Who died in April 1980

British filmmaker known as the "Master of Suspense" who directed over 50 feature films and hosted the iconic Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series

Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous boom period

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist who famously refused the Nobel Prize in Literature

Italian writer and journalist, celebrated for his children's literature and recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal