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| Nov. 17 |
 England |
Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies aged 94  | Her best-known works include The Golden Notebook, Memoirs of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark | |
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| Oct.10 |
 Sweden |
 Canadian wins Nobel in literature| 82-year-old author Alice Munro whose books include Dear Life and Dance of the Happy Shades, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize | |
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| Oct.2 |
Baltimore |
Spy novelist Tom Clancy dies aged 66 Best-selling US author Tom Clancy, known to millions for his Jack Ryan series of novels, has died aged 66, his publisher has confirmed
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| Aug.30 |
 Ireland |
Poet Seamus Heaney dies aged 74  Map of Dublin Ireland Seamus Heaney, acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since WB Yeats, has died aged 74
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| Aug.20 |
Detroit |
Elmore Leonard, crime novelist, dies aged 87 US crime writer Elmore Leonard, author of such books as Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Out of Sight, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke
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| Jun.25 |
Los Angeles |
I Am Legend author Matheson dies US sci-fi and fantasy writer Richard Matheson, who wrote the 1954 vampire novel I Am Legend, has died aged 87
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| May.3 |
Alabama |
To Kill A Mockingbird author sues Harper Lee has sued a literary agent she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book
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| Mar.22 |
 Nigeria |
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies | Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82 after a brief illness. The writer and academic wrote more than 20 works | |
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| Oct.11 |
Sweden |
Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel | The Swedish Academy praised his work which 'with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary' | |
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| Jul.31 |
Los Angeles |
US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86 Celebrated writer and political commentator Gore Vidal has died aged 86 of complications from pneumonia
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| Jul.6 |
 Colombia |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'has dementia' The brother of Gabriel Garcia Marquez says that the Colombian writer and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature is suffering from dem...
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| Jun.26 |
Seattle |
Hollywood writer Nora Ephron dies Screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who penned such films as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, has died at the age of 71
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| Jun.6 |
Los Angeles |
Author Ray Bradbury dies, aged 91 Bradbury wrote hundreds of novels, short stories, plays and television and film scripts in a career dating back to the 1940s
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| Dec.15 |
Houston |
Writer Christopher Hitchens dies British author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died, aged 62, according to Vanity Fair magazine
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| Oct.6 |
Sweden |
Swedish poet wins Nobel Literature prize Tomas Transtromer won the Nobel Prize in literature. He beat out bookies' favorites Bob Dylan and Haruki Murakami
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| Nov.10 |
Seattle |
Amazon row over paedophile book A self-published guide giving advice to paedophiles that is for sale through online retailer is stirring up controversy on the internet
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| Oct.7 |
Sweden |
 Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature Mario Vargas Llosa says he is surprised and 'very grateful'
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| Jul.19 |
New York |
Best-selling author McCourt dies 78-year-old Frank McCourt, Irish-American author of best-seller Angela's Ashes, has died of cancer
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| Jan.27 |
New England |
Novelist Updike dies of cancer Renowned novelist John Updike has died at the age of 76. He had been suffering from lung cancer
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| Dec.25 |
London |
Playwright Harold Pinter dies Nobel Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, whose works displayed a despair about the human condition, has died at 78
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| Oct.9 |
 France |
Author Le Clezio wins Nobel prize The 68-year-old novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature
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| Jul.20 |
London |
Fans receive final Potter book | The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum | |
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| Nov.20 |
USA |
Murdoch cancels OJ Simpson plans
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| Apr.26 |
England |
Harry Potter author richer than Queen
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| Nov.3 |
England |
Harry Potter premiere II
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| Nov.17 |
USA |
Harry Potter sets box office record The adventure of the boy wizard grossed $31.3 million in its debut, the highest single-day take ever
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