3 – Alessandra Appiano, Italian writer and journalist, 59 (born 1959) Gilbert Trausch, Luxembourg historian, 86 (born 1931) Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Russian-born American writer, 99 (born 1918) June 4 – Abhimanyu Unnuth, Mauritian writer, 80 (born 1937) June 5 – Daša Drndić, Croatian radio playwright (Radio Belgrade) and novelist (Sonnenschein), 71 (born 1946) June 6 – Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet, 89 (born 1929) David McFadden, Canadian poet and travel writer, 77 (born 1940) Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, English poet, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1964–1970, 1974–1976), 102 (born 1916) June 7 – Philippe de Baleine, French writer, 96 (born 1921). June 8 Per Ahlmark, Swedish politician and writer (born 1939) Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality (born 1956) Liu Yichang, Hong Kong novelist, editor and publisher, a founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, 99 (born 1918) June 15 – Raoul Van Caenegem, Belgian historian, 90 (born 1927) Macdara Woods, Irish poet, 76 (born 1942) June 17 – Andrei Ivanovich Stepanov, Soviet-born Russian diplomat and writer, 88 (born 1930) June 18 – Paul Gratzik, German writer, 82 (born 1936) Nathan Shaham, Israeli writer, 93 (born 1925) Marta Terry González, Cuban librarian, 87 (born 1931) June 19 – Stanley Cavell, American philosopher, 91 (born 1926) Ivan Drach, Ukrainian poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1990–1994, 1998–2000, 2002–2006), 81 (born 1936) Frank Vickery, Welsh playwright, 67 (born 1951) June 20 – Sándor Kányádi, Hungarian poet and translator, 89 (born 1929) Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani banker, writer and humorist, 94 (born 1923) June 21 – Oldřich Král, Czech sinologist and translator, 87 (born 1930) Eric Stanley, English literary scholar and historian, 94 (born 1923) June 22 – Nahum Korzhavin, Russian-American poet, 92 (born 1925) June 23 – Donald Hall, American poet, former U.S. Poet Laureate, 89 (born 1926) Richard Lowitt, American historian, 96 (born 1922) Phan Huy Lê, Vietnamese historian, 84 (born 1934) June 24 – Keith Bosley, English poet and translator, 80 (born 1937) June 26 – Andrey Dementyev, Russian poet, 89 (born 1928) June 28 – François Bluche, French historian, 92 (born 1925) Domenico Losurdo, Italian Marxist philosopher and historian (Liberalism: A Counter-History), 76 (born 1941) Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer, 81 (born 1936) June 30 – Timothy Murphy, American poet, 67 (born 1951) Fuat Sezgin, Turkish Islamic science historian (Goethe University Frankfurt), 93 (born 1924) July 1 – Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian historian, 72 (born 1945) July