From beloved children's authors, to prize-winning novelists, here is a list of famous authors we said goodbye to in 2016. The same is true for Bob Dylan. If theres a rock and roll heaven was once a question. For most of his career, like his fellow citizen of East St. Louis, Albert King, Chuck Berry was a cash and carry sort of guy. Thats quite an evocative quote, Bill! Living in the memory | Don Paterson | The Guardian I loved Ray Bradbury, especially The Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine. I think hes such an elegant prose writer, and Id like to reread many of his books. I remember when The Huffington Post would never post some comments, so I got in the habit of copying each comment of mine into a Word file before I hit send sort of the opposite of the Word-file-first approach I mentioned in my previous comment. Here are some sources, and let's discuss other ways to share relevant links and obituaries: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/index.html She only wrote two books about her, which I was disappointed in at first, but Adam Dalgliesh is such a compelling character that I read the entire series. "Cassius Clay is a slave name," he said. Hard to believe Kurt Vonnegut has now been gone 10 years. When I was a kid in the 1970s, I avoided book reviews so I could formulate my own opinions about that which I was about to read. I think of him when I think of Breslin and Royko. Very interesting to see facts about authors like these, all in one space. Jimmy Breslin (1928-2017), The Gang That Couldnt Shoot Straight. As I recall, Fanny broke the fourth wall and addressed the audience directly which, in a sense, is what all first person narrators do. The 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade - CrimeReads There seems to be no end to the corruption. Thanks for the comment, applemcg! Perhaps it was something to do with the vanishing wilderness and the native American way of life being altered permanently, hence the LAST of the Mohicans. bobess48 and Dave, Im going to keep this short because I just lost an hour of my life writing out a very long and measured response to your comment about 1999s Mansfield Park (that I couldnt post no matter how many things I tried). Anyway, I do get frustrated with such things, especially when it means taking another step or three when one should do. Kerouac died in 1969 at the age of 47 from alcoholism his liver was pickled by the time he moved back in with his mother. These pages list the authors who died in each year since 1700, together with some of their books. var ue_id = "JW4DJKAX8F5XDRVNSR6V"; Your favorite authors who died during the past five years either ones I named or others? It drew upon the issue of slavery: 1) the young Fanny Price seeing a slave ship on the dock at a British site while she was on her way to Mansfield; and 2) her finding amongst her cousins or uncles possessions a sketchbook of despicable images of things happening to slave by their owners. (or terrible!). He wrote 16 No. 10/1/13: Tom Clancy, a celebrated author of crime fiction and military thrillers, perished in a hospital in Baltimore. gads.src = (useSSL ? I hadnt thought it before, but one can definitely compare Lee with Bob Dylan (though one gets the impression that Lee was a nicer person). Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was of course best known for his epic masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, which took eighteen months to write between 1965 and 1967 as his family slid into major debt because of that effort. Neither of those things happened in the book; the only thing was a mention of a question she asked her uncle about slaves in Antigua, where he had his plantation. Good read Jean Louise was the grown up Scout and Lee showed a dark side of Atticus which is hard to accept. Good luck with Love in the Time of Cholera! He took a transatlantic boat to Ireland when he met with John Huston to write the Moby-Dick screenplay. Ah, yes, maybe the most famous book editor of them all! googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); Your favorite authors who died during the past five years either ones I named or others? August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts. The year 2016 was a hard year for celebrity deaths, but the world also lost a number of incredible authors who died over the past year. }); laughing. Somewhere in the past five years, I did read The Martian Chronicles again and was amazed how well it held up, even knowing that there are no Martians. Great that they posted your comment, bebe! googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(true); Im including a link to Roger Eberts review so Im curious about KatLibs view on what he said. (Ha!) Interesting to see the perspectives of writers who were born to wealth Edith Wharton is another example of an author who tweaked the upper class from a place of inside knowledge. Weve already planned his party, but Im sure it will go off-script just like my moms did. I have let her know to expect a letter at her workplace, and she is looking forward to reading same. ill add JJ McGs list of candidates to my need-to-read list. Never talked to Hentoff. 45 Celebrities Who Died Over the Past 10 Years - eBaum's World (But plenty of Prejudice.). I would hold up Sweet Little Sixteen,Johnny B. Goode and Maybelline, each of them, as possible winners of the Great American Novel contest, short as the are, and despite all the rhyming. On April 2, Ill be writing a blog post about my new literary-trivia book Fascinating Facts About Famous Fiction Authors and the Greatest Novels of All Time. I havent read the novel, but the film version starring Clive Owen as the washed up, cynical journalist who gets sucked into the drama and becomes the pregnant womans protector/guide was one of the most intense, powerful films of the past 10 years. I will read Go Set a Watchman eventually, just to wallow in her words again. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("signedin", "false"); I did not. I also considered that, as an adventure yarn, it was inferior to the pulpy tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The accomplished English mystery writer (full name Phyllis Dorothy James) made her most famous character (Adam Dalgliesh) a detective and a poet. Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984. Good luck finishing it. You are too funnyha ha.. . Notable Literary Deaths in 2020 Literary Hub Hmmthe word liberal in liberal arts is indeedinteresting. George Michael (1963-2016), Careless Whisper (co-written by Andrew Ridgeley). The boxing star who once was known as Cassius Clay and gave himself a new name after joining the Nation of Islam died at age 74 on June 3, 2016. But among James Fenimore Coopers five Leatherstocking novels, I found The Last of the Mohicans to be in the middle of the pack quality-wise. The box for submitting comments is below already-posted comments, but your new comment will appear at the top of the comments area unless youre replying to someone. Maybe Breslin would have noticed her if she wore a Mets cap, circa 1962. For one thing, it was a different animal. Lists of deaths by year - Wikipedia (function () { Harper Lee (1926-2016) obviously authored the iconic To Kill a Mockingbird, which also became an iconic movie starring Gregory Peck (second time that actor was mentioned in this post ). I keep forgetting about those two names! He was a pretty funny guy. She wrote masterfully about women. But sadly, he had been drifting away from us for a while, and could no longer write. Writers Write shares writing resources. I found so much of Solitude to be unnecessary, which is a shame, because the writing was terrific in places. authors who died in the last 10 years - sercano.com The latest weekly column is here. The American trolls are claiming Jane Austen ? 5. Who are some famous people that have died in the past 10 years? for(var i=0; i