Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John Mairai
French Polynesian poetDied on Friday December 22nd 2023
Oliver Emanuel
English playwright and radio dramatistDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Dan Greenburg
American writer (How to Be a Jewish MotherDied on Tuesday December 19th 2023
Norma Barzman
American screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 19th 2023
Wolfgang Glück
Austrian film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday December 17th 2023
Ghislain de Diesbach
French writerDied on Sunday December 17th 2023
Tomáš Janovic
Slovak writerDied on Sunday December 17th 2023
Michael H. Stone
American forensic psychiatrist and writerDied on Saturday December 16th 2023
Graham Petrie
Scottish-Canadian author and academicDied on Saturday December 16th 2023
Waldomiro Bariani Ortêncio
Brazilian writerDied on Saturday December 16th 2023
Abdulaziz Al-Babtain
Kuwaiti poetDied on Friday December 15th 2023
Cari Beauchamp
American authorDied on Friday December 15th 2023
Mohamed Loakira
Moroccan poet and writerDied on Thursday December 14th 2023
Andrey Konstantinov
Russian writerDied on Wednesday December 13th 2023
Alain Chartrand
Canadian film director (Ding et Dong) and screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Ahmad Salim
Pakistani poet and literary scholarDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Zurab Karumidze
Georgian writer and culturologistDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Ihor Kobryn
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Igor Kobrin
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Lam Chiu Wing
Hong Kong screenwriter and producerDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Vladimir Mitypov
Russian writerDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Shirley Barber
English authorDied on Tuesday December 12th 2023
David Drake
American author of science fiction and fantasy literatureDied on Monday December 11th 2023
Edward Baugh
Jamaican poet and scholarDied on Monday December 11th 2023
Thomas Kilroy
Irish playwright and novelistDied on Monday December 11th 2023
Renée
New Zealand feminist writer and playwrightDied on Monday December 11th 2023
Edwin Wilson
American theater critic (The Wall Street Journal)Died on Sunday December 10th 2023
Edna Mazia
Israeli playwrightDied on Sunday December 10th 2023
Neil B. Shulman
American doctor and medical writerDied on Sunday December 10th 2023
Michel Dovaz
Swiss wine critic and food writerDied on Sunday December 10th 2023
Andrei Nemzer
Russian literary critic and scholarDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Ramón Ayala
Argentine poetDied on Friday December 8th 2023
Refaat Alareer
Palestinian writerDied on Friday December 8th 2023
Edmundo Desnoes
Cuban writerDied on Thursday December 7th 2023
Benjamin Zephaniah
British dub poet and novelist (FaceDied on Thursday December 7th 2023
Amos Ettinger
Israeli poetDied on Wednesday December 6th 2023
Norman Lear
American screenwriter and producerDied on Wednesday December 6th 2023
Joe Sharkey
American author and columnistDied on Wednesday December 6th 2023
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer (A Father's Story)Died on Tuesday December 5th 2023
Hadžem Hajdarević
Bosnian writerDied on Tuesday December 5th 2023
Zdzisław Antolski
Polish poetDied on Monday December 4th 2023
Amira Hess
Israeli poetDied on Friday December 1st 2023
Eduard Mizhit
Russian poetDied on Friday December 1st 2023
John Byrne
Scottish playwright and artistDied on Friday December 1st 2023
Taichi Yamada
Japanese screenwriterDied on Friday December 1st 2023
Anton Logvynenko
Ukrainian maritime artist and author. Died on Thursday November 30th 2023
Vassilis Vassilikos
Greek writer and diplomatDied on Thursday November 30th 2023
Ann Rachlin
British musician and authorDied on Thursday November 30th 2023
P. Vatsala
Indian novelistDied on Wednesday November 29th 2023
Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara
Spanish screenwriter (Cuéntame cómo pasó)Died on Wednesday November 29th 2023
Eduard Mijit
Russian poetDied on Wednesday November 29th 2023
Tim Dorsey
American novelist (Serge A. Storms)Died on Wednesday November 29th 2023
John Nichols
American novelistDied on Tuesday November 28th 2023
Paweł Huelle
Polish prose writerDied on Monday November 27th 2023
Betty Rollin
American author and journalistDied on Saturday November 25th 2023
Shizuka Ijūin
Japanese writer and lyricistDied on Friday November 24th 2023
Émile Martel
Canadian diplomat and writerDied on Friday November 24th 2023
Ratko Božović
Serbian university professor and writerDied on Thursday November 23rd 2023
Eddie Linden
Scottish publisher and poetDied on Wednesday November 22nd 2023
Alison Nisselle
screenwriter (PrisonerDied on Tuesday November 21st 2023
P. Valsala
Indian novelistDied on Tuesday November 21st 2023
H. Roger Grant
American railroad historian and authorDied on Tuesday November 21st 2023
Herbert Gold
American novelistDied on Monday November 20th 2023
Filip Robar Dorin
Slovenian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday November 20th 2023
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Czech actress (How the World Is Losing PoetsDied on Monday November 20th 2023
Nina Katerli
Russian writerDied on Monday November 20th 2023
Nan Witcomb
Australian poet and radio broadcaster (Cruise 1323)Died on Saturday November 18th 2023
Khalil Athamna
Palestinian historian and authorDied on Saturday November 18th 2023
Martin Shefter
American political scientist and authorDied on Friday November 17th 2023
B. N. Goswamy
Indian art critic and historianDied on Friday November 17th 2023
Anna Felder
Swiss writerDied on Thursday November 16th 2023
Hans Herbjørnsrud
Norwegian authorDied on Thursday November 16th 2023
Ken’ichi Sakemi
Japanese writerDied on Wednesday November 15th 2023
Camara Nangala
Ivorian writer and teacherDied on Tuesday November 14th 2023
Shanta Das Manandhar
Nepalese writerDied on Tuesday November 14th 2023
Michael Bishop
American writerDied on Tuesday November 14th 2023
Michel Ciment
French film critic and historianDied on Monday November 13th 2023
Fermín Cabal
Spanish playwrightDied on Monday November 13th 2023
Nina Sadur
Russian writer and playwrightDied on Monday November 13th 2023
Nina Mikhailovna Sadur
Russian prose writer and playwrightDied on Sunday November 12th 2023
Albert Alföldi
Hungarian folk writer and politicianDied on Friday November 10th 2023
Jean-Pierre Verheggen
Belgian WriterDied on Friday November 10th 2023
Andrzej Perepeczko
Polish WriterDied on Friday November 10th 2023
Rainer Erler
German film director and screenwriterDied on Friday November 10th 2023
John Whitney
British writer and producerDied on Thursday November 9th 2023
Laurent Greilsamer
French journalist and essayistDied on Wednesday November 8th 2023
David Ferry
American poetDied on Tuesday November 7th 2023
Vladimir Prifti
Albanian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday November 6th 2023