Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Andrew Payne
British television writer (Pie in the Sky · 30 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 30
Helena Adler
Austria writer and artist · 29 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 29
N. Scott Momaday
American author (House Made of Dawn) · 28 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 28 · Momaday
Hinako Ashihara
Japanese manga author · 28 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 28
Bob Rusch
American jazz critic and record producer · 28 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 28 · Rüsch
Keith Booth
English cricket writer · 26 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 26
Abasse Ndione
Senegalese writer · 25 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 25
Rafiuddin Hashmi
Pakistani poet and literary scholar · 25 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 25
Martin Middlebrook
English military historian and writer · 22 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 22
Erwin James
English murderer and columnist (The Guardian) · 22 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 22 · Writers
Takashi Ezure
Japanese screenwriter (Kamen Rider) · 22 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 22
Benedict Fitzgerald
American screenwriter (The Passion of the Christ) · 20 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 20
Abbas Jirari
Moroccan writer · 19 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 19
Anezi Okoro
Nigerian author (One Week One Trouble) · 19 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 19
Ester Xargay Melero
Catalan poet · 18 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 18 · Melero
Wolfgang Wickler
German zoologist and author · 17 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 17
Ulrich Voß
German actor and writer · 16 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 16
David E. Hoffman
American television writer and author · 16 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 16 · Hoffman
Howard Waldrop
American science fiction author (Them Bones · 14 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 14
Gonzalo Lira
Chilean-American writer and YouTuber · 14 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 14
Bridget Dobson
American soap opera creator (Santa Barbara) and writer (General Hospital · 13 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 13
Tom Shales
American writer and television critic (The Washington Post) · 12 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 12
David J. Skal
American film historian and author (Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen · 12 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 12 · Skal
Terry Bisson
American science-fiction author ("Bears Discover Fire" · 09 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 9
Tracy Tormé
American screenwriter and television producer (Sliders · 09 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 9
Brian McConnachie
American actor and writer (SCTV Network · 08 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 8
Shahla Lahiji
Iranian writer · 07 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 7
Maksym Kryvtsov
Ukrainian poet and soldier · 07 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 7
James Herbert Brennan
Northern Irish author · 07 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 7 · Brennan
Jorge Aguilar Mora
Mexican poet and writer · 07 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 7 · Mora
Erwin Schild
German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author · 07 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 7
Joan Acocella
American journalist and dance critic (The New Yorker) · 06 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 6
Bernard Rübsamen
Dutch royalty-photographer and author · 06 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 6 · Dutch
Ssu-ma Chung-yuan
Taiwanese writer · 04 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 4
Pyotr Chernyaev
Russian film critic · 02 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 2
Petr Chernyaev
Russian film critic · 02 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 2
Mbongeni Ngema
South African playwright (Sarafina! · 26 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 26
Yuri Arabov
Russian screenwriter (The Lonely Voice of Man · 26 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 26
Patricia Ferreira
Spanish film and television director and screenwriter (I Know Who You Are · 26 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 26
Richard Bowes
American science fiction author · 26 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 26
Frank Cassenti
French stage and film director and screenwriter (The Song of Roland) · 22 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 22 · French
Imroz
Indian artist and poet · 22 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 22
John Mairai
French Polynesian poet · 21 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 21 · French
Oliver Emanuel
English playwright and radio dramatist · 20 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 20
Dan Greenburg
American writer (How to Be a Jewish Mother · 18 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 18
Tomáš Janovic
Slovak writer · 16 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 16
Michael H. Stone
American forensic psychiatrist and writer · 15 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 15 · Stone
Abdulaziz Al-Babtain
Kuwaiti poet · 14 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 14
Mohamed Loakira
Moroccan poet and writer · 13 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 13
Alain Chartrand
Canadian film director (Ding et Dong) and screenwriter · 11 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 11
Ahmad Salim
Pakistani poet and literary scholar · 11 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 11
Zurab Karumidze
Georgian writer and culturologist · 11 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 11