page_title: 2008 in literature
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 in literature / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: Steve Gerber at at a comic book convention in 1979
context_section_description: January 2 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish novelist and screenplay writer (born 1925)
  January 3 – Henri Chopin, French poet (born 1922)
  January 11 – Nancy Phelan, Australian writer (born 1913)
  January 13 – Patricia Verdugo, Chilean journalist and writer (born 1947)
  January 16 – Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand poet (born 1922)
  January 17 – Edward D. Hoch, American detective fiction writer (born 1930)
  January 26
  John Ardagh, Nyasaland-born English journalist and writer (born 1928)
  Abraham Brumberg, American writer and editor (born 1926)
  January 29 – Margaret Truman, American crime novelist and singer (born 1924)
  January 30 – Miles Kington, Northern Irish-born English journalist and writer (born 1941)
  February 4 – Rose Hacker, English writer and journalist (born 1906)
  February 7 – Richard Altick, American literary historian (born 1915)
  February 8 – Phyllis A. Whitney, Japan-born American mystery writer (born 1903)
  February 10 – Steve Gerber, American comic book writer (born 1947)
  February 18 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (born 1922)
  February 21
  Archie Hind, Scottish novelist (born 1928)
  Robin Moore, American novelist and memoirist (born 1925)
  February 22 – Stephen Marlowe, American science fiction and crime writer (born 1928)
  February 28 – Julian Rathbone, English novelist (born 1935)
  February 29 – Val Plumwood (Val Routley), Australian philosopher (born 1939)
  March 16 – Jonathan Williams, American poet (born 1929)
  March 19
  Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer and futurologist (born 1917)
  Hugo Claus, Belgian writer in Flemish and English (born 1929)
  March 23 – E. A. Markham, Montserrat poet, writer and activist (born 1939)
  April 3 – Andrew Crozier, English poet and scholar (born 1943)
  April 7 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese writer and journalist (born 1915)
  April 13 – Robert Greacen, Irish poet (born 1920)
  April 17
  Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet and writer in French (born 1913)
  Zoya Krakhmalnikova, Russian writer and editor (born 1929)
  April 18
  Michael de Larrabeiti, English young-adult novelist and travel writer (born 1934)
  William W. Warner, American biologist and Pulitzer Prize writer (born 1920)
  May 1 – Elaine Dundy, American novelist, biographer and playwright (born 1921)
  May 9 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish critic and writer (born 1940)
  May 11 – Jeff Torrington, Scottish novelist (born 1935)
  May 12 – Oakley Hall, American novelist (born 1920)
  May 14 – Roy Heath, Guyanese novelist (born 1926)
  May 19 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright (born 1928)
  May 23 – Alan Brien, English journalist and novelist (born 1925)
  May 28 – Elinor Lyon, British children's writer (born 1921)
  June 2 – Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-born French historian and journalist (born 1909)
  June 4 – Matthew Bruccoli, American biographer and scholar (born 1931)
  June 5 – Angus Calder, British writer and scholar (born 1942)
  June 8 – Peter Rühmkorf, German poet and writer (born 1929)
  June 9 – Algis Budrys (John A. Sentry), American science fiction writer of Lithuanian origin (born 1931)
  June 10
  Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz writer in Kyrgyz and Russian (born 1928)
  Eliot Asinof, American novelist and baseball writer (born 1919)
  June 16 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian novelist (born 1921)
  June 18 – Tasha Tudor, American children's writer and illustrator (born 1915)
  June 22 – Albert Cossery, Egyptian-born French novelist (born 1913)
  June 24 – Ruth Cardoso, Brazilian anthropologist and writer (born 1930)
  June 25 – Lyall Watson, South African scientist and new age writer (born 1939)
  June 27 – Lenka Reinerová, Czech writer in German (born 1916)
  July 1
  Clay Felker, American magazine editor and journalist (born 1925)
  Robert Harling, English typographer and novelist (born 1910)
  July 2 – Simone Ortega, Spanish cookery writer (born 1919)
  July 4
  Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author and poet. (born 1940)
  Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch novelist and writer in Dutch and English (born 1931)
  July 20 – Roger Wolcott Hall, American memoirist and novelist (born 1919)
  July 27 – Bob Crampsey, Scottish writer (born 1930)
  July 30 – Peter Coke, English playwright (born 1913)
  A
caption: Steve Gerber
exif: {}