Writers: Final Exits of 2011

Top British Sitcom Writer John Sullivan Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-british-sitcom-writer-john-sullivan.html

Award-Winning Travel Writer Patrick Leigh Fermor Dies at 96
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/06/award-winning-travel-writer-patrick.html

Pakistan Rejects US Claim About Slain Journalist
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/pakistan-rejects-us-claim-about-slain.html

Cuban-born Writer Eliseo Alberto Dies in Mexico
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/cuban-born-writer-eliseo-alberto-dies.html

'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock' Songwriter Dead at 78
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/08/hound-dog-and-jailhouse-rock-songwriter.html

Singer, Songwriter Nick Ashford Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/08/singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dies.html

Pioneering Radio Writer Norman Corwin Dies at 101
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/10/pioneering-radio-writer-norman-corwin.html

Provocative British-Born Author Christopher Hitchens Dead at 62
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/12/provocative-british-born-author.html

Cuban-born Writer Eliseo Alberto Dies in Mexico

Cuban-born writer and journalist Eliseo Alberto, living in exile in Mexico, has died at the age of 59.

Alberto, nicknamed Lichi, died Sunday at a hospital in Mexico City after receiving a kidney transplant on July 18.

He was celebrated as one of the best contemporary Spanish-language poetry and prose writers. He also wrote television scripts and taught at film schools in Mexico and elsewhere.

Alberto said his books explored Christian themes such as regret, forgiveness and punishment.

In 1998, he received the Premio Alfaguara de Novela, an international Spanish-language literary award, for his novel “Caracol Beach.”

Alberto was born in 1951 in Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba and was the son of Cuban poet and intellectual Eliseo Diego.

In his autobiographical work “Informe contra mi mismo” he described how the Cuban security authorities asked him to report on his father's activities.