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Stanley Booth, Music Journalist Who Loved the Blues, Dies at 82

Michel del Castillo, 91, Dies; Child’s-Eye Chronicler of Concentration Camps

Betty A. Prashker, Book Publishing Pioneer, Is Dead at 99

Alexander Waugh, Literary Scion of a Literary Dynasty, Dies at 60

Jill Schary Robinson, Who Wrote of Her Hollywood Upbringing, Dies at 88

Thomas J. McCormack Dies at 92; Transformed St. Martin’s Press

Alta, Irreverent Feminist Poet and Small-Press Pioneer, Dies at 81

Helen Vendler, ‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90

Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97

Dan Greenburg, Who Poked Fun With His Pen, Dies at 87

Bob Contant, Dedicated Bohemian Bookseller, Dies at 80

Stephen Rubin, ‘Quintessential Hitmaker’ of the Book World, Dies at 81

Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice

Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian Devotional

Edith Grossman, Who Elevated the Art of Translation, Dies at 87

Lois Libien, Who Found a Readership With Household Tips, Dies at 87

Saskia Hamilton Poet Who Edited Another Poets Letters Dies at 56

Patrick French, Unsparing Biographer of V.S. Naipaul, Dies at 56

A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’

Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70