Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Kari Aartoma
Finnish poetDied on Wednesday June 26th 2024
Bakhyt Kenjeev
Kazakh-Russian poetDied on Wednesday June 26th 2024
Ana M. Briongos
Spanish writerDied on Wednesday June 26th 2024
Busi Cortés
Mexican filmmaker and screenwriterDied on Tuesday June 25th 2024
Jonathan Morano
American television writer (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)Died on Monday June 24th 2024
Frederick Crews
American writer (The Pooh Perplex) and criticDied on Monday June 24th 2024
Sakae Saitō
Japanese mystery novelistDied on Monday June 24th 2024
Kamala Hampana
Indian writer and literary scholarDied on Saturday June 22nd 2024
Andrzej Mularczyk
Polish writerDied on Friday June 21st 2024
Shay Youngblood
American writerDied on Friday June 21st 2024
Armando Pugliese
Italian stage director and playwrightDied on Friday June 21st 2024
Spiridon Vangheli
Moldovan children's authorDied on Friday June 21st 2024
Peter B. Gillis
American comic book writer (Strikeforce: MorituriDied on Friday June 21st 2024
Joan Brady
American-British writer (Theory of War)Died on Wednesday June 19th 2024
Jonathan Axelrod
American screenwriter and producer (Every Little Crook and NannyDied on Wednesday June 19th 2024
Ashim Saha
Bangladeshi poet and novelistDied on Tuesday June 18th 2024
Sreedharan Champad
Indian circus artist and writerDied on Saturday June 15th 2024
Arnold Mindell
American authorDied on Friday June 14th 2024
Ruth Stiles Gannett
American authorDied on Friday June 14th 2024
Hermína Franková
Czech writer and screenwriter (The Girl on the Broomstick)Died on Thursday June 13th 2024
Mike Downey
American newspaper columnist (Chicago Tribune)Died on Thursday June 13th 2024
Liu Jinyun
Chinese playwrightDied on Thursday June 13th 2024
Katsura Zakoba
Japanese rakugo writerDied on Thursday June 13th 2024
Alberts Bels
Latvian writerDied on Tuesday June 11th 2024
David Shrayer-Petrov
Russian-American novelist and poetDied on Tuesday June 11th 2024
Reiner Uthoff
German writer and stage directorDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Ahmed Zitouni
Algerian authorDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Daniel Etounga-Manguelle
Cameroonian economist and writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Michael Mosley
British television journalist and writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Kim Kwang-lim
South Korean poetDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Rexhep Ferri
Kosovan-Albanian artist and writerDied on Saturday June 8th 2024
Roberto Cossa
Argentine playwright and theatre directorDied on Thursday June 6th 2024
Éric Hazan
French authorDied on Thursday June 6th 2024
T. J. Simers
American sports columnist (Los Angeles TimesDied on Tuesday June 4th 2024
Andrzej Kostenko
Polish screenwriter (Ręce do góryDied on Monday June 3rd 2024
Bill Spence
English writerDied on Monday June 3rd 2024
Gerald Dawe
Irish poetDied on Monday June 3rd 2024
Elinor Fuchs
American theatre scholar and criticDied on Sunday June 2nd 2024
Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard
American Samoan academic and writerDied on Friday May 31st 2024
Katherine Wei-Sender
Chinese-American bridge player and authorDied on Friday May 31st 2024
Stephen J. Rivele
American film producer and screenwriter (NixonDied on Thursday May 30th 2024
Don Webb
British playwright and script writerDied on Thursday May 30th 2024
Wei Minglun
Chinese dramatistDied on Tuesday May 28th 2024
Walter Kappacher
Austrian writerDied on Friday May 24th 2024
Shin Kyeong-nim
South Korean poetDied on Wednesday May 22nd 2024
Luc Bürgin
Swiss writerDied on Monday May 20th 2024
Nonny Hogrogian
American writer and illustratorDied on Thursday May 16th 2024
Carmen Berenguer
Chilean poetDied on Thursday May 16th 2024
Malti Joshi
Indian novelistDied on Thursday May 16th 2024
Rubén Monasterios
Venezuelan writer and theatre criticDied on Wednesday May 15th 2024
Etelka Kenéz Heka
Hungarian writerDied on Wednesday May 15th 2024
Biju Vattappara
Indian dilm director and screenwriter (Raama Raavanan)Died on Wednesday May 15th 2024
Alice Munro
Canadian authorDied on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Susanna Kubelka
German writerDied on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Luko Paljetak
Croatian poetDied on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Samm-Art Williams
American playwright and screenwriterDied on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Jean Lavoué
French authorDied on Saturday May 11th 2024
Ivan Ivanji
Serbian authorDied on Friday May 10th 2024
Rex Murphy
Canadian commentator and writer (National Post)Died on Thursday May 9th 2024
Shirley Conran
British writerDied on Thursday May 9th 2024
Ramón Fonseca Mora
Panamanian novelist and lawyerDied on Thursday May 9th 2024
David Shapiro
American poetDied on Tuesday May 7th 2024
Yashwant Trivedi
Indian poetDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud
Saudi prince and poetDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Ján Uličiansky
Slovak playwrightDied on Sunday May 5th 2024
Bruce Arnold
English journalist and authorDied on Friday May 3rd 2024
Jay Robert Nash
American authorDied on Thursday May 2nd 2024
Miroslav Macek
Czech politician and authorDied on Wednesday May 1st 2024
Issam Al-Shamaa
Egyptian film director and scriptwriterDied on Wednesday May 1st 2024
Paul Auster
American author (The New York Trilogy)Died on Wednesday May 1st 2024
Peter Demetz
Czech-born American Germanist and authorDied on Tuesday April 30th 2024
Adele Faber
American authorDied on Monday April 29th 2024
C. J. Sansom
British authorDied on Monday April 29th 2024