Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Joan Brady
American-British writer (Theory of War)
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2024
Jonathan Axelrod
American screenwriter and producer (Every Little Crook and Nanny
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2024
Thomas McCormack
American writer and publisher
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2024
Ashim Saha
Bangladeshi poet and novelist
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2024
Sreedharan Champad
Indian circus artist and writer
Died on Saturday June 15th 2024
Arnold Mindell
American author
Died 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 playwright
Died on Thursday June 13th 2024
Marina Tarkovskaya
Russian writer and critic
Died on Tuesday June 11th 2024
David Shrayer-Petrov
Russian-American novelist and poet
Died on Tuesday June 11th 2024
Reiner Uthoff
German writer and stage director
Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Ahmed Zitouni
Algerian author
Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Daniel Etounga-Manguelle
Cameroonian economist and writer
Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Michael Mosley
British television journalist and writer
Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Kim Kwang-lim
South Korean poet
Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Rexhep Ferri
Kosovan-Albanian artist and writer
Died on Saturday June 8th 2024
Roberto Cossa
Argentine playwright and theatre director
Died on Thursday June 6th 2024
Éric Hazan
French author
Died on Thursday June 6th 2024
T. J. Simers
American sports columnist (Los Angeles Times
Died on Tuesday June 4th 2024
Andrzej Kostenko
Polish screenwriter (Ręce do góry
Died on Monday June 3rd 2024
Elinor Fuchs
American theatre scholar and critic
Died on Sunday June 2nd 2024
John Burnside
Scottish writer and poet
Died on Friday May 31st 2024
Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard
American Samoan academic and writer
Died on Friday May 31st 2024
Katherine Wei-Sender
Chinese-American bridge player and author
Died on Friday May 31st 2024
Stephen J. Rivele
American film producer and screenwriter (Nixon
Died on Thursday May 30th 2024
Wei Minglun
Chinese dramatist
Died on Tuesday May 28th 2024
Walter Kappacher
Austrian writer
Died on Friday May 24th 2024
William Toye
Canadian author and editor
Died on Friday May 24th 2024
Shin Kyeong-nim
South Korean poet
Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2024
Jean Emelina
French academic and writer
Died on Monday May 20th 2024
Yael Dayan
Israeli writer and politician
Died on Saturday May 18th 2024
Nonny Hogrogian
American writer and illustrator
Died on Thursday May 16th 2024
Rubén Monasterios
Venezuelan writer and theatre critic
Died on Wednesday May 15th 2024
Biju Vattappara
Indian dilm director and screenwriter (Raama Raavanan)
Died on Wednesday May 15th 2024
Samm-Art Williams
American playwright and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Jean Lavoué
French author
Died on Saturday May 11th 2024
Surjit Patar
Indian writer and poet
Died on Saturday May 11th 2024
Rex Murphy
Canadian commentator and writer (National Post)
Died on Thursday May 9th 2024
Ramón Fonseca Mora
Panamanian novelist and lawyer
Died on Thursday May 9th 2024
David Shapiro
American poet
Died on Tuesday May 7th 2024
Salam Bin Razzaq
Indian writer and translator
Died on Tuesday May 7th 2024
Guilherme Fiuza
Brazilian author and filmmaker
Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Yashwant Trivedi
Indian poet
Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Ján Uličiansky
Slovak playwright
Died on Sunday May 5th 2024
Jūrō Kara
Japanese avant-garde playwright
Died on Saturday May 4th 2024
Bruce Arnold
English journalist and author
Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Jay Robert Nash
American author
Died on Thursday May 2nd 2024
Miroslav Macek
Czech politician and author
Died on Wednesday May 1st 2024
Issam Al-Shamaa
Egyptian film director and scriptwriter
Died 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 author
Died on Tuesday April 30th 2024
C. J. Sansom
British author
Died on Monday April 29th 2024
Vincent O’Sullivan
New Zealand writer
Died on Sunday April 28th 2024
Christopher Joll
British military historian and author
Died on Sunday April 28th 2024
Joko Pinurbo
Indonesian poet
Died on Saturday April 27th 2024
Nora Vagi Brash
Papua New Guinean playwright
Died on Friday April 26th 2024
Ferenc András
Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday April 25th 2024
Helen Vendler
American literary critic
Died on Wednesday April 24th 2024
Sudhir Kakar
Indian psychoanalyst and writer
Died on Tuesday April 23rd 2024
Charles Edge
American computer scientist and author
Died on Monday April 22nd 2024
Meg Bennett
American screenwriter (The Bold and the Beautiful
Died on Monday April 22nd 2024
Michael Cuscuna
American jazz record producer and writer
Died on Sunday April 21st 2024
Dmytro Kapranov
Ukrainian writer
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2024