1996 in literature

January 5 – Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (born 1907)
January 8 – Howard Taubman, American author and critic (born 1907)
January 11 – Harold Walter Bailey, English linguistics scholar (born 1899)
January 16 – Kaye Webb, English publisher and journalist (born 1914)^[19]
January 21 – Efua Sutherland, Ghanaian dramatist, poet and children's author (born 1924)^[20]
January 27 – Barbara Skelton, English fiction writer, memoirist and literary figure (born 1916)
January 28
- Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (born 1914)^[21]
- Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (myocardial infarction, born 1940)^[22]
February 11
- Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction writer (born 1931)
- Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (born 1930)
February 12 – Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese novelist (born 1923)^[23]
February 18 – Cathal Ó Sándair, Irish-language novelist (born 1922)^[24]
March 3
- Marguerite Duras, French dramatist and film director (born 1914)^[25]
- Léo Malet, French crime novelist and surrealist (born 1909)
March 15 – Wolfgang Koeppen, German novelist (born 1906)^[26]
March 18
- Jacquetta Hawkes (née Hopkins), English writer and archeologist (born 1910)^[27]
- Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)^[28]
March 22
- Claude Mauriac, French novelist and journalist (born 1914)^[29]
- Ian Stephens, Canadian poet (year of birth not known)
March 29 – Frank Daniel, Czech-born screenwriter, director, and teacher (born 1926)
March 31 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet and dramatist (HIV, born 1944)
April 16 – Leila Mackinlay, British romantic novelist (born 1910)
April 18 – Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-born English writer and Islamic activist (born 1931)
April 20 – Christopher Robin Milne, English writer and bookseller (born 1920)^[30]
April 22 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (born 1927)^[31]
April 23 – P. L. Travers, Australian-born children's writer (born 1899)
May 2 – Emile Habibi, Palestinian Israeli writer and politician (born 1922)
May 8 – Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (born 1946)
May 24 – Joseph Mitchell, American journalist (born 1908)
May 26
- Ovidiu Papadima, Romanian critic and essayist (born 1909)
- Margaret Douglas-Home, English writer and musician (born 1906)
May 31 – Timothy Leary, American psychologist and writer (born 1920)^[32]
June 2 – Leon Garfield, English children's author (born 1921)^[33]
June 14 – Gesualdo Bufalino, Italian novelist (born 1920)
June 15 – Fitzroy Maclean, Scottish political writer, autobiographer and diplomat (born 1911)
July 10 – Eno Raud, Estonian children's author (born 1928)
July 22 – Jessica Mitford, English author, journalist and campaigner (born 1917)^[34]
September 21 – Henri Nouwen, Dutch priest, theologian and author (born 1932)
September 29 – Shusaku Endo (遠藤周作), Japanese novelist (born 1923)^[35]
October 16 – Eric Malpass, English novelist (born 1910)^[36]
October 24 – Sorley Maclean, Gaelic poet (born 1911)
November 27 – Lili Berger, Yiddish writer, antifascist militant and literary critic (born 1916)
December 7 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (born 1924)^[37]
December 9 – Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (born 1908)
December 12 – Vance Packard, American journalist and social critic (born 1914)^[38]
December 16 – Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (born 1910)
December 20 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist and writer (born 1934)^[39]
December 21 – Margret Rey, American author and illustrator (born 1906)

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^ Kate Kellaway (5 June 2017). "Helen Dunmore obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

^ Victoria Brooks (2000). Literary Trips: Following in the Footsteps of Fame. GreatestEscapes.com Pub. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-9686137-0-2.

^ David Scott Kastan; George M Bodman Professor of English David Scott Kastan (2006). The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-516921-8.

^ Atwood, Margaret (1996). Alias Grace. "Author's Afterword": McClelland & Stewart. p. 462. ISBN 0-7710-0835-X.

^ Beryl Bainbridge (26 August 2010). Every Man For Himself: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 1996. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0-7481-2521-0.

^ Writer, Cheryl Lavin, Tribune Staff (6 February 1996). "Diary of a Best Seller". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

^ Mitchell, Chris (September 3, 1996), Iain Banks : Whit and Excession: Getting Used To Being God, Spike Magazine

^ "David Bergen's The Age of Hope is being defended by Ron MacLean for Canada Reads 2013". CBC. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

^ Dolores Vilavedra (2004). Dicionario da literatura galega IV. Editorial Galaxia. p. 214. ISBN 978-84-8288-656-5.

^ Lord, M. G. (21 July 1996). "Slouching Toward Brentwood". The New York Times.

^ C. Loring Brace (2000). Evolution in an Anthropological View. AltaMira Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780742502635.

^ Staff writer (1996-03-04). "Fiction Book Review: The Big Ballad Jamboree by Donald Davidson". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2015-05-02.

^ Löschnigg, Maria (2022). "7". The Routledge Introduction to the Canadian Short Story. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000816419.

^ Fraser, Antonia (1996). The Gunpowder Plot: Terror And Faith In 1605. London: Orion. ISBN 9780297857938.

^ Faculty of Arts, 1997, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Anne Mullens. Retrieved 2012-11-17.

^ Julia Eccleshare Obituary: Kaye Webb, The Independent, 18 January 1996.

^ Judith Greenwood (December 2008). "The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan-African Cultural Activism" (review)". African Studies Bulletin (70). Leeds University Centre for African Studies: 84–86.

^ Oliver, Myrna (January 31, 1996). "Jerry Siegel; Co-Creator of Superman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

^ McFadden, Robert Dennis (29 January 1996). "Joseph Brodsky, Exiled Poet Who Won Nobel, Dies at 55". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

^ "Ryotaro Shiba, 72, Historical Novelist". The New York Times. February 16, 1996. Retrieved July 11, 2009.

^ Breathnach, Diarmuid; Ní Mhurchú, Máire. "Ó SÁNDAIR, Cathal (1922–1996)". Ainm (in Irish). Retrieved 22 July 2023.

^ Paul Gifford; Johnnie Gratton (2000). Subject Matters: Subject and Self in French Literature from Descartes to the Present. Rodopi. p. 159. ISBN 90-420-0630-7.

^ Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature. St. James Press. 2002. p. 167.

^ Contemporary Authors. Gale Research Company. 1996. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-8103-9351-6.

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^ Contemporary Authors. Gale Research Company. 1997. p. 302.

^ Ann Thwaite. "Obituary: Christopher Milne". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

^ Oliver, Myrna (April 23, 1996). "Erma Bombeck, Columnist, Dies After Transplant; Writers: The homemaker-turned-humor author and speaker succumbs to complications at age 69". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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^ McFadden, Robert D. (1996-12-09). "Jose Donoso, 72, Fantastical Chilean Novelist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

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