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David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

Authors - W Cause of Death - Suicide / Euthanasia Genre - Essay Genre - Fiction Genre - Short Stories Location - Chile Nationality - American Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Mahmoud Darwish (محمود درويش) (1941-2008)

Authors - D Cause of Death - Other Genre - Poetry Location - West Bank Nationality - Palestinian Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Алекса́ндр Солжени́цын) (1918-2008)

Authors - S Awards - Nobel Prize Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Literature Location - Russia Nationality - Russian Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Frank McCourt (1930-2009)

Authors - M Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Autobiography Location - Ireland Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Nationality - Irish Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Eugénio de Andrade (1923-2005)

Authors - A Genre - Poetry Location - Portugal Nationality - Portuguese Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (1939-2007)

Authors - W Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Romance Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928-2008)

Authors - A Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Fiction Location - Kyrgyzstan Nationality - Kyrgyz Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Jack Rosenthal (1931-2004)

Authors - R Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Drama Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Hana Pravda (1916-2008)

Authors - P Genre - Diary Location - England Nationality - Czech Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Dame Barbara Cartland (1901-2000)

Authors - C Genre - Romance Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Terry Ryan (1946-2007)

Authors - R Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Autobiography Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

Authors - A Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Science Fiction Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Jerzy Ficowski (1924-2006)

Authors - F Genre - Poetry Location - Poland Nationality - Polish Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000)

Authors - F Awards - Booker Prize Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 2000-2009

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J. G. Ballard (James Graham) (1930-2009)

Authors - B Cause of Death - Cancer Genre - Literature Location - England Nationality - English Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Edward Gorey (1925-2000)

Authors - G Cause of Death - Heart Attack / Failure Genre - Children's Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Robert Creeley 1926-2005

Authors - C Cause of Death - Pneumonia Genre - Poetry Location - U.S.A Nationality - American Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Sir Arthur C. Clarke (Charles) (1917-2008)

Authors - C Cause of Death - Other Genre - Science Fiction Location - Sri Lanka Nationality - British Year of Death - 2000-2009

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Hilde Domin (1909-2006)

Authors - D Genre - Poetry Location - Germany Nationality - German Year of Death - 2000-2009

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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...

Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947)

Death: 20th November 1947 Location: Friedhof Ohlsdorf , Hamburg, Germany Plot: AC 5,6 Cause of death: Hepatitis Photo taken by: Abubiju Buy books by Wolfgang Borchert German author and playwright whose work was influenced buy his experience during the Second World War. His most famous work is the drama Draußen vor der Tür / The Man Outside , which he wrote in the first days after World War II. Borchert served on the Eastern front where he experienced the full horror of the eastern conflict. In February 1942 he lost a finger whilst on sentry duty which he claimed happened during hand-to-hand conflict, but his superior officer accused him of self mutilation and had him arrested. He was found not guilty at his trial but he was rearrested for making statements endangering the country and sent back to the Eastern front. He suffered frostbite and several bouts of hepatitis and was granted medical leave. Following the war he continued writing but his health worsened and he ...

Ebenezer Scroggie (1792-1836)

Death: 1836 Location: Canongate Kirkyard , Edinburgh, Scotland Photo taken by: Kim Traynor In his diaries, Charles Dickens states that his celebrated fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge stems from a grave marker which he saw in 1841, while taking an evening walk in the Canongate Kirkyard. The headstone was for Ebenezer Scroggie. The marker identified Scroggie as a "meal man" (corn merchant), but Dickens misread this as "mean man" , due to the fading light and his mild dyslexia. The grave marker was lost during construction work at part of the Kirkyard in 1932.

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 ...

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...

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