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Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958)

Authors - J Awards - Nobel Prize Genre - Literature Genre - Poetry Location - Spain Nationality - Spanish Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906-1954)

Authors - A Cause of Death - Liver Disease / Failure Genre - Poetry Genre - Short Stories Location - Turkey Nationality - Turkish Year of Death - 1950-1959

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)

Authors - C Cause of Death - Stroke / Cerebral Hemorrhage Genre - Fantasy Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Cândido Guerreiro (1871-1953)

Authors - G Genre - Poetry Location - Portugal Nationality - Portuguese Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Sādegh Hedāyat (صادق هدایت) (1903-1951)

Authors - H Cause of Death - Suicide / Euthanasia Genre - Literature Genre - Short Stories Location - France Nationality - Iranian Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)

Authors - C Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Crime / Mystery Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Heinrich Mann (1871-1950)

Authors - M Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Literature Location - Germany Nationality - German Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)

Authors - M Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1950-1959

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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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Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887-1956)

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

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Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

Authors - L Awards - Nobel Prize Awards - Pulitzer for Fiction Cause of Death - Other Genre - Literature Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Andrei Platonov (Андре́й Плато́нов) (1899-1951)

Authors - P Cause of Death - Tuberculosis Genre - Literature Location - Russia Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Arturo Barea (1897-1957)

Authors - B Genre - Autobiography Location - England Nationality - Spanish Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)

Authors - S Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Crime / Mystery Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 1950-1959

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T. F. Powys (Theodore Francis) (1875-1953)

Authors - P Genre - Fiction Genre - Short Stories Location - England Nationality - British Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

Authors - O Awards - Nobel Prize Genre - Drama Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Paul Éluard (1895-1952)

Authors - E Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Poetry Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

Authors - T Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Drama Genre - Fiction Genre - Poetry Location - Wales Nationality - Welsh Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Ivan Bunin (1870-1953)

Authors - B Awards - Nobel Prize Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Literature Location - France Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Louis Verneuil (1893-1952)

Authors - V Cause of Death - Suicide / Euthanasia Genre - Drama Location - France Nationality - French Year of Death - 1950-1959

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Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川乱歩) (1894-1965)

Death: 28th July 1965 Location: Tama Reien (多磨霊園), Fuchu, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan Plot: 26-1-17-6 Cause of death: Cerebral Haemorrhage Photo taken by: Honeydance Buy books by Edogawa Rampo Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi , who in later books, for juvenile readers, was the leader of the Boy Detective's Gang (少年探偵団). Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe (his pen name is a rendering of Poe's name). He was also influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , whom he attempted to translate into Japanese. In 1923 he made his literary debut by publishing the mystery story The Two-Sen Copper Coin (二銭銅貨). Over the course of the next several years, Edogawa went on to write a number of other stories that focus on crimes and the processes involved in solving them. Among these stories are a number of...

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Death: 14th January 1898 Buried: Mount Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England Cause of death: Pneumonia Photo taken by: Clive and Chris Buy books by Lewis Carroll English author, poet and photographer, best remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass . He was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Warrington, Cheshire and was the third of eleven children. Throughout his life he suffered with a stammer, but this not stop him from singing or telling stories to audiences. He was educated at home until he reached the age of twelve when he was sent away to school in Richmond and then to Rugby. In January 1851 he went to Christ Church College, Oxford. He excelled academically, without having to apply himself, and he gained the Lectureship in mathematics at Christ Church and remained there until he died. He never gave up teaching even when he could afford to live on his income from his writing. In 1856 he took up photography became well ...

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 a...

O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862-1910)

Death: 5th June 1910 Location: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver Photo taken by: Jẹr Buy books by O.Henry American author of short stories which have surprise endings; the best known of which is The Gift of the Magi . The O. Henry Awards are given annually to outstanding short stories. He was born William Sydney Porter in North Carolina and after leaving school he worked as a bookkeeper in his uncle’s drugstore. In 1882 he moved to Texas where he held several different jobs including, ranch hand and pharmacist. In 1887 he eloped with Athol Estes, a seventeen year old from a wealthy family; the couple had two children. In 1894 he left his job at the First National Bank of Austin after he was accused of embezzlement. He moved to Houston and started writing for the Houston Post , but in 1895 he was arrested for embezzlement from the First National Bank . He was granted bail, but absconded to New O...

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...

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