In Memoriam

Who died in April 1980

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Alfred Hitchcock

18991980

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

Alejo Carpanter

19041980

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

19051980

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

Gianni Rodari

19201980

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