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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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Saint Boethius (477–524)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Murdered / Executed Genre - Philosophy Location - Italy Nationality - Roman Year of Death - pre-1800

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Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

Authors - A Genre - Philosophy Location - Algeria Location - Italy Nationality - Algerian Nationality - Roman Year of Death - pre-1800

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Brunetto Latini (c.1220–1294)

Authors - L Genre - Philosophy Location - Italy Nationality - Italian Year of Death - pre-1800

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Louis Aragon (1897-1982)

Authors - A Genre - Literature Genre - Poetry Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1980-1989

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Václav Havel (1936-2011)

Authors - H Cause of Death - Lung Disease / Failure Genre - Drama Genre - Essay Location - Czech Republic Nationality - Czech Year of Death - 2010-2019

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Cyril Connolly (1903-1974)

Authors - C Genre - Autobiography Genre - Journalism Genre - Literary Criticism Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1970-1979

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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Awards Awards - Poet Laureate

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Vera Inber (Ве́ра И́нбер) (1890-1972)

Authors - I Genre - Diary Genre - Poetry Location - Russia Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 1970-1979

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Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931)

Authors - S Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Drama Genre - Literature Location - Austria Nationality - Austrian Year of Death - 1930-1939

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José Hernández (1834-1886)

Authors - H Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Poetry Location - Argentina Nationality - Argentine Year of Death - 1880-1889

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Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

Authors - F Cause of Death - Other Genre - Literature Location - Portugal Nationality - English Year of Death - pre-1800

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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

Aphra Behn (1640-1689)

Death: 16th April 1689 Location: Westminster Abbey , London, England Photo taken by: DeadGoodBooks Buy books by Aphra Behn Restoration novelist and playwright. Credited with being the first professional English female novelist. The exact details of her life are unknown, but is believed that she travelled to an English sugar colony in Suriname in the 1660s and that this trip was this inspiration for her most famous novel Oroonoko . It is also believed that she worked as a political spy in Antwerp for the court of Charles II.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Ashes - Cimitero acattolico, Rome Heart - St Peter's Church, Bournemouth Death: 8th July 1822 Location: Ashes - Cimitero acattolico / Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Heart - St Peter's Church, Bournemouth, Dorset, England Cause of death: Accidental - drowning Photos taken by: DeadGoodBooks Buy books by Percy Bysshe Shelley Major English Romantic poet who is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron ; Leigh Hunt; Thomas Love Peacock; and his own second wife, Mary Shelley . On 8 July 1822, less than a month before his 30th birthday, Shelley drowned in a sudden storm while sailing in his schooner, Don Juan , in the Gulf of Spezzia, It

Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

Death: 20th February 2005 Location: Cremated, ashes fired from cannon at his former home in Woody Creek, Colorado , United States Cause of death: Suicide – gunshot to head Buy books by Hunter S. Thompson American journalist and cult author credited with the creation of gonzo journalism, a journalistic style that blurs boundaries between fiction and non-fiction and author and subject. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and joined the US Air Force, where he started writing for the newspaper of the Florida base that he was stationed on. In 1958 he was honorably discharged and moved to New York City where he started working as a copyboy for Time magazine, but he was fired for insubordination. In 1960 he relocated to Puerto Rico where he wrote freelance articles for American newspapers whilst traveling extensively and submitting short stories to publishers. In 1965 Thompson wrote an article for The Nation based on his experiences with a gang of Hells Angels, and

Saadi (سعدی) (1291/1292-1210)

Death: 1291/1292 Location : Saadi Mausoleum , Shiraz, Fars, Iran Photos taken by: Omid Hatami & Ipaat Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (ابومحمد مصلح الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎) better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī (سعدی‎) or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. His best known works are Bustan / The Orchard completed in 1257 and Gulistan / The Rose Garden (1258). Bustan is entirely in verse and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behavior of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Gulistan is mainly in prose and contains stories and personal anecdotes.

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