existentialist poet and 1999 Premio Eugenio Espejo recipient, 92 (born 1926) April 10 – Danarto, Indonesian writer and artist, 76 (born 1941) J. D. McClatchy, American poet, 72 (born 1945) April 11 – Alexander Welsh, American literary scholar, 84 (born 1933) April 12 – Sergio Pitol, Mexican novelist, translator and 2005 Miguel de Cervantes Prize recipient, 85 (born 1933) April 14 – Frank Bren, Australian actor and playwright, 74 (born 1943) Sam Hamill, American poet and publisher, 74 (born 1943) Jon Michelet, Norwegian writer, 73 (born 1944) April 15 – Luise Hercus, German-born Australian linguist, 92 (born 1926) April 16 – Beverley Farmer, Australian novelist and short story writer, 77 (born 1941) April 17 – Joan Chase, American novelist, 81 (born 1936) April 18 – Jean Flori, French medieval historian, 82 (born 1936) Howard Sachar, American historian, 90 (born 1928) Willibald Sauerländer, German art historian, 94 (born 1924) April 19 – Arnold Eidslott, Norwegian poet, 91 (born 1926) Herbert Pilch, German linguist and celtologist, 91 (born 1926) April 20 – Pavel Šrut, Czech poet, writer and translator, 78, (born 1940) April 21 – Firmin Le Bourhis, French writer, 67 (born 1950) April 22 – Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, Indian writer, composer and musicologist, 98 (born 1920) April 23 – Edward W. Tayler, American literary scholar, 87 (born 1931) April 24 – Belal Chowdhury, Bangladeshi poet, 79 (born 1938) Dinu C. Giurescu, Romanian historian, 91 (born 1927) Emma Smith, English writer whose best-selling novel was republished 50 years later, 94 (born 1923) April 25 – Steven Marcus, American literary critic and scholar, 89 (born 1928) April 26 – Elvira Orphée, Argentine writer, Guggenheim Fellow (1988), 95 (born 1922) April 28 – Yevgeny Titarenko, Russian writer, 82 (born 1935) May 2 – Kottayam Pushpanath, Indian novelist and translator, 80 (born 1938) May 3 – Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, Peruvian academic and Quechua translator of Don Quixote, 94 (born 1923) May 4 – Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer and journalist, 64 (born 1954) May 5 – Klaus Dede, German writer and journalist, 82 (born 1935) Rosemarie Schuder, German writer, 89 (born 1928) May 6 – Cirilo Bautista, Filipino writer and poet, 76 (born 1941) Jamal Naji, Jordanian fiction writer, 63 (born 1954) May 7 – Andreas Findig, Austrian writer, 56 (born 1933) Mikhail German, Russian writer, 85 (born 1933) May 9 – Murai Shimako (村井志摩子), Japanese playwright, 89 (born 1928) May 10 – Günther Haensch, German