Keri Hulme obituary

New Zealand author who won the Booker prize in 1985 for her novel the bone people, and also wrote poetry and short stories

Barbara Brandenburger obituary

Other lives: Co-founder of the Bosnian Support Fund, providing aid during and after the 1990s conflict

Other lives: Singer, actor and author who wrote a trilogy of books about her experiences setting up home in the south west of France

Designer who shook up ideas of what a book cover should be and gave the Independent newspaper its distinctive look

Zen Buddhist monk and peace campaigner who brought mindfulness to the west

Adult educationist whose anthology Two Centuries of African English helped transform approaches to literature in the continent

Other lives: Lover of literature and art who was content with a life centred about his books

Other lives: Managing director of the publishing company New English Library in the 1970s

Detached observer of American society and political life through her collections of journalism, novels and screenwriting

Radical Spanish novelist, newspaper columnist and cultural commentator determined to tell the truth about the Franco era

Critic and writer who launched postmodern French theory in the US but became better known for his role in his wife’s memoir I Love Dick

Trailblazing writer, activist and cultural theorist who made a pivotal contribution to Black feminist thought

Leading writer of supernatural fiction whose 1976 novel Interview With the Vampire was turned into a hit film

The influential and fearless Egyptian feminist author, doctor and government official is remembered by the journalist and social commentator

The US journalist on his aunt, whose exacting vision – from her writing to her elegant dinner parties – was an expression of love and generosity