Top 10 Authors Who Committed Suicide

1.Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, and his adventurous life and public persona influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction volumes, were published after his death. Many of his works are firmly regarded as classics of American literature.

2.Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He is best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, published in 1971. His work blended fact and fiction in a highly subjective and satirical style.

3.Robert E. Howard

4.Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf, born Stephen on January 25, 1882, and deceased on March 28, 1941, was an English writer. She was a central figure in the literary movement known as modernism and a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando.

5.David Foster Wallace

6.Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is recognized for pioneering the genre of confessional poetry. Her most notable poetry collections include The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel.

She also wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, which was published shortly before her death. Plath struggled with clinical depression for much of her adult life and died by suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. In 1982, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for The Collected Poems.