Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Sally Kempton
American spiritual writerDied on Sunday July 30th 2023
Thomas Goltz
American writer and journalistDied on Saturday July 29th 2023
Keith Waldrop
American poetDied on Saturday July 29th 2023
Margriet Heymans
Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literatureDied on Friday July 28th 2023
Justin Peacock
American television writer and producer (SuitsDied on Friday July 28th 2023
Julian Barry
American screenwriter (Lenny)Died on Thursday July 27th 2023
Bo Goldman
American screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDied on Wednesday July 26th 2023
Václav Kahuda
Czech writerDied on Wednesday July 26th 2023
Brigitte Klump
German authorDied on Wednesday July 26th 2023
Stu Silver
American screenwriter (Throw Momma from the Train) and television writer (SoapDied on Wednesday July 26th 2023
Semyon Kaminsky
Russian writerDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Semen Kaminski
Russian writerDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Gérard Besson
Trinidadian writer and publisherDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Russell H. Greenan
American authorDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Shirish Kanekar
Indian writerDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Eduardo Pitta
Portuguese poetDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Jerome Coopersmith
American dramatistDied on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Seiichi Morimura
Japanese novelistDied on Monday July 24th 2023
Adrian Lustig
Romanian writer and screenwriter (Happy FuneralsDied on Monday July 24th 2023
Mahabhashyam Chittaranjan
Indian authorDied on Saturday July 22nd 2023
Malú Urriola
Chilean poetDied on Friday July 21st 2023
Jaime Galarza Zavala
Ecuadorian writerDied on Friday July 21st 2023
Gustavo Pallicca
Italian sports writerDied on Friday July 21st 2023
Arnulf Zitelmann
German writerDied on Friday July 21st 2023
Arnaud Bédat
Swiss journalist (L'Illustré) and authorDied on Friday July 21st 2023
Patricia T. Holland
American Latter-day Saint writer and leaderDied on Thursday July 20th 2023
Wasef Bakhtari
Afghan poetDied on Thursday July 20th 2023
Kole Omotoso
Nigerian writer and intellectualDied on Wednesday July 19th 2023
Viktor Pronin
Russian writerDied on Wednesday July 19th 2023
James Zagel
American judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and novelistDied on Sunday July 16th 2023
Derek Malcolm
English film critic and historianDied on Sunday July 16th 2023
Yevgeny Mamontov
Russian writerDied on Saturday July 15th 2023
Guy Lagorce
French journalist and writerDied on Saturday July 15th 2023
Marga Minco
Dutch journalist and writerDied on Friday July 14th 2023
Sergey Seryogin
Russian animation director and writer (Alice's Birthday)Died on Friday July 14th 2023
Richard von Schirach
German sinologist and authorDied on Friday July 14th 2023
Rajab Ali Etemadi
Iranian writerDied on Wednesday July 12th 2023
Mary Ann Hoberman
American authorDied on Wednesday July 12th 2023
Manny Coto
American television writer and producer (Star Trek: EnterpriseDied on Monday July 10th 2023
Srđan Koljević
Serbian screenwriter and film director (The Red Colored Grey TruckDied on Saturday July 8th 2023
Adrian Tan
Singaporean novelist (The Teenage TextbookDied on Saturday July 8th 2023
Ahmed Ilias
Pakistani poetDied on Saturday July 8th 2023
Marlena Spieler
American food writerDied on Saturday July 8th 2023
Laird Koenig
American author (The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane)Died on Thursday July 6th 2023
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ
Vietnamese poetDied on Thursday July 6th 2023
Miki Liukkonen
Finnish writerDied on Wednesday July 5th 2023
April Kingsley
American art criticDied on Tuesday July 4th 2023
Victoria Amelina
Ukrainian writerDied on Monday July 3rd 2023
Michael A. Banks
American writerDied on Sunday July 2nd 2023
Ahn Junghyo
South Korean novelist and translatorDied on Saturday July 1st 2023
Micere Githae Mugo
Kenyan playwright and poetDied on Saturday July 1st 2023
Carlos Alberto Montaner
Cuban writerDied on Friday June 30th 2023
Mike Kellogg
American radio broadcaster (Moody Radio) and writerDied on Thursday June 29th 2023
Marvin Kitman
American television critic and humoristDied on Thursday June 29th 2023
Janko Stanoev
Bulgarian writerDied on Thursday June 29th 2023
Angel Wagenstein
Bulgarian screenwriter (StarsDied on Thursday June 29th 2023
Amy Uyematsu
American poetDied on Thursday June 29th 2023
Daniel N. Paul
Canadian author (We Were Not the Savages)Died on Wednesday June 28th 2023
Robert Elegant
American-British author and journalistDied on Tuesday June 27th 2023
P. Chitran Namboodirippad
Indian writer and educationistDied on Tuesday June 27th 2023
Ysabelle Lacamp
French writerDied on Tuesday June 27th 2023
Malcolm Mowbray
British film director and screenwriter (A Private Function)Died on Tuesday June 27th 2023
Bruce Roberts
American photographer and authorDied on Sunday June 25th 2023
Claude Sarraute
French writer and journalistDied on Wednesday June 21st 2023
William Howarth
American writer and university professorDied on Tuesday June 20th 2023
Byron Barton
American writer and illustratorDied on Tuesday June 20th 2023
Bernd Schroeder
German writerDied on Monday June 19th 2023
Mehmet Barlas
Turkish columnistDied on Sunday June 18th 2023
Yumie Hiraiwa
Japanese authorDied on Sunday June 18th 2023
Maria Lampadaridou Pothou
Greek novelistDied on Sunday June 18th 2023
Naum Prifti
Albanian writerDied on Saturday June 17th 2023
Valeri Mnatsakanov
Russian screenwriter (It Doesn't Hurt Me)Died on Friday June 16th 2023
Carol Higgins Clark
American mystery author and actressDied on Friday June 16th 2023
Bohdan Urbankowski
Polish writerDied on Thursday June 15th 2023
Saskia Hamilton
American poetDied on Thursday June 15th 2023
Robert Gottlieb
American writer and editor (The New Yorker)Died on Wednesday June 14th 2023
Jean-Pierre Marongiu
French businessman and writerDied on Wednesday June 14th 2023
Cormac McCarthy
American novelistDied on Tuesday June 13th 2023
John Nkemngong Nkengasong
Cameroonian playwrightDied on Tuesday June 13th 2023
Michael A. Noonan
Irish-born New Zealand television writer (Close to HomeDied on Tuesday June 13th 2023
Scott Schinder
American music critic and journalist (Rolling StoneDied on Monday June 12th 2023