Written In Stone | The Literary Cemetery

June sees the anniversaries of the deaths of the following authors
1st - German writer Anna Seghers - 25 years; 6th - German poet Friedrich Hölderlin - 165 years; 9th - English author of crime thrillers John Creasey - 35 years; 10th - American playwright and novelist William Inge - 35 years, English author Hammond Innes - 10 years, American author of Western fiction Louis L'Amour - 20 years & French author Pierre Loti - 85 years; 13th - Japanese author Osamu Dazai - 60 years; 14th - Italian author and Nobel Prize winner Salvatore Quasimodo - 40 years; 17th - British novelist and philosopher John Cowper Powys - 45 years; 19th - Nobel Prize and Booker Prize winning British novelist William Golding - 15 years; 21st - American historical novelist Leon Uris - 5 years; 24th - Finish-Swedish poet Edith Sodergran - 85 years; 26th - American novelist and poet James Weldon Johnson - 70 years & 30th - English novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford - 35 years.


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June sees the anniversaries of the deaths of the following authors 1st - German writer Anna Seghers - 25 years; 6th - German poet Friedrich Hölderlin - 165 years; 9th - English author of crime thrillers John Creasey - 35 years; 10th - American playwright and novelist William Inge - 35 years, English author Hammond Innes - 10 years, American author of Western fiction Louis L'Amour - 20 years & French author Pierre Loti - 85 years; 13th - Japanese author Osamu Dazai - 60 years; 14th - Italian author and Nobel Prize winner Salvatore Quasimodo - 40 years; 17th - British novelist and philosopher John Cowper Powys - 45 years; 19th - Nobel Prize and Booker Prize winning British novelist William Golding - 15 years; 21st - American historical novelist Leon Uris - 5 years; 24th - Finish-Swedish poet Edith Sodergran - 85 years; 26th - American novelist and poet James Weldon Johnson - 70 years & 30th - English novelist and biographer Nancy Mitford - 35 years.
Jeff Torrington May 11^th 2008 Scottish novelist whose first novel, Swing Hammer Swing, was awarded the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1992. Nuala O'Faolain May 10^th 2008 Irish journalist and author who is best known for her two volumes of memoir, Are You Somebody? and Almost There and a novel, My Dream of You. Willem Brakman May 8^th 2008 Dutch writer whose first novel, Een winterreis / A Winter's Travel was published in 1961. In 1980 he was awarded the P.C. Hooftprijs which is considered to be the highest literary award for the Dutch language. Luigi Malerba (Luigi Bonardi) May 8^th 2008 Italian historical novelist and Screenwriter. In 1992 he was awarded the Italian Viareggio Prize for Le pietre volanti. Park Kyung-ni May 5^th 2008 South Korean novelist best known for her epic 16-volume saga, Toji / Land, set against 19th and 20th century turbulence on the Korean Peninsula. Departed 2006 Departed 2007 Departed 2008	May 2008 Photo of the grave of Captain Fredrick Marryat and W.G. Sebald added by Clive & Chris. May 2008 Photo of the grave of Brendan Behan added by Alan Sharp. February 2008 Photo of the grave of H. Rider Haggard added by Clive & Chris. February 2008 Photo of the grave of Wilma Dykeman added by Sue Diehl. October 2007 Photo of the grave of Dinah Maria Craik added by Clive & Chris.

“Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject” - Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)