Lauro Martines obituary
Other lives: Historian of Renaissance Florence and Italy who brought an uncompromising sense of justice to all his work
Sir Christopher Ondaatje obituary
Businessman and philanthropist who helped fund a new wing for the National Portrait Gallery
Don MacRaild obituary
Other lives: Historian who produced groundbreaking research on Irish Catholic and Protestant immigration, and labour history
Ian McDonald obituary
Trinidad-born author and poet whose novel The Humming-Bird Tree is a classic of Caribbean literature
Tony Williams obituary
Other lives: Film expert who wrote books on the cinema and was a lecturer at Southern Illinois University in the US
Simon Trewin obituary
Literary agent who established the Garage Press and a volunteer-run community education centre
Shahrnush Parsipur obituary
Author of Women Without Men, who paid a high price for shining a light on gender repression in her native Iran
Juliet Gardiner obituary
Historian and author known for three major books – about Britain during the second world war, life in the 1930s and the place of the blitz in national mythology
Jimmy Adams obituary
Other lives: Chess journalist and player who edited Chess magazine and wrote a number of books on the game
Beth McKillop obituary
Museum curator and scholar with a special focus on Korean art
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Italian academic and author who challenged traditional approaches with his pursuit of microhistory
Jane Yolen obituary
Author who wrote more than 400 books for adults and children and was praised for her inventive retellings of fairytales
Mary Hooper obituary
Other lives: Author of award-winning titles for children and young adults
Marjane Satrapi obituary
French-Iranian artist, writer and director best known for her graphic novel Persepolis that was later turned into a film
Bill Jordan obituary
Other lives: Social worker and lecturer on social policy