Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Paul Tremmel
German poet
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Stephen Downing
American screenwriter (MacGyver
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Jeanette Winter
American author and illustrator
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Alun Gibbard
Welsh writer
Died on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Tamilanban
Indian poet
Died on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Leonardo Fróes
Brazilian poet
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
David Hanly
Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland)
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Helme Heine
German writer
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Ian Marchant
British writer
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Gavin Petrie
British writer and producer
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Jean-Louis Trudel
Canadian science-fiction author
Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Charlotte Bingham
British author
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Sören Sommelius
Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad)
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Yvonne Keuls
Dutch writer
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriter
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese novelist
Died on Sunday November 16th 2025
Dan McGrath
American television writer (The Simpsons
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Rachel Cooke
British journalist (The Observer) and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Maurice Denuzière
French journalist and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Michèle Audin
French mathematician and writer
Died on Friday November 14th 2025
Anka Ptaszkowska
Polish art critic and art historian
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Marina Lewycka
British writer
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Colin Duriez
English writer
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara"
Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Jana Štroblová
Czech writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
French writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Daya Prakash Sinha
Indian director and writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Manuel Pérez
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Binlah Sonkalagiri
Thai writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
James Stevens Curl
British architectural historian and author
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Francine Christophe
French writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Anna Sandor
Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Dejan Ristanović
Serbian writer and computer publicist
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor,
died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived…
Karomatullohi Mirzo
Tajik writer
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Alison Rose
American model and writer (The New Yorker)
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Hal Sirowitz
American poet
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Murray Mednick
American playwright
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Ed Moloney
Irish journalist and author
Died on Sunday October 19th 2025
István Ágh
Hungarian poet
Died on Sunday October 19th 2025
Roy Jacobsen
Norwegian novelist
Died on Saturday October 18th 2025
Ra’ouf Mus’ad
Egyptian playwright
Died on Saturday October 18th 2025
Sakineh M. Redjali
Iranian-American psychologist and author
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Baek Se-hee
South Korean author (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki)
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Baron Wormser
American poet
Died on Thursday October 16th 2025
Yolonda Lawrence
American television producer and writer (Empire
Died on Thursday October 16th 2025
Kyriakos D. Kassis
Greek poet and painter
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Zoë Wicomb
South African writer (You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town)
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Nasser Taghvai
Iranian film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Gurney Norman
American writer and poet laureate
Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Liv Køltzow
Norwegian writer
Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Desire Moyo
Zimbabwean politician and poet
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025
Gillian Tindall
British writer and historian
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025
Syed Manzoorul Islam
Bangladeshi literary critic
Died on Friday October 10th 2025
P. Stanley
Indian writer
Died on Friday October 10th 2025
Eve Zaremba
Canadian mystery writer
Died on Thursday October 9th 2025
Sri Owen
Indonesian cooking teacher and food writer
Died on Wednesday October 8th 2025
Franz Josef Wagner
German journalist (Bild) and writer
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Lin Arison
American writer and art patron
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Erin Pizzey
British men's rights activist and novelist
Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Dame Jilly Cooper
English novelist (Emily
Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Xavier Durringer
French playwright
Died on Sunday October 5th 2025
Gianfranco Sanguinetti
Italian writer
Died on Sunday October 5th 2025
Ivan Klíma
Czech writer
Died on Saturday October 4th 2025
T. J. S. George
Indian biographer
Died on Friday October 3rd 2025
Manchán Magan
Irish author
Died on Friday October 3rd 2025
Douglas Laux
American CIA officer and author (Left of Boom)
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Ahmed Rafiq
Bangladeshi language movement activist and writer
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
American novelist
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Michael B. Druxman
American screenwriter (Dillinger and Capone
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Yavuz Bülent Bâkiler
Turkish poet
Died on Wednesday October 1st 2025
Nigel Latta
New Zealand psychologist and author
Died on Tuesday September 30th 2025
Brian Patten
English poet and author
Died on Tuesday September 30th 2025
Aleksandr Bushkov
Russian writer
Died on Monday September 29th 2025
Tess Johnston
American diplomat and author
Died on Monday September 29th 2025
Anne Baker
British historical writer (Wings over Kabul: The First Airlift)
Died on Monday September 29th 2025
Ashleigh Brilliant
American cartoonist and author
Died on Monday September 29th 2025
Tony Harrison
English poet
Died on Saturday September 27th 2025
Gregorio C. Brillantes
Filipino writer
Died on Friday September 26th 2025
Ann Granger
British crime writer (Cold in the Earth)
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2025
S. L. Bhyrappa
Indian novelist (Bheemakaaya
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2025
Joichiro Kawamura
Japanese art critic and translator
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2025
Maxine Clair
American novelist and poet
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2025
Ron Friedman
American screenwriter (The Transformers: The Movie
Died on Monday September 22nd 2025
Kai Engelke
German poet
Died on Sunday September 21st 2025
Marian Burros
American food writer (The New York Times
Died on Sunday September 21st 2025
Antonio Rivero Taravillo
Spanish writer and poet
Died on Saturday September 20th 2025
Akella Venkata Suryanarayana
Indian screenwriter and writer
Died on Saturday September 20th 2025
Mohammed ben Abdallah
Ghanaian playwright
Died on Friday September 19th 2025
Thomas Perry
American author (The Butcher's Boy
Died on Friday September 19th 2025
Susan Firer
American poet
Died on Friday September 19th 2025
Donald S. Zagoria
American author and academic
Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
John Masius
American television writer and producer (Touched by an Angel)
Died on Wednesday September 17th 2025