List of People With Hepatitis C - Writing

Writing

Name Lifetime Comments
Arcade, PennyPenny Arcade 1950– Performance artist and playwright, diagnosed in 2003.
Carroll, JimJim Carroll 1949–2009 Author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician, best known for his 1978 autobiography The Basketball Diaries, which was made in the 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Cohn, NikNik Cohn 1946– Popular music journalist and critic. He said that having hepatitis C was like having "permanent jet lag".
Ginsberg, AllenAllen Ginsberg 1926–1997 Beat poet best known for the poem Howl. He died of liver cancer after suffering for many years with hepatitis C.
Kesey, KenKen Kesey 1935–2001 Best known for his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Died of liver cancer, caused by hepatitis C.
McCann, RichardRichard McCann 1949– Writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, best known for his book Mother of Sorrows. He was diagnosed in 1990, a few months after the hepatitis C test became available.
Selby, Jr., HubertHubert Selby, Jr. 1928–2004 Author of Last Exit to Brooklyn and other existential novels. He contracted hepatitis C while receiving treatment for tuberculosis.
Stahl, JerryJerry Stahl 1954– Novelist and screenwriter. His autobiography, Permanent Midnight, was adapted into a movie starring Ben Stiller.
Weingarten, GeneGene Weingarten 1951– Humor writer and journalist on The Washington Post.
Young, ElizabethElizabeth Young 1950–2001 Literary critic and writer.

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