From Rahat Indori to John le Carré: Authors who passed away in 2020

The year 2020 has been brutal. It took away several literary giants making the world a lesser place. Here are some of them. (Designed by Gargi Singh)

Renowned Urdu writer Shamsur Rahman Faruqi passed away on December 25. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Acclaimed Malayalam poet and environmental activist Sugathakumari passed away on December 23. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

John le Carre, who crafted spy novels with the finesse of a classic, passed away on December 14. (Source: AP)

Poet Rahat Indori, who gave words to revolution, passed away due to cardiac arrest on August 11.

Sahitya Akademi-recipient Bengali poet Alokeranjan Dasgupta passed away on November 18 this year. He was 86.

Veteran author and columnist Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles SJ, famously known as Father Valles, passed away November 9, 2020. (Source: barodarocksz/Instagram)

Sadia Dehlvi, author and activist and known for chronicling Delhi, passed away at the age of 62 on August 5.

Poet and literary journalist Manglesh Dabral passed away on December 9 due to COVID complications.(Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer and journalist, most famously known for her memoir Prozac Nation, passed away on January 7. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

American author Mary Higgins died this year on January 31. She was known for her suspense novels. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Literary giant Jaswant Singh Kanwal also passed away on February 1 this year.