Swiss writer and 1997 Austrian State Prize for European Literature recipient, 72 (born 1945) Luo Fu, Taiwanese poet, 89 (born 1928) Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet, critic and essayist, 83 (born 1934). March 20 – Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, Swedish writer, 71 (born 1947) Tom Griffin, American playwright (The Boys Next Door), 72 (born 1946) March 22 – Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, Russian Chechen writer and ethnographer, 91 (born 1926) Jan Kantůrek, Czech translator, 69 (born 1948) Morten Piil, Danish film critic and translator of Vladimir Nabokov, 75, (born 1943) Dariush Shayegan, Iranian cultural theorist and philosopher, winner of the French ADELF award presented by the Association of French Authors in 2004 for his French novel Land of Mirage, 83, (born 1935) March 23 – Philip Kerr, Scottish writer of historical detective thrillers and children's books, 62 (born 1956) Alberto Ongaro, Italian writer of historical and adventure books, 92 (born 1925) Aileen Paterson MBE, Scottish writer and illustrator of children's books, 83 (born 1934) March 24 – John Ehle, American "father of Appalachian literature", 92 (born 1925) March 25 – Bob Biderman, British-American novelist, 77 or 78 (born 1940) (date death announced) March 28 – Clément Rosset, French philosopher and writer, 78 (born 1939) March 29 – Anita Shreve, American novelist (The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, Stella Bain), 71 (born 1946) March 30 – André Duval, French-Canadian author and historian, 97 (born 1920) Ivor Forbes Guest, English historian and writer, 97 (born 1920) Drue Heinz, American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize), 103 (born 1915) March 31 – Margarita Carrera, Guatemalan philosopher, professor, writer and 1996 laureate of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature, 88 (born 1929) April 1 – Brian Moynahan, English historian and biographer, 77 (born 1941) Efraín Trelles, Peruvian historian of Spanish colonialism, 64 (born 1953) April 2 – Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, Egyptian novelist, 55 (born 1962) April 3 – Arrigo Petacco, Italian journalist and writer, 88 (born 1929) April 4 – John Lynch, English historian of Latin America, 91 (born 1927) April 5 – Irina Tokmakova, Russian poet, playwright and translator, 89 (born 1929) April 6 – Daniel Chavarría, Uruguay-born Cuban writer, 84 (born 1933) Henryk Skolimowski, Polish philosopher, 87 (born 1930) Edla Van Steen, Brazilian playwright and short story writer, 81 (born 1936) April 7 – Gerd Honsik, Austrian writer, 76 (born 1941) April 8 – Efraín Jara Idrovo, Ecuadorian writer,