Arkady Shtypel
Ukrainian poet and translatorDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2024
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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Vladimir Mikushevich
Russian poetDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2024
Shamshad Abdullaev
Uzbek Russian-language poetDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2024
Antonio Cicero
Brazilian poetDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2024
Bruno Bartoloni
Italian journalist and writerDied on Tuesday October 22nd 2024
Béatrice de Andia
Spanish-French writer and curatorDied on Tuesday October 22nd 2024
Hualing Nieh Engle
Chinese-born American author and academicDied on Monday October 21st 2024
Reba White Williams
American author and philanthropistDied on Monday October 21st 2024
Maurice Henrie
Canadian writer and academicDied on Sunday October 20th 2024
Elisabeth Harvor
Canadian writerDied on Sunday October 20th 2024
Judith de Kom
Dutch-Surinamese activist and novelist. (death announced on this date)Died on Friday October 18th 2024
Sherry Coben
American television writer and producer (Kate & Allie)Died on Friday October 18th 2024
Stan Persky
Canadian writer and media commentatorDied on Thursday October 17th 2024
Rieko Nakagawa
Japanese writer and lyricistDied on Thursday October 17th 2024
Daniel K. Hoh
American television writer (Station 19)Died on Thursday October 17th 2024
Alexandre Voisard
Swiss writer and politicianDied on Tuesday October 15th 2024
Gabriela Melinescu
Romanian-born Swedish writer and essayistDied on Tuesday October 15th 2024
Marie Benetková
Czech writerDied on Tuesday October 15th 2024
Antonio Skármeta
Chilean writer (Ardiente paciencia)Died on Tuesday October 15th 2024
Megan Marshack
American television news writer and producerDied on Saturday October 12th 2024
Fleur Adcock
New Zealand poetDied on Friday October 11th 2024
Bruno Pochesci
Italian-born French musician and writerDied on Thursday October 10th 2024
Richard Woodman
English novelist and naval historianDied on Thursday October 10th 2024
Donald L. Barlett
American investigative journalist and non-fiction writerDied on Wednesday October 9th 2024
Lily Ebert
Hungarian-born British Holocaust survivor and writerDied on Wednesday October 9th 2024
Robert Coover
American author (The Public BurningDied on Monday October 7th 2024
Allan Blye
Canadian-born American television writer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourDied on Sunday October 6th 2024
Barbara Blackman
Australian writer and philanthropistDied on Saturday October 5th 2024
John Gierach
American author and freelance writerDied on Friday October 4th 2024
Pierre Christin
French comics writerDied on Thursday October 3rd 2024
Doumbi Fakoly
Malian writerDied on Tuesday October 1st 2024
Ella Leffland
American novelist and short story writerDied on Monday September 30th 2024
Thomas Rockwell
American children's authorDied on Monday September 30th 2024
Peter Andruška
Slovak poetDied on Monday September 30th 2024
Jacques Réda
French poet and magazine editor (Nouvelle Revue Française)Died on Monday September 30th 2024
Harold D. Guither
American agricultural economist and writerDied on Sunday September 29th 2024
Bengt Frithiofsson
Swedish wine writer (Svenska DagbladetDied on Saturday September 28th 2024
Armando Freitas Filho
Brazilian poetDied on Friday September 27th 2024
Keki N. Daruwalla
Indian poet and short story writerDied on Friday September 27th 2024
Murray Greenfield
American-born Israeli writerDied on Thursday September 26th 2024
Anja Jantschik
German journalist and writerDied on Wednesday September 25th 2024
Ian Davidson
British scriptwriter (The Two RonniesDied on Tuesday September 24th 2024
Maxime Tandonnet
French civil servant and writerDied on Monday September 23rd 2024
Richard Dyer
American music criticDied on Saturday September 21st 2024
Chris Jones
English rock climber and writerDied on Saturday September 21st 2024
Zahir Al Ghafri
Omani poetDied on Saturday September 21st 2024
Neil King Jr.
American journalist and authorDied on Friday September 20th 2024
Nelson DeMille
American novelistDied on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Ernesto Franco
Italian academic and writerDied on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Elaine DePrince
American author and activistDied on Monday September 16th 2024
Elias Khoury
Lebanese novelist and public intellectualDied on Sunday September 15th 2024
Graciela Maturo
Argentine poet and academicDied on Sunday September 15th 2024
Sebastiano Sandro Ravagnani
Italian TV authorDied on Friday September 13th 2024
Jacques Rouchouse
French radio producer and music criticDied on Thursday September 12th 2024
Jean-Henri Meunier
French film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday September 12th 2024
Tina McElroy Ansa
American novelist and journalistDied on Wednesday September 11th 2024
Anne-José Lemonnier
French poet and librarianDied on Wednesday September 11th 2024
Rashad Abu Sakhila
Palestinian actor and poetDied on Sunday September 8th 2024
James Matthews
South African poetDied on Saturday September 7th 2024
Ioan Moldovan
Romanian poetDied on Saturday September 7th 2024
Augusto M. Seabra
Portuguese music and cinema criticDied on Thursday September 5th 2024
Aruna Vasudev
Indian film scholar and criticDied on Thursday September 5th 2024
Victoria Thompson
American authorDied on Wednesday September 4th 2024
Noel Parmentel
American essayistDied on Wednesday September 4th 2024
Zdravko Krstanović
Serbian poetDied on Wednesday September 4th 2024
Eric Gilliland
American television producer and writer (RoseanneDied on Tuesday September 3rd 2024
Vladimir Turiyansky
Russian poetDied on Monday September 2nd 2024
Stevie Cameron
Canadian journalist and authorDied on Monday September 2nd 2024
Daniela Hodrová
Czech writer and literary scholarDied on Sunday September 1st 2024
K. J. Baby
Indian writerDied on Sunday September 1st 2024
Willie Zingani
Malawi writer and journalistDied on Sunday September 1st 2024
Jessica Mbangeni
South African praise poet and singerDied on Saturday August 31st 2024
Mohamad Ali Bahmani
Iranian poetDied on Friday August 30th 2024
Darrel J. McLeod
Canadian Cree writerDied on Friday August 30th 2024
Steve Silberman
American writer (NeuroTribes)Died on Thursday August 29th 2024
Michael Bawtree
Canadian playwright (The Last of the Tsars) and theatre directorDied on Wednesday August 28th 2024
Gholam Reza Afkhami
Iranian scholar and authorDied on Wednesday August 28th 2024
Benoîte Crevoisier
Swiss writer and schoolteacherDied on Tuesday August 27th 2024
Rudy Franchi
American author and television personality (Antiques Roadshow)Died on Monday August 26th 2024
Scott Thorson
American gigolo and writerDied on Monday August 26th 2024
Jiří Hanibal
Czech writerDied on Friday August 23rd 2024
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
British-born American painter and art criticDied on Friday August 23rd 2024
Ghulam Murshid
Bangladeshi writer and journalistDied on Thursday August 22nd 2024
Roy Minton
English playwrightDied on Thursday August 22nd 2024
Sigit Riyanto
Indonesian lecturer and writerDied on Wednesday August 21st 2024
Somaya Ramadan
Egyptian writer and translatorDied on Tuesday August 20th 2024
Christian Estèbe
French novelistDied on Sunday August 18th 2024
Hettie Jones
American poetDied on Thursday August 15th 2024
Dennis Brent
American magazine publisher and authorDied on Thursday August 15th 2024
Brigitte Blobel
German writerDied on Wednesday August 14th 2024