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If you want to know where your favourite author ended up after their death then The Literary Cemetery should provide you with all the information you need. The writers listed on The Literary Cemetery cover all genres, eras, nationalities and styles – the only thing that they all have in common is that they are no longer with us physically, but they live on through their work.

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933)

Authors - G Awards - Nobel Prize Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1900-1950

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Gerald Durrell (1925-1995)

Authors - D Cause of Death - Liver Disease / Failure Cause of Death - Other Genre - Autobiography Location - Jersey Nationality - British Year of Death - 1990-1999

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Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Authors - F Awards - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Cause of Death - Other Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1960-1969

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Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

Authors - T Awards - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Cause of Death - Suicide / Euthanasia Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1930-1939

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Angela Thirkell (1890-1961)

Authors - T Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1960-1969

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W.B. Yeats (William Butler) (1865-1939)

Authors - Y Awards - Nobel Prize Genre - Poetry Location - Ireland Nationality - Irish Year of Death - 1930-1939

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Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé) (1839-1908)

Authors - O Genre - Fiction Location - Italy Nationality - English Year of Death - 1900-1909

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Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)

Authors - W Genre - Diary Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1850-1859

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Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Authors - C Awards - Nobel Prize Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Autobiography Genre - History Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1960-1969

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Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

Authors - K Genre - Children's Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1870-1879

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Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945)

Authors - L Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Poetry Location - Israel Nationality - German Year of Death - 1940-1949

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Božena Němcová (1820-1862)

Authors - N Genre - Fiction Location - Czech Republic Nationality - Czech Year of Death - 1860-1869

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George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) (1903-1950)

Authors - O Cause of Death - Tuberculosis Genre - Autobiography Genre - Journalism Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Autobiography Genre - Poetry Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1970-1979

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Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991)

Authors - W Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Travel Writing Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1990-1999

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Anna Leonowens (1831-1915)

Authors - L Genre - Autobiography Genre - Travel Writing Location - Canada Nationality - English Year of Death - 1910-1919

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Other Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1870-1879

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Jean Dutourd (1920-2011)

Authors - D Genre - Literature Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 2010-2019

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Erich Segal (1937-2010)

Authors - S Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - American Year of Death - 2010-2019

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Auberon Waugh (1939-2001)

Authors - W Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Fiction Genre - Journalism Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887-1956)

Authors - K Genre - Fiction Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Authors - C Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Children's Genre - Literature Genre - Poetry Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1890-1899

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James Joyce (1882-1941)

Authors - J Cause of Death - Other Genre - Literature Location - Switzerland Nationality - Irish Year of Death - 1940-1949

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Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

Death: 25th April 1878 Location: Old Quaker Meeting-House , Lamas, Norfolk, England Cause of death: Hepatitis and Tuberculosis Photo taken by: julia and keld Buy books by Anna Sewell English writer who is best remembered for the classic children’s novel Black Beauty . Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk into a Quaker family. When she was fourteen years old she sustained an injury to her ankle which prevented her from walking or standing for long periods of time for the rest of her life. Because of this she relied heavily on horse-drawn carriages to get around and this led to her love of horses. She never married and lived at home with her mother and the pair spent their time doing charitable works. Black Beauty was published in 1877 when Anna was fifty-seven years old; it was her only published work. The novel tells the story of a mistreated horse and was extremely influential in improving the treatment of horses. Anna died five months after Black Beauty was pub

Ramón Sampedro (1943-1998)

Death: 12th January 1998 Location: Cementerio Parroquial de Santa Marina de Xuño, Galicia, Spain Cause of death: Assisted Suicide Photos taken by: DeadGoodBooks Buy books by Ramón Sampedro Spanish fisherman and writer. He became a quadriplegic at the age of 25, following a diving accident, and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years. As a young man he had jumped into the sea from rocks near his home, a fishing village in the northern Spanish region of Galicia. Misjudging the water's depth, he struck his head on the bottom. He sustained a complete spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. Ramon tried Spain's lower courts, its higher courts, even the European Commission on Human Rights in Strasbourg to end his life. His argument hinged on the fact that he was sure of his decision to die. However, owing to his paralysis, he was physically unable to commit suicide without help. He argued that suicide was a right that

Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

Death: Arthur - 19th April 1907; Sylvia - 27 August 1910 Cause of death: Cancer Location: St. John at Hampstead, London, England. Plot: Churchyard extension (J2) Photo taken by : DeadGoodBooks Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies are best remembered for being the parents of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J.M. Barrie 's stories of Neverland . Arthur met Sylvia du Maurier at a dinner party in 1889 and they became engaged shortly after. Sylvia was the daughter of George du Maurier , sister of actor Gerald du Maurier, and the aunt of novelists Angela and Daphne du Maurier . The couple married in 1892, and they had five children, all boys: George (1893–1915), Jack (1894–1959), Peter (1897–1960), Michael (1900–1921), and Nicholas (1903–1980). In 1897, George and Jack became friends with the dramatist J. M. Barrie, whom they met during outings in Kensington Gardens. Arthur did not encourage the ongoing friendsh

Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921)

Death: 19th May 1921 Cause of death: Drowning Location: St Johns at Hampstead (Churchyard Extension), London, England Photo taken by: DeadGoodBooks Michael Llewelyn Davies was the forth of the five sons of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies . He is widely reported to be the individual who most influenced J. M. Barrie in the creation of Peter Pan . He drowned in suspicious circumstances with a close friend just short of his 21st birthday. J. M. Barrie became guardian of the Llewelyn Davies boys following the death of their father in 1907 and their mother in 1910. Michael attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he became very close to Rupert Buxton. Shortly before Davies' 21st birthday, he and Buxton drowned together in Sandford Pool on the River Thames. The closeness of Davies and Buxton, combined with the uncertain circumstances of their death, led to speculation that the pair had died in a suicide pact. The Sandford Pool was well known as a drowning hazard and th

Émile Zola (1840-1902)

Original grave at Cimetière de Montmartre Photo taken by : Donarreiskoffer Death: 29th September 1902 Location: Panthéon, Paris, Île-de-France, France Cause of death: Accidental – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Buy books by Émile Zola French writer, considered to be the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. More than half of Zola's novels were part of this set of 20 collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. Set in France's Second Empire, the series traces the "environmental" influences of violence, alcohol and prostitution which became more prevalent during the second wave of the Industrial Revolution. The series examines two branches of a family: the respectable (that is, legitimate) Rougons and the disreputable (illegitimate) Macquarts for five generations. Grave in the Panthéon Photo taken by : Rémih Zola died of Carbon monoxide po

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