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From Rahat Indori to John le Carré: Authors who passed away in 2020
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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)
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Renowned Urdu writer Shamsur Rahman Faruqi passed away on December 25. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Acclaimed Malayalam poet and environmental activist Sugathakumari passed away on December 23. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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John le Carre, who crafted spy novels with the finesse of a classic, passed away on December 14. (Source: AP)
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Poet Rahat Indori, who gave words to revolution, passed away due to cardiac arrest on August 11.
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Sahitya Akademi-recipient Bengali poet Alokeranjan Dasgupta passed away on November 18 this year. He was 86.
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Veteran author and columnist Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles SJ, famously known as Father Valles, passed away November 9, 2020. (Source: barodarocksz/Instagram)
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Sadia Dehlvi, author and activist and known for chronicling Delhi, passed away at the age of 62 on August 5.
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Poet and literary journalist Manglesh Dabral passed away on December 9 due to COVID complications.(Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)
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Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer and journalist, most famously known for her memoir Prozac Nation, passed away on January 7. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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American author Mary Higgins died this year on January 31. She was known for her suspense novels. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Literary giant Jaswant Singh Kanwal also passed away on February 1 this year.