Christine Baker obituary

Editor with the Paris-based publisher Gallimard Jeunesse who was determined to give British children’s books a presence in France

Claudia Mason obituary

Other lives: Bookseller and signwriter who lived for many years on a houseboat on the Thames

Mavis Cheek obituary

Author of a series of comic novels that focused on the tragi-comic nature of relationships and the general absurdities of life

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

Cormac McCarthy obituary

Acclaimed author whose novels, such as The Road and Blood Meridian, told grim, violent tales of life stripped down to the fundamentals of existence in a hostile world

Ama Ata Aidoo obituary

One of Africa’s most influential playwrights and poets who served as education minister in her native Ghana

Paul Ickovic obituary

Photographer inspired by the ordinary lives of the people he met on the streets who believed in ‘shoot first, think later’

Patrick Renshaw obituary

Other lives: Historian of American politics and labour who produced a major study of the General Strike

Evan Jones obituary

Poet best known for The Song of the Banana Man who went on to become a prolific playwright and screenwriter

Caroline Raphael obituary

Other lives: Former editor in chief of The Good Hotel Guide, who worked on every edition from 1978 to 2022

Rod Kedward obituary

Historian who brought to light the important role of rural communities in the French resistance during the second world war