Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Alice Munro
Canadian author
Died on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Susanna Kubelka
German writer
Died on Tuesday May 14th 2024
Luko Paljetak
Croatian poet
Died on Tuesday May 14th 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
Ivan Ivanji
Serbian author
Died on Friday May 10th 2024
Rex Murphy
Canadian commentator and writer (National Post)
Died on Thursday May 9th 2024
Shirley Conran
British writer
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
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud
Saudi prince and poet
Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Ján Uličiansky
Slovak playwright
Died on Sunday May 5th 2024
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen
75 Saudi prince and poet
Died on Sunday May 5th 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
Adele Faber
American author
Died on Monday April 29th 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
Pranavjyoti Deka
Indian writer and geologist
Died on Sunday April 28th 2024
Mehmet Coral
Turkish novelist
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
Jerome Rothenberg
American poet
Died on Tuesday April 23rd 2024
Ray Garton
American novelist
Died on Monday April 22nd 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
Federico Patán
Mexican poet and writer
Died on Saturday April 20th 2024
Dmytro Kapranov
Ukrainian writer
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2024
Osamu Sōda
Japanese novelist
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2024
Jerry Savelle
American televangelist and author
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2024
Dennis Covington
American author (Salvation on Sand Mountain)
Died on Monday April 15th 2024
Adriano Aprà
Italian film critic and director
Died on Monday April 15th 2024
Beverly LaHaye
American Christian conservative activist and author
Died on Monday April 15th 2024
Faith Ringgold
American artist and author
Died on Saturday April 13th 2024
Joan Hollobon
Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist
Died on Friday April 12th 2024
Kim Taplin
British poet and writer
Died on Thursday April 11th 2024
Jaime de Armiñán
Spanish screenwriter and film director
Died on Wednesday April 10th 2024
Walid Daqqa
Palestinian novelist and activist
Died on Monday April 8th 2024
Mariela Romero
Venezuelan playwright and television writer (La hija del jardinero)
Died on Sunday April 7th 2024
Song Min-hyung
South Korean actor (Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth)
Died on Saturday April 6th 2024
R. F. Lucchetti
Brazilian screenwriter (The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Died on Saturday April 6th 2024
Michael Tanner
British philosopher and opera critic
Died on Friday April 5th 2024
Márcia Denser
Brazilian writer and journalist.
Died on Friday April 5th 2024
Vatslav Mikhalsky
Russian writer
Died on Friday April 5th 2024
Anne Innis Dagg
Canadian zoologist and author
Died on Friday April 5th 2024
Lynne Reid Banks
British author (The Indian in the Cupboard
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Yukiko Kato
Japanese author
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Philippe Sellier
French literary critic
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Cokorda Sawitri
Indonesian poet.
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Vytautė Žilinskaitė
Lithuanian writer
Died on Thursday April 4th 2024
Christopher Durang
American playwright (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2024
Katsumi Komagata
Japanese graphic designer and children's book writer
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2024
John Barth
American writer
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2024
Trevor Griffiths
English dramatist
Died on Tuesday April 2nd 2024
Maryse Condé
French novelist
Died on Tuesday April 2nd 2024
Ardeth G. Kapp
Canadian cleric and writer
Died on Monday April 1st 2024
Sami Michael
Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist
Died on Monday April 1st 2024
Amedeo Quondam
Italian literary historian and essayist
Died on Monday April 1st 2024
Guy Goffette
Belgian poet and writer
Died on Saturday March 30th 2024
Mike Thaler
American author and illustrator
Died on Saturday March 30th 2024
Lynne Barasch
American illustrator and author
Died on Friday March 29th 2024
Margot Lemire
Canadian writer
Died on Friday March 29th 2024
Ross J. Anderson
British computer security researcher and author
Died on Friday March 29th 2024
Benoît Rayski
French essayist and journalist (Atlantico
Died on Friday March 29th 2024
Denis Clavel
French poet and politician
Died on Thursday March 28th 2024
Wole Oguntokun
Nigerian playwright
Died on Thursday March 28th 2024
Leszek Bugajski
Polish literary critic and publicist
Died on Thursday March 28th 2024
James A. Moore
American horror novelist
Died on Thursday March 28th 2024
Judith Hemmendinger
German-born Israeli researcher and author
Died on Wednesday March 27th 2024
Laurent Achard
French film director and screenwriter (Le Dernier des fous)
Died on Tuesday March 26th 2024
Bronco Lane
British army officer and author
Died on Tuesday March 26th 2024
Heinz A. Richter
German historian and author
Died on Monday March 25th 2024
Michael Coady
Irish poet
Died on Monday March 25th 2024
T. N. Prakash
Indian writer
Died on Monday March 25th 2024
Abdulah Sidran
Bosnian poet and screenwriter (When Father Was Away on Business
Died on Sunday March 24th 2024
Nicolae Manolescu
Romanian literary critic
Died on Sunday March 24th 2024
Marco Tiberi
Italian screenwriter (I mostri oggi) and writer
Died on Saturday March 23rd 2024
Laurent de Brunhoff
French author (Babar)
Died on Friday March 22nd 2024
Francisco Gil Craviotto
Spanish writer
Died on Friday March 22nd 2024