon

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Samih al-Qasim

سميح القاسم

Jordan

11 May 1939 – 19 August 2014 (75 years old)

Formidable Palestinian resistance poet from Rameh who authored seventy books of verse and was repeatedly jailed for refusing military conscription.

Rameh, Palestine

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Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat

Canada

1921 – 2014 (92 years old)

Passionate environmentalist and crusading author whose forty-four books, including People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf, sold twenty-five million copies worldwide and revolutionized wolf conservation.

Port Hope (Ontario), Canada

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Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod

Canada

20 July 1936 – 20 April 2014 (77 years old)

Revered Canadian author whose lyrical fiction, set among Cape Breton coal miners and Gaelic descendants, earned the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Margaree, Canada

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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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Mavis Gallant

Mavis Gallant

Canada

11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014 (91 years old)

Internationally revered Canadian master of short fiction whose sharp wit and psychological nuance graced the pages of The New Yorker for half a century.

Paris, France

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Uanhenga Xitu

Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho

Angola

1924-08-29 – 2014-02-13 (89 years old)

Master Angolan satirical novelist and nationalist hero who was imprisoned for eight years in Tarrafal concentration camp, where he began writing beloved classics like Mestre Tamoda.

Luanda, Angola

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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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Hiroshi Yoshino

Japan

c. 1927 – 2014 (87 years old)

Hiroshi Yoshino (1927–2014) was a distinguished Japan public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in literature.

Tokyo, Japan

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Namdeo Dhasal

India

c. 1950 – 2014 (64 years old)

Namdeo Laxman Dhasal was a Marathi poet, writer and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

New Delhi, India

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Juan Gelman

Argentina

c. 1931 – 2014 (83 years old)

Juan Gelman was an Argentine poet. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Manibhushan Bhattacharya

India

c. 1939 – 2014 (75 years old)

Manibhushan Bhattacharya was a major poet who transformed the language of Bengali poetry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

New Delhi, India

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Neal Barrett Jr.

United States

c. 1930 – 2014 (84 years old)

Neal Barrett Jr. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Rynn Berry

United States

c. 1946 – 2014 (68 years old)

Rynn Berry was an American author and scholar on vegetarianism and veganism, as well as a pioneer in the animal rights and vegan movements.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Amiri Baraka

United States

c. 1935 – 2014 (79 years old)

Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Alvin Aubert

United States

c. 1931 – 2014 (83 years old)

Alvin Bernard Aubert was an American academic, poet, playwright, editor, literary critic, and scholar who championed African-American culture and rural life along the southern Mississippi River.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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