Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Sergio Donati
Italian screenwriter (Once Upon a Time in the WestDied on Tuesday August 13th 2024
Márcio Souza
Brazilian writer (Galvez – Imperador do Acre)Died on Monday August 12th 2024
Lee Spetner
American-Israeli biophysicist and creationist authorDied on Monday August 12th 2024
Charles R. Cross
American author (Heavier Than HeavenDied on Monday August 12th 2024
Annick de Souzenelle
French writerDied on Sunday August 11th 2024
Carlos Germán Belli
Peruvian poetDied on Saturday August 10th 2024
Mary Wings
American cartoonist and writerDied on Thursday August 8th 2024
Hans Plomp
Dutch poetDied on Thursday August 8th 2024
Mitsu Tanaka
Japanese feminist and writerDied on Thursday August 8th 2024
Jean Battlo
American playwright (Terror of the Tug)Died on Wednesday August 7th 2024
George Schenck
American television writer and producer (NCIS)Died on Monday August 5th 2024
Jeremy Strong
British writerDied on Monday August 5th 2024
Chandrakant Sheth
Indian poet and literary criticDied on Monday August 5th 2024
Zbigniew Jankowski
Polish poetDied on Monday August 5th 2024
Joyce Brabner
American comics writer (Brought to LightDied on Friday August 2nd 2024
Hassan Sami Youssef
Palestinian novelist and screenwriterDied on Friday August 2nd 2024
Song Giwon
South Korean novelistDied on Thursday August 1st 2024
Francine Pascal
American author (Sweet Valley High)Died on Monday July 29th 2024
Jeanne Cressanges
French essayistDied on Monday July 29th 2024
Edna O’Brien
Irish novelist (The Country Girls)Died on Sunday July 28th 2024
Gail Lumet Buckley
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday July 28th 2024
Charles Juliet
French poetDied on Saturday July 27th 2024
Arvo Valton
Estonian writerDied on Saturday July 27th 2024
Àlex Susanna i Nadal
Spanish writerDied on Saturday July 27th 2024
Salomon Schulman
Swedish authorDied on Friday July 26th 2024
Ray Lawler
Australian playwrightDied on Friday July 26th 2024
José Francisco Borges
Brazilian folk poet and wood engraverDied on Friday July 26th 2024
Lewis H. Lapham
American writer (Harper's Magazine)Died on Wednesday July 24th 2024
Alexander Waugh
English writerDied on Tuesday July 23rd 2024
Ferit Edgü
Turkish writerDied on Monday July 22nd 2024
Jill Schary Robinson
American novelistDied on Monday July 22nd 2024
Marilyn Krysl
American writer (Dinner with Osama)Died on Sunday July 21st 2024
Julia Uceda
Spanish teacher and poetDied on Sunday July 21st 2024
Rafael Montalvo
Salvadoran author and politicianDied on Friday July 19th 2024
K. K. Hiranyan
Indian poetDied on Thursday July 18th 2024
K.K Hiranyan
Indian poetDied on Thursday July 18th 2024
Bob Booker
American writer and record producer (The First Family)Died on Thursday July 18th 2024
Benoît Duteurtre
French novelist and musical criticDied on Wednesday July 17th 2024
Jana Bommersbach
American journalist and authorDied on Wednesday July 17th 2024
Sharif Badr El-Din
Egyptian scriptwriterDied on Wednesday July 17th 2024
Anton Hykisch
Slovak writerDied on Wednesday July 17th 2024
Tony Delsham
Martinican journalist and writerDied on Wednesday July 17th 2024
David Loughery
American screenwriter (DreamscapeDied on Monday July 15th 2024
Stuart Weir
British journalist and writerDied on Monday July 15th 2024