Literary obituaries: March 18, 2025

Here are the literary deaths that either occurred recently or popped into the news recently.

• Norwegian writer Dag Solstad dies aged 83 (The Guardian)

• Herman Graf, who helped sell Tropic of Cancer, dies at 91 (The New York Times)

• James Reason, who used Swiss cheese to explain human error, dies at 86 (The New York Times)

• Jennifer Johnston, novelist who probed Ireland's fault lines, dies at 95 (The New York Times)

• John Feinstein, who wrote A Season on the Brink, dies at 69 (The New York Times)

• Felice Picano, champion of gay literature, is dead at 81 (The New York Times)