George Redmonds obituary
Other lives: Leading authority on the origins of English surnames
John Calder obituary
Publisher and bookseller who championed some of the great avant-garde writers of the 20th century
Jim Underwood obituary
Other lives: Varied, thoughtful and intelligent translator
VS Naipaul obituary
Nobel prizewinning writer of novels, short stories and bleak accounts of displaced people starting from his own experience in his native Trinidad
Matthew Sweeney obituary
Prolific poet whose darkly humorous fables expressed the strangeness of the world with a sense of delight
Peter Sawyer obituary
Influential scholar of the Vikings who challenged the standard view of them as invaders and destroyers
Jessica Mann obituary
Crime novelist and broadcaster who appeared on Radio 4’s Round Britain Quiz and TV’s Question Time
Bruce Leigh obituary
Other lives: Bookseller and writer who became a dedicated Buddhist in Brighton
Clive King obituary
Author of Stig of the Dump, the children’s classic that has never been out of print since it was published in 1963
Steve Ditko obituary
Artist and co-creator of the Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange
Meic Stephens obituary
Literary editor, arts administrator, translator and poet who promoted Welsh cultural causes
Mildred Nasmith obituary
Other lives: Designer of publications for government agencies
John James obituary
Other lives: Poet and teacher of literature and film
Harlan Ellison obituary
Short story writer who regenerated the science fiction genre in the US
Paul Harris obituary
Other lives: War correspondent, publisher, author, and art gallery proprietor