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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