Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Dmytro Pavlychko
Ukrainian poetDied on Sunday January 29th 2023
Hussain Rabi Gandhi
Indian writer and political activistDied on Saturday January 28th 2023
Gregory Allen Howard
American screenwriter (Remember the TitansDied on Saturday January 28th 2023
Shantabai Kamble
Indian writerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2023
Friedrich Weissensteiner
Austrian historian and writerDied on Tuesday January 24th 2023
German Klimov
Russian athlete and screenwriter (SportDied on Tuesday January 24th 2023
Sinikka Luja-Penttilä
Finnish politician and writerDied on Tuesday January 24th 2023
Claude Guillon
French writer and philosopherDied on Monday January 23rd 2023
Paul LaFarge
American novelistDied on Monday January 23rd 2023
Pino Roveredo
Italian writerDied on Saturday January 21st 2023
Charlotte Vale-Allen
Canadian-born American writer of contemporary fictionDied on Saturday January 21st 2023
Nano Riantiarno
Indonesian playwright. Died on Saturday January 21st 2023
Grigorijus Kanovičius
Jewish writerDied on Friday January 20th 2023
Günther Deschner
German author and historianDied on Thursday January 19th 2023
Nilmani Phookan Jr
Indian poetDied on Thursday January 19th 2023
Jonathan Raban
British travel writerDied on Thursday January 19th 2023
Constantin Munteanu
Moldovan screenwriterDied on Wednesday January 18th 2023
Sujan Dasgupta
Indian writerDied on Wednesday January 18th 2023
Otohiko Kaga
Japanese authorDied on Wednesday January 18th 2023
Mousse Boulanger
Swiss writer and journalistDied on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Andrew Jones
Welsh screenwriterDied on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Simone Kramer
Dutch authorDied on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Luisa Josefina Hernández
Mexican writerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Fañch Peru
French teacher and writerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Balamurugan
Indian screenwriter (Bantrothu BharyaDied on Monday January 16th 2023
Elka Konstantinova
Bulgarian literary critic and politicianDied on Monday January 16th 2023
Enaxon Siddiqova
Uzbek poet and politicianDied on Monday January 16th 2023
Gordana Kuić
Serbian novelist (The Scent of Rain in the Balkans)Died on Sunday January 15th 2023
Ronald Blythe
English writerDied on Sunday January 15th 2023
Claudio Willer
Brazilian poet and translatorDied on Friday January 13th 2023
Norman Fruchter
American writer and academicDied on Thursday January 12th 2023
Sanjay Chauhan
Indian screenwriter (I Am KalamDied on Thursday January 12th 2023
Alexandru Donos
Moldovan journalist and writerDied on Thursday January 12th 2023
Wacław Sadkowski
Polish literary critic and translatorDied on Thursday January 12th 2023
Lew Hunter
American screenwriter and screenwriting teacherDied on Thursday January 12th 2023
Gheorghe Ciocoi
Moldovan poetDied on Tuesday January 10th 2023
Sara Aboobacker
Indian writer and translatorDied on Tuesday January 10th 2023
Naomi Replansky
American poetDied on Monday January 9th 2023
Rehman Rahi
Indian poetDied on Monday January 9th 2023
Jack W. Hayford
American Pentecostal minister and hymn writerDied on Monday January 9th 2023
Victoria de Stefano
Italian-Venezuelan novelistDied on Monday January 9th 2023
Russell Banks
American novelist (Continental DriftDied on Sunday January 8th 2023
Gian Pietro Testa
Italian writerDied on Sunday January 8th 2023
Aleksey Slapovsky
Russian novelistDied on Sunday January 8th 2023
Pierre Joassin
Belgian film director and screenwriter (MaigretDied on Thursday January 5th 2023
Edith Lank
American author and advice columnistDied on Thursday January 5th 2023
Suzy McKee Charnas
American novelist and short story writerDied on Thursday January 5th 2023
Géza Morcsányi
Hungarian playwright and actor (On Body and Soul)Died on Wednesday January 4th 2023
Fay Weldon
British authorDied on Wednesday January 4th 2023
Elena Huelva
Spanish influencer and writerDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Mohamed Enani
Egyptian writer and translatorDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Mako Sajko
Slovenian director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Catherine David
French-American literary critic and novelistDied on Monday January 2nd 2023
Dumitru Radu Popescu
Romanian novelistDied on Monday January 2nd 2023
Lise Nørgaard
Danish journalist and writerDied on Monday January 2nd 2023
Edith Pearlman
American short story writerDied on Sunday January 1st 2023
Shabana Rehman
Pakistani-born Norwegian stand-up comedian and columnistDied on Thursday December 29th 2022
Henriette Bernier
French novelistDied on Thursday December 29th 2022
Tom Stacey
British novelistDied on Thursday December 29th 2022
Dick Flavin
American poetDied on Thursday December 29th 2022
Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi
Indian authorDied on Wednesday December 28th 2022
António Mega Ferreira
Portuguese writer and journalist. Died on Tuesday December 27th 2022
Elena Gianini Belotti
Italian writerDied on Tuesday December 27th 2022
Ákos Kertész
Hungarian writer and screenwriterDied on Monday December 26th 2022
Françoise Bourdin
French novelistDied on Monday December 26th 2022
Gilbert Lascault
French writer and art criticDied on Sunday December 25th 2022
Gilbert Lascaut
French writer and art criticDied on Sunday December 25th 2022
Jo Sehui
South Korean writerDied on Sunday December 25th 2022
Klemens Ludwig
German astrologist and writerDied on Saturday December 24th 2022
Odette Roy Fombrun
Haitian writer and intellectualDied on Friday December 23rd 2022
Concha Ibáñez
Catalan painter and writerDied on Friday December 23rd 2022
Alessandra Vignoli
Italian poetDied on Friday December 23rd 2022
Julieta Pinto
Costa Rican educator and writerDied on Friday December 23rd 2022
Graham Oakley
English children's author (The Church Mice)Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Barbara Noack
German writerDied on Thursday December 22nd 2022
Alberto Asor Rosa
Italian literary critic and historianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Mike Hodges
British screenwriter and director (Get CarterDied on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Sylvie Genty
French writer and actress (BettyDied on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Aonghas MacNeacail
Scottish Gaelic writerDied on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Marie-Luise Scherer
German writer and journalistDied on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Pradeep Bhol
Indian film director and writer (Chini)Died on Sunday December 18th 2022
Håkan Lindquist
Swedish writerDied on Sunday December 18th 2022
Mario Sconcerti
Italian sports journalist and writerDied on Sunday December 18th 2022
Antonín Bajaja
Czech writerDied on Saturday December 17th 2022
David Lifton
American authorDied on Saturday December 17th 2022
Nélida Piñon
Spanish-Brazilian author and professorDied on Saturday December 17th 2022
Sue Hardesty
American authorDied on Saturday December 17th 2022
Jose Maria Sison
Filipino writer and activistDied on Saturday December 17th 2022