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Larry Jeff McMurtry
Literature & Poetry
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Larry Jeff McMurtry

Larry McMurtry
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1936 โ€“ 2021 (84 years old)

Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning American novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West in masterpieces including Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, and co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.

Archer City, Texas, United States
Nawal El Saadawi
Literature & Poetry
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Nawal El Saadawi

ู†ูˆุงู„ ุงู„ุณุนุฏุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1931 โ€“ 2021 (89 years old)

Fierce and visionary Egyptian feminist writer, psychiatrist, and activist whose revolutionary books including Women and Sex and Woman at Point Zero broke deep taboos around female genital mutilation, patriarchy, and religious fundamentalism in the Arab world.

Giza, Egypt
Jean-Claude Carriรจre
Literature & Poetry
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Jean-Claude Carriรจre

Jean-Claude Carriรจre
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1931 โ€“ 2021 (89 years old)

Prolific and legendary French screenwriter, novelist, and dramatist whose brilliant collaborations with Luis Buรฑuel (Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) and adaptations like The Tin Drum and Cyrano de Bergerac defined international cinema, winning an Academy Honorary Award.

Colombiรจres-sur-Orb, France
Gilbert Naccache
Literature & Poetry
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Gilbert Naccache

ุฌูŠู„ุจุงุฑ ู†ู‚ุงุด
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1939 โ€“ 2020 (81 years old)

Iconic Tunisian Jewish leftist intellectual, agronomist, and political dissident who endured fourteen years of imprisonment under Bourguiba, authoring the clandestine literary masterpiece Cristal on cigarette wrappers.

Tunis, Tunisia
Albert Memmi
Literature & Poetry
6
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Albert Memmi

ุฃู„ุจูŠุฑ ู…ูŠู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1920 โ€“ 2020 (99 years old)

World-renowned Tunisian novelist and sociologist of Jewish heritage whose autobiographical masterpiece The Pillar of Salt and foundational essay The Colonizer and the Colonized defined post-colonial theory.

Paris, France
Sir Roger Scruton
Literature & Poetry
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Sir Roger Scruton

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
c. 1945 โ€“ 2020 (75 years old)

Sir Roger Vernon Scruton was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of conservative views. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom
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