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In Memoriam: Writers Who Died in 2009

Published December 25th, 2009 |

By John Erianne

Here is a list of writers who died in 2009:

Johannes Mario Simmel

Inger Christensen

Frank Richard Maloney

Eluned Phillips

Hortense Calisher

Maurice Chappaz

Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh

Philip José Farmer

James D. Houston

Paul O. Williams

James Baker Hall

William Hoffman

Sarah E. Wright

Lionel Davidson

Donald Harington

Harry C. Crosby
(AKA Christopher Anvil)

I’m sure I probably overlooked some writers who died this past year. Feel free to comment if you can think of anyone I left out so that we may properly remember them.

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