– Norman Levine, Canadian short story writer (born 1923) June 16 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican novelist (born 1905) June 20 – Larry Collins, American novelist (born 1929) June 22 – William Donaldson, English satirist (born 1935) June 27 – Shelby Foote, American novelist (born 1916) June 28 – Philip Hobsbaum, Scottish poet and critic (born 1932) June 30 – Christopher Fry, English dramatist (born 1907) July 6 Evan Hunter, American novelist (born 1926) Claude Simon, French Nobel laureate in literature (born 1913) July 7 – Gustaf Sobin, American poet (born 1935) July 17 – Gavin Lambert, English novelist and biographer (born 1924) July 19 – Edward Bunker, American crime writer (born 1933) August 9 – Judith Rossner, American novelist (born 1935) August 16 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (born 1938) August 21 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (born 1036) August 29 – Sybil Marshall, English novelist (born 1913) September 3 – R. S. R. Fitter, English nature writer (born 1913) September 26 – Helen Cresswell, English children's writer (born 1934) September 27 Ronald Pearsall, English writer (born 1927) Mary Lee Settle, American novelist (born 1918) October 2 – August Wilson, American playwright (born 1945) October 17 – Ba Jin (巴金), Chinese novelist (born 1904) October 31 – Amrita Pritam, Indian Punjabi poet and novelist (born 1919) November 1 – Michael Thwaites, Australian poet (born 1915) November 2 – Gordon A. Craig, Scottish historian November 4 – Michael G. Coney, Canadian science-fiction writer (born 1932) November 5 – John Fowles, English writer (born 1926) November 21 – Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (born 1907) November 26 – Stan Berenstain, American children's writer and illustrator (born 1923) December 1 – Mary Hayley Bell, dramatist December 2 – Christine Pullein-Thompson, English novelist (born 1925) December 9 – Robert Sheckley, American short story writer (born 1928) December 15 – Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher and author (born 1914) December 16 – Kenneth Bulmer, English novelist and short story writer (born 1921) Awards Nobel Prize in Literature: Harold Pinter Camões Prize: Lygia Fagundes Telles Australia The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Andrew T. O'Connor, Tuvalu C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: M. T. C. Cronin, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers Miles Franklin Award: Andrew McGahan, The White Earth Canada Governor General's Award for English-language fiction: David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go to China Griffin Poetry Prize: Roo Borson, Short