(Virgil) and Greek (Homer, Sophocles) among others—, 87 (born 1931) Dave Duncan, Scottish-born Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer (West of January, The Cutting Edge), 85 (born 1933) Li Xifan (李希凡), Chinese literary scholar and redologist, 90 (born 1927) October 30 – Yashwant Dev, Indian Marathi poet and composer, 91 (born 1926) María Irene Fornés, Cuban-American playwright who led Off-Off-Broadway and engaged in a sexual liaison with Susan Sontag, 88 (born 1930) Jin Yong , Hong Kong wuxia novelist, essayist and newspaper proprietor (Ming Pao), 94 (born 1924) October 30 – Sangharakshita, British Buddhist teacher and writer from the Triratna Buddhist Community, 93 (born 1925) October 31 – Louise DeSalvo, American writer on Italian-American culture and scholar of Virginia Woolf, 76 (born 1942) November 2 – Jane H. Hill, American anthropologist and linguist working with Native American languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family and anthropological linguistics of North American communities, 79 (born 1939) November 3 – Alistair Elliot, English librarian, poet, translator of Euripides's Medea and 2000 Cholmondeley Award recipient, 86 (born 1932) Eric Schiller, American writer on chess and player of it, 63 (born 1955) November 4 – Bertil Mårtensson, Swedish writer of crime, fantasy and science fiction, 73 (born 1945) Grant R. Osborne, American theologian and New Testament scholar, 76 (born 1942) Ali Squalli Houssaini, Moroccan children's writer and lyricist of the national anthem, 86 (born 1932) November 6 – Coşkun Büktel, Turkish playwright, novelist and translator of D. H. Lawrence, 67 (born 1950) Frances M. López-Morillas, American translator of Spanish literature (fiction and non-fiction) into English and wife of Professor Juan López-Morillas of the Departments of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Brown University, 1000 (born 1918) November 7 – Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Scottish-born American editor, obituarist and book reviewer (The New York Times Book Review from 1965; senior daily book critic at The New York Times between 1969 and 1995), 84 (born 1934) Alan Watson, Scottish legal scholar, one of the world's foremost authorities on Roman law, comparative law, legal history and law and religion, credited with coining the term "legal transplants", 85 (born 1933) November 8 – Bartolomé Bennassar, French historian specializing in Spanish and Latin American history, 1987 Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise recipient and 2005 Grand prix Gobert recipient, 89 (born 1929) Chin Yang Lee (黎錦揚), Chinese-born American bestselling writer of The Flower Drum Song, 102 (born 1915) November