Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Michael Anthony
Trinidadian author · 24 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 24
Ebrahim Golestan
Iranian-British filmmaker and writer · 22 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 22
Dun Mihaka
New Zealand Māori activist and author · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
Tom Kempinski
English playwright and actor (The Damned · 20 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 20
Brynley F. Roberts
Welsh scholar and critic · 18 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 18 · Roberts · Welsh
Jiří Černý
Czech music critic and activist (Civic Forum) · 17 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 17 · Czech
Viktor Karamazov
Belorussian writer · 15 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 15
Toshio Moriuchi
Japanese author · 15 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 15
Paul Brodeur
American journalist and writer (The Stunt Man) · 10 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 10
Simon Carlyle
British screenwriter (Two Doors Down · 09 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 9 · Simón
Kostis Gimossoulis
Greek poet and novelist · 06 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 6 · Greek
Élisabeth de Chimay
French-born Belgian princess and writer · 06 August 2023 · August 2023 · Elisabeth · August 6 · Chimay · French
Gaddar
Indian poet and communist militant · 05 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 5
Philippe Curval
French journalist and science fiction writer · 04 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 4 · French
Bambi Harper
Filipino cultural writer · 04 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 4 · Filipino
Gilles Perrault
French writer and journalist · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2 · French
Pnina Gary
Israeli playwright and theatre director · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Shams Buneri
Pakistani poet · 02 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 2
Robbie Shepherd
Scottish broadcaster (BBC Radio Scotland) and author · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1
Dương Văn Ngộ
Vietnamese postal worker and letter writer · 01 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 1 · Ngộ
David W. Potter
Scottish sports writer · 30 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 30 · Potter
David Albahari
Serbian writer and translator · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29
Lâm Quang Mỹ
Vietnamese-Polish poet · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29 · Lam
Danila Comastri Montanari
Italian historical fiction novelist · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · Montanari · July 29
Jean Fagan Yellin
American historian and author · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29 · Yellin
Sally Kempton
American spiritual writer · 29 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 29
Thomas Goltz
American writer and journalist · 28 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 28
Martin Walser
German writer (Runaway Horse) · 27 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 27
Margriet Heymans
Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature · 27 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 27 · Dutch
Justin Peacock
American television writer and producer (Suits · 27 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 27
Julian Barry
American screenwriter (Lenny) · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26
Colin Spencer
English writer and artist · 26 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 26
Bo Goldman
American screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · 25 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 25
Stu Silver
American screenwriter (Throw Momma from the Train) and television writer (Soap · 25 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 25
Gérard Besson
Trinidadian writer and publisher · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24 · Gerard
Antonio Porpetta
Spanish writer and poet · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24
Silvana Lattmann
Italian-Swiss poet and author · 24 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 24 · Swiss
Seiichi Morimura
Japanese novelist · 23 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 23
Adrian Lustig
Romanian writer and screenwriter (Happy Funerals · 23 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 23
William O’Malley
American author and actor · 21 July 2023 · July 2023 · O'Malley · July 21
Per Odensten
Swedish novelist and poet · 20 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 20
Jaime Galarza Zavala
Ecuadorian writer · 20 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 20 · Zavala
Gustavo Pallicca
Italian sports writer · 20 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 20
Arnaud Bédat
Swiss journalist (L'Illustré) and author · 20 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 20 · Swiss
Patricia T. Holland
American Latter-day Saint writer and leader · 19 July 2023 · July 2023 · Holland · July 19
Wasef Bakhtari
Afghan poet · 19 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 19
Kole Omotoso
Nigerian writer and intellectual · 18 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 18
Sri Ramana
Indian columnist and writer · 18 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 18
László Lator
Hungarian poet and translator · 16 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 16
James Zagel
American judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and novelist · 15 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 15
Derek Malcolm
English film critic and historian · 15 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 15
Guy Lagorce
French journalist and writer · 14 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 14 · French
Marga Minco
Dutch journalist and writer · 13 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 13 · Dutch
Sergey Seryogin
Russian animation director and writer (Alice's Birthday) · 13 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 13
Richard von Schirach
German sinologist and author · 13 July 2023 · July 2023 · Schirach · July 13
Rajab Ali Etemadi
Iranian writer · 11 July 2023 · July 2023 · Etemadi · July 11
Ahmadreza Ahmadi
Iranian poet and screenwriter · 10 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 10
Manny Coto
American television writer and producer (Star Trek: Enterprise · 09 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 9
Bill Shipp
American author and journalist · 08 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 8
Srđan Koljević
Serbian screenwriter and film director (The Red Colored Grey Truck · 07 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 7
Adrian Tan
Singaporean novelist (The Teenage Textbook · 07 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 7
Ahmed Ilias
Pakistani poet · 07 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 7
Marlena Spieler
American food writer · 07 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 7
Laird Koenig
American author (The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane) · 05 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 5