Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
William O’Malley
American author and actor
Died on Saturday July 22nd 2023
Per Odensten
Swedish novelist and poet
Died on Friday July 21st 2023
Jaime Galarza Zavala
Ecuadorian writer
Died on Friday July 21st 2023
Gustavo Pallicca
Italian sports writer
Died on Friday July 21st 2023
Arnulf Zitelmann
German writer
Died on Friday July 21st 2023
Arnaud Bédat
Swiss journalist (L'Illustré) and author
Died on Friday July 21st 2023
Patricia T. Holland
American Latter-day Saint writer and leader
Died on Thursday July 20th 2023
Wasef Bakhtari
Afghan poet
Died on Thursday July 20th 2023
Kole Omotoso
Nigerian writer and intellectual
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2023
Viktor Pronin
Russian writer
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2023
Sri Ramana
Indian columnist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2023
László Lator
Hungarian poet and translator
Died on Monday July 17th 2023
James Zagel
American judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and novelist
Died on Sunday July 16th 2023
Derek Malcolm
English film critic and historian
Died on Sunday July 16th 2023
Yevgeny Mamontov
Russian writer
Died on Saturday July 15th 2023
Guy Lagorce
French journalist and writer
Died on Saturday July 15th 2023
Marga Minco
Dutch journalist and writer
Died 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 author
Died on Friday July 14th 2023
Mary Ann Hoberman
American author
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2023
Ahmadreza Ahmadi
Iranian poet and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2023
Manny Coto
American television writer and producer (Star Trek: Enterprise
Died on Monday July 10th 2023
Bill Shipp
American author and journalist
Died on Sunday July 9th 2023
Srđan Koljević
Serbian screenwriter and film director (The Red Colored Grey Truck
Died on Saturday July 8th 2023
Adrian Tan
Singaporean novelist (The Teenage Textbook
Died 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 poet
Died on Thursday July 6th 2023
Peter Bieri
Swiss writer and philosopher
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2023
April Kingsley
American art critic
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2023
Victoria Amelina
Ukrainian writer
Died on Monday July 3rd 2023
Minnie Bruce Pratt
American writer and activist
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2023
Habib Sadek
Lebanese writer and politician
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2023
Ahn Junghyo
South Korean novelist and translator
Died on Saturday July 1st 2023
Micere Githae Mugo
Kenyan playwright and poet
Died on Saturday July 1st 2023
Mike Kellogg
American radio broadcaster (Moody Radio) and writer
Died on Thursday June 29th 2023
Marvin Kitman
American television critic and humorist
Died on Thursday June 29th 2023
Angel Wagenstein
Bulgarian screenwriter (Stars
Died on Thursday June 29th 2023
Amy Uyematsu
American poet
Died 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 journalist
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2023
P. Chitran Namboodirippad
Indian writer and educationist
Died on Tuesday June 27th 2023
Ysabelle Lacamp
French writer
Died 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 author
Died on Sunday June 25th 2023
Claude Sarraute
French writer and journalist
Died on Wednesday June 21st 2023
William Howarth
American writer and university professor
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2023
Byron Barton
American writer and illustrator
Died on Tuesday June 20th 2023
Bernd Schroeder
German writer
Died on Monday June 19th 2023
Naum Prifti
Albanian writer
Died 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 actress
Died on Friday June 16th 2023
Bohdan Urbankowski
Polish writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2023
Julie Garwood
American author (Ransom)
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2023
John Nkemngong Nkengasong
Cameroonian playwright
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2023
Michael A. Noonan
Irish-born New Zealand television writer (Close to Home
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2023
Scott Schinder
American music critic and journalist (Rolling Stone
Died on Monday June 12th 2023
Park Je-chun
South Korean poet
Died on Monday June 12th 2023
Ian McGinty
American comic book writer and artist
Died on Saturday June 10th 2023
Muhammed Gwady
Egyptian writer and philosopher
Died on Friday June 9th 2023
Paul Eckstein
American television writer and producer (Godfather of Harlem
Died on Wednesday June 7th 2023
Vladimir Golovanov
Russian writer
Died on Monday June 5th 2023
Amy Silverstein
American writer
Died on Monday June 5th 2023
Mochtar Pabottingi
Indonesian writer
Died on Sunday June 4th 2023
Mario Sábato
Argentine film director and screenwriter (Y que patatín...y que patatán
Died on Sunday June 4th 2023
Luca Di Fulvio
Italian writer
Died on Saturday June 3rd 2023
Joe Gayton
American screenwriter (Hell on Wheels
Died on Friday June 2nd 2023
Yukiko Takayama
Japanese screenwriter (Terror of Mechagodzilla
Died on Friday June 2nd 2023
Milka Zimková
Slovak actress and screenwriter (She Grazed Horses on Concrete)
Died on Wednesday May 31st 2023
Mac Gudgeon
Australian screenwriter (The Delinquents
Died on Tuesday May 30th 2023
Vladimir Sitnikov
Russian writer
Died on Sunday May 28th 2023
Antonio Gala
Spanish poet
Died on Sunday May 28th 2023
Choi Il-nam
South Korean writer
Died on Sunday May 28th 2023
Engin Ardıç
Turkish journalist and columnist
Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
John Dunning
American author
Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
Lin Wenyue
Taiwanese writer and translator
Died on Saturday May 27th 2023