Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Bill Aitken
British-born Indian travel writer and mountain lover from Scotland · 16 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 16
Francis Davis
American author and journalist (The Village Voice · 15 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 15
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian writer (The Time of the Hero · 13 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 13 · Llosa
Jean Marsh
British actress and writer (Upstairs · 12 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 12
Mike Bradwell
British theatre director and playwright · 11 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 11
Luis Felipe Noé
Argentine painter and writer · 09 April 2025 · April 2025 · Argentine · April 9 · Noé
Cathy Bernheim
French novelist and journalist · 08 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 8 · French
Yuriy Korotkov
Russian writer and screenwriter (Crash – Cop's Daughter · 08 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 8
Jean Van Leeuwen
American children's author · 03 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 3 · Leeuwen
Tim Mohr
German-American writer and editor · 01 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 1
Ottó Tolnai
Serbo-Hungarian writer · 01 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 1 · Otto
Andrew Cohen
American spiritual teacher and author · 29 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 29
Ken Bruen
Irish crime fiction writer · 29 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 29
Alexandru Bantoș
Moldovian writer and journalist · 28 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 28
Masahiro Shinoda
Japanese film director and screenwriter · 26 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 26
Andrei Yermash
Russian film director and screenwriter (Moon Rainbow · 25 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 25
Dennis McDougal
American author and newspaper journalist · 24 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 24
L. J. Smith
American author (The Vampire Diaries · 23 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 23 · Smith
Manoj Santoshi
Indian television writer · 23 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 23
James Laube
American wine critic (Wine Spectator) · 22 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 22 · Other
Iván García Guerra
Dominican theatre actor and playwright · 21 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 21 · Guerra
Kitty Dukakis
American author and political figure · 21 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 21
Sonia Garmers
Curaçaoan writer · 19 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 19
David Steven Cohen
American television writer (Courage the Cowardly Dog · 16 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 16 · Cohen
Manfred Schukowski
German academic teacher and author of works on astronomical clocks · 16 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 16
Peter Bichsel
Swiss writer and journalist · 16 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 16 · Swiss
Paul Wheeler
British screenwriter (Caravan to Vaccarès) and novelist · 14 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 14
Lil Bahadur Chettri
Indian novelist (Basain) · 13 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 13 · Chettri
Felice Picano
American author (Ambidextrous) · 13 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 13
Anthony Phelphs
Haitian-born Canadian writer · 12 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 12
K. K. Kochu
Indian writer and social activist · 12 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 12 · Kochu
Kee Malesky
American author and research librarian · 09 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 9
Joan Dye Gussow
American food writer and academic · 07 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 7 · Gussow
Jean-Claude Barreau
French essayist and writer · 06 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 6 · French
Walter Fahrer
Argentine comic book author · 06 March 2025 · March 2025 · Argentine · March 6
Mabel Segun
Nigerian writer and poet · 05 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 5
Sonny Arguinzoni
American author and pastor · 05 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 5
Sébastien Lepetit
French crime fiction writer · 05 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 5 · French
Arthur Firstenberg
American author and activist · 03 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 3
John Casey
American novelist (Spartina) · 03 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 3
Gerd Stern
Beat era poet and multimedia artist · 03 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 3
Ayako Sono
Japanese writer · 03 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 3
Bill Dare
English television producer and writer (Dead Ringers · 03 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 3
Alain Grée
French illustrator and author · 01 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 1 · French
Joseph Gitnig
American street performer and poet · 01 March 2025 · March 2025 · March 1
Joseph Wambaugh
American author (The Onion Field) · 27 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 27
Pierre Joris
Luxembourgish-American poet and writer · 26 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 26
Kuo-ch’ing Tu
Taiwanese poet and literary scholar · 26 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 26 · Kuo-ch'ing
Uri Shulevitz
American children's book writer · 25 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 25
Anil R. Joshi
Indian poet and essayist · 25 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 25 · Joshi
Roberto Orci
Mexican-born American screenwriter (Star Trek · 24 February 2025 · February 2025 · February 24