Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Terence Davies
British screenwriter and film director (Distant VoicesDied on Saturday October 7th 2023
Asad Chowdhury
Bangladeshi poetDied on Thursday October 5th 2023
Marina Mizzau
Italian writer and essayistDied on Thursday October 5th 2023
Sissel Lange-Nielsen
Norwegian writerDied on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Kamal Ruhayyim
Egyptian writer (Diary of a Jewish MuslimDied on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Trienke Laurie
South African poetDied on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Johannes Kühn
German poetDied on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Petar Sarić
Serbian poet and prose writerDied on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Wang Wen-hsing
Taiwanese novelistDied on Tuesday October 3rd 2023
Jim Caple
American sports journalist and writerDied on Monday October 2nd 2023
Tripurari Sharma
Indian playwrightDied on Monday October 2nd 2023
Khaled Khalifa
Syrian novelistDied on Sunday October 1st 2023
Ganira Pashayeva
Azerbaijani politician and poetDied on Thursday September 28th 2023
Maurice Leitch
Northern Irish author (Silver's CityDied on Thursday September 28th 2023
Fayez Rashid
Palestinian political writerDied on Thursday September 28th 2023
Bernard Toublanc-Michel
French film director and screenwriterDied on Wednesday September 27th 2023
Dorra Bouzid
Tunisian feminist and art criticDied on Tuesday September 26th 2023
Zoleka Mandela
South African writerDied on Tuesday September 26th 2023
Volodymyr Khmelnytskyi
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday September 25th 2023
Vladimir Khmelnitsky
Ukrainian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday September 25th 2023
Erik Aschengreen
Danish historian and dance criticDied on Monday September 25th 2023
Václav Šašek
Czech screenwriter (Intimate LightingDied on Saturday September 23rd 2023
Boris Ostanin
Russian writerDied on Saturday September 23rd 2023
Maria Carmem Barbosa
Brazilian playwright and screenwriter (Olho no OlhoDied on Friday September 22nd 2023
Eugenia Viteri
Ecuadorian writerDied on Friday September 22nd 2023
Dione Venables
English novelist and publisherDied on Thursday September 21st 2023
Mubarak Qazi
Pakistani poetDied on Wednesday September 20th 2023
Syed Salahuddin Zaki
Bangladeshi film director (Ghuddi) and screenwriter (Nodir Naam ModhumotiDied on Tuesday September 19th 2023
David Fennario
Canadian playwrightDied on Monday September 18th 2023
Torsti Lehtinen
Finnish writer and philosopherDied on Monday September 18th 2023
Helvi Jürisson
Estonian poetDied on Sunday September 17th 2023
Nikolai Dobronravov
Russian poetDied on Saturday September 16th 2023
Gita Mehta
Indian-American writer and documentary filmmakerDied on Saturday September 16th 2023
C. R. Omanakuttan
Indian writer and humoristDied on Saturday September 16th 2023
Mohammad Mohammad-Ali
Iranian writerDied on Friday September 15th 2023
Éva Fahidi
Hungarian Holocaust survivor and authorDied on Monday September 11th 2023
Frédérique Hébrard
French screenwriter and actressDied on Saturday September 9th 2023
Gareth Miles
Welsh author and translatorDied on Friday September 8th 2023
Guðbergur Bergsson
Icelandic writerDied on Friday September 8th 2023
Denis Monette
Canadian writer and journalistDied on Wednesday September 6th 2023
Jürgen Claus
German painter and authorDied on Wednesday September 6th 2023
Molly Holzschlag
American authorDied on Wednesday September 6th 2023
Sarah Young
American author (Jesus Calling)Died on Tuesday September 5th 2023
Robert Klane
American screenwriter (Where's Poppa?Died on Monday September 4th 2023
Walter Arlen
Austrian-born American composer and music criticDied on Monday September 4th 2023
Karim Al Iraqi
Iraqi poetDied on Friday September 1st 2023
Tina Howe
American playwright (Pride's CrossingDied on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Maria Müller-Sommer
German writerDied on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Marko Vešović
Bosnian-Montenegrin writerDied on Monday August 28th 2023
Éléonore Faucher
French film director and screenwriter (A Common Thread)Died on Monday August 28th 2023
Jayanta Mahapatra
Indian poetDied on Sunday August 27th 2023
Bert Papenfuß
German poetDied on Sunday August 27th 2023
Walt Curtis
American poetDied on Saturday August 26th 2023
Abwan Jama Kadiye
Somali poetDied on Saturday August 26th 2023
Tineke Beishuizen
Dutch authorDied on Saturday August 26th 2023
Georgi Marchuk
Belorussian writerDied on Saturday August 26th 2023
Yoel Hoffmann
Israeli writer and translatorDied on Saturday August 26th 2023
Ignacio Solares
Mexican writerDied on Friday August 25th 2023
Michael Anthony
Trinidadian authorDied on Friday August 25th 2023
Marga T
Indonesian authorDied on Thursday August 24th 2023
Mark Kemble
American playwrightDied on Wednesday August 23rd 2023
Ebrahim Golestan
Iranian-British filmmaker and writerDied on Wednesday August 23rd 2023
Dun Mihaka
New Zealand Māori activist and authorDied on Tuesday August 22nd 2023
Jean Canavaggio
French biographerDied on Tuesday August 22nd 2023
Tom Kempinski
English playwright and actor (The DamnedDied on Monday August 21st 2023
James Leavey
British writerDied on Monday August 21st 2023
Jiří Černý
Czech music critic and activist (Civic Forum)Died on Friday August 18th 2023
Pierre Alféri
French novelistDied on Thursday August 17th 2023
Hans Kratzert
German screenwriter and film directorDied on Thursday August 17th 2023
Viktor Karamazov
Belorussian writerDied on Wednesday August 16th 2023
Toshio Moriuchi
Japanese authorDied on Wednesday August 16th 2023
Walter Bortz II
American physician and authorDied on Tuesday August 15th 2023
Kenneth White
Scottish poetDied on Monday August 14th 2023
Paul Brodeur
American journalist and writer (The Stunt Man)Died on Friday August 11th 2023
Michela Murgia
Italian novelistDied on Thursday August 10th 2023
Nechama Tec
Polish-American sociologist and writerDied on Thursday August 10th 2023
Jalila Hafsia
Tunisian writerDied on Thursday August 10th 2023
Simon Carlyle
British screenwriter (Two Doors DownDied on Thursday August 10th 2023
Elizabeth Webby
Australian literary criticDied on Wednesday August 9th 2023
Élisabeth de Chimay
French-born Belgian princess and writerDied on Monday August 7th 2023
Philippe Curval
French journalist and science fiction writerDied on Saturday August 5th 2023
Bilge Umar
Turkish writerDied on Saturday August 5th 2023
Bulbul Mahalanobish
Bangladeshi singer and authorDied on Saturday August 5th 2023
Bambi Harper
Filipino cultural writerDied on Saturday August 5th 2023
Gilles Perrault
French writer and journalistDied on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Pnina Gary
Israeli playwright and theatre directorDied on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor
Indian poetDied on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Shams Buneri
Pakistani poetDied on Thursday August 3rd 2023