Deaths Famous Dead Writers
José Luis Olaizola
Spanish lawyer and writer · 03 June 2025 · June 2025 · Olaizola · June 3
Edmund White
American writer (Nocturnes for the King of Naples · 03 June 2025 · June 2025 · June 3
David R. Slavitt
American writer and poet · 31 May 2025 · May 2025 · Slavitt · May 31
Frances Doel
British screenwriter (Big Bad Mama · 30 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 30
H. S. Venkateshamurthy
Indian screenwriter (Chinnari Mutha · Venkateshamurthy · 29 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 29
Michael Allaby
British author and actor (Doctor Who · 27 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 27
Maria Koleva
Bulgarian-born French writer and filmmaker · 26 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 26
Miroslav Vaic
Czech screenwriter and playwright · 25 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 25 · Czech
Peter David
American comic book writer (The Incredible Hulk · 24 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 24
Michael Roemer
American film director and screenwriter (Nothing but a Man · 24 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 24
Susan Brownmiller
American journalist and author (Against Our Will) · 24 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 24
Gordon Wenham
British religious scholar and writer · 23 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 23
Sarah Kramer
Canadian vegan cookbook author · 23 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 23
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Algerian film director and screenwriter · 22 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 22
Jørgen Gunnerud
Norwegian crime fiction writer · 22 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 22
Dalene Young
American screenwriter (Cross Creek · 20 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 20
Barry Fantoni
British author and cartoonist (Private Eye) · 20 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 20
Marthe Cohn
French spy and author (Behind Enemy Lines) · 20 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 20
Leslie Epstein
American writer and academic · 19 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 19
Brian Glanville
English football writer and novelist · 16 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 16
Gerard Soeteman
Dutch screenwriter (The Assault · 15 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 15 · Dutch
Robert Brooke
English cricket writer · 15 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 15
Jan Terlouw
Dutch politician (and author (Winter in Wartime) · 15 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 15 · Dutch
Fadéla M’rabet
Algerian writer · 13 May 2025 · May 2025 · M'rabet · May 13
Nandalike Balachandra Rao
Indian journalist and writer · 13 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 13 · Rao
Robert Benton
American filmmaker and screenwriter (Bonnie and Clyde · 12 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 12
André Berland
French historian and biographer · 11 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 11
Peter Morwood
Irish novelist (The Dragon Lord) · 09 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 9
Carlos Ferrari
Argentine-Puerto Rican playwright and theatrical director · 09 May 2025 · Argentine · May 2025 · May 9
Kim Yeong-hyeon
South Korean poet and novelist · 08 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 8
Joan de Sagarra
Spanish writer and journalist · 08 May 2025 · May 2025 · Sagarra · May 8
Alexey Gogua
Abkhaz writer · 07 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 7
Steve Pepoon
American television writer (ALF · 07 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 7
Angelo Rinaldi
French writer and literary critic · 06 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 6
Iain Finlay
Australian author and journalist · 06 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 6
Tracy Sorensen
Australian novelist and academic · 06 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 6
Lidwine
French comic book author and illustrator · 05 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 5
Hữu Ngọc
Vietnamese writer and journalist · 03 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 3
Marie Vaislic
French Holocaust survivor and writer · 02 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 2
Richard Vines
British food critic (Bloomberg News) · 29 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 29 · Other
Jane Gardam
English author (The Queen of the Tambourine · 28 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 28
Peter von Matt
Swiss philologist and author · 21 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 21 · Swiss · Matt
Damien Broderick
Australian author (The White Abacus · 21 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 21
Neža Maurer
Slovene poet and writer · 19 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 19
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