Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Lynne Reid Banks
British author (The Indian in the Cupboard
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
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
Mike Thaler
American author and illustrator
Died on Saturday March 30th 2024
Lynne Barasch
American illustrator and author
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
Ma Shitu
Chinese writer and politician
Died on Thursday March 28th 2024
Leszek Bugajski
Polish literary critic and publicist
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
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
Réda Dalil
Moroccan journalist and writer
Died on Wednesday March 20th 2024
Karla Erbová
Czech poet
Died on Wednesday March 20th 2024
Neeli Cherkovski
American poet
Died on Wednesday March 20th 2024
James M. Ward
American game designer and author
Died on Tuesday March 19th 2024
Parashu Pradhan
Nepalese short story writer
Died on Tuesday March 19th 2024
Nuno Júdice
Portuguese essayist
Died on Monday March 18th 2024
Claude Mourthé
French writer and film director
Died on Monday March 18th 2024
David Seidler
British-American screenwriter (The King's Speech
Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Joshua Zak
Israeli theoretical physicist and writer
Died on Saturday March 16th 2024
Aleksandr Shirvindt
Russian stage and film actor and screenwriter
Died on Friday March 15th 2024
Tomasz Łubieński
Polish journalist and writer
Died on Friday March 15th 2024
Fred Faour
American author and radio personality (KFNC)
Died on Friday March 15th 2024
Dan Wakefield
American author and screenwriter (Going All the Way)
Died on Thursday March 14th 2024
Roberto Leoni
Italian screenwriter (Santa Sangre
Died on Thursday March 14th 2024
David Mixner
American political activist and author
Died on Tuesday March 12th 2024
Alexander Orlov
Russian historian and an author of several handbooks
Died on Sunday March 10th 2024
Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov
Russian historian and an author of several handbooks
Died on Sunday March 10th 2024
William Whitworth
American journalist and author
Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
Mohammed Al-Sharekh
Kuwaiti businessman and author
Died on Thursday March 7th 2024
Kate Banks
American children's writer
Died on Thursday March 7th 2024
Michael Jenkins
Australian writer
Died on Thursday March 7th 2024
Mohammed AlSharekh
Kuwaiti entrepreneur and author
Died on Wednesday March 6th 2024
Nizam Rawther
Indian scriptwriter (Zachariayude Garbhinikal
Died on Wednesday March 6th 2024
Pit Schubert
German non-fiction author and mountain climber
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2024
Pavel Zajíček
Czech poet
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2024
Edward Bond
British dramatist and director
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2024
Janice Burgess
American television writer
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2024
Jacqueline Duhême
French illustrator and writer
Died on Monday March 4th 2024
Peter Jarolin
Austrian music and drama critic
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2024
Paolo Taviani
Italian film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday February 29th 2024
Suratman Markasan
Singaporean author
Died on Tuesday February 27th 2024
Alex Ștefănescu
Romanian critic and literary historian
Died on Tuesday February 27th 2024