Ratan Thiyam
Indian playwrightDied on Wednesday July 23rd 2025
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Rose Leiman Goldemberg
American playwright and screenwriter (The Burning Bed)Died on Tuesday July 22nd 2025
Bohdan Melnychuk
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday July 22nd 2025
Mark Bonokoski
Canadian newspaper columnistDied on Tuesday July 22nd 2025
Israil Saparbay
Kazakh writerDied on Monday July 21st 2025
Michael Melski
Canadian filmmaker and playwrightDied on Monday July 21st 2025
Mario Pirata
Brazilian writerDied on Monday July 21st 2025
Elena Zhambalova
Russian poetDied on Monday July 21st 2025
Michael Ranville
American political consultant and authorDied on Monday July 21st 2025
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
Norwegian writerDied on Saturday July 19th 2025
José María Guelbenzu
Spanish writerDied on Saturday July 19th 2025
Soltan Abbas
Azerbaijani poetDied on Saturday July 19th 2025
José Guelbenzu
Spanish writerDied on Saturday July 19th 2025
Lena Pappa
Greek poetDied on Saturday July 19th 2025
Francesco Gnerre
Italian essayistDied on Friday July 18th 2025
Duff Hart-Davis
British writerDied on Friday July 18th 2025
Héctor Dante Cincotta
Argentine writerDied on Thursday July 17th 2025
Gilberto Severini
Italian novelistDied on Thursday July 17th 2025
José María Obaldía
Uruguayan writer and lexicographerDied on Wednesday July 16th 2025
Diana McVeagh
British music authorDied on Wednesday July 16th 2025
Sol Stern
American journalist and authorDied on Wednesday July 16th 2025
Matiullah Turab
Afghan poetDied on Tuesday July 15th 2025
Beata Szymańska
Polish poetDied on Tuesday July 15th 2025
Victor McElheny
American science writer and journalistDied on Tuesday July 15th 2025
Jean-Pierre Putters
French journalist and film criticDied on Monday July 14th 2025
Alexander Mitta
Russian film director and screenwriter (ShineDied on Monday July 14th 2025
Milan Švihálek
Czech playwrightDied on Sunday July 13th 2025
K. B. Ganapathy
Indian author and editor (Star of MysoreDied on Sunday July 13th 2025
Mario Mactas
Argentine journalist and writerDied on Sunday July 13th 2025
Jean-Claude Bernardet
Belgian writerDied on Saturday July 12th 2025
Gadul Singh Lama
Indian writerDied on Saturday July 12th 2025
Fanny Howe
American poetDied on Friday July 11th 2025
Goffredo Fofi
Italian essayistDied on Friday July 11th 2025
Maung Thar Cho
Burmese writerDied on Thursday July 10th 2025
Paulette Jiles
American author (News of the World)Died on Wednesday July 9th 2025
José Henrique Álamo Oliveira
Portuguese poet and writerDied on Wednesday July 9th 2025
David Flebotte
American television writer and producer (Desperate HousewivesDied on Wednesday July 9th 2025
Dave Flebotte
American television writer and producer (Desperate HousewivesDied on Wednesday July 9th 2025
Franz Hodjak
German writerDied on Wednesday July 9th 2025
Earl Pilgrim
Canadian authorDied on Sunday July 6th 2025
Eduardo Liendo
Venezuelan writer and scholarDied on Sunday July 6th 2025
Richard Greenberg
American playwright (Take Me Out)Died on Saturday July 5th 2025
Kincses Előd
Romanian-Hungarian lawyer and public writerDied on Friday July 4th 2025
Nihat Genç
Turkish journalist and writerDied on Friday July 4th 2025
Ken Walker
British-born Canadian physician and writerDied on Friday July 4th 2025
Peter G. Engelman
English-born American novelist and practitionerDied on Friday July 4th 2025
Charles Chadwick
English novelistDied on Wednesday July 2nd 2025
Joxe Azurmendi
Basque writerDied on Wednesday July 2nd 2025
Sally Roesch Wagner
American authorDied on Wednesday July 2nd 2025
Renato Baretić
Croatian authorDied on Wednesday July 2nd 2025
Mahshid Moshiri
Iranian novelist and lexicographerDied on Tuesday July 1st 2025
Florence Delay
French writer and actress (The Trial of Joan of ArcDied on Tuesday July 1st 2025
Jim Shooter
American comic book writer (Secret WarsDied on Tuesday July 1st 2025
Germán Gullón
Spanish literary criticDied on Monday June 30th 2025
Ruy Carlos Ostermann
Brazilian writer and politicianDied on Saturday June 28th 2025
Ihor Kalynets
Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissidentDied on Saturday June 28th 2025
Dragoljub Acković
Serbian-Roma writerDied on Saturday June 28th 2025
Surendra Dubey
Indian poetDied on Thursday June 26th 2025
Susan Beth Pfeffer
American novelist (Life as We Knew It)Died on Thursday June 26th 2025
Denys Chabot
Canadian writer and journalistDied on Wednesday June 25th 2025
Wally McRae
American cowboy and poetDied on Wednesday June 25th 2025
Ina Césaire
French playwright and etnographerDied on Wednesday June 25th 2025
Edwin Bhend
Swiss chess player and authorDied on Wednesday June 25th 2025
Camila Loboguerrero
Colombian screenwriterDied on Tuesday June 24th 2025
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
American authorDied on Tuesday June 24th 2025
Rod Nordland
American journalist and writerDied on Tuesday June 24th 2025
Gertrud Leutenegger
Swiss writerDied on Saturday June 21st 2025
Ermanno Corsi
Italian writer and journalistDied on Saturday June 21st 2025
Prafulla Roy
Indian writerDied on Thursday June 19th 2025
Mark Peploe
British screenwriter (The Last EmperorDied on Thursday June 19th 2025
Geirr Lystrup
Norwegian singer and children's writerDied on Thursday June 19th 2025
Zain Serudin
Bruneian poet and politicianDied on Tuesday June 17th 2025
John Robbins
American author (Diet for a New America)Died on Tuesday June 17th 2025
Cícero Sandroni
Brazilian journalist and writer. Died on Tuesday June 17th 2025
Teresa Rita Lopes
Portuguese writerDied on Tuesday June 17th 2025
William Langewiesche
American author and journalist (The New York Times MagazineDied on Monday June 16th 2025
Juan Calzadilla
Venezuelan poetDied on Monday June 16th 2025
Nellai S. Muthu
Indian novelistDied on Monday June 16th 2025
Maurice Gee
New Zealand author (Under the Mountain)Died on Sunday June 15th 2025
Else Breen
Norwegian children's book writerDied on Saturday June 14th 2025
Frans Said
Maltese broadcaster and writerDied on Saturday June 14th 2025
Terry Louise Fisher
American television writer and producer (L.A. Law)Died on Friday June 13th 2025
John Noone
British writerDied on Thursday June 12th 2025
Elaine L. Jack
Canadian-American author and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsDied on Wednesday June 11th 2025
Victor-Lévy Beaulieu
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday June 10th 2025
Frederick Forsyth
English novelist (The Day of the Jackal)Died on Monday June 9th 2025