Iain Finlay
Australian author and journalistDied on Wednesday May 7th 2025
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Tracy Sorensen
Australian novelist and academicDied on Wednesday May 7th 2025
Valeriy Shevchuk
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Marie Vaislic
French Holocaust survivor and writerDied on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Andrew Gross
American authorDied on Wednesday April 30th 2025
Rafiz Ismayilov
Azerbaijani film director and screenwriterDied on Wednesday April 30th 2025
Gwen Davies
American novelist and playwrightDied on Wednesday April 30th 2025
Richard Vines
British food critic (Bloomberg News)Died on Wednesday April 30th 2025
Jane Gardam
English author (The Queen of the TambourineDied on Tuesday April 29th 2025
Alexandra Fröhlich
German journalist and writerDied on Monday April 28th 2025
Daud Haider
Bangladeshi poetDied on Sunday April 27th 2025
Jean-Claude Germain
Canadian playwright and authorDied on Friday April 25th 2025
Peter von Matt
Swiss philologist and authorDied on Tuesday April 22nd 2025
Damien Broderick
Australian author (The White AbacusDied on Tuesday April 22nd 2025
Neža Maurer
Slovene poet and writerDied on Sunday April 20th 2025
Jennifer Toth
American journalist and writerDied on Saturday April 19th 2025
Rose Kerketta
Indian writerDied on Thursday April 17th 2025
Ljubomir Simović
Serbian writerDied on Thursday April 17th 2025
Bill Aitken
British-born Indian travel writer and mountain lover from ScotlandDied on Thursday April 17th 2025
Konstantin Kedrov
Russian poetDied on Wednesday April 16th 2025
Francis Davis
American author and journalist (The Village VoiceDied on Wednesday April 16th 2025
Ernest Volkman
American journalist and authorDied on Wednesday April 16th 2025
Seo Jeong-in
South Korean writerDied on Tuesday April 15th 2025
Oleksandr Muratov
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday April 14th 2025
Aleksandr Muratov
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday April 14th 2025
Harry Humes
American poetDied on Monday April 14th 2025
Filip David
Serbian writer and screenwriterDied on Monday April 14th 2025
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian writer (The Time of the HeroDied on Monday April 14th 2025
Jean Marsh
British actress and writer (UpstairsDied on Sunday April 13th 2025
Mike Bradwell
British theatre director and playwrightDied on Saturday April 12th 2025
Peter Lovesey
British writerDied on Thursday April 10th 2025
Luis Felipe Noé
Argentine painter and writerDied on Thursday April 10th 2025
Carl-Göran Ekerwald
Swedish novelist and literary criticDied on Thursday April 10th 2025
Cathy Bernheim
French novelist and journalistDied on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Yuriy Korotkov
Russian writer and screenwriter (Crash – Cop's DaughterDied on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Jesse Kornbluth
American journalist and authorDied on Monday April 7th 2025
Jean Van Leeuwen
American children's authorDied on Friday April 4th 2025
M. Hasna Maznavi
American writerDied on Friday April 4th 2025
Nancy Huddleston Packer
American writerDied on Friday April 4th 2025
Daniel Kluger
Israeli writerDied on Thursday April 3rd 2025
Ottó Tolnai
Serbo-Hungarian writerDied on Wednesday April 2nd 2025
Barbara Frischmuth
Austrian writerDied on Monday March 31st 2025
Yves Boisset
French film director and screenwriterDied on Monday March 31st 2025
Prem Parkash
Indian writerDied on Sunday March 30th 2025
Andrew Cohen
American spiritual teacher and authorDied on Sunday March 30th 2025
Harikrishna Pathak
Indian poetDied on Sunday March 30th 2025
Vittorio Orsenigo
Italian novelistDied on Sunday March 30th 2025
Alexandru Bantoș
Moldovian writer and journalistDied on Saturday March 29th 2025
Heloísa Teixeira
Brazilian writerDied on Friday March 28th 2025
Johann de Lange
South African poetDied on Friday March 28th 2025
Robert W. McChesney
American professor and authorDied on Thursday March 27th 2025
Masahiro Shinoda
Japanese film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday March 27th 2025
Andrei Yermash
Russian film director and screenwriter (Moon RainbowDied on Wednesday March 26th 2025
Éric Eydoux
French writerDied on Tuesday March 25th 2025
Dennis McDougal
American author and newspaper journalistDied on Tuesday March 25th 2025
Radu Țuculescu
Romanian novelistDied on Tuesday March 25th 2025
L. J. Smith
American author (The Vampire DiariesDied on Monday March 24th 2025
Manoj Santoshi
Indian television writerDied on Monday March 24th 2025
James Laube
American wine critic (Wine Spectator)Died on Sunday March 23rd 2025
Iván García Guerra
Dominican theatre actor and playwrightDied on Saturday March 22nd 2025
Svetlana Broz
Bosnian author and physicianDied on Saturday March 22nd 2025
Kitty Dukakis
American author and political figureDied on Saturday March 22nd 2025
Sonia Garmers
Curaçaoan writerDied on Thursday March 20th 2025
Alex Wheatle
British novelistDied on Thursday March 20th 2025
Denise Boucher
Canadian writerDied on Wednesday March 19th 2025
Jaroslav Vostrý
Czech playwrightDied on Tuesday March 18th 2025
César di Candia
Uruguayan journalist and writerDied on Tuesday March 18th 2025
Clive Wilmer
British poetDied on Tuesday March 18th 2025
David Steven Cohen
American television writer (Courage the Cowardly DogDied on Monday March 17th 2025
Manfred Schukowski
German academic teacher and author of works on astronomical clocksDied on Monday March 17th 2025
Hernán Lara Zavala
Mexican novelist and literary criticDied on Sunday March 16th 2025
Ramakanta Rath
Indian poetDied on Sunday March 16th 2025
Dag Solstad
Norwegian novelistDied on Saturday March 15th 2025
Paul Wheeler
British screenwriter (Caravan to Vaccarès) and novelistDied on Saturday March 15th 2025
Panchakshari Hiremath
Indian writerDied on Friday March 14th 2025
Felice Picano
American author (Ambidextrous)Died on Friday March 14th 2025
Anthony Phelphs
Haitian-born Canadian writerDied on Thursday March 13th 2025
K. K. Kochu
Indian writer and social activistDied on Thursday March 13th 2025
John Taffin
American authorDied on Wednesday March 12th 2025
Kee Malesky
American author and research librarianDied on Monday March 10th 2025
Athol Fugard
South African playwrightDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Joan Dye Gussow
American food writer and academicDied on Saturday March 8th 2025
Sébastien Lepetit
French crime fiction writerDied on Thursday March 6th 2025