Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Abdul Gani Bhat
Indian poet and political activist
Died on Wednesday September 17th 2025
Marilyn Hagerty
American newspaper columnist (Grand Forks Herald)
Died on Tuesday September 16th 2025
Philippe Ward
French writer
Died on Tuesday September 16th 2025
Patricia Lieb
American poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday September 16th 2025
Antony Maitland
British children’s author and illustrator
Died on Monday September 15th 2025
Marilyn Diamond
American author and detoxification promoter
Died on Friday September 12th 2025
Kelly Ana Morey
New Zealand novelist and poet
Died on Thursday September 11th 2025
Jutta Bauer
German writer and illustrator
Died on Thursday September 11th 2025
Robin Glendinning
Northern Irish playwright and politician
Died on Wednesday September 10th 2025
Stefano Benni
Italian writer
Died on Tuesday September 9th 2025
Philippe Goddin
Belgian leading expert and literary critic of The Adventures of Tintin and author
Died on Monday September 8th 2025
Vasili Golovachyov
Russian science fiction writer
Died on Sunday September 7th 2025
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
French film critic and actor
Died on Thursday September 4th 2025
Rosalyn Drexler
American visual artist and writer
Died on Wednesday September 3rd 2025
Patrick Hemingway
American wildlife manager and writer
Died on Wednesday September 3rd 2025
S. S. David
Indian screenwriter (Agni IPS
Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2025
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
American novelist (Ariosto
Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2025
Ann McManus
British television writer (Waterloo Road
Died on Monday September 1st 2025
Scott Spiegel
American screenwriter (Evil Dead II)
Died on Monday September 1st 2025
Haim Nagid
Israeli poet and writer
Died on Monday September 1st 2025
Ronald Claver
Brazilian academic and writer
Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Kiril Kadiiski
Bulgarian poet and essayist
Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Christopher H. Bidmead
English screenwriter
Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Arnoldo Kraus
Mexican physician and writer
Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Alfred Hilsberg
German journalist and music critic
Died on Sunday August 31st 2025