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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2018.

Events

  • July – Stormzy's publisher imprint Merky Books is launched in London.
  • August 11 – Writer V. S. Naipaul, on his deathbed in London, has Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" read to him by the newspaper editor Geordie Greig.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/11/vs-naipaul-nobel-prize-winning-british-author-dies-aged-85 |title=V. S. Naipaul, Nobel prize-winning British author, dies aged 85 |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Richard |last=Lea |date=2018-08-11 |access-date=11 August 2018}}
  • September 16 – Lady Mary Wroth's pastoral closet drama Love's Victory receives its first fully professional, publicly staged (filmed) performance, at Penshurst Place in England, where it was probably written about 1618.{{Cite web |title=The first lady of Jacobean Sex Comedy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45433726 |last=Sillito |first=David |date=2018-09-14 |website=BBC News Online |access-date=21 September 2018}} It is the first known original pastoral drama and thought to be the first original dramatic comedy to be written by a woman.{{Cite book |last=Wynne-Davies |first=Marion |title=Women Poets of the Renaissance |year=1999 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-415-92350-7 |pages=361–364}}
  • October 19 – The exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, opening at the British Library, includes the earliest surviving will of an Englishwoman. Written on "a small, stained sheet of parchment", the detailed testament of Wynflæd is thought to date from the mid- to late 10th century.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bl.uk/events/anglo-saxon-kingdoms |title=Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms |website=The British Library|date=4 August 2023 }}Michael Wood: "Wynflæd's Will". History Today, November 2018, pp. 78–83.
  • October 26 – Under the Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, a referendum in the Republic approves removing the offence of publishing or uttering blasphemous matter from the Constitution.
  • November 19 – The Prix littéraire des collégiens in Quebec is suspended after five shortlisted authors condemn its sponsorship by Amazon as "promotion of a multinational that harms bookstores".{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/19/canadian-literary-prize-suspended-after-finalists-object-to-amazon-sponsorship |title=Canadian literary prize suspended after finalists object to Amazon sponsorship |first=Alison |last=Flood |date=19 November 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian}}

New books

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

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Deaths

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  • January 1 – Jahn Otto Johansen, Norwegian non-fiction writer and 1982 Cappelen Prize recipient, 83 (born 1934)[https://www.nrk.no/urix/jahn-otto-johansen-er-dod-1.13847783 Jahn Otto Johansen er død] {{in lang|no}}
  • January 3 – Fred Bass, American bookseller and owner of the Strand Bookstore, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |first=William |last=Grimes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/fred-bass-strand-bookstore-dies-at-89.html |title=Fred Bass, Who Made Strand Bookstore a Mecca, Dies at 89 |work=The New York Times |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=3 January 2018}}
  • Valery Chalidze, Russian-born American publisher, 79 (born 1938)[https://graniru.org/Society/m.266737.html Умер Валерий Чалидзе] {{in lang|ru}}
  • Philip Eden FRMetS, English weather historian, 66 (born 1951){{Cite news |url=https://www.rmets.org/death-philip-eden |title=Death of Philip Eden |work=Royal Meteorological Society |date=19 January 2018 |access-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110234225/https://www.rmets.org/death-philip-eden |archive-date=10 January 2018 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}
  • Keorapetse Kgositsile, South African poet and National Poet Laureate, 79 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-01-03-struggle-stalwart-keorapetse-kgositsile-dies-at-age-of-79/ |title=Struggle stalwart Keorapetse Kgositsile dies at age of 79 |work=The Times |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=3 January 2018}}
  • Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Sri Lankan writer and 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize winner in the Best First Book category for Europe and South Asia, 94 (born 1923){{Cite news |first=Shailaja |last=Neelakantan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/a-sivanandan-novelist-intellectual-giant-dies/articleshow/62365354.cms |title=A Sivanandan, novelist, intellectual giant dies |work=The Times of India |date=4 January 2018 |access-date=4 January 2018}}
  • January 4 – Aharon Appelfeld, Romanian-born Israeli writer, 85 (born 1932){{Cite news |first=Harrison |last=Smith |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/aharon-appelfeld-holocaust-survivor-who-chronicled-its-traumas-dies-at-85/2018/01/04/b26a4e20-f162-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html |title=Aharon Appelfeld, Holocaust survivor who chronicled its traumas, dies at 85 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=4 January 2018 |access-date=4 January 2018}}
  • January 5 – Muntazir Baba, Pakistani Pushto poet, 68 (born 1950){{Cite news |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1179198/pashto-poet-muntazir-baba-passes-away-at-68 |title=Pashto poet Muntazir Baba passes away at 68: The progressive poet's style has impacted many young budding poets |work=Dawn |date=6 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018}}
  • Rasa Chughtai, Indian-born Pakistani Urdu poet, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |first=Naseer |last=Ahmad |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1381148/eminent-poet-rasa-chughtai-passes-away |title=Eminent poet Rasa Chughtai passes away |work=Dawn |date=6 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018}}
  • Donald D. Evans, Canadian philosopher with an interest in Dostoevsky and Camus, 90 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Greg |last=Evans |url=http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/news/memoriam-donald-evans-1927-2018/ |title=In memoriam: Donald Evans (1927–2018) |work=University of Toronto |date=11 January 2018 |access-date=11 January 2018}}
  • Carlo Pedretti, Italian historian, 89 (born 1928)[http://www.lanazione.it/montecatini/cronaca/morto-carlo-pedretti-esperto-leonardo-da-vinci-1.3646268 E' morto Carlo Pedretti, il più grande esperto di Leonardo da Vinci]{{in lang|it}}
  • Marina Ripa di Meana, Italian best-selling autobiographer, 76 (born 1941)[http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/cronaca/morta_marina_ripa_di_meana-3465442.html Morta Marina Ripa di Meana] {{in lang|it}}
  • January 7 – Markku Into, Finnish poet and translator, 72 (born 1945)[https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/201801072200651274 TS: Suomalaisen undergroundin ikoni Markku Into on kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}
  • Bjørg Vik, Norwegian novelist, short story writer and playwright, co-founder of feminist magazine Sirene, 82 (born 1935)[https://www.nrk.no/telemark/forfatter-bjorg-vik-er-dod-1.13856542 Forfatter Bjørg Vik er død]{{in lang|no}}
  • January 8 – J. F. C. Harrison, English historian, 96 (born 1921){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=john-fletcher-clews-harrison&pid=187827365 |title=John Fletcher Clews Harrison |work=Legacy.com |date=13 January 2018 |access-date=13 January 2018}}
  • Jenny Joseph, English poet, 85 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/poet-and-our-alumna-jenny-joseph-has-died |title=The poet, and our alumna, Jenny Joseph has died |work=St Hilda's College, Oxford |date=9 January 2018 |access-date=9 January 2018}}
  • Tricia Walker, English best-selling writer, 53 (born 1964){{Cite news |url=https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2474420/author-tricia-walker-daughter-of-heartbeats-peter-walker-has-died/ |title=Author Tricia Walker, daughter of Heartbeat's Peter Walker, has died |work=Minster FM |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=10 January 2018}}
  • January 9 – Heikki Kirkinen, Finnish historian, 90 (born 1927)[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10028076 Emeritusprofessori Heikki Kirkinen on kuollut]{{in lang|fi}}
  • Yılmaz Onay, Turkish writer and translator, 80 (born 1937)[http://www.sozcu.com.tr/hayatim/kultur-sanat-haberleri/son-dakika-haberi-yazar-yilmaz-onay-hayatini-kaybetti/ Son dakika haberi... Tiyatrocu yazar Yılmaz Onay hayatını kaybetti]{{in lang|tr}}
  • Mario Perniola, Italian philosopher and professor of aesthetics, 76 (born 1941)[http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_gennaio_09/morto-mario-perniola-estetica-filosofia-arte-sesso-sessantotto-situazionismo-1d3b891a-f516-11e7-b250-16cc66648122.shtml Morto Mario Perniola, il filosofo esploratore dei media e dell'arte]{{in lang|it}}
  • January 10 – Gordon Hølmebakk, Norwegian publishing editor, essayist and novelist, 89 (born 1928)[https://morgenbladet.no/boker/2018/01/temp-title-id252548 Gordon Hølmebakk, 1928–2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119175551/https://morgenbladet.no/boker/2018/01/temp-title-id252548 |date=2018-01-19 }}{{in lang|no}}
  • January 12 – Doodhnath Singh, Indian Hindi language writer, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=https://www.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/veteran-hindi-writer-doodhnath-singh-passes-away-at-81/articleshow/62473062.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150212/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/veteran-hindi-writer-doodhnath-singh-passes-away-at-81/articleshow/62473062.cms|archive-date=2018-01-13|url-status=dead |title=Veteran Hindi writer Doodhnath Singh passes away at 81 |work=The Economic Times }}
  • Heinrich von Stietencron, German Indologist, 84 (born 1933)[https://www.tagblatt.de/Marktplatz/Prof-Dr-Heinrich-Hartwig-Loki-von-Stietencron-m89753.html Prof. em. Dr. Heinrich Hartwig Loki von Stietencron]{{in lang|de}}
  • January 13 – Darmanto Jatman, Indonesian poet, 75 (born 1942)[http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2018/01/14/06234021/budayawan-darmanto-jatman-tutup-usia Budayawan Darmanto Jatman Tutup Usia] {{in lang|id}}
  • January 14 – Geoffrey Best FBA, English historian, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/geoffrey-best-obituary-9dnpgxkzt |title=Geoffrey Best: Historian who wrote an acclaimed biography of Churchill but later upset some of Winston's "fan club" |work=The Times |date=16 February 2018 |access-date=16 February 2018}}
  • Pablo García Baena, Spanish poet and 1984 Asturias Prize recipient, 96 (born 1921)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/01/14/actualidad/1515961289_925770.html Muere a los 96 años el poeta cordobés Pablo García Baena]{{in lang|es}}
  • Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., American writer, 96 (born 1921){{Cite news |url=https://www.darientimes.com/96701/obituary-samuel-a-schreiner-jr-96-longtime-darien-resident/ |title=Obituary: Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., 96, longtime Darien resident |work=The Darien Times |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=22 January 2018 |archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190909/https://www.darientimes.com/96701/obituary-samuel-a-schreiner-jr-96-longtime-darien-resident/ |url-status=dead }}
  • January 15 – Moussa Diagana, Mauritanian writer, 71 (born 1946)[https://www.boolumbal.org/In-memoriam-Moussa-Diagana_a18868.html In Memoriam Moussa Diagana]{{in lang|fr}}
  • January 17 – Guy Dupré, French writer and publisher, 89 (born 1928)[https://lincorrect.org/guy-dupre-mort-fiancees-tristes/ Guy Dupré est mort : ses fiancées sont tristes] {{in lang|fr}}
  • January 18 – Peter Mayle, English best-selling memoirist of A Year in Provence and A Good Year, 78 (born 1939{{Cite news |first=Laurie |last=Hertzel |url=http://www.startribune.com/writer-peter-mayle-dies/469996533/ |title=Writer Peter Mayle dies |work=Star Tribune |date=18 January 2018 |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119060704/http://www.startribune.com/writer-peter-mayle-dies/469996533/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Nancy Richler, Canadian novelist and second cousin of the novelist Mordecai Richler, 60 (born 1957){{Cite news |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/beautiful-writer-nancy-richler-dies-of-cancer-in-vancouver-hospital-1.23148848 |title='Beautiful writer' Nancy Richler dies of cancer in Vancouver hospital |work=Times Colonist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326145554/http://www.timescolonist.com/beautiful-writer-nancy-richler-dies-of-cancer-in-vancouver-hospital-1.23148848 |archive-date=2018-03-26 |url-status = dead}}
  • Henry Soles Jr., American editor of two books: The Soul Food New Testament and the Children of Color Bible (both published by Tyndale House), 82 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=http://www.earnedmedia.org/sf0129.htm |title=Rev. Henry Soles Jr., Longtime Chicago Bulls Chaplain, Dies at 82 |work=Earned Media |date=29 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204000051/http://www.earnedmedia.org/sf0129.htm |archive-date=4 February 2018 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}
  • January 19 – Saqi Farooqi, Pakistani poet, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |first=Peerzada |last=Salman |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1384047 |title=Poet Saqi Faruqui dies |work=Dawn |date=20 January 2018 |access-date=20 January 2018}}
  • David M. Knight, English historian of science, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=187984579 |title=Professor David Marcus Knight |work=Legacy.com |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=27 January 2018}}
  • January 21 – Jock Haswell, English military historian and intelligence officer, 98 (born 1919){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=187970967 |title=Jock Haswell |work=Legacy.com |date=26 January 2018 |access-date=26 January 2018}}
  • January 22 – Emilio Gastón, Spanish poet, 83 (born 1935)[https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3241436/0/fallece-politico-escritor-emilio-gaston-primer-justicia-aragon-etapa-democratica/ Fallece el político y escritor Emilio Gastón, primer Justicia de Aragón de la etapa democrática]{{in lang|es}}
  • Ursula K. Le Guin, American science fiction and fantasy author, 88 (born 1929){{Cite news |first=Gerald |last=Jonas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html |title=Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88 |work=The New York Times |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=23 January 2018}}
  • January 23 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet and physicist, 103 (born 1914){{Cite news |first=John |last=Otis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nicanor-parra-chiles-eminent-poet-and-anti-poet-dies-at-103/2018/01/23/debce2aa-0042-11e8-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html |title=Nicanor Parra, Chile's eminent poet and "anti-poet", dies at 103 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=23 January 2018}}
  • January 24 – Matti Rissanen, Finnish philologist with an interest in Old English, director of the project that produced the Helsinki Corpus of English Texts covering 1,000 years of the English language and used widely since its publication in 1991, involved in the translation of Shakespeare, 80 (born 1937){{Cite news |url=https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/in-memoriam-matti-rissanen |title=In memoriam: Matti Rissanen |work=University of Helsinki |date=24 January 2018 |access-date=24 January 2018}}
  • January 25 – Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet, 93 (born 1924)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/01/25/actualidad/1516903304_337221.html Fallece la poeta nicaragüense Claribel Alegría a los 93 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • Shawkat Ali, Bangladeshi writer, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/prominent-writer-shawkat-ali-passes-away-1524904 |title=Prominent writer Shawkat Ali passes away |work=The Daily Star |date=25 January 2018 |access-date=25 January 2018}}
  • Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher and novelist, 101 (born 1916)[https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/a-murit-neagu-djuvara-866628 A murit Neagu Djuvara. Cine a fost și ce a însemnat pentru cultura și istoria României]{{in lang|ro}}
  • January 29 – Anthony Kemp, English military historian, 78 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15914994.Anthony_Kemp/ |title=Anthony Kemp|work=Southern Daily Echo |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2018}}
  • Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KT|FRSE|FBA|FKC}}, Scottish philosopher of religion, explorer of continental thinkers including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Søren Kierkegaard, Albert Camus and Simone Weil, 76 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sutherland-of-houndwood/2173 |title=Lord Sutherland of Houndwood |work=Parliament of the United Kingdom |date=29 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018}}
  • January 30 – Andreas Gruschke, German writer and sinologist, 57 (born 1960)[http://anzeigen.badische-zeitung.de/trauer/traueranzeigen-und-nachrufe/andreas-gruschke-dr Andreas Gruschke Dr.]{{in lang|de}}
  • Richard Murphy, Irish poet, 90 (born 1927){{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/an-anglo-irish-poet-who-wrote-to-unite-his-divided-self-and-land-1.3374928 |title=An Anglo-Irish poet who wrote to unite his divided self and land |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=30 January 2018 |access-date=30 January 2018}}
  • January 31 – Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, 94 (born 1923){{Cite news |first=Raoul |last=Wootliff |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/haim-gouri-veteran-israeli-war-poet-dies-at-94/ |title=Haim Gouri, veteran Israeli war poet, dies at 94 |work=The Times of Israel |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=31 January 2018}}
  • February 1 – André Baudry, French philosophy professor and founder of the homophile review Arcadie, 95 (born 1922)[https://hornetapp.com/stories/fr/mort-andre-baudry-arcadie/ Mort d'André Baudry, fondateur d'Arcadie la première association homosexuelle française]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Niranjan Bhagat, Indian poet in the English and Gujarati languages (the English being mostly in the style of Gitanjali), 1949 Kumar Suvarna Chandrak recipient, 1953 Narmad Suvarna Chandrak recipient, 1969 Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak recipient, 1998 Premanand Suvarna Chandrak recipient, 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language recipient, 2001 Narsinh Mehta Award winner, 91 (born 1926){{Cite news |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2018/02/01/veteran-gujarati-poet-litterateur-niranjan-bhagat-passes-away/ |title=Veteran Gujarati poet, litterateur Niranjan Bhagat passes away |work=DeshGujarat |date=1 February 2018 |access-date=1 February 2018}}
  • William Whitehead, Canadian writer and longtime partner of fellow writer Timothy Findley, 86 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/02/02/canadian-writer-william-bill-whitehead-has-died-at-age-86.html |title=Canadian writer William (Bill) Whitehead has died at age 86 |work=Toronto Star |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2018}}
  • February 3 – Bill Teale, American educator and literacy advocate, 70 (born 1947){{Cite news |first=Lara |last=Deloza |url=https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2018/02/05/advocate-leader-humanitarian-ila-mourns-the-loss-of-dr.-william-h.-teale |title=Advocate, Leader, Humanitarian: ILA Mourns the Loss of Dr. William H. Teale |work=International Literacy Association |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018}}
  • February 5 – Gregor Dorfmeister (pseudonym Manfred Gregor), German novelist (Die Brücke, Town Without Pity), 88 (born 1929)[https://www.merkur.de/lokales/bad-toelz/bad-toelz-ort28297/mit-buch-bruecke-schrieb-er-geschichte-gregor-dorfmeister-gestorben-9586642.html Mit "Die Brücke" schrieb er Geschichte: Gregor Dorfmeister ist tot]{{in lang|de}}
  • Mathieu Riboulet, French novelist and 2012 Prix Décembre recipient, 57 (born 1960)[http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-mathieu-riboulet-est-decede L'écrivain Mathieu Riboulet est décédé]{{in lang|fr}}
  • February 6 – Liliana Bodoc, Argentine fantasy writer, 59 (born 1958)[https://www.clarin.com/cultura/murio-escritora-liliana-bodoc_0_rJxzNLwIM.html Murió la escritora Liliana Bodoc]{{in lang|es}}
  • Douglas Botting, English biographer, 83 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/02/09/douglas-botting-explorer-biographer-obituary/ |title=Douglas Botting, explorer and biographer – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}
  • Jao Tsung-I (饒宗頤), Chinese-born Hong Kong sinologist, calligrapher and historian, 100 (born 1917){{Cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201802/06/WS5a791ac0a3106e7dcc13b0a8.html |title=Renowned Sinologist Jao Tsung-I dies at 101 |work=China Daily |date=6 February 2018 |access-date=6 February 2018}}
  • James W. Sire, American writer, professor of English literature, philosophy and theology, editor for InterVarsity Press, 84 (born 1933){{Cite news |first=Michael |last=Gryboski |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/intervarsity-press-editor-and-author-james-sire-dead-at-84-remembered-as-keystone-of-intellectual-evangelicalism-216973/ |title=InterVarsity Press Editor and Author James Sire Dead at 84; Remembered as "Keystone" of Intellectual Evangelicalism |work=The Christian Post |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=8 February 2018}}
  • John Anthony West, American science fiction writer with an interest in Egypt, 85 (born 1932)[https://www.grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.de/alternativ-aegyptologe-john-anthony-west-verstorben20180208/ Alternativ-Ägyptologe John Anthony West verstorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • Michael White, English biographer of C. S. Lewis and others, and mystery fiction writer, 58 (born 1959){{Cite news |first=Liam |last=Croy |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/tributes-for-former-1980s-pop-star-michael-white-ng-b88744105z |title=Tributes for former 1980s pop musician Michael White |work=The West Australian |date=13 February 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018}}
  • February 7
  • Brahim Akhiat, Moroccan writer, 77 (born c. 1941)[http://www.leconomiste.com/flash-infos/le-membre-de-l-ircam-brahim-akhiat-n-est-plus Le membre de l'IRCAM, Brahim Akhiat, n'est plus]{{in lang|fr}}
  • John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist, 70{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Bernstein|date=February 7, 2018|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/john-perry-barlow-grateful-dead-lyricist-died|title=Grateful Dead Lyricist & Political Activist John Perry Barlow, 1947–2018|website=JamBase|access-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208002851/https://www.jambase.com/article/john-perry-barlow-grateful-dead-lyricist-died|archive-date=February 8, 2018}}
  • February 9 – Alfonso Lacadena, Spanish Mesoamerican epigraphist and academic at Complutense University of Madrid, 53 (born 1964)[http://geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/noticias/profesor-alfonso-lacadena-garcia-gallo-in-memoriam Profesor Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo, in memoriam]{{in lang|es}}
  • Edward Pearce, English biographer and playwright, 78 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=http://www.tribunemagazine.org/2018/02/obituary-edward-pearce/ |title=Obituary: Edward Pearce |work=Tribune |date=10 February 2018 |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084709/http://www.tribunemagazine.org/2018/02/obituary-edward-pearce/ |archive-date=16 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Keith M. Wilson, English historian (date of birth unknown){{Cite news |url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2018/wilson_keith.html |title=Emeritus Professor Keith Wilson |work=University of Leeds |year=2018}}
  • February 10 – Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子), Japanese writer, 90 (born 1927){{Cite news |first1=Masamitsu |last1=Oku |first2=Hisatoshi |last2=Tanaka |first3=Yoshihisa |last3=Uehara|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802100053.html |title=Ishimure, key figure in Minamata battle, dies at 90 |work=Asahi Shimbun |date=10 February 2018 |access-date=10 February 2018}}
  • February 11 – Raymond Vautherin, French-born Italian linguist, patois poet, playwright and translator, 82 (born 1935)[http://www.lastampa.it/2018/02/13/edizioni/aosta/laddio-di-raymond-vautherin-una-poesia-scritta-in-patois-ZU3M6qlQ5tIVggOyHPTtTM/premium.html L'addio di Raymond Vautherin è una poesia scritta in patois] {{in lang|it}}{{subscription required}}
  • February 12 – Bill Crider, American writer of crime, mystery, horror and westerns, 76 (born 1941){{Cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Lynch |url=http://crimespreemag.com/bill-crider-1941-2018/ |title=Bill Crider 1941–2018 |work=Crimespree Magazine |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018}}
  • Jack Ludwig, Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and the basis of the character Valentine Gersbach in Saul Bellow's novel Herzog, 95 (born 1922){{Cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20180214.93399035/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=Jack Ludwig |work=The Globe and Mail |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916193248/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20180214.93399035/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Françoise Xenakis, French writer, 87 (born 1930)[http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/02/12/03004-20180212ARTFIG00343-l-ecrivaine-francoise-xenakis-est-morte-a-87-ans.php La journaliste et romancière Françoise Xenakis s'est éteinte à 87 ans]{{in lang|fr}}
  • February 13 – Ernest Hecht {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}, Czechoslovak-born English publisher and founder of Souvenir Press, 88 (born 1929){{Cite news |first=Katherine |last=Cowdrey |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ernest-hecht-dies-aged-88-731756 |title='Wise and witty' Ernest Hecht dies, aged 88 |work=The Bookseller |date=13 February 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018}}
  • Victor Milán, American libertarian science fiction writer, 63 (born 1954){{Cite news |first=Craig W. |last=Chrissinger |url=http://locusmag.com/2018/02/victor-milan-1954-2018/ |title=Victor Milán (1954–2018) |work=Locus |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018}}
  • February 14 – Lerone Bennett Jr., American scholar, chronicler of life for the blacks in that country and editor of Ebony, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |first=Charisse |last=Jones |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/media/2018/02/14/lerone-bennett-jr-legendary-chronicler-black-life-dies/338927002/ |title=Lerone Bennett Jr., legendary chronicler of black life, dies |work=USA Today |date=15 February 2018 |access-date=15 February 2018}}
  • February 15 – Tosun Bayrak, Turkish writer and translator known for efforts on works of the Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, 92 (born 1926)[http://www.abdpost.com/tosun-baba-bayrak-vefat-etti/11642/ Tosun Baba (Bayrak) Vefat Etti]{{in lang|tr}}
  • Steven Collins, English-born American Buddhist studies scholar, 66 (born 1951){{Cite news |first=Andrew |last=Bauld |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2018/03/01/steven-collins-world-renowned-scholar-buddhism-1951-2018 |title=Steven Collins, world-renowned scholar of Buddhism, 1951–2018 |work=University of Chicago |date=1 March 2018 |access-date=1 March 2018}}
  • Iseabail Macleod {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}, Scottish lexicographer and former Director of the Scottish National Dictionary Association, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16045216.Iseabail_Macleod/ |title=Iseabail Macleod |work=The Herald |date=24 February 2018 |access-date=24 February 2018}}
  • Daniel Vernet, French writer, 72, (born 1945)[http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/02/16/mort-de-daniel-vernet-ancien-directeur-de-la-redaction-du-monde_5258024_3382.html Mort de Daniel Vernet, ancien directeur de la rédaction du « Monde »]{{in lang|fr}}
  • February 16 – Eleanor Winsor Leach, American academic from whom "Vergilians learned much... on the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, her 1974 book on the Eclogues, her two major [of] Roman literature, art, and society, and many articles on Latin poetry and painting and their reception," 80 (born 1937){{Cite news |first=Erik |last=Shell|url=https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-eleanor-winsor-leach |title=In Memoriam: Eleanor Winsor Leach |work=classicalstudies.org|date=7 March 2018 |access-date=7 March 2018}}
  • February 17 – Akinwunmi Isola, Nigerian playwright, novelist (O Leku) and promoter of the Yoruba language, 78 (born 1939){{Cite news |first=Oladeinde |last=Olawoyin |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/artsbooks/259036-culture-icon-akinwunmi-ishola-dead.html |title=Culture Icon Akinwunmi Ishola is dead |work=Premium Times |date=17 February 2018 |access-date=17 February 2018}}
  • February 18 – John David Morley, English novelist and travel writer, 70 (born 1948){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=188464736 |title=John David Morley |work=Legacy.com |date=16 March 2018 |access-date=16 March 2018}}
  • February 20 – Tōta Kaneko (金子兜太), Japanese Person of Cultural Merit, 2005 Cikada Prize recipient, 2015 Asahi Prize recipient, 98 (born 1919)[https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASL2N7SV4L2NUCLV01C.html 金子兜太さん死去　戦後日本を代表する俳人]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{in lang|ja}}
  • Roy McDonald, Canadian poet, 80 (born 1937){{Cite news |first=Jane |last=Sims |url=https://lfpress.com/2018/02/21/downtown-london-fixture-roy-mcdonald-dies-at-80 |title=Downtown London fixture Roy McDonald dies at 80 |work=The London Free Press |date=22 February 2018 |access-date=22 February 2018}}
  • Zigmas Zinkevičius, Lithuanian linguist-historian and 1994 Herder Prize recipient, 93 (born 1925)[https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/nelaimes/2018/02/20/news/mire-akademikas-zigmas-zinkevicius-4808214/ Mirė akademikas Zigmas Zinkevičius] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035605/https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/nelaimes/2018/02/20/news/mire-akademikas-zigmas-zinkevicius-4808214/ |date=2018-02-21 }}{{in lang|lt}}
  • February 21 – Beryl Fletcher, New Zealand feminist novelist, 79 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/waikato-times-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=188249402 |title=Beryl Fletcher |work=Legacy.com |date=22 February 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018}}
  • February 22 – Euler Granda, Ecuadorian poet and 2009 Premio Eugenio Espejo recipient, 82 (born 1935){{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
  • February 23 – Wolfhart Westendorf, German Egyptologist, 93 (born 1924)[http://www.gt-trauer.de/traueranzeige/wolfhart-westendorf/53063192 Wolfhart Westendorf: Traueranzeige] {{in lang|de}}
  • February 25 – Michael Green, English novelist and playwright, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/michael-green-obituary-c7725tktj |title=Michael Green: Eccentric author of The Art of Coarse Acting and 14 more books in the series who always had a compulsion to do anything for a laugh |work=The Times |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=27 February 2018}}
  • Cynthia Heimel, American feminist writer of satirical books and playwright, 70 (born 1947){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cynthia-heimel-columnist-who-brought-humor-to-hanky-panky-dies-at-70/2018/02/26/8e0d23de-1b35-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html |title=Cynthia Heimel, columnist who brought humor to hanky-panky, dies at 70 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=26 February 2018 |access-date=26 February 2018}}
  • Penny Vincenzi, English writer of novels and short stories, 78 (born 1939){{Cite news |first=Katherine |last=Cowdrey |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/beloved-author-penny-vincenzi-dies-737701 |title='Beloved' author Penny Vincenzi dies |work=The Bookseller |date=26 February 2018 |access-date=26 February 2018}}
  • February 28 – Pierre Milza, French historian and biographer, 85 (born 1932)[http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_febbraio_28/morto-pierre-milza-storico-francese-attento-all-italia-biografo-duce-1bb675a8-1c96-11e8-bca3-8aaab49a1cfe.shtml Morto Pierre Milza, storico francese attento all'Italia e biografo del Duce]{{in lang|it}}
  • March 1 – Diana Der Hovanessian, Armenian American poet, translator and professor at Yerevan State University, 83 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=https://mirrorspectator.com/2018/03/02/poet-diana-der-hovanessian-passed-away/ |title=Poet Diana Der-Hovanessian Passed Away |work=Armenian Mirror-Spectator |date=2 March 2018 |access-date=2 March 2018}}
  • March 2 – Adela Calva Reyes, Mexican writer and playwright, 50–51 (born 1967)[https://www.elindependientedehidalgo.com.mx/fallece-escritora-otomi-adela-calva/ Fallece escritora otomí Adela Calva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007122458/https://www.elindependientedehidalgo.com.mx/fallece-escritora-otomi-adela-calva/ |date=2019-10-07 }}{{in lang|es}}
  • Gordon Challis, New Zealand poet, 85 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=188342014 |title=Cecil Challis |work=Legacy.com |date=3 March 2018 |access-date=3 March 2018}}
  • Ota Filip, Czech novelist who wrote both in German and Czech, 87 (born 1930)[http://www.reflex.cz/clanek/kultura/85463/zemrel-predni-cesky-exilovy-spisovatel-ota-filip-podivejte-se-na-jeho-posledni-rozhovor-pro-reflex.html Zemřel přední český exilový spisovatel Ota Filip. Podívejte se na jeho poslední rozhovor pro Reflex]

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  • March 2 – Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, American literary scholar and authority on Renaissance literature known for work on John Milton, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/providence/obituary.aspx?pid=188376948 |title=Barbara Kiefer Lewalski |work=Legacy.com |date=7–8 March 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018}}
  • March 3 – Jacques Gernet, French sinologist, 96 (born 1921)[http://www.aibl.fr/membres/academiciens-depuis-1663/article/gernet-jacques Gernet Jacques] {{in lang|fr}}
  • Emma Hannigan, Irish writer known for writing about her experience with cancer, 45 (born 1972){{Cite news |first=Colin |last=Gleeson |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bestselling-irish-author-emma-hannigan-dies-after-11-year-cancer-battle-1.3414383 |title=Bestselling Irish author Emma Hannigan dies after 11-year cancer battle: President pays tribute to writer whose latest book topped sales chart |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=3 March 2018 |access-date=3 March 2018}}
  • Anthony Lejeune, English writer, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=188538423 |title=Anthony Lejeune |work=Legacy.com |date=24 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018}}
  • Ivone Ramos, Cape Verdean writer, 91 (born 1926)[https://expressodasilhas.cv/cultura/2018/03/03/faleceu-a-escritora-ivone-ramos/56910 "Faleceu a escritora Ivone Ramos"] {{in lang|pt}}
  • Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski, Spanish physicist, academic (University of Barcelona), writer and aphorist, founder director of CosmoCaixa, 69 (born 1948)[http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180303/441228950439/muere-jorge-wagensberg.html Muere el científico y museógrafo Jorge Wagensberg a los 69 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • March 4 – José Triana, Cuban poet and playwright, 87 (born 1931)[https://www.cubanet.org/cultura/fallece-en-francia-destacado-intelectual-cubano/ Fallece en Francia destacado intelectual cubano]{{in lang|es}}
  • March 5 – Robert Assaraf, Moroccan historian, 81 (born 1936)[https://www.medias24.com/MAROC/Les-plus-de-Medias-24/180961-Deces-de-Robert-Assaraf.html Décès de Robert Assaraf]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Derek Bickerton, English-born American linguist, academic and writer of novels, 91 (born 1926){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=188484094 |title=Derek Bickerton |work=Legacy.com |date=18 March 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018}}
  • Clive Sinclair {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL}}, English fiction writer included in Granta{{'s}} 1983 list of Best Young British Novelists, 70 (born 1948){{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/clive-sinclair-obituary-qxs3hwn0g |title=Clive Sinclair, 1948–2018 |work=The Times |date=7 April 2018 |access-date=7 April 2018}}
  • Hayden White, American historian in the tradition of literary criticism (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/obituary.aspx?pid=188389458 |title=Hayden V. White |work=Legacy.com |date=8 March 2018 |access-date=8 March 2018}}
  • March 6 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet and academic, 61 (born 1956){{Cite news |first=Harriet |last=Staff |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2018/03/rest-in-peace-lucie-brock-broido-1956-2018 |title=Rest in Peace, Lucie Brock-Broido (1956–2018) |work=Poetry Foundation |date=7 March 2018 |access-date=7 March 2018}}
  • Peter Nicholls, Australian writer and editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 78 (born 1939)[https://www.actualitte.com/article/monde-edition/mort-de-peter-nicholls-editeur-de-l-encyclopedie-de-la-science-fiction/87651 Mort de Peter Nicholls, éditeur de l'Encyclopédie de la science-fiction]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Indra Bahadur Rai, Indian writer, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Amish Raj |last=Mulmi |url=https://thewire.in/230450/remembering-indra-bahadur-rai-the-writer-who-defined-the-indian-nepali-identity/ |title=Remembering Indra Bahadur Rai, the Writer Who Defined the Indian-Nepali Identity: The Nepali writer's fiction stood out for being the voice of a diasporic culture that sought to coalesce around a language that wasn't necessarily their own |work=The Wire |date=7 March 2018 |access-date=7 March 2018}}
  • March 8 – Sir Wilson Harris, Guyanese poet, essayist, and fiction writer (Palace of the Peacock), 96 (born 1921){{Cite news |first=Denis |last=Chabrol |url=http://demerarawaves.com/2018/03/08/guyanese-literary-giant-sir-wilson-harris-dies/ |title=Guyanese literary giant, Sir Wilson Harris, dies |work=demerarawaves.com |date=8 March 2018 |access-date=8 March 2018}}
  • Jean Jolivet, French philosopher and medievalist, 93 (born 1925)[https://www.ephe.fr/actualites/deces-de-jean-jolivet Décès de Jean Jolivet]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Gerd Søraa, Norwegian writer of novels and local history, 83 (born 1934)[https://www.tronderbladet.no/nyheter/2018/03/08/Gerd-S%C3%B8raa-har-g%C3%A5tt-bort-16239296.ece Gerd Søraa har gått bort]{{in lang|no}}
  • Peter Temple, Australian crime fiction writer, 71 (born 1946){{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/acclaimed-crime-writer-peter-temple-dies-aged-71-20180311-p4z3va.html |title=Acclaimed crime writer Peter Temple dies, aged 71 |date=11 March 2018 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=11 March 2018}}
  • Kate Wilhelm, American science fiction, mystery and suspense writer, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://file770.com/?p=41182 |title=Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018) |work=File 770 |date=10 March 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018}}
  • March 9 – Ulla Nenonen, Finnish missionary and Bible translator, 84 (born 1933)[https://www.lahetysseniorit.fi/ilossa_ja_surussa/vuonna-2018-kuolleet-lahetysseni/ Vuonna 2018 kuolleet lähetysseniorit]{{in lang|fi}}
  • March 10 – Val Mulkerns, Irish writer and poet, 93 (born 1925){{Cite news |first=Eilis |last=Ní Dhuibhne |author-link=Éilís Ní Dhuibhne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/14/val-mulkerns-obituary |title=Val Mulkerns obituary: Novelist and poet who became an important female voice in the literary canon of Ireland |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2018 |access-date=14 March 2018}}
  • March 11 – H. Blair Neatby, Canadian historian, 93 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=https://newsroom.carleton.ca/2018/03/15/carleton-university-mourns-the-loss-of-blair-neatby/ |title=Carleton University Mourns the Loss of Blair Neatby |work=Carleton University |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018}}
  • David W. Noble, American historian, 92 (born 1925){{Cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000248086/ |title=David Watson Noble, Sr. |work=Star Tribune |date=14 March 2018 |access-date=14 March 2018}}
  • Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery writer, 65 (born 1952){{Cite news

|first=Nigel |last=Jaquiss |url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/03/12/author-pilot-and-master-cheesemaker-mary-rosenblum-dies-in-plane-crash/ |title=Author, Pilot and Master Cheesemaker Mary Rosenblum Dies in Plane Crash: The science fiction and mystery writer, 65, formerly led the Oregon Pilots' Association |work=Willamette Week |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=12 March 2018}}

  • Mario Vegetti, Italian historian of philosophy, 81 (born 1937)[http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_marzo_11/morto-mario-vegetti-filosofo-96fe33d8-255e-11e8-8868-620b5c6d46c4.shtml Morto Mario Vegetti, filosofo studioso di Platone]{{in lang|it}}
  • March 12 – Emily Stipes Watts, American literary historian, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2018-03-14/emily-watts.html |title=Emily Watts |work=The News-Gazette }}
  • March 13 – Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer of novels, children's stories and short story collections, 86 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Mar-14/441467-lebanese-writer-emily-nasrallah-dies-at-87.ashx |title=Lebanese writer Emily Nasrallah dies at 87 |work=The Daily Star |date=14 March 2018 |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314133340/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Mar-14/441467-lebanese-writer-emily-nasrallah-dies-at-87.ashx |url-status=dead }}
  • March 14 – Robert L. Bireley, American Jesuit historian of Counter-Reformation Central Europe, 84 (born 1933){{Cite news |url=http://jesuitsmidwest.org/news-detail?TN=NEWS-20180315025408MIDWESTPROV |title=In Memoriam: Fr. Robert L. Bireley, SJ |work=Jesuits USA Midwest Province |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018}}
  • Alfred W. Crosby, American ecological historian (The Columbian Exchange, Ecological Imperialism), 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=188478642 |title=Alfred Crosby |work=Legacy.com |date=17 March 2018 |access-date=17 March 2018}}
  • David Wyman, American historian (The Abandonment of the Jews), 89 (born 1929){{Cite news |url=https://wtop.com/national/2018/03/david-s-wyman-holocaust-scholar-dead-at-89/ |title=David S. Wyman, Holocaust scholar, dead at 89 |work=WTOP-FM |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023352/https://wtop.com/national/2018/03/david-s-wyman-holocaust-scholar-dead-at-89/ |archive-date=16 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • March 16 – Russell Freedman, American biographer, non-fiction and children's writer, 88 (born 1929){{Cite news |first=Shannon |last=Maughan |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/76361-obituary-russell-freedman.html |title=Obituary: Russell Freedman|work=Publishers Weekly |date=20 March 2018 |access-date=20 March 2018}}
  • March 17 – Zdeněk Mahler, Czech writer and biographer, 89 (born 1928)[https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/466520-zemrel-spisovatel-a-scenarista-zdenek-mahler.html Zemřel spisovatel a scenárista Zdeněk Mahler]{{in lang|cs}}
  • Sushil Siddharth, Hindi prose and poetry writer, critic, editor and satirist, 59 (born 1958)[http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5.cspx?id=2474 सुशील सिद्धार्थ]{{in lang|hi}}
  • March 18 – Li Ao (李敖), Chinese-Taiwanese essayist and historian, 82 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwanese-author-li-ao-dies-after-battling-with-cancer |title=Taiwanese author Li Ao dies after battling with brain tumour |work=The Straits Times |date=18 March 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018}}
  • Michael Rutschky, German writer and 1997 Heinrich Mann Prize recipient, 74 (born 1943)[http://www.kleinezeitung.at/service/newsticker/5391016/Berliner-Autor-und-Fotograf-Michael-Rutschky-ist-tot Berliner Autor und Fotograf Michael Rutschky ist tot]{{in lang|de}}
  • March 19 – Jürg Laederach, Swiss writer and 1997 Austrian State Prize for European Literature recipient, 72 (born 1945)[https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/schriftsteller-juerg-laederach-im-alter-von-72-jahren-gestorben-ld.1367617 Jürg Laederachs unendliche Suche nach der Wirklichkeit]{{in lang|de}}
  • Luo Fu, Taiwanese poet, 89 (born 1928)[https://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20180319/1317532/ 台灣當代詩人洛夫今晨病逝北榮　享壽91歲] {{in lang|zh}}
  • Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet, critic and essayist, 83 (born 1934).{{Cite news |url=https://scroll.in/latest/872609/hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-dies-in-delhi-at-83 |title=Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh dies in Delhi at 83 |work=Scroll.in |date=19 March 2018 |access-date=19 March 2018}}
  • March 20 – Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, Swedish writer, 71 (born 1947)[https://www.vasabladet.fi/Artikel/Visa/185819 Författaren Ann-Charlotte Alverfors är död]{{in lang|sv}}
  • Tom Griffin, American playwright (The Boys Next Door), 72 (born 1946){{Cite news |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180327/acclaimed-barrington-playwright-tom-griffin-dies-at-72 |title=Acclaimed Barrington playwright Tom Griffin dies at 72 |work=The Providence Journal }}
  • March 22 – Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, Russian Chechen writer and ethnographer, 91 (born 1926)[http://grozniy.bezformata.ru/listnews/chechni-hozh-ahmed-bersanov/65791663/ 22 марта ушел из жизни народный писатель Чечни Хож-Ахмед Берсанов]{{in lang|ru}}
  • Jan Kantůrek, Czech translator, 69 (born 1948)[https://www.irozhlas.cz/kultura/literatura/jan-kanturek-umrti-terry-pratchett-zemeplocha-prekladatel_1803221941_dbr Zemřel Jan Kantůrek. Českým čtenářům přinesl Pratchettovu Zeměplochu, Hellboye i barbara Conana]{{in lang|cs}}
  • Morten Piil, Danish film critic and translator of Vladimir Nabokov, 75, (born 1943)[http://www.ekkofilm.dk/artikler/dansk-films-grand-old-man-er-dod/ Dansk film har mistet sin største anmelder]{{in lang|da}}
  • Dariush Shayegan, Iranian cultural theorist and philosopher, winner of the French ADELF award presented by the Association of French Authors in 2004 for his French novel Land of Mirage, 83, (born 1935){{Cite news |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1271391/offbeat |title=Famed Iranian philosopher Shayegan dies at age 83 |work=Arab News }}
  • March 23 – Philip Kerr, Scottish writer of historical detective thrillers and children's books, 62 (born 1956){{Cite news |first=Hannah |last=Summers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/24/philip-kerr-author-of-bernie-gunther-novels-dies-aged-62 |title=Philip Kerr, author of Bernie Gunther novels, dies aged 62 |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018}}
  • Alberto Ongaro, Italian writer of historical and adventure books, 92 (born 1925)[http://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_marzo_23/morto-alberto-ongaro-venezia-misteri-suo-ultimo-viaggio-d0f678bc-2ec7-11e8-bf8b-26a1a7e4d9dd.shtml Morto Alberto Ongaro: tra Venezia e misteri, il suo ultimo viaggio]{{in lang|it}}
  • Aileen Paterson MBE, Scottish writer and illustrator of children's books, 83 (born 1934){{Cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Rimmer |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/author-of-morningside-maisie-books-aileen-paterson-has-died-1-4717971 |title=Author of Morningside Maisie books Aileen Paterson has died |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=3 April 2018 |access-date=3 April 2018}}
  • March 24 – John Ehle, American "father of Appalachian literature", 92 (born 1925){{Cite news |first=Katie |last=Wadington |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/03/27/appalachian-novelist-john-ehle-dies-92/463789002/ |title=Appalachian novelist John Ehle dies at 92 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |date=27 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018}}
  • March 25 – Bob Biderman, British-American novelist, 77 or 78 (born 1940){{Cite news |first=Kevin |last=Biderman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/25/bob-biderman-obituary|title=Bob Biderman obituary|work=The Guardian |date=25 March 2018 |access-date=25 March 2018}} (date death announced)
  • March 28 – Clément Rosset, French philosopher and writer, 78 (born 1939)[https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20180328.OBS4280/mort-de-clement-rosset-philosophe-du-tragique-et-de-la-joie.html Mort de Clément Rosset, philosophe du tragique et de la joie] {{in lang|fr}}
  • March 29 – Anita Shreve, American novelist (The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, Stella Bain), 71 (born 1946){{Cite news |first=Bryan |last=Marquard |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/30/anita-shreve-best-selling-author-the-pilot-wife-dies/XWoFL3o3izXEhlblT5HHcJ/story.html |title=Anita Shreve, bestselling N. H. author of 'The Pilot's Wife,' dies at 71 |work=The Boston Globe |date=30 March 2018 |access-date=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330181244/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/30/anita-shreve-best-selling-author-the-pilot-wife-dies/XWoFL3o3izXEhlblT5HHcJ/story.html |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Ivor Forbes Guest, English historian and writer, 97 (born 1920)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/04/08/actualidad/1523186971_278529.html Muere a los 97 años Ivor Guest, el gran historiador del ballet]{{in lang|es}}
  • Drue Heinz, American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize), 103 (born 1915){{Cite news |first=Patty |last=Tascarella |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/03/30/drue-heinz-prominent-philanthropist-dies.html |title=Drue Heinz, prominent philanthropist, dies at age 103 |work=Pittsburgh Business Times |date=30 March 2018 |access-date=30 March 2018}}
  • March 31 – Margarita Carrera, Guatemalan philosopher, professor, writer and 1996 laureate of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature, 88 (born 1929)[http://www.prensalibre.com/vida/escenario/fallece-la-escritora-guatemalteca-y-columnista-de-prensa-libre-margarita-carrera Fallece la escritora guatemalteca y columnista de Prensa Libre Margarita Carrera]{{in lang|es}}
  • April 1 – Brian Moynahan, English historian and biographer, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/brian-moynahan-obituary-llfw73cvx |title=Brian Moynahan obituary |work=The Times |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=12 April 2018}}
  • Efraín Trelles, Peruvian historian of Spanish colonialism, 64 (born 1953)[http://www.radionacional.com.pe/informa/deportes/luto-en-el-periodismo-deportivo-peruano-fallecio-el-reconocido-efrain-trelles-arestegui Luto en el periodismo deportivo peruano : falleció el reconocido Efraín Trelles Aréstegui]{{in lang|es}}
  • April 2 – Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, Egyptian novelist, 55 (born 1962){{Cite news |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/04/03/renowned-egyptian-author-ahmed-khaled-tawfik-dies-at-55/ |title=Renowned Egyptian Author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik Dies at 55 |work=Egyptian Streets |date=3 April 2018 |access-date=3 April 2018}}
  • April 3 – Arrigo Petacco, Italian journalist and writer, 88 (born 1929)[http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2018/04/03/news/morto_arrigo_petacco-192880091 È morto Arrigo Petacco. Giornalista e saggista, con la tv portò la Storia nelle case degli italiani]{{in lang|it}}
  • April 4 – John Lynch, English historian of Latin America, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=188705218 |title=Professor John Lynch |work=Legacy.com |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=11 April 2018}}
  • April 5 – Irina Tokmakova, Russian poet, playwright and translator, 89 (born 1929)[https://rg.ru/2018/04/05/umerla-poet-i-perevodchica-irina-tokmakova.html Умерла поэт и переводчица Ирина Токмакова]{{in lang|ru}}
  • April 6 – Daniel Chavarría, Uruguay-born Cuban writer, 84 (born 1933){{Cite news |url=http://en.escambray.cu/2018/renown-novelist-daniel-chavarria-passes-away-at-84/ |title=Renowned Novelist Daniel Chavarria Passes Away at 84 |work=Escambray |date=7 April 2018 |access-date=7 April 2018}}
  • Henryk Skolimowski, Polish philosopher, 87 (born 1930){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?pid=188690327 |title=Henryk Skolimowski |work=Legacy.com |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=12 April 2018}}
  • Edla Van Steen, Brazilian playwright and short story writer, 81 (born 1936)[https://istoe.com.br/escritora-edla-van-steen-morre-aos-81-anos/ Escritora Edla Van Steen morre aos 82 anos]{{in lang|pt}}
  • April 7 – Gerd Honsik, Austrian writer, 76 (born 1941)[http://www.dahamist.at/index.php/2018/04/08/gerd-honsik-ist-tot/ Gerd Honsik Ist Tot] {{in lang|de}}
  • April 8 – Efraín Jara Idrovo, Ecuadorian writer, existentialist poet and 1999 Premio Eugenio Espejo recipient, 92 (born 1926)[http://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/efrainjaraidrovo-fallecimiento-poeta-literatura-cultura.html Ecuador pierde a Efraín Jara Idrovo, el poeta de la existencia]{{in lang|es}}
  • April 10 – Danarto, Indonesian writer and artist, 76 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/04/12/indonesian-arts-and-literature-scene-mourns-passing-of-danarto.html |title=Indonesian arts and literature scene mourns passing of Danarto |work=The Jakarta Post |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=12 April 2018}}
  • J. D. McClatchy, American poet, 72 (born 1945){{Cite news |url=https://news.yale.edu/2018/04/11/poet-librettist-and-longtime-yale-review-editor-jd-mcclatchy |title=Poet, librettist, and longtime Yale Review editor J. D. McClatchy |work=Yale University |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=11 April 2018}}
  • April 11 – Alexander Welsh, American literary scholar, 84 (born 1933){{Cite news |url=https://news.yale.edu/2018/04/12/alexander-welsh-preeminent-scholar-british-prose |title=Alexander Welsh, preeminent scholar of British prose |work=Yale University |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=12 April 2018}}
  • April 12 – Sergio Pitol, Mexican novelist, translator and 2005 Miguel de Cervantes Prize recipient, 85 (born 1933)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/04/12/actualidad/1523547276_981640.html Muere el escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol a los 85 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • April 14 – Frank Bren, Australian actor and playwright, 74 (born 1943){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?pid=188750099 |title=Frank Desmond Bren |work=Legacy.com |date=16 April 2018 |access-date=16 April 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Sam Hamill, American poet and publisher, 74 (born 1943){{Cite news |first=Jim |last=Milliot|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/76634-obituary-sam-hamill-co-founder-copper-canyon-press.html |title=Obituary: Sam Hamill, Co-Founder of Copper Canyon Press |work=Publishers Weekly |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=17 April 2018}}
  • Jon Michelet, Norwegian writer, 73 (born 1944){{Cite news |url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2018/04/15/norway-loses-a-seafarers-hero/ |title=Norway loses a seafarers' hero |work=newsinenglish.no |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=15 April 2018}}
  • April 15 – Luise Hercus, German-born Australian linguist, 92 (born 1926){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/canberratimes-au/obituary.aspx?pid=188796740 |title=Luise Hercus |work=Legacy.com |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=21 April 2018}}
  • April 16 – Beverley Farmer, Australian novelist and short story writer, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?pid=188776472 |title=Beverley Anne Farmer |work=Legacy.com |date=19 April 2018 |access-date=19 April 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • April 17 – Joan Chase, American novelist, 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |first=Helen T. |last=Verongos |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/nation/6213993-151/featured-obit-writer-drew-acclaim-for-first-novel |title=Featured obit: Writer drew acclaim for first novel at 46 |work=The Bulletin |date=3 May 2018|access-date=3 May 2018}}
  • April 18 – Jean Flori, French medieval historian, 82 (born 1936)[http://www.historia.fr/actu/disparition-de-lhistorien-médiéviste-jean-flori Disparition de l'historien médiéviste Jean Flori]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Howard Sachar, American historian, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |first=Greer Fay |last=Cashman |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Eminent-historian-Howard-Sachar-passes-away-at-home-at-age-90-552524 |title=Eminent Historian Howard Sachar Passes Away At Home At 90 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=23 April 2018 |access-date=23 April 2018}}
  • Willibald Sauerländer, German art historian, 94 (born 1924)[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/zum-tod-von-willibald-sauerlaender-der-kunstlehrer-1.3951980 Der Kunstlehrer]{{in lang|de}}
  • April 19 – Arnold Eidslott, Norwegian poet, 91 (born 1926)[http://www.smp.no/nyheter/2018/04/20/Arnold-Eidslott-er-død-16524080.ece Arnold Eidslott er død]{{in lang|no}}
  • Herbert Pilch, German linguist and celtologist, 91 (born 1926)[http://www.anglistik.uni-freiburg.de/data/News/wir-trauern-um-unser-langjaehriges-renommiertes-mitglied-prof.-dr.-herbert-l.-pilch Wir trauern um unser langjähriges renommiertes Mitglied, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Herbert Pilch]{{in lang|de}}
  • April 20 – Pavel Šrut, Czech poet, writer and translator, 78, (born 1940)[https://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/zemrel-pavel-srut-0mu-/literatura.aspx?c=A180421_005801_literatura_vha Zemřel básník Pavel Šrut, autor textu Koleje Yesterday či Lichožroutů]{{in lang|cs}}
  • April 21 – Firmin Le Bourhis, French writer, 67 (born 1950)[http://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/concarneau/concarneau-deces-de-l-auteur-de-romans-policiers-firmin-le-bourhis-21-04-2018-11934980.php Concarneau. Décès de l'auteur de romans policiers, Firmin Le Bourhis]{{in lang|fr}}
  • April 22 – Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, Indian writer, composer and musicologist, 98 (born 1920){{Cite news |url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/writer-musicologist-balantrapu-rajanikantha-rao-passes-away/States/news/1207387.html |title=Writer, Musicologist Balantrapu Rajanikantha Rao passes away |work=United News of India |date=22 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018}}
  • April 23 – Edward W. Tayler, American literary scholar, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=http://english.columbia.edu/announcements/edward-w-tayler-lionel-trilling-professor-emeritus-humanities |title=Edward W. Tayler (1931–2018) |work=Columbia University |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=1 May 2018}}
  • April 24 – Belal Chowdhury, Bangladeshi poet, 79 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/04/24/poet-belal-chowdhury-dies-at-80-after-long-battle-with-illness |title=Poet Belal Chowdhury dies at 80 after long battle with illness |work=bdnews24.com |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018}}
  • Dinu C. Giurescu, Romanian historian, 91 (born 1927)[http://adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/a-murit-istoricul-dinu-c-giurescu-1_5adf55efdf52022f75301fc7/index.html A murit istoricul Dinu C. Giurescu]{{in lang|ro}}
  • Emma Smith, English writer whose best-selling novel was republished 50 years later, 94 (born 1923){{Cite news |first=Danuta |last=Kean |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/24/emma-smith-obituary |title=Emma Smith obituary |work=The Guardian |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018}}
  • April 25 – Steven Marcus, American literary critic and scholar, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://english.columbia.edu/announcements/steven-marcus-1928-2018 |title=Steven Marcus (1928–2018) |work=Columbia University |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622111319/https://english.columbia.edu/announcements/steven-marcus-1928-2018 |archive-date=22 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}
  • April 26 – Elvira Orphée, Argentine writer, Guggenheim Fellow (1988), 95 (born 1922)[http://www.lacapitalmdp.com/murio-la-escritora-elvira-orphee-cultora-de-un-renovado-discurso-poetico/ Murió la escritora Elvira Orphée, cultora de un renovado discurso poético]{{in lang|es}}
  • April 28 – Yevgeny Titarenko, Russian writer, 82 (born 1935)[https://m.riavrn.ru/news/v-voronezhe-umer-brat-raisy-gorbachevoy-pisatel-evgeniy-titarenko-/ В Воронеже умер брат Раисы Горбачевой писатель Евгений Титаренко]{{in lang|ru}}
  • May 2 – Kottayam Pushpanath, Indian novelist and translator, 80 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/may/02/malayalam-detective-fiction-writer-kottayam-pushpanath-passes-away-1809160.html |title=Malayalam detective fiction writer Kottayam Pushpanath passes away |work=The New Indian Express |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=2 May 2018}}
  • May 3 – Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, Peruvian academic and Quechua translator of Don Quixote, 94 (born 1923)[https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/05/04/mundo_global/1525424117_877511.html Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, el traductor al quechua de "El Quijote", muere a los 94 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • May 4 – Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer and journalist, 64 (born 1954)[https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/schrijfster-renate-dorrestein-64-overleden~a743edfd/ Schrijfster Renate Dorrestein (64) overleden]{{in lang|nl}}
  • May 5 – Klaus Dede, German writer and journalist, 82 (born 1935)[https://www.nwzonline.de/kultur/weser-ems/oldenburg-schriftsteller_a_50,1,2285552393.html Schriftsteller Klaus Dede gestorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • Rosemarie Schuder, German writer, 89 (born 1928)[https://www.mdr.de/kultur/rosemarie-schuder-gestorben-100.html Rosemarie Schuder ist tot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181925/https://www.mdr.de/kultur/rosemarie-schuder-gestorben-100.html |date=2018-05-12}}{{in lang|de}}
  • May 6 – Cirilo Bautista, Filipino writer and poet, 76 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/989319/qc-public-library-honors-national-artist-cirilo-f-bautista |title=QC Public Library honors National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=11 May 2018 |access-date=11 May 2018}}
  • Jamal Naji, Jordanian fiction writer, 63 (born 1954){{Cite news |url=http://en.royanews.tv/news/14193/2018-05-08 |title=Prominent Jordanian novelist Jamal Naji dies aged 64 |work=Ro'ya TV |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018}}
  • May 7 – Andreas Findig, Austrian writer, 56 (born 1933)[https://www.phantastiknews.de/index.php/literatur-news/15553-gestorben-andreas-findig-1961-2018 Gestorben: Andreas Findig (1961–2018)]{{in lang|de}}
  • Mikhail German, Russian writer, 85 (born 1933)[http://www.colta.ru/news/18005 Умер Михаил Герман]{{in lang|ru}}
  • May 9 – Murai Shimako (村井志摩子), Japanese playwright, 89 (born 1928)[http://www.sanspo.com/smp/geino/news/20180509/sot18050915270012-s.html 劇作家、演出家の村井志摩子さん死去 「広島の女」シリーズなど] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094439/https://www.sanspo.com/smp/geino/news/20180509/sot18050915270012-s.html |date=2018-08-01 }}{{in lang|ja}}
  • May 10 – Günther Haensch, German linguist and lexicographer, 95 (born 1923)[https://trauer-anzeigen.augsburger-allgemeine.de/detail/tra/tra002/art69,139617 Traueranzeigen] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143742/https://trauer-anzeigen.augsburger-allgemeine.de/detail/tra/tra002/art69,139617 |date=2018-06-12}}{{in lang|de}}
  • Adam Parfrey, American writer, editor and publisher (Feral House), 61 (born 1957){{Cite news |first=Bruce |last=Haring |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/adam-parfrey-dies-feral-house-publisher-author-and-editor-of-forbidden-knowledge-was-61-1202388142/ |title=Adam Parfrey Dies: Feral House Publisher, Author And Editor Of Forbidden Knowledge Was 61 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018}}
  • May 11 – Gérard Genette, French literary theorist, 87 (born 1930)[http://www.sudinfo.be/id53497/article/2018-05-11/le-monde-de-la-litterature-en-deuil-gerard-genette-est-decede-lage-de-87-ans Le monde de la littérature en deuil: Gérard Genette est décédé à l'âge de 87 ans] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512043557/http://www.sudinfo.be/id53497/article/2018-05-11/le-monde-de-la-litterature-en-deuil-gerard-genette-est-decede-lage-de-87-ans |date=May 12, 2018}}{{in lang|fr}}
  • Josh Greenfeld, American playwright and screenwriter, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |first=Rhett |last=Bartlett |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/josh-greenfeld-dead-harry-tonto-screenwriter-was-90-1113295 |title=Josh Greenfeld, "Harry and Tonto" Screenwriter, Dies at 90 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 May 2018 |access-date=19 May 2018}}
  • Peter Mayer, American publisher (The Overlook Press, Penguin Books), 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/publisher-peter-mayer-dies-at-age-82/2018/05/11/39b2a3c2-5541-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512024005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/publisher-peter-mayer-dies-at-age-82/2018/05/11/39b2a3c2-5541-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-05-12 |title=Publisher Peter Mayer dies at age 82 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}
  • May 13 – Balkavi Bairagi, Indian poet and politician, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/noted-lyricist-poet-politician-balkavi-bairagi-dies-in-mp-118051300644_1.html |title=Noted lyricist, poet, politician Balkavi Bairagi dies in MP |work=Business Standard }}
  • May 14 – John James, Welsh poet, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Johnson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/29/john-james-obituary |title=John James obituary |work=The Guardian |date=29 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018}}
  • May 15 – Balakumaran, Indian writer, 71 (born 1946){{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/veteran-tamil-novelist-balakumaran-dies-at-71/589638.html |title=Veteran Tamil novelist Balakumaran dies at 71 |work=The Tribune |date=15 May 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018}}
  • Tom Murphy, Irish playwright, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/fintan-o-toole-tom-murphy-documented-inner-history-of-modern-ireland-1.3496759 |title=Tom Murphy documented "inner history of modern Ireland" |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |date=15 May 2018 |access-date=16 May 2018}}
  • Barbara Nawrocka-Dońska, Polish journalist and feminist essayist, 93 (born 1924)[http://www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl/mapa/mapa.php?cment=PWZKI&rzad=2&kwatera=A%2033&grob=5&dane=+imie=+nazwisko=Nawrocka-Do%C5%84ska#kotwica Cmentarz Wojskowy] {{in lang|pl}}
  • May 16 – François Bréda, Romanian writer and literary critic, 62 (born 1956)[http://eletmod.transindex.ro/?hir=23238 Elhunyt Bréda Ferenc költő, író, műfordító – a Transindex.ro portálról]{{in lang|ro}}
  • Elena Gremina, Russian scriptwriter, director and playwright, 61 (born 1956)[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3629742 Умерла директор Театра.doc Елена Гремина]{{in lang|ru}}
  • Miriam T. Griffin, American classical scholar, Emeritus Fellow in Ancient History at Somerville College, 82 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/miriam-griffin-nee-dressler-6-6-1935-16-5-2018/ |title=Miriam Griffin (née Dressler) 6.6.1935–16.5.2018 |date=16 May 2018 |access-date=16 May 2018}}
  • May 17 – Inger Brattström, Swedish writer, 97 (born 1923)[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-inger-brattstrom-har-avlidit/ Författaren Inger Brattström har avlidit] {{in lang|sv}}
  • Craig Harbison, American art historian, 74 (born 1944){{Cite news |url=http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/obituary-craig-harbison-professor-emeritus |title=Obituary: Craig Harbison, Professor Emeritus of Art History |work=University of Massachusetts Amherst |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=29 May 2018}}
  • May 18 – John Ashdown-Hill, English historian and writer on late medieval English history, focusing on the House of York and Richard III of England, whose work led to the discovery of Richard III's remains, 69 (born 1949){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-44225404 |title=Richard III Find Historian John Ashdown-Hill dies at 69 |work=BBC News |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=23 May 2018}}
  • Liam Ó Muirthile, Irish poet, 68 (born 1950){{Cite news |first=Mark |last=Hilliard |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/cork-poet-liam-%C3%B3-muirthile-dead-at-68-1.3500607 |title=Cork poet Liam Ó Muirthile dead at 68 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=18 May 2018 |access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • May 19 – Bernard Lewis, Anglo-American Middle East historian and professor (Princeton University), 101 (born 1916){{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2e3bc6c6-600a-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68 |title=Bernard Lewis, historian of the Middle East, 1916–2018 |work=Financial Times }}
  • May 20 – Ramón Chao, Spanish anti-Francoist journalist (Le Monde, La Voz de Galicia) and writer, 82 (born 1935)[http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20180521/443748240632/muere-ramon-chao.html El escritor y periodista Ramón Chao muere a los 82 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • May 21 – António Arnault, Portuguese politician, poet and Grand Master of Grande Oriente Lusitano, Minister of Social Affairs (1978), 82 (born 1936)[https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/morreu-antonio-arnaut-pai-do-servico-nacional-de-saude-9361905.html Morreu António Arnaut, "pai" do Serviço Nacional de Saúde]{{in lang|pt}}
  • May 22 – Alberto Dines, Brazilian journalist (Jornal do Brasil, Grupo Abril, Observatório da Imprensa), writer and professor (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism), 86, (born 1932)[http://www.jb.com.br/pais/noticias/2018/05/22/morre-o-jornalista-alberto-dines-aos-86-anos/ Morre o jornalista Alberto Dines, aos 86 anos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728013310/http://www.jb.com.br/pais/noticias/2018/05/22/morre-o-jornalista-alberto-dines-aos-86-anos/ |date=2018-07-28 }}{{in lang|pt}}
  • May 23 – Vinod Bhatt, Indian humorist and biographer, 80 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-veteran-gujarati-writer-vinod-bhatt-dies-at-80-2618241 |title=Veteran Gujarati writer Vinod Bhatt dies at 80 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=24 May 2018}}
  • May 24 – Paul Harris, Scottish writer and publisher, 69 (born 1948){{Cite news |first=Gordon |last=Wright |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16263036.Obituary_-_Paul_Harris__publisher_and_journalist/ |title=Obituary – Paul Harris, publisher and journalist |work=The Herald|date=1 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018}}
  • May 26 – Mazhar Kaleem, Pakistani lawyer and novelist (Imran Series), 75 (born 1942){{Cite news |url=https://nation.com.pk/26-May-2018/renowned-novelist-mazhar-kaleem-passes-away |title=Popular spy-fiction novelist Mazhar Kaleem passes away |work=The Nation |date=26 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018}}{{Cite news |first=Jamil |last=Khan |url=http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/c46a3d21-73b8-4b9a-aa5d-c40bdd3012bc.aspx|title=Great Urdu writer Mazhar Kaleem passes away |work=The Gulf Today |date=26 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606171048/http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/c46a3d21-73b8-4b9a-aa5d-c40bdd3012bc.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2018}}
  • May 27 – Gardner Dozois, American science fiction writer (born 1947){{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/gardner-dozois-70-acclaimed-science-fiction-editor-20180529.html|title=Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor|last=Graham|first=Kristen A.|date=2018-05-29|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=2018-05-29}}
  • May 28 – Semavi Eyice, Turkish art historian (Istanbul University), 95 (born 1922)[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kitap-sanat/prof-dr-semavi-eyice-vefat-etti-40850762 Prof. Dr. Semavi Eyice vefat etti]{{in lang|tr}}
  • May 31 – M. L. Thangappa, Indian writer, 84 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/thangappa-passes-away/article24050651.ece |title=Thangappa passes away |work=The Hindu |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018}}
  • June 1
  • Poldy Bird, Argentine writer, 76 (born 1941)[https://www.pronto.com.ar/articulo/famosos/tristeza/20180602100042284629.html ¡Tristeza! Falleció la escritora Poly Bird] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140311/https://www.pronto.com.ar/articulo/famosos/tristeza/20180602100042284629.html |date=2018-06-12}} {{in lang|es}}
  • Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American scholar and author, 83 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=http://www.gazettenet.com/Smith-president-emerita-dies-17923891 |title=Smith's first woman president, acclaimed scholar Jill Ker Conway, dies at 83 |last=Schmeidel |first=Stacey |date=2 June 2018 |newspaper=Daily Hampshire Gazette |access-date=2 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
  • John Julius Norwich, English historian and travel writer, 88 (born 1929){{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/01/john-julius-norwich-writer-television-personality-obituary/ |title=John Julius Norwich, writer and television personality – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018}}
  • Michael Andrew Screech, English Renaissance scholar, 92 (born 1926){{Cite news |first=Lord Harries |last=Rt Revd |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/22-june/gazette/obituaries/obituary-the-revd-professor-michael-screech |title=Obituary: The Revd Professor Michael Screech |work=Church Times |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=22 June 2018}}
  • June 3 – Alessandra Appiano, Italian writer and journalist, 59 (born 1959)[http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/06/03/news/morta_milano_scrittrice_alessandra_appiano-198049415 Addio ad Alessandra Appiano, una scrittrice dalla parte delle donne: aveva 59 anni]{{in lang|it}}
  • Gilbert Trausch, Luxembourg historian, 86 (born 1931)[https://www.wort.lu/de/kultur/historiker-gilbert-trausch-gestorben-5b153a43c1097cee25b8a92f Historiker Gilbert Trausch gestorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Russian-born American writer, 99 (born 1918){{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kitsapsun/obituary.aspx?pid=189314025 |title=Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne |work=Legacy.com|date=3 June 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018}}
  • June 4 – Abhimanyu Unnuth, Mauritian writer, 80 (born 1937)[http://ionnews.mu/necrologie-deces-de-lecrivain-abhimanyu-unnuth-040618/ Nécrologie: Décès de l'écrivain Abhimanyu Unnuth]{{in lang|fr}}
  • June 5 – Daša Drndić, Croatian radio playwright (Radio Belgrade) and novelist (Sonnenschein), 71 (born 1946){{Cite news |first=Alison |last=Flood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/06/dasa-drndic-unflinching-croatian-novelist-dies-aged-71 |title=Daša Drndić, "unflinching" Croatian novelist, dies aged 71 |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}}
  • June 6 – Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet, 89 (born 1929)[http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/planeta.300.html:731674-Preminuo-Mateja-Matevski Preminuo Mateja Matevski] {{in lang|sr}}
  • David McFadden, Canadian poet and travel writer, 77 (born 1940){{Cite news |first=Deborah |last=Dundas |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/06/06/toronto-poet-david-mcfadden-dies-at-age-77.html |title=Toronto poet David McFadden dies at age 77 |work=Toronto Star |date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}}
  • Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, English poet, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1964–1970, 1974–1976), 102 (born 1916){{Cite news |first=Francis |last=Elliott |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/mary-wilson-widow-of-the-prime-minister-harold-wilson-dies-aged-102-zxnljdgrv |title=Mary Wilson, widow of the prime minister Harold Wilson, dies aged 102 |work=The Times |date=7 June 2018 |access-date=7 June 2018}}
  • June 7 – Philippe de Baleine, French writer, 96 (born 1921).[http://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/deces-du-journaliste-et-ecrivain-philippe-de-baleine-qui-avait-inspire-a-herge-un-personnage-de-tintin-5b200b6755326301e77d3e4f Décès du journaliste et écrivain Philippe de Baleine, qui avait inspiré à Hergé un personnage de Tintin]{{in lang|fr}}
  • June 8
  • Per Ahlmark, Swedish politician and writer (born 1939){{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/per-ahlmark-ar-dod/|title=Per Ahlmark|work=Expressen|date=8 June 2018 |access-date=June 9, 2018}}
  • Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality (born 1956){{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html|title=Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=June 8, 2018|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Liu Yichang, Hong Kong novelist, editor and publisher, a founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, 99 (born 1918){{Cite news |first=Siu |last=Xinqi |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2150017/liu-yichang-hong-kong-author-whose-works-inspired-wong-kar |title=Liu Yichang, Hong Kong author whose works inspired Wong Kar-wai films, dies at 99 |work=South China Morning Post |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=9 June 2018}}
  • June 15 – Raoul Van Caenegem, Belgian historian, 90 (born 1927)[https://standenenlanden.blogspot.com/2018/06/in-memoriam-raoul-van-caenegem.html In memoriam Raoul Van Caenegem]{{in lang|nl}}
  • Macdara Woods, Irish poet, 76 (born 1942){{Cite news |first=Gerard |last=Smyth |author-link=Gerard Smyth |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/noted-irish-poet-macdara-woods-dies-at-age-76-1.3533716 |title=Noted Irish poet Macdara Woods dies at age 76 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=17 June 2018 |access-date=17 June 2018}}
  • June 17 – Andrei Ivanovich Stepanov, Soviet-born Russian diplomat and writer, 88 (born 1930)[https://mgimo.ru/about/news/main/ushel-iz-zhizni-posol-stepanov/ Ушел из жизни посол А.И.Степанов — ректор МГИМО в 1990–1992 гг]{{in lang|ru}}
  • June 18 – Paul Gratzik, German writer, 82 (born 1936)[https://www.jungewelt.de/m/artikel/334479.paul-gratzik-gestorben.html Paul Gratzik gestorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • Nathan Shaham, Israeli writer, 93 (born 1925)[https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5290453,00.html הסופר והמחזאי נתן שחם הלך לעולמו בגיל 93]{{in lang|he}}
  • Marta Terry González, Cuban librarian, 87 (born 1931)[http://www.bnjm.cu/la-biblioteca/noticias/bnjm/fallece-la-destacada-bibliotecaria-cubana-marta-terry-gonzlez Fallece la destacada bibliotecaria cubana Marta Terry González] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619012707/http://www.bnjm.cu/la-biblioteca/noticias/bnjm/fallece-la-destacada-bibliotecaria-cubana-marta-terry-gonzlez |date=2018-06-19}}{{in lang|es}}
  • June 19 – Stanley Cavell, American philosopher, 91 (born 1926){{Cite news |first=Christopher |last=Benfey |url=http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/06/20/stanley-cavell-1926-2018/ |title=Stanley Cavell, 1926–2018 |work=New York Review of Books |date=20 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018}}
  • Ivan Drach, Ukrainian poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1990–1994, 1998–2000, 2002–2006), 81 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2483313-ukrainian-poet-ivan-drach-dies-at-81.html |title=Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach dies at 81 |work=Ukrinform |date=19 June 2018 |access-date=19 June 2018}}
  • Frank Vickery, Welsh playwright, 67 (born 1951){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44537357 |title=Playwright Frank Vickery dies after short illness |work=BBC News |date=19 June 2018|access-date=19 June 2018}}
  • June 20 – Sándor Kányádi, Hungarian poet and translator, 89 (born 1929)[http://www.origo.hu/kultura/20180620-meghalt-kanyadi-sandor-kolto.html Meghalt Kányádi Sándor]{{in lang|hu}}
  • Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani banker, writer and humorist, 94 (born 1923){{Cite news |first=Abul |last=Hasanat |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1738494/1-mushtaq-yousufi-humourist-master-craftsman/ |title=Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi – a legendary humourist and master craftsman |work=The Express Tribune |date=20 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018}}
  • June 21 – Oldřich Král, Czech sinologist and translator, 87 (born 1930){{Cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/23/c_137276039.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213652/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/23/c_137276039.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |title=Czech famous sinologist Oldrich Kral dies at 87 |work=Xinhua News Agency |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=23 June 2018}}
  • Eric Stanley, English literary scholar and historian, 94 (born 1923){{Cite news |url=http://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-eric-stanley/ |title=Professor Eric Stanley |work=Pembroke College, Oxford |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=21 June 2018}}
  • June 22 – Nahum Korzhavin, Russian-American poet, 92 (born 1925)[https://meduza.io/news/2018/06/22/umer-poet-naum-korzhavin Умер поэт Наум Коржавин]{{in lang|ru}}
  • June 23 – Donald Hall, American poet, former U.S. Poet Laureate, 89 (born 1926){{Cite news |first1=David |last1=Mehegan |first2=Joseph P. |last2=Kahn |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/06/24/donald-hall-former-poet-laureate/hGJudegZ2p6DkzIshiWvpO/story.html |title=Donald Hall, former US poet laureate, dies at 89 |work=The Boston Globe |date=24 June 2018 |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403035058/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/06/24/donald-hall-former-poet-laureate/hGJudegZ2p6DkzIshiWvpO/story.html |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}
  • Richard Lowitt, American historian, 96 (born 1922){{Cite news |url=http://concordfuneral.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-Lowitt-106211626 |title=Obituary for Dr. Richard Lowitt |work=Concord Funeral Home |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=23 June 2018}}
  • Phan Huy Lê, Vietnamese historian, 84 (born 1934)[https://tuoitre.vn/giao-su-su-hoc-phan-huy-le-qua-doi-o-tuoi-84-20180623145149509.htm Giáo sư sử học Phan Huy Lê qua đời ở tuổi 84] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623124340/https://tuoitre.vn/giao-su-su-hoc-phan-huy-le-qua-doi-o-tuoi-84-20180623145149509.htm |date=2018-06-23}}{{in lang|vi}}
  • June 24 – Keith Bosley, English poet and translator, 80 (born 1937)[https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000005745872.html Keith Bosley 1937–2018]{{in lang|fi}}
  • June 26 – Andrey Dementyev, Russian poet, 89 (born 1928)[http://tass.ru/kultura/5323861 Умер поэт Андрей Дементьев]{{in lang|ru}}
  • June 28 – François Bluche, French historian, 92 (born 1925)[https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/bluche-francois/71531930584b4da9b903b18ee21b7b11 Professeur François Bluche]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Domenico Losurdo, Italian Marxist philosopher and historian (Liberalism: A Counter-History), 76 (born 1941)[https://www.ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it/2018/06/28/pci-ancona-cordoglio-per-la-scomparsa-del-compagno-losurdo/ PCI Ancona: cordoglio per la scomparsa del Compagno Losurdo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702185512/https://www.ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it/2018/06/28/pci-ancona-cordoglio-per-la-scomparsa-del-compagno-losurdo/ |date=2020-07-02 }}{{in lang|it}}
  • Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer, 81 (born 1936)[https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2018-07/schriftstellerin-christine-noestlinger-kinderbuecher-oesterreich-autorin-tod Christine Nöstlinger ist tot]{{in lang|de}}
  • June 30 – Timothy Murphy, American poet, 67 (born 1951){{Cite news |url=https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/tim-murphy-poet-of-plains-and-pheasants-dies-in-fargo/article_818abbe1-ffa7-5207-9fb2-fa283b72547a.html |title=Tim Murphy, poet of Plains and pheasants, dies in Fargo |work=The Bismarck Tribune }}
  • Fuat Sezgin, Turkish Islamic science historian (Goethe University Frankfurt), 93 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/famous-turkish-historian-fuat-sezgin-dies-at-age-95-134003 |title=Turkish historian Fuat Sezgin dies at age 95 |work=Hürriyet |date=30 June 2018 |access-date=30 June 2018}}
  • July 1 – Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian historian, 72 (born 1945){{Cite news |url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/07/02/bozhidar-dimitrov-former-minister-and-history-museum-director-dies-aged-72/ |title=Bozhidar Dimitrov, Former Minister And History Museum Director, Dies Aged 72 |work=The Sofia Globe |date=2 July 2018 |access-date=2 July 2018}}
  • July 2 – Meic Stephens, Welsh writer and editor ([https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales], [http://www.walesartsreview.org/library-of-wales-poetry-1900-2000-edited-by-meic-stephens/ Library of Wales: Poetry 1900–2000]), 79 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44699274 |title=Prolific Welsh journalist and scholar Meic Stephens dies |work=BBC News |date=3 July 2018 |access-date=3 July 2018}}
  • July 3 – Thérèse Kleindienst, French librarian, 101 (born 1916)[http://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/actualite/deces-therese-kleindienst-prom-1939 Décès de Thérèse Kleindienst (prom. 1939)]{{in lang|fr}}
  • July 4 – Rogelio Mangahas, Filipino poet and writer, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/659154/renowned-poet-rogelio-mangahas-has-passed-away-at-79/story/ |title=Renowned poet Rogelio Mangahas has passed away at 79 |work=GMA Network |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=4 July 2018}}
  • July 5 – François Budet, French singer-songwriter, novelist, and poet, 78 (born 1940)[https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/medias-people/disparition-de-francois-budet-il-etait-un-peu-comme-un-grand-frere-disent-ses-amis-chanteurs-1530814909 Disparition de François Budet : "il était un peu comme un grand frère" disent ses amis chanteurs]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Gerald Messadié, French essayist and novelist, 87 (born 1931)[http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-et-biographe-gerald-messadie-est-mort L'écrivain et biographe Gerald Messadié est mort] {{in lang|fr}}
  • Michel Suffran, French novelist, 87 (born 1931)[https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/bordeaux-deces-ecrivain-michel-suffran-1507833.html Bordeaux: décès de l'écrivain Michel Suffran]{{in lang|fr}}
  • July 6 – Amritlal Vegad, Indian writer, 89 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/amritlal-vegad-passes-away-at-90-he-continued-narmada-parikrama-till-age-of-88/1311750 |title=Amritlal Vegad passes away at 90, he continued Narmada Parikrama till age of 88 |work=The Free Press Journal |date=7 July 2018 |access-date=7 July 2018}}
  • July 7 – Peter Sawyer, English historian, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/forstaff/news/article/6218/emeritus_professor_peter_sawyer |title=Emeritus Professor Peter Sawyer |work=University of Leeds}}
  • July 8 – Anthony Kirk-Greene, English historian, 93 (born 1925){{Cite news |url=http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/obituaries/anthony-kirk-greene |title=Anthony Kirk-Greene |work=St Antony's College, Oxford |access-date=2018-07-26 |archive-date=2018-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811152837/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/obituaries/anthony-kirk-greene |url-status=dead }}
  • July 10 – Clive King, English writer, 94 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44823636 |title=Stig of the Dump author Clive King dies |work=BBC News |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=13 July 2018}}
  • July 13 – Atukwei Okai, Ghanaian poet and academic (University of Ghana), 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/prof-atukwei-okai-dies-at-age-77.html |title=Prof Atukwei Okai dies at age 77 |work=Daily Graphic |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=13 July 2018}}
  • Claude Seignolle, French writer, 101 (born 1917)[https://www.actualitte.com/article/reportages/claude-seignolle-l-insaisissable-centenaire/65674 Claude Seignolle, l'insaisissable centenaire]{{in lang|fr}}
  • July 14 – Petr Weigl, Czech director, playwright and dramaturge, 79 (born 1939)[https://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/zemrel-petr-weigl-0m1-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A180715_161120_filmvideo_spm Zemřel režisér Petr Weigl, tvůrce Radúze a Mahuleny či Rusalky]{{in lang|cs}}
  • July 17 – Radoslav Nenadál, Czech writer and English-language translator, 88 (born 1929)[https://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/umrti-radoslav-nenadal-prekladatel-dus-/literatura.aspx?c=A180717_125517_literatura_kiz Zemřel Radoslav Nenadál. Do češtiny přeložil Sophiinu volbu i Hemingwaye]{{in lang|cs}}
  • Hugh Whitemore, English playwright, 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |first=Michael |last=Coveney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/18/hugh-whitemore-obituary |title=Hugh Whitemore obituary |work=The Guardian |date=18 July 2018 |access-date=18 Jul 2018}}
  • July 18 – Anne Olivier Bell, English literary editor and art scholar, member of the Monuments Men Brigade, 102 (born 1916){{Cite news |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/obituaries/anne-olivier-bell-editor-of-virginia-woolf-diaries-dies-at-102.html |title=Anne Olivier Bell, Editor of Virginia Woolf Diaries, Dies at 102 |work=The New York Times |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}}
  • Ling Li (凌力), Chinese historical novelist and missile engineering technologist, 76 (born 1942)[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2018-07-18/doc-ihfnsvza3062272.shtml 历史小说家凌力逝世 曾以《少年天子》获茅盾奖]{{in lang|zh}}
  • July 26 – Sha Yexin (沙叶新), Chinese playwright and political activist, 79 (born 1939)[https://xw.qq.com/ent/20180727012946/ENT2018072701294600 著名剧作家沙叶新去世 曾在《围城》中饰演曹元朗] {{in lang|zh}}
  • July 27 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian linguist, intellectual and sexologist, 80 (born 1938)[https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1286540-marco-aurelio-denegri-fallecio-80-anos-funcion-palabra A los 80 años falleció Marco Aurelio Denegri]{{in lang|es}}
  • August 4 – Lluïsa Forrellad, Spanish writer, 91 (born 1927)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/04/actualidad/1533401327_756668.html Muere la escritora Lluïsa Forrellad, ganadora del Premio Nadal en 1953]{{in lang|es}}
  • Anita Miller, American writer, publisher and co-founder of Academy Chicago Publishers, 91, (born 1926){{Cite news |first=Sam |last=Roberts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/obituaries/anita-miller-author-and-eclectic-publisher-dies-at-91.html |title=Anita Miller, Who Battled John Cheever's Family, Dies at 91 |work=The New York Times |date=9 August 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018}}
  • August 5 – Matthew Sweeney, Irish poet, 65 (born 1952){{Cite news |first=Bill |last=Swainson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/09/matthew-sweeney-obituary |title=Matthew Sweeney obituary: Prolific poet whose darkly humorous fables expressed the strangeness of the world with a sense of delight |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809223953/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/09/matthew-sweeney-obituary |archive-date=9 August 2018}}
  • August 6 – Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan, Bangladeshi military officer and writer, 66 (born 1952)[http://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1548416 কামরুল হাসান ভূঁইয়া আর নেই]{{in lang|bn}}
  • Christian Habicht, German historian (Ancient Greece), 92 (born 1926)[https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/sag/christian_habicht.html Nachruf auf Christian Habicht auf der Website des Seminars für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik der Universität Heidelberg]{{in lang|de}}
  • Leonard Lewinsohn, American Islamic scholar, 64–65 (born 1953){{Cite news |url=http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/staff/lewisohn/ |title=Dr. Leonard Lewinsohn |work=University of Exeter}}
  • Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet, 49 (born 1968){{Cite news |first=Grant |last=Blankenship |url=https://www.macon.com/news/local/article216192650.html |title=Macon poet who was diagnosed with cancer while pregnant dies |publisher=The Telegraph (Macon) |date=6 August 2018 |access-date=6 August 2018}}
  • August 7 – Andrew Coburn, American fiction writer, essayist and newspaper columnist, 86 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=189878086 |title=Andrew Coburn |work=Legacy.com |date=12 August 2018 |access-date=12 August 2018}}
  • Joel H. Silbey, American historian, 84 (born 1933){{Cite news |first=Daniel |last=Aloi |url=http://as.cornell.edu/news/joel-silbey-emeritus-professor-history-dies-84 |title=Joel Silbey, emeritus professor of history, dies at 84 |work=Cornell Chronicle |date=9 August 2018 |access-date=9 August 2018}}
  • Robley Wilson, American writer, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=Tammy |last=Wells |url=https://www.journaltribune.com/articles/front-page/prize-winning-author-sanford-native-dies-in-florida/ |title=Prize-winning author, Sanford native, dies in Florida |work=Journal Tribune |date=15 August 2018 |access-date=15 August 2018}}
  • August 8 (actual date) or 9 (official date) – Mario Alinei, Italian linguist, 91 (born 1926){{Cite news |url=https://durvate.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/na-marcha-do-prof-mario-alinei-1926-2018/ |title=Na marcha do Prof. Mario Alinei (1926–2018) |work=Irmandade Druídica Galaica |date=13 August 2018 |access-date=13 August 2018|quote=Correction: We have been informed that, although Prof. Alinei passed shortly before midnight on the 8th to the 9th, technical reasons led the medical team to certify the official date of death on the 9th. We amend then the date and replace 8 for 9.}}[https://profs.library.uu.nl/index.php/profrec/getprofdata/28/9/583/0 Prof. Dr. M. L. Alineï (1926–2018)]{{in lang|nl}}
  • Robert Hugh Ferrell, American historian, 97 (born 1921){{Cite news |first=James |last=Grant |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-h-ferrell-a-historian-of-breadth-and-clarity-1534544534 |title=Robert H. Ferrell, a Historian of Breadth and Clarity |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=17 August 2018}}
  • August 10 – William Corbett, American poet, 75 (born 1942){{Cite news |first=Laney |last=Ruckstuhl |url=http://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/08/10/esteemed-poet-and-longtime-boston-resident-dies-at-75 |title=William Corbett, Esteemed Poet And Longtime Boston Resident, Dies At 75 |work=WBUR-FM |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=10 August 2018}}
  • Mahmut Makal, Turkish writer, 88 (born 1930)[https://www.sozcu.com.tr/hayatim/kultur-sanat-haberleri/koy-edebiyati-akiminin-baslaticisi-mahmut-makal-vefat-etti/ Köy edebiyatı akımının başlatıcısı Mahmut Makal vefat etti]{{in lang|tr}}
  • August 11 – Pierre Coustillas, French University of Lille academic and literary scholar specialising in George Gissing, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=D. J. |last=Taylor |author-link=D. J. Taylor (writer)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/27/pierre-coustillas-obituary |title=Pierre Coustillas obituary |work=The Guardian |date=27 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018}}
  • Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, Trinidad-born British novelist and 2001 Nobel Prize laureate, 85 (born 1932){{Cite news |first=Sylvia |last=Hui |url=http://www.startribune.com/family-nobel-prize-winning-author-v-s-naipaul-dies-at-85/490640861/ |title=Family: Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85 |work=Star Tribune |date=12 August 2018 |access-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812113201/http://www.startribune.com/family-nobel-prize-winning-author-v-s-naipaul-dies-at-85/490640861/ |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • August 12 – Michael Scott Rohan, Scottish fantasy and science fiction writer, 67 (born 1951){{Cite news |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/08/michael-scott-rohan-1951-2018/ |title=Michael Scott Rohan (1951–2018) |work=Locus |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=14 August 2018}}
  • Steven T. Ross, American military historian, 81 (born 1937){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newportri/obituary.aspx?pid=189906220 |title=Steven Ross |work=The Newport Daily News |date=14–15 August 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018}}
  • August 13 – John Calder, Canadian-born British publisher who founded Calder Publishing in 1949, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Heloise |last=Wood |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/towering-opponent-censorship-calder-dies-aged-91-847376 |title='Towering' opponent of censorship John Calder dies aged 91 |work=The Bookseller |date=15 August 2018 |access-date=15 August 2018}}
  • Georges Hausemer, Luxembourg fiction, travelogue and non-fiction writer, and translator from French, English, Spanish and Luxembourgeois into German, who sometimes worked as an illustrator using the pseudonym 'Theo Selmer, 92, 61 (born 1957)[http://www.tageblatt.lu/headlines/der-luxemburger-schriftsteller-georges-hausemer-61-ist-tot/ Der Luxemburger Schriftsteller Georges Hausemer (61) ist tot] {{in lang|lb}}
  • Ann Moss {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FBA}}, English literary historian, 80 (born 1938){{Cite news |url=https://causeway.education/professor-ann-moss/ |title=In Memoriam: Emerita Professor Ann Moss FBA |work=Causeway Education |access-date=2018-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909150648/https://causeway.education/professor-ann-moss/ |archive-date=2018-09-09 |url-status=dead}}
  • August 14 – Chemmanam Chacko, Indian poet, 92 (born 1926)[https://shabd.in/news/101061/malyalam-ke-jane-mane-kavi-si-chako-ka-nidhan मलयालम के जाने माने कवि सी चाको का निधन] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815164352/https://shabd.in/news/101061/malyalam-ke-jane-mane-kavi-si-chako-ka-nidhan |date=2018-08-15}} {{in lang|hi}}
  • Eduard Uspensky, Russian children's writer (Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat), poet, playwright and screenwriter, 80 (born 1937){{Cite news |first=Nash |last=Konston |url=https://bobrtimes.com/died-eduard-uspensky/88507/ |title=Died Eduard Uspensky |work=The Bobr Times |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=14 August 2018}}
  • August 15 – Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri, Algerian Islamic scholar and writer, 97 (born 1921)[https://www.aljamaa.net/ar/tag/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A/ أبو بكر الجزائري]{{in lang|ar}}
  • Allan Rune Pettersson, Swedish writer (Frankenstein's Aunt, Frankenstein's Aunt Returns), 82 (born 1936)[https://www.dn.se/familj/dodsannonser/#/CaseDn/533818?query=allan%20rune Dödsannons]{{in lang|sv}}
  • Sterling Stuckey, American historian specialising in slavery and Afro-American culture, 86 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/sterling-stuckey-obituary?pid=189964493 |title=Sterling Stuckey |work=Legacy.com}}
  • August 16 – Benny Andersen, Danish poet, short story writer, children's writer and pianist, 88 (born 1929)[https://politiken.dk/kultur/art6664988/Forfatteren-Benny-Andersen-er-d%C3%B8d Forfatteren Benny Andersen er død]{{in lang|da}}
  • George Athan Billias, American historian, 99 (born 1919){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary.aspx?pid=189978285 |title=George Billias |work=Legacy.com |date=17–19 August 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018}}
  • Wakako Yamauchi, Japanese American playwright whose works were influential in Asian-American theatre, 93 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=http://www.rafu.com/2018/08/obituary-playwright-wakako-yamauchi-remembered-for-and-the-soul-shall-dance/ |title=Obituary: Playwright Wakako Yamauchi, Remembered for "And The Soul Shall Dance" |work=Rafu Shimpo |date=24 August 2018 |access-date=24 August 2018}}
  • August 17 – Jeremy Catto, English historian, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/about-college/news-events/news/dr-jeremy-catto-1939-2018 |title=Dr Jeremy Catto 1939–2018 |work=Oriel College, Oxford |date=20 August 2018 |access-date=20 August 2018}}
  • Halima Xudoyberdiyeva, Uzbekistani nationalist, liberationist, feminist writer and poet, 71 (born 1947)[https://korrespondent.uz/16853 O'zbekiston xalq shoirasi Halima Xudoyberdiyeva vafot etdi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821062619/https://korrespondent.uz/16853 |date=2018-08-21 }}{{in lang|uz}}
  • August 18 – Tom Clark, American poet, biographer and poetry editor of The Paris Review between 1963 and 1973, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |first=Tracey |last=Taylor |url=https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/08/18/tom-clark-renowned-poet-and-biographer-dies-in-north-berkeley-traffic-collision |title=Tom Clark, renowned poet and biographer, dies in Berkeley crash |work=Berkeleyside |date=18 August 2018 |access-date=18 August 2018}}
  • Eduard Frolov, Russian historian, Head of Department of History of Ancient Greece and Rome at Saint Petersburg State University in 1971–2015 and member of the Journal of Ancient History editorial board, 85 (born 1933)[https://spbu.ru/news-events/novosti/pamyati-eduarda-davidovicha-frolova Памяти Эдуарда Давидовича Фролова]{{in lang|ru}}
  • Henk Wesseling, Dutch historian, 81 (born 1937)[https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2459901/scriptiebegeleider-willem-alexander-overleden Scriptiebegeleider Willem-Alexander overleden]{{in lang|nl}}
  • August 20 – Matthew Aid, American military historian specializing in signal intelligence and history of National Security Agency, 60 (born 1958){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/matthew-m-aid-independent-researcher-who-wrote-a-history-of-the-nsa-dies-at-60/2018/08/28/31f99e98-aad6-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html |title=Matthew M. Aid, independent researcher who wrote a history of the NSA, dies at 60 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=28 August 2018 |access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • August 21 – John Christgau, American writer on sports and his country's history, 84 (born 1934){{Cite news |first=Zachary |last=Clark |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/life-of-author-educator-celebrated/article_dd074f62-a822-11e8-bbdf-0ffa9aea8208.html |title=Life of author, educator celebrated: Longtime Belmont fixture John Christgau dies at 84 |work=San Mateo Daily Journal |date=25 August 2018 |access-date=25 August 2018}}
  • Vesna Krmpotić, Croatian writer, translator 1999 Vladimir Nazor Award recipient and 2013 Tin Ujević Award recipient, 86 (born 1932)[https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/preminula-istaknuta-hrvatska-pjesnikinja-vesna-krmpotic-20180821 Preminula istaknuta hrvatska pjesnikinja Vesna Krmpotić]{{in lang|hr}}
  • Hanna Mina, Syrian novelist, 94 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria/prominent-syrian-novelist-dies-at-age-94-1.2269125 |title=Prominent Syrian novelist dies at age 94: Most of his works focused on class and the struggle of ordinary people |work=Gulf News |date=21 August 2018 |access-date=21 August 2018}}
  • August 22 – Jesús Torbado, Spanish writer and 1965 Alfaguara Prize recipient, 75 (born 1943)[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/23/actualidad/1535036586_017688.html Jesús Torbado, existencialista de 'Las corrupciones']{{in lang|es}}
  • August 23 – Cindy Haug, Norwegian writer, 61 (born 1956)[https://bok365.no/artikkel/cindy-haug-har-gatt-bort/ Cindy Haug har gått bort]{{in lang|no}}
  • Ann Ireland, Canadian novelist, writing instructor and past president of PEN Canada, 65 (born 1953){{Cite news |first=Jane |last=van Koeverden |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadian-novelist-ann-ireland-dead-at-65-1.4801565 |title=Canadian novelist Ann Ireland dead at 65 |work=CBC News |date=28 August 2018 |access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • Franck Venaille, French poet and 1996 Prix Mallarmé recipient, 81 (born 1936)[https://www.telerama.fr/livre/le-grand-poete-franck-venaille-est-mort,n5776163.php Le grand poète Franck Venaille est mort] {{in lang|fr}}
  • August 24 – Stanley Morgan, English thriller writer, 88 (born 1929){{Cite news |first=Anders |last=Frejdh |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/memoriam/stanley_morgan_1929_2018 |title=In Memoriam of Dr No actor Stanley Morgan (1929–2018) |work=From Sweden With Love |date=11 September 2018 |access-date=11 September 2018}}
  • Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, 93 (born 1925){{Cite news |url=https://english.sta.si/2546213/poet-ciril-zlobec-dies-aged-93 |title=Poet Ciril Zlobec dies, aged 93 |work=Slovenian Press Agency |date=24 August 2018 |access-date=24 August 2018}}
  • August 26 – Hamsad Rangkuti, Indonesian short story writer, 75 (born 1943){{Cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/08/26/literary-legend-hamsad-rangkuti-dies-at-75.html|title=Literary legend Hamsad Rangkuti dies at 75|work=The Jakarta Post|date=26 August 2018|access-date=26 August 2018}}
  • Neil Simon, American playwright (Biloxi Blues, The Odd Couple), 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner (Lost in Yonkers) and 1965, 1985 and 1991 Tony winner, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Charles |last=Isherwood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/obituaries/neil-simon-dead.html |title=Neil Simon, a Master of Comedy on Broadway and Beyond, Is Dead at 91 |work=The New York Times |date=26 August 2018 |access-date=26 August 2018}}
  • August 28 – Josep Fontana, Spanish historian and Pompeu Fabra University academic, 86 (born 1931)[https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/08/28/cultura/1535445987_866453.html Mor amb 86 anys l'historiador Josep Fontana]{{in lang|ca}}
  • August 29 – Carilda Oliver Labra, Cuban poet, 96 (born 1922)[https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/cuba-es/article217506105.html Fallece la poetisa cubana Carilda Oliver Labra a los 96 años]{{in lang|es}}
  • August 30 – Peter Corris, Australian academic, historian, journalist and novelist of historical and crime fiction, 76 (born 1942){{Cite news |first=Jason |last=Steger |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/peter-corris-the-godfather-of-australian-crime-fiction-has-died-20180830-h14qj6.htmld |title=Peter Corris, the godfather of Australian crime fiction, has died |work=The Canberra Times |date=31 August 2018 |access-date=31 August 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
  • August 31 – Ian Jones, author and television writer and director, 86 (born 1931){{Cite news |last1=Bunn |first1=Anthony |title=Author Ian Jones, who wrote about the life of bushranger Ned Kelly, has died at the age of 86 |url=https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/5619672/ned-kelly-biographer-ian-jones-dies/ |access-date=31 August 2018 |work=Border Mail |publisher=Fairfax Ltd. |date=31 August 2018}}
  • Amanda Kyle Williams, American novelist of crime fiction, 61 (born 1957){{Cite news |first=Helena |last=Oliviero |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/amanda-kyle-williams-best-selling-crime-writer-dies/cNzrcW3xQWnfluu31CAkYM/ |title=Amanda Kyle Williams, best-selling crime, writer dies at 61 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=31 August 2018 |access-date=31 August 2018}}
  • September 1 – Margit Sandemo, Norwegian Swedish writer of historical fantasy works such as The Legend of the Ice People, 94 (born 1924)[https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/MgrwyR/forfatter-margit-sandemo-er-doed Margit Sandemo er død] {{in lang|no}}
  • Mykola Shytyuk, Ukrainian historian, 64 (born 1953)[https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/09/2/7190850/ У Миколаєві вбили відомого вченого-дослідника Голодомору – ЗМІ]{{in lang|uk}}
  • Ehsan Yarshater, Iranian historian, linguist and Iranologist who was director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University, 98 (born 1920)[http://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-38251485 درگذشت احسان یارشاطر؛ مردی که زبان فارسی وطنش بود]{{in lang|fa}}
  • September 3 – Rama Chowdhury, Bangladeshi writer, 81 (born 1937){{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/country/birangana-rama-chowdhury-passes-away-bangladesh-liberation-war-1628395 |title=Ekattorer Janani passes away |newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=4 September 2018}}
  • September 5 – Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist, 84 (born 1934){{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarati-author-bhagwatikumar-sharma-dies-118090500648_1.html |title=Gujarati author Bhagwatikumar Sharma dies |work=Business Standard |date=5 September 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018}}
  • Priscila Uppal, Canadian poet, novelist, playwright and teacher of creative writing, 43 (born 1974){{Cite news |first=Deborah |last=Dundas |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/09/05/poet-priscila-uppal-dies-at-44-a-genuine-spirit-is-gone.html |title=Poet Priscila Uppal dies at 44 — "a genuine spirit is gone" |work=Toronto Star |date=5 September 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018}}
  • September 6 – Salawat Gallyamov, Russian linguist, 58 (born 1959)[https://gtrk.tv/novosti/99151-ufe-59-let-umer-bashkirskiy-uchenyy-salavat-gallyamov В Уфе в 59 лет умер башкирский ученый Салават Галлямов] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164558/https://gtrk.tv/novosti/99151-ufe-59-let-umer-bashkirskiy-uchenyy-salavat-gallyamov |date=2018-09-08 }}{{in lang|ru}}
  • Gilbert Lazard, French linguist, Iranologist and translator of classical Persian poetry, 98 (born 1920){{Cite news |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/427273/French-Iranologist-Gilbert-Lazard-dies-at-98 |title=French Iranologist Gilbert Lazard dies at 98 |work=Tehran Times |date=8 September 2018 |access-date=8 September 2018}}
  • September 7 – Gaston-Armand Amaudruz, Swiss neo-fascist political philosopher, 97 (born 1920)[http://grandfacho.com/deces-du-nationaliste-suisse-gaston-armand-amaudruz/ Décès du nationaliste suisse Gaston-Armand Amaudruz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164803/http://grandfacho.com/deces-du-nationaliste-suisse-gaston-armand-amaudruz/ |date=2018-09-10}}{{in lang|fr}}
  • September 8 – Christopher Harper-Bill, English medieval historian focusing on "the ecclesiastical history of England from the Norman Conquest to the eve of the Reformation" and editing episcopal and monastic records, 71 (born 1947){{Cite news |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/227317/harper |title=Harper-Bill}}
  • September 9 – Adrian C. Louis, American Lovelock Paiute tribe writer whose work focused on poverty, alcoholism and social problems, 72 (born 1946){{Cite news |url=https://www.hamiltonfh.com/obituaries/Adrian-Louis/|title=Adrian C. Louis |work=Hamilton Funeral Home & Cremation Services}}
  • John W. Rogerson, English Anglican priest, theologian, biblical scholar and Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=http://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/thestar-uk/obituary.aspx?n=john-rogerson&pid=190236749 |title=John Rogerson|work=Legacy.com |date=17 September 2018 |access-date=17 September 2018}}
  • September 10 – Paul Virilio, French philosopher of aesthetics, cultural theorist and urbanist, 86 (born 1932)[https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/09/18/mort-de-paul-virilio-penseur-de-l-acceleration-du-monde_1679527 Mort de Paul Virilio, penseur de l'accélération du monde]{{in lang|fr}}
  • September 12 – Ronald Carter {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE|FRSA|AcSS}}, English linguist and founding member of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, 71 (born 1947){{Cite news |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/news/2018-19/emeritus-professor-ronald-carter-1947-2018-obituary.aspx |title=Emeritus Professor Ronald Carter 1947–2018 Obituary |work=University of Nottingham |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018}}
  • Albert Ullin {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}}, German Australian children's bookseller and founder of Australia's first children's bookstore-The Little Bookroom, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/classifieds/ad/3027077/ |title=Ullin. – Albert Henry |work=Legacy.com |date=14 September 2018 |access-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223343/https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/classifieds/ad/3027077/ |archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • September 13 – Guido Ceronetti, Italian poet, philosopher, playwright, puppeteer and translator, 91 (born 1927)[https://www.lettera43.it/it/articoli/cultura-e-spettacolo/2018/09/13/guido-ceronetti-morto/223529/ Morto lo scrittore Guido Ceronetti]{{in lang|it}}
  • Albrecht Wellmer, German philosopher and 2006 Theodor W. Adorno Award recipient, 85 (born 1933)[https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/zum-tod-des-philosophen-albrecht-wellmer-erbe-der-frankfurter-schule/23077760.html Albrecht Wellmer, Erbe der Frankfurter Schule] {{in lang|de}}
  • John Wilcock, 91, English travel writer and co-founder of The Village Voice, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Robert D. |last=McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/obituaries/john-wilcock-pioneer-of-the-underground-press-dies-at-91.html |title=John Wilcock, Pioneer of the Underground Press, Dies at 91 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=13 September 2018}}
  • September 14 – Rudolf Schieffer, German historian specialising in medieval history and president of Monumenta Germaniae Historica between 1994 and 2012, 71 (born 1947)[http://www.mgh.de/home/aktuelles/newsdetails/wir-trauen-um-rudolf-schieffer/8f3f8ce8c2/ Wir trauen um Rudolf Schieffer]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{in lang|de}}
  • September 15 (date death announced) – Joris Borghouts, Dutch Egyptologist who in 1999 was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=http://www.nino-leiden.nl/message/in-memoriam-prof-dr-jf-borghouts |title=In Memoriam Prof. Dr J. F. Borghouts |work=The Netherlands Institute for the Near East |date=15 September 2018 |access-date=15 September 2018}}
  • David Lowenthal {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FBA}}, American historian and geographer known for his work on cultural heritage, 95 (born 1923){{Cite news |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/critical-heritage-studies/news-and-events/chs-news-publication/David-Lowenthal-has-passed-away |title=David Lowenthal, 1923–2018 |work=University College London |date=17 September 2018 |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004233847/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/critical-heritage-studies/news-and-events/chs-news-publication/David-Lowenthal-has-passed-away |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}
  • Lionello Puppi, Italian art historian, 86 (born 1931)[http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Cronaca/2018/9/17/Lionello-Puppi-e-morto-Ultime-notizie-addio-allo-storico-d-arte-ed-ex-senatore-PCI/839547/ Lionello Puppi è morto/ Ultime notizie, addio allo storico d'arte ed ex senatore PCI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181913/http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Cronaca/2018/9/17/Lionello-Puppi-e-morto-Ultime-notizie-addio-allo-storico-d-arte-ed-ex-senatore-PCI/839547/ |date=2018-09-17 }}{{in lang|it}}
  • Charles Rappleye, American writer, editor and co-founder of the art magazine Artillery, 62 (born 1956){{Cite news |first=Scott |last=Mackay |url=http://www.ripr.org/post/rip-charles-rappleye-author-book-providences-brown-family-and-slavery |title=RIP Charles Rappleye, Author of Book On Providence's Brown Family and Slavery |work=Rhode Island Public Radio |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018}}
  • David Rubadiri, Malawi poet, playwright, novelist, academic and diplomat, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Malawian-diplomat-and-poet-David-Rubadiri-dies/1066-4761404-jm32jez/index.html |title=Malawian diplomat and poet David Rubadiri dies |work=Daily Nation |date=15 September 2018 |access-date=15 September 2018}}
  • September 16 – John Molony, Australian historian and Emeritus Professor of History at Australian National University, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Sally |last=Pryor|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/anu-historian-john-molony-dead-at-91-20180920-p5050a.html |title=ANU historian John Molony dead at 91 |work=The Canberra Times |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018}}
  • September 17 – Stephen Jeffreys, English playwright who gave Thomas Shadwell's The Libertine a modern adaptation, 68 (born 1950){{Cite news |first=Chris |last=Wiegand |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/18/stephen-jeffreys-playwright-dies-the-libertine |title=Stephen Jeffreys, playwright behind The Libertine, dies aged 68 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2018 |access-date=18 September 2018}}
  • Daniel N. Robinson, American philosopher, 81 (born 1937){{Cite news |url=http://commentary.jameswilsoninstitute.org/2018/09/remembering-daniel-nicholas-robinson-1937-2018/ |title=Remembering Daniel Nicholas Robinson (1937–2018) |work=James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=19 September 2018}}
  • September 18 – Marceline Loridan-Ivens, French memoirist (But You Did Not Come Back), 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180919-filmmaker-loridan-ivens-auschwitz-companion-simone-veil-dies |title=Filmmaker Loridan-Ivens, Auschwitz companion of Simone Veil, dies |work=France 24 |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=19 September 2018}}
  • September 19 – Vishnu Khare, Indian Hindi poet and translator, 78 (born 1940)[https://www.lokmatnews.in/india/hindi-writer-and-poet-vishnu-khare-death/ हिन्दी कवि और लेखक विष्णु खरे का निधन]{{in lang|hi}}
  • Kondapalli Koteswaramma, Indian feminist writer, 100 (born 1918){{Cite news |first=Neeshita |last=Nyayapati |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/koteswarammas-life-was-like-her-writings-honest-and-balanced/articleshow/65873637.cms |title=Koteswaramma's life was like her writings, honest and balanced |work=The Times of India |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018}}
  • David Wong Louie, Chinese American novelist and short story writer, 63 (born 1954){{Cite news |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/David-Wong-Louie-who-probed-ethnic-identity-in-13264260.php |title=David Wong Louie, who probed ethnic identity in fiction, dies at 63 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}}
  • Pavel Řezníček, Czech poet, novelist ({{Lang|cs|Alexandr v tramvaji}}), short story writer and translator from French, 76 (born 1942)[https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/zemrel-spisovatel-pavel-reznicek-7624741 Zemřel spisovatel Pavel Řezníček]{{in lang|cs}}
  • September 20 – John Cunliffe, English children's writer, 85 (born 1933){{Cite news |first=Vicki |last=Newman |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-john-cunliffe-dead-85-13318620 |title=John Cunliffe dead at 85: Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim creator dies |work=Daily Mirror |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}}
  • Inge Feltrinelli, German-born Italian publisher and photographer, 87 (born 1930)[https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2018/09/20/news/morta_inge_feltrinelli-206913418/ E' morta Inge Feltrinelli, ultima grande regina dell'editoria internazionale]{{in lang|it}}
  • {{Interlanguage link|Huang Ching-yuen|zh|黃慶雲}}, Chinese children's writer, 98 (born 1920){{Cite news |first=Ng |last=Kang-chung |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2165123/pioneer-chinese-childrens-literature-huang-ching-yuen-dies-98 |title=Hong Kong pioneer of Chinese children's literature Huang Ching-yuen dies at 98 |work=South China Morning Post |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018}}
  • September 21 – Herbert Meier, Swiss writer, translator of French classical and modern plays into German and 1964 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize recipient, 90 (born 1928)[https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/der-schriftsteller-herbert-meier-ist-neunzigjaehrig-in-zuerich-gestorben-ld.1422934 Der Schriftsteller Herbert Meier ist neunzigjährig in Zürich gestorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • Zinaida Mirkina, Russian poet, essayist (on Marina Tsvetaeva, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Alexander Pushkin) and translator of Sufi poetry as well as works by Rabindranath Tagore and Rainer Maria Rilke, 92 (born 1926)[https://www.pravmir.ru/skonchalas-poet-i-perevodchik-zinaida-mirkina/a Скончалась поэт и переводчик Зинаида Миркина]{{in lang|ru}}
  • September 23 – Olav Angell, Norwegian poet, jazz musician, novelist, translator of James Joyce's Ulysses, and 2002 Riksmål Society Literature Prize and 2006 Bastian Prize recipient, 86 (born 1932)[https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/a2QE77/Forfatter-Olav-Angell-86-er-dod Forfatter Olav Angell (86) er død]{{in lang|no}}
  • Jane Fortune, American feminist art historian, 76 (born 1942)[https://www.lanazione.it/firenze/cultura/morta-jane-fortune-1.4203890 Arte, è morta Jane Fortune. Il ricordo di Nardella]{{in lang|it}}
  • Derek Wheatley QC, English barrister and novelist-The Silent Lady (Mona Lisa), 92 (born 1926 or 1927?){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=190389328 |title=Derek Peter Francis Wheatley |work=Legacy.com |date=4 October 2018 |access-date=4 October 2018}}
  • September 24 – Arnold Krammer, American historian specialising in German and American history, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=https://www.callawayjones.com/dr-arnold-paul-krammer-phd/ |title=Dr. Arnold Paul Krammer, PhD. |work=Callaway Jones Funeral Home & Crematory}}
  • September 25 – Ismail Fahd Ismail, Kuwaiti novelist, short story writer and literary critic, 78 (born 1940)[https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/9/25/%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%82%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%B9/3964241 مثقفون عرب ينعون إسماعيل فهد إسماعيل: وداعًا "بوفهد" أيها المتواضع كالشمس]{{in lang|ar}}
  • September 27 – Kavita Mahajan, Indian feminist Marathi fiction and non-fiction writer, children's writer and translator focusing on social issues, 51 (born 1967){{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/marathi-writer-kavita-mahajan-passes-away-118092701284_1.html |title=Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away |work=Business Standard |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}}
  • September 28 – Tamaz Chiladze, Georgian dramatist, poet and novelist (The Pond and The Brueghel Moon), 87 (born 1931)[https://imedinews.ge/ge/kultura/79163/mtserali-tamaz-chiladze-gardaitsvala მწერალი თამაზ ჭილაძე გარდაიცვალა]{{in lang|ka}}
  • Joe Masteroff, American playwright (Cabaret, She Loves Me) and 1967 Tony winner, 98 (born 1919){{Cite news |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/193527/joe-masteroff-tony-winning-book-writer-of-cabaret-she-loves-me-dies-at-98/ |title=Joe Masteroff, Tony-Winning Book Writer of Cabaret & She Loves Me, Dies at 98 |work=Broadway.com |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000418/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/193527/joe-masteroff-tony-winning-book-writer-of-cabaret-she-loves-me-dies-at-98/ |archive-date=29 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • September 29 – Pascale Casanova, French literary critic rejected by French academia after her PhD but secured a posting at the United States Duke University, 59 (born 1959){{Cite news |first1=Gisèle |last1=Sapiro |author-link1=Gisèle Sapiro |first2=David |last2=Damrosch |author-link2=David Damrosch |first3=Franco |last3=Moretti |author-link3=Franco Moretti |url=https://iwl.fas.harvard.edu/news/major-french-literary-critic-pascale-casanova-dies-59 |title=Major French literary critic Pascale Casanova dies at 59 |work=Harvard University |date=30 September 2018 |access-date=30 September 2018 |quote=Despite the fact that she did not get an academic position in France after her PhD, she persevered in a quite disinterested manner in producing a very original and inspiring body of research. She taught in the United States at Duke University, where she was invited for a three-year visiting professorship}}
  • September 30 – John J. McDermott, American philosopher, 86 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=https://today.tamu.edu/2018/10/02/philosophy-professor-john-j-mcdermott-remembered-as-conscience-of-texas-am-top-in-his-field/|title=Philosophy Professor John J. McDermott Remembered As Conscience Of Texas A&M, Top In His Field |work=Texas A&M University |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=2 October 2018}}
  • October 1 – Donald Read, English historian, 88, (born 1930){{Cite news |url=https://www.thebaron.info/news/article/2018/10/08/obituary-donald-read |title=Obituary: Donald Read |work=The Baron |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=8 October 2018}}
  • Antoine Sfeir, Franco-Lebanese journalist and professor who wrote books such as The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, 69 (born 1930)[http://www.europe1.fr/medias-tele/le-journaliste-et-politologue-specialiste-du-moyen-orient-antoine-sfeir-est-mort-3768236 Le journaliste et politologue spécialiste du Moyen-Orient Antoine Sfeir est mort]{{in lang|fr}}
  • October 2 – Smilja Avramov, Serbian academic and educator, 100 (born 1918)[http://www.rtv.rs/sr_ci/drustvo/umrla-smilja-avramov_954925.html Професорка Смиља Аврамов преминула у 101. години]{{in lang|sr}}
  • October 3 – Fang Nanjiang (方南江), Chinese writer of military-themed novels and major general of the People's Armed Police, 75 (born 1942)[https://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-10-19/doc-ihmrasqs2430141.shtml 武警原政治部副主任方南江逝世 系著名军旅作家]{{in lang|zh}}
  • Heo Su-gyeong (허수경), South Korean poet, 54 (born 1964)[http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2018/10/04/0200000000AKR20181004058652005.HTML 독일서 눈 감은 허수경 시인...향년 54세(종합2보)]{{in lang|ko}}
  • October 6 – James Cowan, Australian author, 76 (born 1942){{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Peter |title=An adventurous poet and writer |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/james-cowan-author-poet-obituary-writer-20181030-p50ctr.html |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=3 November 2018 |date=30 October 2018}}
  • Ira Gasman, American playwright and lyricist, 76 (born c. 1942){{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=190445472 |title=Ira Gasman |work=Legacy.com |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018}}
  • Michel Vovelle, French historian specialising in French Revolution, 85 (born 1933)[http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/flash/72619-l-historien-michel-vovelle-n-est-plus L'historien Michel Vovelle n'est plus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007180438/http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/flash/72619-l-historien-michel-vovelle-n-est-plus |date=2018-10-07 }}{{in lang|fr}}
  • October 7 – Oleg Pavlov, Russian writer, 48 (born 1970)[https://gorky.media/news/umer-oleg-pavlov/ Умер Олег Павлов]{{in lang|ru}}
  • October 8 – David Wise, American spy novelist, writer of non-fiction (exposing Operation Ajax, Operation PBSuccess, Central Intelligence Agency involvement in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, in Laos and Vietnam, and efforts to overthrow Sukarno) and (inaugural) 1975 Orwell Award recipient, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=Katharine |last=Q. Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/obituaries/david-wise-dead.html |title=David Wise, Journalist Who Exposed C.I.A. Activity, Dies at 88 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 2018 |access-date=9 October 2018}}
  • October 9 – Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer, 73 (born 1945){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-bausch-acclaimed-virginia-novelist-and-teacher-dies-at-73/2018/10/13/8c87605c-cd86-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html |title=Robert Bausch, acclaimed Virginia novelist and teacher, dies at 73 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=13 October 2018 |access-date=13 October 2018}}
  • October 11 – Fatos Arapi, Albanian poet and 2008 Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath recipient, 89 (born 1929){{Cite news |url=http://www.ocnal.com/2018/10/albanian-writer-fatos-arapi-passed-away.html |title=Albanian writer Fatos Arapi passed away today, October 11 |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018}}
  • Pran Nevile, Indian historian (Lahore: A Sentimental Journey), 95 (born 1922){{Cite news |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/11/indian-historian-pran-nevile-passes-away-at-95/ |title=Indian historian Pran Nevile passes away at 95 |work=Pakistan Today |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018 |quote=Sharing his interaction with the writer, Dr Shah said that Nevile never engaged himself with themes that could have evoked enmity among the two nations, instead, he always celebrated their common heritage of music, poetry and architecture. "His books on history, culture, music and dance were highly celebrated by the connoisseurs of intellectual and literary works. GCU Lahore shall always place Pran Nevile at the highest pedestal among its luminaries," he concluded}}
  • Hebe Uhart, Argentine writer, 81 (born 1936)[https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2180814-murio-escritora-hebe-uhart Murió la escritora Hebe Uhart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011202738/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2180814-murio-escritora-hebe-uhart |date=2018-10-11 }}{{in lang|es}}
  • October 12 – Jan Jakob Tønseth, Norwegian biographer, essayist, member of the Norwegian Academy, novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, 1977 Gyldendal's Endowment recipient, 2002 Cappelen Prize recipient and 2007 Dobloug Prize recipient, 71 (born 1947)[https://www.nrk.no/kultur/forfatter-jan-jakob-tonseth-er-dod.-1.14252389 Forfatter Jan Jakob Tønseth er død]{{in lang|no}}
  • October 13 – Sue Hubbell, American librarian and essayist who wrote about beekeeping, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/obituaries/sue-hubbell-dead.html |title=Sue Hubbell, Who Wrote of Bees and Self-Reliance, Dies at 83 |work=The New York Times |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
  • October 14 – H. G. Jones, American archivist, 94 (born 1924){{Cite news |first=Donna |last=Kelly|url=https://ncarchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/a-final-salute-to-dr-h-g-jones/ |title=A Final Salute to Dr. H. G. Jones |work=History For All the People |publisher=State Archives of North Carolina |date=22 October 2018 |access-date=22 October 2018}}
  • October 15 – Arto Paasilinna, Finnish novelist (The Year of the Hare), 76 (born 1942)[https://www.wsoy.fi/uutiset/arto-paasilinna-20-4-1942-15-10-2018 Arto Paasilinna 20.4.1942–15.10.2018]{{in lang|fi}}
  • October 16 – David Helwig, Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer and translator, 80 (born 1938){{Cite news |first=Sally |last=Cole |url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/former-pei-poet-laureate-david-helwig-dies-251035/ |title=Former P. E. I. poet laureate David Helwig dies |newspaper=The Guardian (Charlottetown) |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=17 October 2018}}
  • Even Hovdhaugen, Norwegian linguist, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |first=Åshild |last=Næss |url=https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-4226.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101175547/https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-4226.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2018 |title=Even Hovdhaugen 1941–2018 |work=Linguist List |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
  • October 18 – Anthea Bell OBE, English translator of Asterix, Austerlitz, Freud and Kafka, 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |first=Alison |last=Flood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/anthea-bell-magnificent-translator-of-asterix-and-kafka-dies-aged-82 |title=Anthea Bell, "magnificent" translator of Asterix and Kafka, dies aged 82: She opened up a world of literature to English readers, translating writers from Sigmund Freud to Cornelia Funke |work=The Guardian |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
  • Hideo Osabe (長部日出雄), Japanese essayist, novelist and 1973 Naoki Prize recipient, 84 (born 1934)[https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2018102400634&g=soc 直木賞作家の長部日出雄さん死去、84歳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113259/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2018102400634&g=soc |date=2018-10-24 }}{{in lang|ja}}
  • October 20 – Gaétan Gervais, Canadian historian and co-designer of the Franco-Ontarian flag, 74 (born 1944){{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gaétan-gervais-co-creator-franco-ontario-flag-obituary-1.4871622 |title=Historian who helped design Franco-Ontarian flag dies at 74 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 October 2018 |access-date=20 October 2018}}
  • October 21 – Robert Faurisson, British-born French professor of literature and historian, 89 (born 1929)[http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/10/22/97001-20181022FILWWW00079-le-negationniste-robert-faurisson-est-mort.php Le négationniste Robert Faurisson est mort]{{in lang|fr}}
  • François Montmaneix, French poet, writer and 2003 Prix Guillaume Apollinaire recipient, 80 (born 1938)[https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/montmaneix-francois/5da5f339984a4bf48e8f6bbfbe111669 Avis de décès de François Montmaneix paru le 23/10/2018 dans Le Dauphiné Libéré – département Rhône – Libra Memoria]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Eleanor Witcombe, Australian screenwriter and playwright, 95 (born 1923){{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/eleanor-witcombe-her-brilliant-career-20181113-p50fof.html |title=Eleanor Witcombe: Her brilliant career|date=13 November 2018 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=18 November 2018 |language=en}}
  • October 22 – Anne Fairbairn, Australian poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture, 90 (born 1928){{cite web |url=https://www.amust.com.au/2018/10/anne-fairbairn-passed-away/ |title=Anne Fairbairn passed away |first=Zia |last=Ahmad |date=25 October 2018 |website=www.amust.com.au}}
  • Raymond Fraser {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB}}, Canadian biographer, editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet and short story writer, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/raymond-fraser-new-brunswick-writer-dies-1.4875163 |title=Prolific New Brunswick writer Raymond Fraser dies at 77|work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=23 October 2018 |access-date=23 October 2018}}
  • Robert Saladrigas, Catalan literary critic, 1991 Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la recipient and 2004 Josep Pla Award recipient, 78 (born 1940)[https://www.ara.cat/cultura/Mor-escriptor-Robert-Saladrigas_0_2111188956.html Mor l'escriptor i crític literari Robert Saladrigas]{{in lang|ca}}
  • October 23 – Tony Hoagland, American poet, 64 (born 1953){{Cite news |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/obituaries/tony-hoagland-dead.html |title=Tony Hoagland, Poet with a Wry Outlook, Is Dead at 64 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=24 October 2018}}
  • John Hostettler, English writer of legal histories and biographies, 93 (born 192){{Cite news |url=https://www.watersidepress.co.uk/acatalog/John-Hostettler-obituary.html |title=John Hostettler (1925–2018) |work=Waterside Press |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
  • Louis O'Neill, Canadian writer, professor and politician, MNA (1976–1981), 93 (born 1925)[https://lactualite.com/actualites/2018/10/23/lex-ministre-pequiste-louis-oneill-meurt-a-lage-de-93-ans/ L'ex-ministre péquiste Louis O'Neill meurt à l'âge de 93 ans Décès de l'ex-ministre péquiste Louis O'Neill]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Rein Põder, Estonian writer and publisher, 75 (born 1943)[https://www.ohtuleht.ee/903403/suri-kirjanik-rein-poder Suri kirjanik Rein Põder]{{in lang|et}}
  • October 23 – Alojz Rebula, Italian-born Slovene writer, playwright, essayist and 2005 Kresnik Award recipient, 94 (born 1924)[https://www.delo.si/kultura/knjiga/umrl-je-alojz-rebula-105538.html Umrl je Alojz Rebula]{{in lang|sl}}
  • October 24 – Anatoly Gladilin, Russian writer who defected to Paris, 83 (born 1935)[http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/obshchiy-plan/219981-v-parizhe-na-84-m-godu-zhizni-skonchalsya-izvestnyy-sovetskiy-prozaik-anatoliy-gladilin/ В Париже на 84-м году жизни известный советский прозаик Анатолий Гладилин]{{in lang|ru}}
  • October 25 – John Taylor Gatto, American teacher and writer on that country's modern education system (Dumbing Us Down, The Underground History of American Education), 82 (born 1935){{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
  • October 26 – György Károly, Hungarian poet and writer, 65 (born 1953)[http://eletrajz.karolygyorgy.hu/#comment-13 Károly György életrajza]{{in lang|hu}}
  • October 27
  • Angela Bianchini, Italian-born woman critic and literary critic who defected to the United States during the 1940s, 97 (born 1921)[https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2018/10/27/news/addio_angela_bianchini-210166631/ Amare e scrivere, addio a Angela Bianchini]{{in lang|it}}
  • Ntozake Shange, American black feminist playwright and poet (born 1948){{Cite news |first=Rohan |last=Preston |url=http://www.startribune.com/obituary-ntozake-shange-pioneering-playwright-poet-and-novelist/498795391/ |title=Ntozake Shange, pioneering playwright, poet and novelist, dies at 70 |work=Star Tribune |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=27 October 2018}}
  • October 28 – Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, Spanish historian and politician, Senator (1977–1982), 88 (born 1930)[https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20181028/muere-luis-miguel-enciso-senador-ucd-historiador/348965254_0.html Muere a los 88 años Luis Miguel Enciso, senador liberal por UCD e historiador]{{in lang|es}}
  • Peter Everwine, American poet, Professor Emeritus of English at Fresno State and translator, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=Jefferson |last=Beavers |url=https://fresnostatecah.com/2018/11/07/peter-everwine-poet-and-emeritus-professor-at-fresno-state-dies-at-88/ |title=Peter Everwine, poet and Fresno State professor emeritus, dies at 88 |work=California State University, Fresno |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018}}
  • David Kenneth Fieldhouse FBA, English historian of the British Empire, 93 (born 1925){{Cite news |url=https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/professor-david-fieldhouse-1925-2018 |title=Professor David Fieldhouse (1925–2018) |work=Jesus College, Cambridge |date=31 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}
  • I. John Hesselink, American theologian, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20181103/former-seminary-president-professor-hesselink-dies |title=Former seminary president, professor Hesselink dies |work=The Holland Sentinel |date=3 November 2018 |access-date=3 November 2018}}
  • Erno Polgar, Hungarian writer, 64 (born 1954)[http://www.litera.hu/hirek/elhunyt-polgar-erno Elhunyt Polgár Ernő]{{in lang|hu}}
  • October 29 – Klaas Bruinsma, lecturer in English and history at Drachten and West Frisian language translator from Dutch, Spanish, Latin (Virgil) and Greek (Homer, Sophocles) among others—, 87 (born 1931)[https://nos.nl/artikel/2257238-friese-vertaler-en-dichter-klaas-bruinsma-87-overleden.html Friese vertaler en dichter Klaas Bruinsma (87) overleden]{{in lang|nl}}
  • Dave Duncan, Scottish-born Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer (West of January, The Cutting Edge), 85 (born 1933){{Cite news |url=http://locusmag.com/2018/10/dave-duncan-1933-2018/ |title=Dave Duncan 1933–2018 |work=Locus |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018}}
  • Li Xifan (李希凡), Chinese literary scholar and redologist, 90 (born 1927)[https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2575965 纪念李希凡先生]{{in lang|zh}}
  • October 30 – Yashwant Dev, Indian Marathi poet and composer, 91 (born 1926){{Cite news |url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/entertainment/senior-composer-musician-yashvant-deo-passes-away-29727 |title=Veteran Singer Yashwant Dev Dies At The Age Of 91 |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018}}
  • María Irene Fornés, Cuban-American playwright who led Off-Off-Broadway and engaged in a sexual liaison with Susan Sontag, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=Olivia |last=Clement |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/playwright-maria-irene-fornes-dies-at-88 |title=Playwright María Irene Fornés Dies at 88 |work=Playbill |date=31 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}
  • Jin Yong {{post-nominals|country=HKG|GBM|OBE}}, Hong Kong wuxia novelist, essayist and newspaper proprietor (Ming Pao), 94 (born 1924){{Cite news |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201810300028.aspx |title=Martial arts novelist Jin Yong dies at 94 (update)|work=Central News Agency |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018}}
  • October 30 – Sangharakshita, British Buddhist teacher and writer from the Triratna Buddhist Community, 93 (born 1925){{Cite news |url=https://thebuddhistcentre.com/news/urgyen-sangharakshita-1925-2018 |title=Urgyen Sangharakshita 1925–2018 |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=30 October 2018}}
  • October 31 – Louise DeSalvo, American writer on Italian-American culture and scholar of Virginia Woolf, 76 (born 1942){{Cite news |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/obituaries/louise-desalvo-dead.html |title=Louise DeSalvo, Memoirist and Virginia Woolf Scholar, Dies at 76 |work=The New York Times |date=11 November 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
  • November 2 – Jane H. Hill, American anthropologist and linguist working with Native American languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family and anthropological linguistics of North American communities, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2018/11/07/memoriam-jane-hill |title=In Memoriam: Jane Hill |work=Linguistic Society of America |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018}}
  • November 3 – Alistair Elliot, English librarian, poet, translator of Euripides's Medea and 2000 Cholmondeley Award recipient, 86 (born 1932){{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/14/alistair-elliot-obituary|title=Alistair Elliot obituary |work=The Guardian |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=14 November 2018}}
  • Eric Schiller, American writer on chess and player of it, 63 (born 1955){{Cite news |url=https://new.uschess.org/news/eric-schiller-author-fide-master-dies-63-will-remembered-love-chess/ |title=Eric Schiller Dies at 63: "Will be Remembered for His Love of Chess" |work=United States Chess Federation |date=5 November 2018 |access-date=5 November 2018}}
  • November 4 – Bertil Mårtensson, Swedish writer of crime, fantasy and science fiction, 73 (born 1945){{Cite news |first=Mike |last=Glyer |author-link=Mike Glyer |url=http://file770.com/rip-bertil-martensson-1945-2018/ |title=RIP Bertil Mårtensson (1945–2018) |work=File 770 |date=5 November 2018 |access-date=5 November 2018}}
  • Grant R. Osborne, American theologian and New Testament scholar, 76 (born 1942){{Cite news |first=Scot |last=McKnight |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2018/11/04/grant-osborne/ |title=Grant Osborne |work=Patheos |date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018}}
  • Ali Squalli Houssaini, Moroccan children's writer and lyricist of the national anthem, 86 (born 1932){{Cite news |first=Tarek |last=Bazza |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/11/257002/author-moroccan-national-anthem-dies/amp/ |title=Ali Squalli, Author of Moroccan National Anthem Dies at 86 |work=Morocco World News |date=5 November 2018 |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010520/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/11/257002/author-moroccan-national-anthem-dies/amp/ |url-status=dead }}
  • November 6 – Coşkun Büktel, Turkish playwright, novelist and translator of D. H. Lawrence, 67 (born 1950)[http://www.tiyatrodergisi.com.tr/coskun-bukteli-kaybettik.html Coşkun Büktel'i Kaybettik...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204238/http://www.tiyatrodergisi.com.tr/coskun-bukteli-kaybettik.html |date=2018-11-21 }}{{in lang|tr}}
  • Frances M. López-Morillas, American translator of Spanish literature (fiction and non-fiction) into English and wife of Professor Juan López-Morillas of the Departments of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Brown University, 1000 (born 1918){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/providence/obituary.aspx?pid=190691665 |title=Frances (Mapes) Lopez-Morillas |work=Legacy.com |date=9 November 2018 |access-date=9 November 2018}}
  • November 7 – Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Scottish-born American editor, obituarist and book reviewer (The New York Times Book Review from 1965; senior daily book critic at The New York Times between 1969 and 1995), 84 (born 1934){{Cite news |first=Robert D. |last=McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/christopher-lehmann-haupt-dead.html |title=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Long-Serving Times Book Critic, Dies at 84 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018}}
  • Alan Watson, Scottish legal scholar, one of the world's foremost authorities on Roman law, comparative law, legal history and law and religion, credited with coining the term "legal transplants", 85 (born 1933){{Cite news |first=John W. |last=Cairns |url=http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/other_areas_of_interest/news/all_news/remembering_professor_alan_watson_1933_-_2018 |title=Remembering Professor Alan Watson (1933–2018) |work=Edinburgh Law School |date=2018 |access-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234952/http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/other_areas_of_interest/news/all_news/remembering_professor_alan_watson_1933_-_2018 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • November 8 – Bartolomé Bennassar, French historian specializing in Spanish and Latin American history, 1987 Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise recipient and 2005 Grand prix Gobert recipient, 89 (born 1929)[https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/valladolid/muere-bartolome-bennassar-20181109212916-nt.html Muere Bartolomé Bennassar, el historiador francés que mejor definió a Vallladolid]{{in lang|es}}
  • Chin Yang Lee (黎錦揚), Chinese-born American bestselling writer of The Flower Drum Song, 102 (born 1915)[https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2664196 纪念｜黎锦扬：美国华人英文写作开拓者，好莱坞的打油郎]{{in lang|zh}}
  • November 9 – Janet Paisley, Scottish writer and poet in Scots and English, 70 (born 1948){{Cite news |first=James |last=Wyllie |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/books-reviews/1606392/obituary-janet-paisley/ |title=Obituary: Janet Paisley |work=The Press and Journal |date=10 November 2018 |access-date=10 November 2018}}
  • Barre Toelken, American folklorist president of the American Folklore Society between 1977 and 1978 and editor of the Journal of American Folklore and Western Folklore, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=https://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=58105 |title=Barre Toelken, Renowned Folklorist and Beloved Professor, Dies at Age 83 |work=Utah State University |date=15 November 2018 |access-date=15 November 2018}}
  • November 10 – Liu Xuyi (刘绪贻), Chinese historian specialized in American studies, 105 (born 1913)[http://sky.cssn.cn/sjs/sjs_zxgg/201811/t20181112_4773729.shtml 刘绪贻逝世] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807163848/http://sky.cssn.cn/sjs/sjs_zxgg/201811/t20181112_4773729.shtml |date=2020-08-07 }}{{in lang|zh}}
  • Marc Wilmet, Belgian linguist, 80 (born 1938)[https://www.lesoir.be/189433/article/2018-11-11/marc-wilmet-disparu-la-langue-francaise-en-deuil Marc Wilmet disparu, la langue française en deuil] {{in lang|fr}}
  • November 11 – Olga Harmony, Mexican playwright, 90 (born 1928)[https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/cultura/arte/fallece-la-dramaturga-y-critica-teatral-olga-harmony-2653942.html Fallece la dramaturga y crítica teatral Olga Harmony]{{in lang|es}}
  • Donald McCaig, American novelist, 78 (born 1940){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-mccaig-award-winning-chronicler-of-rural-life-and-civil-war-dies-at-78/2018/11/18/646d2030-eb44-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html |title=Donald McCaig, award-winning chronicler of rural life and Civil War, dies at 78 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=18 November 2018}}
  • Alun Morgan, Welsh jazz critic noted for plain, lucid prose, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/06/alun-morgan-writer-whose-lucid-prose-enthused-generations-jazz/ |title=Alun Morgan, writer whose lucid prose enthused generations of jazz lovers – obituary |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=6 December 2018}}
  • Zeng Shiqiang (曾仕強), Taiwanese sinologist noted for his study of the oldest of the Chinese classics I Ching, 84 (born 1934)[http://3g.163.com/ent/article/E0D7T7UI00038FO9.html 国学大师曾仕强逝世 曾为《百家讲坛》讲解《易经》]{{in lang|zh}}
  • Fred Patten, American contributor to the fantasy and science fiction genres, 77 (born 1940){{Cite news |first=Mike |last=Glyer |author-link=Mike Glyer |url=http://file770.com/fred-patten-1940-2018/ |title=Fred Patten (1940–2018) |work=File 770 |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018}}
  • November 12 – Stan Lee dies in Los Angeles, California.
  • November 14 – Prabhat Nalini Das, Indian academic, Professor of English and translator into English, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |url=http://www.odishabytes.com/founder-of-utkal-varsity-english-department-dead/ |title=Founder Of Utkal Varsity English Department Dead |work=Odisha Bytes |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=14 November 2018}}
  • Fernando del Paso, Mexican novelist, essayist, poet, member of El Colegio Nacional de México since 1996, 1966 Xavier Villaurrutia Award, 1982 Rómulo Gallegos Prize, 2007 FIL Award, 2013 Alfonso Reyes International Prize and 2015 Miguel de Cervantes Prize recipient, 83 (born 1935)[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/comunidad-cultural-lamenta-muerte-de-fernando-del-paso Comunidad Cultural Lamenta Muerte de Fernando del Paso]{{in lang|es}}
  • November 15 – E. D. Blodgett, Canadian poet, literary critic and translator, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |url=http://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/edward-blodgett-1935-2018-1071346558 |title=Edward Blodgett |work=Vancouver Sun |date=17 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}}
  • Aldyr Schlee, Brazilian short story writer and translator noted for designing the jersey of the Brazil national football team, 83 (born 1934)[https://globoesporte.globo.com/rs/noticia/morre-aldyr-schlee-escritor-e-criador-da-camisa-da-selecao-brasileira.ghtml Morre Aldyr Schlee, escritor e criador da camisa amarela da seleção brasileira]{{in lang|pt}}
  • November 16 – Paul Ferris, Welsh biographer of Dylan Thomas, (and editor of his letters), Thomas's wife and Northcliffe, 89 (born 1929){{Cite news |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/228904/ferris |title=Ferris |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=2018 |access-date=13 December 2018}}
  • William Goldman, American writer in the fantasy and thriller genres who turned to screenwriting, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |first1=Richard |last1=Natale |first2=Brent|last2=Lang |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/william-goldman-dead-dies-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-1203030474/ |title=William Goldman, Oscar-Winning Writer of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," Dies at 87 |work=Variety|date=16 November 2018|access-date=16 November 2018}}
  • November 17 – Ajin Panjapan, Thai writer, 91 (born 19??){{Cite news |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1578002/national-artist-ajin-panjapan-dies-at-91 |title=National artist Ajin Panjapan dies at 91 |work=Bangkok Post |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=18 November 2018}}
  • November 18 – {{Interlanguage link|Ilko Korunets|uk|Корунець Ілько Вакулович}}, Ukrainian linguist, literary critic, professor and translator from English and Italian, 96 (born 1922){{Cite news |first=Ted |last=Stone |url=https://kozweek.com/died-a-witness-of-the-holodomor-professor-ilko-korunets/11366/ |title=Died a witness of the Holodomor Professor Ilko Korunetsdate=19 November 2018 |access-date=19 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120140031/https://kozweek.com/died-a-witness-of-the-holodomor-professor-ilko-korunets/11366/ |archive-date=20 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Iain Moireach, Scottish Gaelic editor, novelist, poet and short story writer, 80 (born 1938)[https://www.bbc.com/naidheachdan/46252845 Iain Moireach, 1938 – 2018]{{in lang|gd}}
  • November 19 – Shiao Yi (蕭逸), Taiwanese-American wuxia novelist, 83 (born 1935)[https://ent.sina.cn/star/tv/2018-11-20/detail-ihnyuqhi4212041.d.html?from=wap 著名武侠作家萧逸去世 代表作《甘十九妹》等]{{in lang|zh}}
  • November 20 – James H. Billington, American academic, history teacher and former Librarian of Congress, 89 (born 1929){{Cite news |first=Robert D. |last=McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/obituaries/james-billington-dead.html |title=James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age |work=The New York Times |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018}}
  • November 21 – Meena Alexander, Indian-born American feminist poet and scholar, 67 (born 1951){{Cite news |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/obituaries/meena-alexander-dead.html |title=Meena Alexander, Poet Who Wrote of Dislocation, Dies at 67 |work=The New York Times |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}
  • Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani feminist poet, 72 (born 1946){{Cite news |url=https://www.pakistannewscenter.com/poetess-fehmida-riaz-passed-away-in-lahore-24-news-hd/ |title=Poetess Fehmida Riaz Passed Away In Lahore |date=2018 |access-date=13 December 2018}}
  • November 22 – Judith Rodriguez {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}, Australian editor, lecturer, librettist and poet who was the wife of Thomas Shapcott, 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=190808847 |title=Judith Catherine Rodriguez |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 November 2018 |access-date=24 November 2018}}
  • November 23 – Jean-Loup Rivière, French playwright and drama critic, 70 (born 1948)[https://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/mort-du-dramaturge-et-theoricien-du-theatre-jean-loup-riviere_90413/ Mort du dramaturge et théoricien du théâtre Jean-Loup Rivière] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005546/https://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/mort-du-dramaturge-et-theoricien-du-theatre-jean-loup-riviere_90413/ |date=2018-11-26 }}{{in lang|fr}}
  • November 24 – Ikeogu Oke, Nigerian poet and writer of children's literature who received the 2017 Nigeria Prize for Literature, 51 (born 1967){{Cite news |first=Tony |last=Okuyeme |url=https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2018/11/winner-of-n37m-nlng-prize-oke-dies-at-51/ |title=Winner of N37m NLNG prize, Oke, dies at 51 |work=New Telegraph |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}
  • November 25 – Paul Ellingworth, Scottish biblical scholar and translator, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |first=Kirsten |last=Robertson |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1622010/desked-but-needs-a-pic-aberdeen-bible-expert-dies-aged-87/ |title=Aberdeen bible expert dies aged 87 |work=The Press and Journal |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=6 December 2018}}
  • Philip Levine, American classicist, 96 (born 1922){{Cite news |url=https://classics.ucla.edu/news/in-memoriam-philip-levine-1922-2018/ |title=In Memoriam Philip Levine, 1922–2018 |work=UCLA College of Letters and Science |publisher=University of California, Los Angeles |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211053353/https://classics.ucla.edu/news/in-memoriam-philip-levine-1922-2018/ |archive-date=11 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Claude Péloquin, Québécois poet, 76 (born 1942)[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/542337/le-poete-claude-peloquin-n-est-plus Le poète et parolier Claude Péloquin n'est plus]{{in lang|fr}}
  • November 26 – Luc Deflo, Belgian writer, 60 (born 1958)[https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_deces-du-romancier-flamand-luc-deflo?id=10082966 Décès du romancier flamand Luc Deflo]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Iravatham Mahadevan, Indian epigraphist noted for his successful decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and expertise on Indus Valley civilisation epigraphy, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=M. V. |last=Bhaskar |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iravatham-mahadevan-leading-scholar-on-the-indus-valley-and-tamil-brahmi-scripts-passes-away/article25595085.ece |title=Iravatham Mahadevan, leading scholar on the Indus Valley and Tamil Brahmi scripts, passes away |work=The Hindu |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}
  • Leo P. Ribuffo, American historian, 72–73 (born 1945){{Cite news |first=D. G. |last=Hart |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/protestprotest/2018/11/great-historian-pretty-good-awakening/ |title=Great Historian, Pretty Good Awakening |work=Patheos |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=29 November 2018}}
  • Goran Stefanovski, Macedonian playwright, 66 (born 1952)[https://www.novamakedonija.com.mk/zivot/kultura/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8/ Почина Горан Стефановски]{{in lang|mk}}
  • Barbara Brooks Wallace, American writer of children's literature, 95 (born 1922){{Cite news |first=Emily |last=Langer |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/dec/05/barbara-brooks-wallace-author-of-peppermints-in-the-parlor-dies-at-age-95/ |title=Barbara Brooks Wallace, author of "Peppermints in the Parlor," dies at age 95 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=5 December 2018}}
  • November 28 – Thomas J. J. Altizer, American radical theologian noted for his contribution to the short-lived "God is dead" cultural moment experienced by that country, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/obituaries/thomas-altizer-dies-at-91.html |title=Thomas Altizer, Proponent of "God Is Dead" Theology, Dies at 91 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}
  • Blaže Ristovski, Macedonian folklorist, historian, linguist and member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 87 (born 1931){{Cite news |first=Bisera |last=Altiparmakova |url=https://mia.mk/2018/11/academic-blaze-ristovski-dies-aged-87/?lang=en |title=Academic Blaze Ristovski dies aged 87 |work=Macedonian Information Agency |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130081614/https://mia.mk/2018/11/academic-blaze-ristovski-dies-aged-87/?lang=en |archive-date=30 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}
  • Harry Leslie Smith, English memoirist, 95 (born 1923){{Cite news |first=Caroline |last=Davies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/28/harry-leslie-smith-dies-aged-95 |title=Harry Leslie Smith, vocal critic of austerity, dies aged 95 |work=The Guardian |date=28 November 2018 |access-date=28 November 2018}}
  • November 29 – Elisa Brune, Belgian writer, 52 (born 1966)[http://www.lalibre.be/culture/livres-bd/deces-d-elisa-brune-qui-parla-des-etoiles-comme-du-plaisir-5c0545d2cd70fdc91bc5e450 Décès d'Elisa Brune, qui parla des étoiles comme du plaisir]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Altaf Fatima, Pakistani Urdu novelist and short story writer, 91 (born 1927){{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1448472/writer-altaf-fatima-passes-away |title=Writer Altaf Fatima passes away |work=Dawn |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}
  • Miguel Romero Esteo, Spanish professor and playwright, 88 (born 1930)[https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/cultura-espectaculos/2018/11/29/fallece-dramaturgo-miguel-romero-esteo/1050923.html Fallece el dramaturgo Miguel Romero Esteo]{{in lang|es}}
  • November 30 – Attash Durrani, Pakistani linguist and scholar noted for his work on Urdu language and literature, 66 (born 1952){{Cite news |first=Sumaira F. |last=Hussain |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/renowned-researcher-and-scholar-prof-dr-attas-493446.html |title=Renowned Researcher And Scholar Prof Dr Attash Durrani Passes Away |work=UrduPoint|date=30 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}
  • December 1
  • Ivan Katardžiev, Macedonian historian, 92 (born 1926)[https://sdk.mk/index.php/kultura/pochina-akademik-ivan-katardhiev-vrven-nauchnik-za-makedonskata-istorija/ Почина академик Иван Катарџиев, врвен научник за Македонската историја]{{in lang|mk}}
  • Pauls Putniņš, Latvian playwright, journalist and politician, 81 (born 1937)[https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/teatris-un-deja/aizsaule-devies-dramaturgs-pauls-putnins.a301523/ Aizsaulē devies dramaturgs Pauls Putniņš] {{in lang|lv}}
  • December 2 – Séry Bailly, Ivorian writer and politician, 70 (born 1948)[https://www.afrique-sur7.fr/409647-cote-divoire-sery-bailly-gbagbo Côte d'Ivoire: Sery Bailly, l'ex-ministre de Gbagbo est décédé]{{in lang|fr}}
  • December 3
  • Andrei Bitov, Russian novelist and short story writer of Circassian ancestry, 81 (born 1937)
  • Justin Cartwright {{postnominals|country=GBR|MBE|FRSL}}, South African-born British Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist, 75 (born 1943){{Cite news |first=Danuta |last=Kean |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/20/justin-cartwright-obituary |title=Justin Cartwright obituary |work=The Guardian |date=20 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018}}
  • Hans-Günther Thalheim, German linguist and writer noted for work on the eighteenth century (especially the Sturm und Drang phase of the German classicist movement; Schiller; Winckelmann; Goethe Kleist), 94 (born 1924)[https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1107249.hans-guenther-thalheim-gestorben.html Hans-Günther Thalheim gestorben]{{in lang|de}}
  • December 4 – Nh. Dini, Indonesian feminist novelist, 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/04/author-nh-dini-dies-following-car-crash-in-semarang.html |title=Author NH Dini dies following car crash in Semarang |work=The Jakarta Post |date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018}}
  • December 5 – Julia Vinograd, American street poet, graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Berkeley's unofficial poet laureate, 74 (born 1943){{Cite news |first=Sam |last=Whiting |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Julia-Vinograd-Berkeley-poet-known-as-the-Bubble-13449034.php |title=Julia Vinograd, Berkeley poet known as the Bubble Lady, dies |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=9 December 2018 |access-date=9 December 2018}}
  • December 6
  • Kuslan Budiman, Indonesian poet and fiction writer, 83 (born 1935)[https://www.suara.com/news/2018/12/07/171746/obituari-sastrawan-eksil-kuslan-budiman-sendiri-menolak-sunyi Obituari, Sastrawan Eksil Kuslan Budiman Sendiri Menolak Sunyi]{{in lang|id}}
  • Joseph Joffo, French novelist noted for a widely translated memoir, A Bag of Marbles, 87 (born 1931)[http://www.dhnet.be/medias/livresbd/joseph-joffo-l-auteur-d-un-sac-de-billes-est-decede-a-l-age-de-87-ans-5c09167fcd70fdc91bd3258b Joseph Joffo, l'auteur d'"Un sac de billes", est décédé à l'âge de 87 ans]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Murray Murphey, American historian, philosopher and advocate of social sciences, 90 (born 1928){{Cite news |url=http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/emeritus/murray-murphey-memoriam|title=Murray Murphey (In Memoriam) |work=University of Pennsylvania}}
  • December 8 – Jamal Nebez, Iraqi Kurdish linguist, mathematician and translator of Gogol and Shakespeare into Kurdish, 85 (born 1933)[http://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/081220183 Profesor Dr. Cemal Nebez koça dawî kir]{{in lang|ku}}
  • December 9
  • William Blum, American historian (Killing Hope, Rogue State), 85 (born 1933){{Cite news |first=Sam |last=Roberts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/obituaries/william-blum-dead.html |title=William Blum, U.S. Policy Critic Cited by bin Laden, Dies at 85 |work=The New York Times |date=11 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018}}
  • Tor Fretheim, Norwegian writer of children's literature and recipient of the 1986 Norwegian Critics Prize for Best Children's Book, 72 (born 1946)[https://www.fjordabladet.no/npk/innenriks/2018/12/10/Ungdomsbokforfattaren-Tor-Fretheim-er-d%C3%B8d-18038407.ece Ungdomsbokforfattaren Tor Fretheim er død]{{in lang|nn}}
  • December 10
  • Mushirul Hasan, Indian historian, 69 (born 1949){{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-jamia-vc-mushirul-hasan-dies-after-prolonged-illness/articleshow/67021876.cms |title=Former Jamia VC Mushirul Hasan dies after prolonged illness |work=The Times of India |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=10 December 2018}}
  • Robert Spaemann, German Roman Catholic philosopher seen as a member of the Ritter school, whose work focused on Christian ethics, 91 (born 1927)[http://www.kath.net/news/66193 R. I. P. Robert Spaemann] {{in lang|de}}
  • Xavier Tilliette, French philosopher and theologian, 97 (born 1921)[https://www.jesuites.com/deces-du-pere-jesuite-xavier-tilliette-philosophe-et-ecrivain/ Décès du Père jésuite Xavier Tilliette, philosophe et écrivain] {{in lang|fr}}
  • December 11
  • Harold L. Kahn, American historian focusing on Imperial China, 88 (born 1930){{Cite news |first=Alex |last=Shashkevich |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2019/01/15/historian-harold-kahn-dead-88/ |title=Stanford Professor Emeritus Harold Kahn, who specialized in Chinese history, dead at 88 |work=Stanford University |date=15 January 2019 |access-date=15 January 2019}}
  • Lia Wyler, Brazilian translator of Harry Potter series, 84 (born 1934)[https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2018/12/tradutora-de-harry-potter-lia-wyler-morre-aos-84-anos-no-rio-de-janeiro.shtml Tradutora de "Harry Potter", Lia Wyler morre aos 84 anos, no Rio de Janeiro] {{in lang|pt}}
  • December 12
  • Wilhelm Genazino, German novelist, 2004 Georg Büchner Prize recipient and 2007 Kleist Prize recipient, 75 (born 1943)[https://orf.at/stories/3104316/ Schriftsteller Wilhelm Genazino ist tot] {{in lang|de}}
  • Meng Lang (孟浪), Chinese poet and promoter of dissidents such as Liu Xiaobo, 57 (born 1961){{Cite news |first=Mike |last=Ives |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/obituaries/meng-lang-dead.html |title=Meng Lang, Poet Who Promoted Dissident Writers, Dies at 57 |work=The New York Times |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018}}
  • December 15
  • Eryue He (二月河), Chinese historical fiction writer, 73 (born 1945)[http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-12-15/doc-ihmutuec9387919.shtml 作家二月河今晨病逝]{{in lang|zh}}
  • Jacques Verdier, French novelist, 61 (born 1957)[https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/jacques-verdier-nous-a-quittes_sto7053746/story.shtml Jacques Verdier nous a quittés] {{in lang|fr}}
  • December 19 – Bhai, Surinamese poet, 83 (born 1935)[http://www.dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2018/12/24/james-ramlall-naar-laatste-rustplaats/ James Ramlall naar laatste rustplaats]{{in lang|nl}}
  • December 20 – F. W. Bernstein, German poet and 2008 Wilhelm Busch Prize recipient, 80 (born 1938)[https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/dichter-karikaturist-fwbernstein-10907674.html Dichter und Karikaturist F.W. Bernstein ist tot]{{in lang|de}}
  • December 21 – Tom Leonard, Scottish poet writing in Glaswegian dialect, 74 (born 1944 with Alasdair Gray and James Kelman){{Cite news |first=Phil |last=Miller |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17315177.tributes-paid-to-the-poet-and-writer-tom-leonard-who-has-died-aged-74/ |title=Tributes paid to the poet and writer Tom Leonard, who has died aged 74 |newspaper=The Herald (Glasgow) |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=21 December 2018}}
  • December 22
  • Gary N. Knoppers, Canadian theologian noted for work on 1 Chronicles, 62 (born 1956){{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/southbendtribune/obituary.aspx?pid=191082140 |title=Gerald Neil Knoppers |work=Legacy.com |date=26 December 2018 |access-date=26 December 2018}}
  • Jane Langton, American writer of children's literature and detective fiction, 95 (born 1922){{Cite news |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/obituaries/jane-langton-dead.html |title=Jane Langton, Author of New England Mysteries, Is Dead at 95 |work=The New York Times |date=26 December 2018 |access-date=26 December 2018}}
  • Roger Owen, English historian noted for work on Middle East, 83 (born 1935){{Cite news |first=William |last=Granara|url=https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/news/professor-roger-owen-has-passed-away |title=Professor Roger Owen Has Passed Away |work=Harvard University |date=26 December 2018 |access-date=26 December 2018}}
  • December 23 – Eileen Battersby, American-born Irish literary critic known for advocating fiction in translation, 60 (born c. 1958){{Cite news |first=Sinéad |last=Crowley |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/1224/1018911-eileen-battersby/ |title=Literary critic Eileen Battersby dies following car crash |work=RTÉ News |date=24 December 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018}}
  • December 24 – Osvaldo Bayer, Argentine "ultra-pacifist anarchist" novelist, 91 (born 1927)[https://www.ambito.com/murio-osvaldo-bayer-y-las-redes-se-inundaron-mensajes-y-condolencias-n5007187 Murió Osvaldo Bayer y las redes se inundaron de mensajes y condolencias]{{in lang|es}}
  • December 25
  • Nirendranath Chakravarty, Indian poet and writer about the fictional detective Bhaduri Moshai, 94 (born 1924)[http://zeenews.india.com/bengali/entertainment/poet-nirendranath-chakravarty-is-no-more_238115.html প্রয়াত কবি নীরেন্দ্রনাথ চক্রবর্তী]{{in lang|bn}}
  • Baldur Ragnarsson, Icelandic poet and writer of Esperanto works, 88 (born 1930)[http://sezonoj.ru/2018/12/nekrologo-37/Forpasis Baldur Ragnarsson (1930–2018)]{{in lang|eo}}
  • Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, American writer on African American women, 77 (born 1941){{Cite news |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/rosalyn-terborg-penn-dead.html |title=Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, 77, Dies; Historian Recognized Black Suffragists |work=The New York Times |date=4 January 2019 |access-date=4 January 2019}}
  • Terence Wheeler, English novelist and playwright, 82 (born 1936){{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=191197659 |title=Terence "Terry" Wheeler |work=Legacy.com |date=8 January 2019 |access-date=8 January 2019}}
  • December 26 – Elizabeth Zachariadou, Greek historian of Turkish studies, notably the early Ottoman Empire ({{circa|1300}}–1600), 87 (born 1931)[http://www.candiadoc.gr/2018/12/28/akoma-ftochoteri-i-vikelaia-meta-ton-chamo-toy-andrea-kai-tis-elisavet/ Ακόμα φτωχότερη η Βικελαία μετά τον χαμό του Ανδρέα και της Ελισάβετ]{{in lang|el}}
  • December 27 – Wilfred Shuchat, Canadian scholar and rabbi, 98 (born 1920){{Cite news |url=http://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/wilfred-shuchat-1072004576 |title=Wilfred Shuchat|work=Montreal Gazette |date=29 December 2018 |access-date=29 December 2018}}
  • December 28
  • Seydou Badian Kouyaté, Malian novelist and lyricist of his country's national anthem "Le Mali", 90 (born 1928)[https://www.bbc.com/afrique/46709562 Décès de l'écrivain Seydou Badian Kouyaté]{{in lang|fr}}
  • Amos Oz, Israeli novelist, memoirist, etc., recipient of 2005 Goethe Prize and 2013 Franz Kafka Prize, 79 (born 1939){{Cite news |first=Dan |last=Williams |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-books-israel-oz/israeli-author-amos-oz-dead-of-cancer-at-79-daughter-idUSKCN1OR12P |title=Amos Oz, author who chronicled Israel's struggles, dead at 79 |work=Reuters |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=28 December 2018}}
  • December 30 – Edgar Hilsenrath, German novelist ranged from the grotesque (The Nazi and the Barber) to the poetic (The Story of the Last Thought), 92 (born 1926)[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/12/31/mort-de-l-ecrivain-allemand-edgar-hilsenrath-iconoclaste-auteur-de-le-nazi-et-le-barbier_5403957_3382.html Mort de l'écrivain allemand Edgar Hilsenrath, iconoclaste auteur du « Nazi et le Barbier »] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110102518/https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/12/31/mort-de-l-ecrivain-allemand-edgar-hilsenrath-iconoclaste-auteur-de-le-nazi-et-le-barbier_5403957_3382.html |date=2019-01-10 }}{{in lang|fr}}
  • December 31 – Gülriz Sururi, Turkish novelist, memoirist and essayist, 89 (born 1929)[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/magazin/gulriz-sururinin-esi-engin-cezzar-kimdir-41069939 Gülriz Sururi'nin eşi Engin Cezzar kimdir?]{{in lang|tr}}

Awards

The following list is arranged alphabetically:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Award

!Category

!Date

!Author

!Nominated Work

!Date Published

!Ref

colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Akutagawa Prize

|{{Sortdate|Jul 18, 2018}}

|Hiroki Takahashi

|Okuribi (Ceremonial Fire)

|

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-07-18 |title=Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/07/18/books/hiroki-takahashi-wins-akutagawa-literary-award-rio-shimamoto-bags-naoki-prize/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |{{Sortdate|Jan 17, 2019}}

|Ryōhei Machiya

|1R 1-Pun 34-Byō (1 round 1 minute 34 seconds)

|

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-01-17 |title=Three novelists picked for Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary awards |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/17/national/three-novelists-named-japans-akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}

Takahiro Ueda

|Nimuroddo (Nimrod)

|

colspan="2" |America Award in Literature

|

|Haruki Murakami

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Andre Norton Award

|

|Sam J. Miller

|{{Sort|Art of Starving|The Art of Starving}}

|{{Sortdate|Jul 11, 2017}}

|{{Cite web |author=Science Fictions & Fantasy Writers of America |title=Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction Nebula Awards |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/andre-norton-award/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Nebula Awards |language=en-US}}

rowspan="4" |Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

|Fiction

|

|Jesmyn Ward

|Sing, Unburied, Sing

|{{Sortdate|Sep 5, 2017}}

|

Nonfiction

|

|Kevin Young

|Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes...

|{{Sortdate|Nov 14, 2017}}

|

Poetry

|

|Shane McCrae

|In the Language of My Captor

|{{Sortdate|Feb 7, 2017}}

|

Lifetime Achievement

|

|N. Scott Momaday

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Arthur C. Clarke Award

|

|Anne Charnock

|Dreams Before the Start of Time

|{{Sortdate|Apr 18, 2017}}

|

colspan="2" |Astounding Award for Best New Writer

|

|Rebecca Roanhorse

|{{Sort|Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience|"Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience"}}

|

|

colspan="2" |Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

|

|Kathy Page

|Dear Evelyn

|

|[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/11/07/books-inspired-by-the-authors-parents-win-the-top-writers-trust-awards.html "Books inspired by the authors' parents win the top Writers' Trust Awards"]. Toronto Star, November 7, 2018.

colspan="2" |Baillie Gifford Prize

|

|Serhii Plokhy

|Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy

|

|

colspan="2" |BBC National Short Story Award

|

|Ingrid Persaud

|{{Sort|Sweet Sop|"The Sweet Sop"}}

|

|

colspan="2" |Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

|

|Achse Verlag

|{{Sort|Joy of Waterboiling|The Joy of Waterboiling}}

|

|

rowspan="2" |Booker Prize

|Booker Prize

|

|Anna Burns

|Milkman

|{{Sortdate|Sep 20, 2018}}

|

International Booker Prize

|

|Olga Tokarczuk

|Flights

|{{Sortdate|2017}}

|

Bram Stoker Award

|BSA–Best (Horror) Novel

|

|Paul G. Tremblay

|{{Sort|Cabin at the End of the World|The Cabin at the End of the World}}

|{{Sortdate|Jun 26, 2018}}

|

rowspan="7" |British Book Awards

|Author of the Year

| rowspan="7" |{{Sortdate|May 14, 2018}}

|Philip Pullman

|—

|—

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2018-05-14 |title=In London, British Book Awards Include Political Commentary Amid Celebration |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/05/british-book-awards-nibbies-2018-winners-bookseller/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}

Book of the Year

|Gail Honeyman

|Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

|{{Sortdate|May 9, 2017}}

rowspan="2" |Children's Book of the Year

|Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

|{{Sort|Lost Words|The Lost Words}}

|

Angie Thomas

|{{Sort|Hate U Give|The Hate U Give}}

|

Fiction Book of the Year

|Jon McGregor

|Reservoir 13

|

Crime & Thriller

|Jane Harper

|{{Sort|Dry|The Dry}}

|

Nonfiction Narrative

|Reni Eddo-Lodge

|Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

|

rowspan="7" |British Fantasy Award

|Fantasy Novel (Robert Holdstock Award)

|

|Jen Williams

|{{Sort|Ninth Rain|The Ninth Rain}}

|

|

Horror Novel (August Derleth Award)

|

|Victor LaValle

|{{Sort|Changeling|The Changeling}}

|

|

Novella

|

|Ellen Klages

|Passing Strange

|

|

Short Story

|

|Laura Mauro

|{{Sort|Looking for Laika|"Looking for Laika"}}

|

|

Collection

|

|Joe Hill

|Strange Weather

|

|

Anthology

|

|Mark Morris, ed.

|New Fears

|

|

Non-fiction

|

|F. T. Barbini, ed.

|Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy

|

|

colspan="2" |Caine Prize for African Writing

|

|Makena Onjerika

|{{Sort|Fanta Blackcurrant|"Fanta Blackcurrant"}}

|

|

colspan="2" |Camões Prize

|

|Germano Almeida

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Carl Zuckmayer Medal

|

|Yoko Tawada

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Carnegie Medal

|

|Geraldine McCaughrean

|Where the World Ends

|

|

colspan="2" |Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

|

|Tommy Orange

|There There

|

|

rowspan="6" |Costa Book Awards

|Costa Book of the Year

| rowspan="6" |

| rowspan="2" |Bart van Es

| rowspan="2" |{{Sort|Cut Out Girl: A Story of War...|The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War...}}

|

|

Costa–Biography

|

|

Costa–Novel

|Sally Rooney

|Normal People

|

|

Costa–Children's Book

|Hilary McKay

|{{Sort|Skylarks' War|The Skylarks' War}}

|

|

Costa–First Novel

|Stuart Turton

|{{Sort|Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle|The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle}}

|

|

Costa–Poetry

|J. O. Morgan

|Assurances

|

|

colspan="2" |Danuta Gleed Literary Award

|

|Norma Dunning

|Annie Muktuk and Other Stories

|

|{{Cite web |title=Inuk writer Norma Dunning wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award for debut short fiction collection |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/inuk-writer-norma-dunning-wins-10k-danuta-gleed-literary-award-for-debut-short-fiction-collection-1.4708066 |access-date=23 September 2018 |website=CBC}}

colspan="2" |David Cohen Prize

|—

| colspan="2" |— (No award given)

|—

|

colspan="2" |Dayne Ogilvie Prize

|

|Ben Ladouceur

|—

|—

|{{Cite web |title=Poet Ben Ladouceur wins $4K LGBTQ emerging writers prize {{!}} CBC Books |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/poet-ben-ladouceur-wins-4k-lgbtq-emerging-writers-prize-1.4710609 |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=CBC}}

colspan="2" |Desmond Elliott Prize

|

|Preti Taneja

|We That Are Young

|

|{{Cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |date=20 June 2018 |title=Preti Taneja's "awe-inspiring" reimagining of King Lear wins Desmond Elliott prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/20/preti-tanejas-awe-inspiring-reimagining-of-king-lear-wins-desmond-elliott-prize |access-date=16 October 2018 |website=The Guardian}}

colspan="2" |DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

|

|Jayanth Kaikini

|No Presents Please

|

|

colspan="2" |Dylan Thomas Prize

|

|Kayo Chingonyi

|Kumukanda

|

|{{Cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |date=10 May 2018 |title=Kayo Chingonyi wins Dylan Thomas prize with poems of "vexed celebration" |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/10/kayo-chingonyi-wins-dylan-thomas-prize-with-poems-of-vexed-celebration |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

Edgar Awards

|Best Novel

|

|Attica Locke

|Bluebird, Bluebird

|

|

colspan="2" |Eugie Award

|

|Fran Wilde

|{{Sort|Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand|"Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand"}}

|

|

rowspan="2" |European Book Prize

|European Book Prize (Novel)

|

|Géraldine Schwarz

|Those Who Forget

|

|

European Book Prize (Essay)

|

|Philippe Sands

|East West Street

|

|

colspan="2" |Folio Prize

|

|Richard Lloyd Parry

|Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

|

|{{Cite web |date=8 May 2018 |title=Announcing the Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 |url=https://www.rathbonesfolioprize.com/uncategorized/announcing-the-winner-of-the-rathbones-folio-prize-2018/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010853/https://www.rathbonesfolioprize.com/uncategorized/announcing-the-winner-of-the-rathbones-folio-prize-2018/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=9 May 2018 |publisher=Folio Prize}}

colspan="2" |Franz Kafka Prize

|

|Ivan Wernisch

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Giller Prize

|

|Esi Edugyan

|Washington Black

|

|Cliff Lee, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-esi-edugyan-wins-her-second-giller-prize-this-time-for-washington/ "Esi Edugyan wins her second Giller Prize, this time for Washington Black"]. The Globe and Mail, November 19, 2018.

colspan="2" |Goldsmiths Prize

|

|Robin Robertson

|{{Sort|Long Take|The Long Take}}

|

|{{Cite web |author=Alison Flood |date=14 November 2018 |title=Robin Robertson wins Goldsmiths prize for innovative fiction with The Long Take |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/14/robin-robertson-wins-goldsmiths-prize-innovative-fiction-long-take |access-date=20 November 2018 |work=The Guardian}}

colspan="2" |Gordon Burn Prize

|

|Jesse Ball

|Census

|

|{{Cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |date=11 October 2018 |title=Jesse Ball's "strange and beautiful" Census wins Gordon Burn prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/11/jesse-balls-strange-and-beautiful-census-wins-gordon-burn-prize |access-date=16 October 2018 |website=The Guardian}}

rowspan="3" |Governor General's Awards

|Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

|

|Sarah Henstra

|{{Sort|Red Word|The Red Word}}

|

|[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/10/30/book-about-campus-rape-and-an-indigenous-memoir-win-25000-governor-generals-literary-award.html "Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General's Literary Award"]. Toronto Star, October 30.

Governor General's Award for French-language fiction

|

|Karoline Georges

|De synthèse

|

|[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/540163/litterature-zoom-sur-les-prix-du-gouverneur-general-2018 "Zoom sur les prix du Gouverneur général 2018"], Le Devoir, October 30, 2018.

Governor General's Awards, other categories

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

colspan="2" |Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française

|

|Camille Pascal

|L'Été des quatre rois

|

|

colspan="2" |Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

|

|Elizabeth Hay

|All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir

|

|

colspan="2" |Holberg Prize

|

|Cass Sunstein

|—

|—

|

rowspan="4" |Hugo Award

|Best Novel

|

|N. K. Jemisin

|{{Sort|Stone Sky|The Stone Sky}}

|

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=sfadb: Hugo Awards 2018 |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Hugo_Awards_2018 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.sfadb.com}}

Best Novella

|

|Martha Wells

|All Systems Red

|

Best Novelette

|

|Suzanne Palmer

|{{Sort|Secret Life of Bots|"The Secret Life of Bots"}}

|

Best Short Story

|

|Rebecca Roanhorse

|{{Sort|Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience|"Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience"}}

|

rowspan="4" |Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

|Fiction

|

|Alain Mabanckou

|Black Moses

|

|

Nonfiction

|

|Tiya Miles

|{{Sort|Dawn of Detroit|The Dawn of Detroit}}

|

|

Debut

|

|Ladee Hubbard

|{{Sort|Talented Ribkins|The Talented Ribkins}}

|

|

Poetry

|

|Evie Shockley

|semiautomatic

|

|

colspan="2" |International Dublin Literary Award

|

|Mike McCormack

|Solar Bones

|

|{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Aoife |date=13 June 2018 |title=Mike McCormack wins €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award for Solar Bones |work=Irish Independent |publisher=Independent News & Media |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/mike-mccormack-wins-100000-international-dublin-literary-award-for-solar-bones-37005609.html |access-date=13 June 2018}}

rowspan="3" |James Tait Black Memorial Prize

|Fiction

|

|Olivia Laing

|Crudo

|

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web |date=18 August 2018 |title=Prize for "unconventional" royal biography |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45235314 |access-date=18 August 2018 |website=BBC News}}

Biography

|

|Lindsey Hilsum

|In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin

|

Drama

|

|Clare Barron

|Dance Nation

|

colspan="2" |Jerusalem Prize

|—

| colspan="2" |— (No award given)

|—

|

colspan="2" |Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award

|

|Paul Lynch

|Grace

|

|{{Cite web |title=Book awards: Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award {{!}} LibraryThing |url=https://www.librarything.com/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=LibraryThing.com |language=en}}

colspan="2" |Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize

|

|Jordan Scott

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Matt Cohen Award

|

|David Bergen

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Miguel de Cervantes Prize

|

|Ida Vitale

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Miles Franklin Award

|

|Michelle de Kretser

|{{Sort|Life to Come|The Life to Come}}

|

|

colspan="2" |National Biography Award

|

|Judith Brett

|{{Sort|Enigmatic Mr Deakin|The Enigmatic Mr Deakin}}

|

|

rowspan="5" |National Book Award

|National Book Award–Fiction

|

|Sigrid Nunez

|{{Sort|Friend|The Friend}}

|

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |title=National Book Foundation - 2018 National Book Awards |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2018/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US}}

National Book Award–Nonfiction

|

|Jeffrey C. Stewart

|{{Sort|New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke|The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke}}

|

National Book Award–Poetry

|

|Justin Phillip Reed

|Indecency

|

National Book Award–Translated Literature

|

|Yoko Tawada

|{{Sort|Emissary|The Emissary}}

|

National Book Award–Young People's Literature

|

|Elizabeth Acevedo

|{{Sort|Poet X|The Poet X}}

|

rowspan="4" |National Book Critics Circle Award

|National Book Critics–Fiction

|

|Anna Burns

|Milkman

|

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=2018 |url=https://www.bookcritics.org/past-awards/2018/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=National Book Critics Circle |language=en-US}}

National Book Critics–Nonfiction

|

|Steve Coll

|Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's...

|

National Book Critics–Biography

|

|Christopher Bonanos

|Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

|

National Book Critics–Criticism

|

|Zadie Smith

|Feel Free: Essays

|

rowspan="4" |Nebula Award

|Best Novel

|

|N. K. Jemisin

|{{Sort|Stone Sky|The Stone Sky}}

|

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=sfadb: Nebula Awards 2018 |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2018 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.sfadb.com}}

Best Novella

|

|Martha Wells

|All Systems Red

|

Best Novelette

|

|Kelly Robson

|{{Sort|Human Stain|"A Human Stain"}}

|

Best Short Story

|

|Rebecca Roanhorse

|{{Sort|Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience|"Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience"}}

|

colspan="2" |New Academy Prize in Literature

|

|Maryse Condé

|—

|—

|{{Cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=Author Conde wins alternative Nobel Prize |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45841482 |access-date=12 October 2018 |website=BBC News}}

colspan="2" |Newbery Medal

|

|{{sort|Kelly, Erin Entrada|Erin Entrada Kelly}}

|Hello, Universe

|

|{{Cite web |last=LSCHULTE |date=2019-01-15 |title=2018 Newbery Medal and Honor Books |url=https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal/2018-newbery-medal-and-honor-books |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |Nike Award

|Jury Award

|

| rowspan="2" |Marcin Wicha

| rowspan="2" |Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem

|

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |title=Nike Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka Nike) Winners |url=https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/1455-nike-literary-award-nagroda-literacka-nike |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.goodreads.com}}

Audience Award

|

|

colspan="2" |Nobel Prize in Literature

|

|Olga Tokarczuk

|—

|—

|{{Cite news |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |last2=Flood |first2=Alison |date=4 May 2018 |title=Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal: Swedish Academy says it needs to "commit time to recovering public confidence" after string of resignations and wide-ranging scandal |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/nobel-prize-for-literature-2018-cancelled-after-sexual-assault-scandal |access-date=4 May 2018}}

colspan="2" |Orwell Prize

|

|Darren McGarvey

|Poverty Safari

|

|{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Orwell Prize 2018 Revealed {{!}} The Orwell Foundation |url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/news-events/news-events/news/winners-orwell-prize-2018/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.orwellfoundation.com |language=en-GB}}

colspan="2" |PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

|

|Joan Silber

|Improvement

|

|{{Cite web |title=Announcing the Winner of the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction! {{!}} The PEN/Faulkner Foundation |url=https://www.penfaulkner.org/2018/04/04/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2018-penfaulkner-award-for-fiction/#:~:text=We%20are%20pleased%20to%20announce,novel%20Improvement%20(Counterpoint%20Press)! |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.penfaulkner.org}}

rowspan="2" |Philip K. Dick Award

|Winner

|

|Audrey Schulman

|Theory of Bastards

|

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |title=2019 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced |url=https://www.philipkdickaward.org/2019/04/2019-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Philip K. Dick Award}}

Special Citation

|

|Claire North

|84K

|

colspan="2" |Premio Planeta de Novela

|

|Santiago Posteguillo

|Yo, Julia

|

|

colspan="2" |Premio Strega Prize

|

|Helena Janeczek

|La ragazza con la Leica

|

|

colspan="2" |Pritzker Literature Award

|

|Dennis Showalter

|—

|—

|

rowspan="4" |Prix Femina

|Prix Femina

|

|Philippe Lançon

|Le Lambeau

|

|

Prix Femina étranger

|

|Alice McDermott

|{{Sort|Ninth Hour|The Ninth Hour}}

|

|

Prix Femina essai

|

|Élisabeth de Fontenay

|Gaspard de la nuit

|

|

Prix Femina des lycéens

|

|Isabelle Desesquelles

|Je voudrais que la nuit me prenne

|

|

colspan="2" |Prix Goncourt

|

|Nicolas Mathieu

|And Their Children After Them

|

|

colspan="2" |Prix Médicis

|

|Pierre Guyotat

|Idiotie

|

|

colspan="2" |Prix Renaudot

|

|Valérie Manteau

|Le Sillon

|

|

rowspan="5" |Pulitzer Prize

|Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

|

|Andrew Sean Greer

|Less

|

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |last=Pulitzer staff |title=2018 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/andrew-sean-greer |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Pulitzer |language=en}}

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

|

|Martyna Majok

|Cost of Living

|

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction

|

|James Forman Jr.

|Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

|

Pulitzer Prize for History

|

|Jack E. Davis

|{{Sort|Gulf: The Making of an American Sea|The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea}}

|

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

|

|Caroline Fraser

|Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

|

colspan="2" |RBC Taylor Prize

|

|Tanya Talaga

|Seven Fallen Feathers

|

|{{Cite web |last1=Balser |first1=Erin |title=Tanya Talaga wins $30K 2018 RBC Taylor Prize for Seven Fallen Feathers {{!}} CBC Books |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/tanya-talaga-wins-30k-2018-rbc-taylor-prize-for-seven-fallen-feathers-1.4552013 |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=CBC |language=en}}

colspan="2" |SAARC Literary Award

|

|Najibullah Manalai

|—

|—

|

rowspan="2" |Struga Poetry Evenings

|Golden Wreath laureate

|

|Adam Zagajewski

|—

|—

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last=Desik |first=Slavko |date=2018-03-23 |title=Struga Poetry Evenings |url=https://www.discoveringmacedonia.com/2018/struga-poetry-evenings/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Discovering Macedonia |language=en-US}}

Bridges of Struga laureate

|

|Pauli Tapio

|—

|—

colspan="2" |Walter Scott Prize

|

|Benjamin Myers

|{{Sort|Gallows Pole|The Gallows Pole}}

|

|{{Cite web |date=18 June 2018 |title=Winner of Walter Scott book prize named |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-44514229 |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=BBC News}}

rowspan="11" |Whiting Awards

| rowspan="2" |Fiction

|

|{{sortname|Brontez|Purnell}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Patrick|Cottrell}}

|—

|—

|

rowspan="3" |Drama

|

|{{sortname|Nathan Alan|Davis}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Hansol|Jung}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Antoinette|Nwandu}}

|—

|—

|

rowspan="3" |Nonfiction

|

|{{sortname|Anne|Boyer}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Esmé Weijun|Wang}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Weike|Wang}}

|—

|—

|

rowspan="3" |Poetry

|

|{{sortname|Anne|Boyer}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Rickey|Laurentiis}}

|—

|—

|

|{{sortname|Tommy|Pico}}

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |Women's Prize for Fiction

|

|Kamila Shamsie

|Home Fire

|

|{{Cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |date=6 June 2018 |title=Kamila Shamsie wins Women's prize for fiction for "story of our times" |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/06/kamila-shamsie-wins-womens-prize-for-fiction-for-story-of-our-times |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

rowspan="5" |World Fantasy Award

| rowspan="2" |Novel

|

|{{sortname|Victor|LaValle}}

|{{sort|Changeling|The Changeling}}

|

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |title=World Fantasy Awards 2018 {{!}} World Fantasy Convention |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/world-fantasy-awards%e2%84%a0-2018/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |language=en-US}}

|{{sortname|Fonda|Lee}}

|Jade City

|

Novella

|

|{{sortname|Ellen|Klages}}

|{{sort|"Passing Strange"|Passing Strange}}

|

Short Fiction

|

|{{sortname|Natalia|Theodoridou}}

|{{sort|Birding: A Fairy Tale|"The Birding: A Fairy Tale"}}

|

Collection

|

|Jane Yolen

|{{Sort|Emerald Circus|The Emerald Circus}}

|

colspan="2" |Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award

|

|Alissa York

|—

|—

|

colspan="2" |W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction

|

|Jeff Shaara

|{{Sort|Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War|The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War}}

|

|

colspan="2" |Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award

|

|Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

|—

|—

|{{Cite web |title=Irish poet awarded Herbert Prize |url=https://poland.pl/arts/literature/irish-poet-awarded-herbert-prize/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317234926/https://poland.pl/arts/literature/irish-poet-awarded-herbert-prize/ |archive-date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-12}}

See also

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