Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Fañch Peru
French teacher and writer · 16 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 16 · French
Balamurugan
Indian screenwriter (Bantrothu Bharya · 15 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 15
Enaxon Siddiqova
Uzbek poet and politician · 15 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 15
Gordana Kuić
Serbian novelist (The Scent of Rain in the Balkans) · 14 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 14
Claudio Willer
Brazilian poet and translator · 12 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 12 · Cláudio
Sanjay Chauhan
Indian screenwriter (I Am Kalam · 11 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 11
Wacław Sadkowski
Polish literary critic and translator · 11 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 11
Lew Hunter
American screenwriter and screenwriting teacher · 11 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 11
Henri Heurtebise
French poet and editor · 09 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 9 · French
Sara Aboobacker
Indian writer and translator · 09 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 9
Charles Simic
Serbian-born American poet · 08 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 8 · Simić
Jack W. Hayford
American Pentecostal minister and hymn writer · 08 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 8 · Hayford
Victoria de Stefano
Italian-Venezuelan novelist · 08 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 8 · Stefano
Russell Banks
American novelist (Continental Drift · 07 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 7
Cai Emmons
American author and blogger · 07 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 7
Pierre Joassin
Belgian film director and screenwriter (Maigret · 04 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 4
Edith Lank
American author and advice columnist · 04 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 4
Géza Morcsányi
Hungarian playwright and actor (On Body and Soul) · 03 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 3
Elena Huelva
Spanish influencer and writer · 02 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 2
Mohamed Enani
Egyptian writer and translator · 02 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 2
Mako Sajko
Slovenian director and screenwriter · 02 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 2
Shabana Rehman
Pakistani-born Norwegian stand-up comedian and columnist · 28 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 28 · Writers
Jean Paré
Canadian caterer and cookbook author (Company's Coming) · 26 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 26
Gilbert Lascault
French writer and art critic · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24 · French
Gilbert Lascaut
French writer and art critic · 24 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 24 · French
Klemens Ludwig
German astrologist and writer · 23 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 23
Odette Roy Fombrun
Haitian writer and intellectual · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22 · Fombrun
Concha Ibáñez
Catalan painter and writer · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Graham Oakley
English children's author (The Church Mice) · 22 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 22
Mike Hodges
British screenwriter and director (Get Carter · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Sylvie Genty
French writer and actress (Betty · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19 · French
Aonghas MacNeacail
Scottish Gaelic writer · 19 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 19
Pradeep Bhol
Indian film director and writer (Chini) · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17
Xi Xi
Chinese author and poet · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17
Mario Sconcerti
Italian sports journalist and writer · 17 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 17
Jose Maria Sison
Filipino writer and activist · 16 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 16 · Filipino · Sison · José
Bayan Northcott
English music critic and composer · 14 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 14
Lado Kralj
Slovenian theatre critic and literary historian · 11 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 11
Victor Lewis-Smith
British writer and producer (In Confidence) · 11 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 11
Chris Boucher
British television screenwriter · 11 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 11
Carl Kleinschmitt
American television writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show · 09 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 9
Aldona Gustas
Lithuanian–German poet and illustrator · 09 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 9
Salah Fadl
Egyptian writer and translator · 09 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 9
Max van Rooy
Dutch writer and journalist · 08 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 8 · Dutch · Rooy
Yoshishige Yoshida
Japanese film director and screenwriter · 08 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 8
Yakira Chambers
American television writer (NCIS: Hawaii) and actress (John Henry) · 05 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 5
Mort Zarcoff
American television producer and screenwriter (It Takes a Thief) · 04 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 4
Dominique Lapierre
French writer (Is Paris Burning? · 03 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 3 · French