Year of the Hare), 76 (born 1942) October 16 – David Helwig, Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer and translator, 80 (born 1938) Even Hovdhaugen, Norwegian linguist, 77 (born 1941) October 18 – Anthea Bell OBE, English translator of Asterix, Austerlitz, Freud and Kafka, 82 (born 1936) Hideo Osabe (長部日出雄), Japanese essayist, novelist and 1973 Naoki Prize recipient, 84 (born 1934) October 20 – Gaétan Gervais, Canadian historian and co-designer of the Franco-Ontarian flag, 74 (born 1944) October 21 – Robert Faurisson, British-born French professor of literature and historian, 89 (born 1929) François Montmaneix, French poet, writer and 2003 Prix Guillaume Apollinaire recipient, 80 (born 1938) Eleanor Witcombe, Australian screenwriter and playwright, 95 (born 1923) October 22 – Anne Fairbairn, Australian poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture, 90 (born 1928) Raymond Fraser , Canadian biographer, editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet and short story writer, 77 (born 1941) Robert Saladrigas, Catalan literary critic, 1991 Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la recipient and 2004 Josep Pla Award recipient, 78 (born 1940) October 23 – Tony Hoagland, American poet, 64 (born 1953) John Hostettler, English writer of legal histories and biographies, 93 (born 192) Louis O'Neill, Canadian writer, professor and politician, MNA (1976–1981), 93 (born 1925) Rein Põder, Estonian writer and publisher, 75 (born 1943) October 23 – Alojz Rebula, Italian-born Slovene writer, playwright, essayist and 2005 Kresnik Award recipient, 94 (born 1924) October 24 – Anatoly Gladilin, Russian writer who defected to Paris, 83 (born 1935) October 25 – John Taylor Gatto, American teacher and writer on that country's modern education system (Dumbing Us Down, The Underground History of American Education), 82 (born 1935) October 26 – György Károly, Hungarian poet and writer, 65 (born 1953) October 27 Angela Bianchini, Italian-born woman critic and literary critic who defected to the United States during the 1940s, 97 (born 1921) Ntozake Shange, American black feminist playwright and poet (born 1948) October 28 – Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, Spanish historian and politician, Senator (1977–1982), 88 (born 1930) Peter Everwine, American poet, Professor Emeritus of English at Fresno State and translator, 88 (born 1930) David Kenneth Fieldhouse FBA, English historian of the British Empire, 93 (born 1925) I. John Hesselink, American theologian, 90 (born 1928) Erno Polgar, Hungarian writer, 64 (born 1954) October 29 – Klaas Bruinsma, lecturer in English and history at Drachten and West Frisian language translator from Dutch, Spanish, Latin