Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Raghavan Iyer
Indian-born American chef and authorDied on Sunday April 2nd 2023
K. C. Constantine
American authorDied on Saturday April 1st 2023
Coslough Johnson
American television writerDied on Saturday April 1st 2023
Palmério Dória
Brazilian journalist and writerDied on Saturday April 1st 2023
Steve Skeates
American comic book writer (AquamanDied on Saturday April 1st 2023
Mimí Panayotti
Honduran writer and journalist (La Prensa)Died on Saturday April 1st 2023
Sarah Thomas
Indian novelistDied on Friday March 31st 2023
Meir Wieseltier
Israeli writer and translatorDied on Thursday March 30th 2023
Julie Anne Peters
American novelist (Keeping You a SecretDied on Wednesday March 29th 2023
D. M. Thomas
British poetDied on Tuesday March 28th 2023
Wendy Barker
American poetDied on Tuesday March 28th 2023
Margareta Strömstedt
Swedish authorDied on Tuesday March 28th 2023
Vikraman Nair
Indian actor (Virus) and playwrightDied on Tuesday March 28th 2023
Gianni Minà
Italian journalist (RAI) and writerDied on Monday March 27th 2023
María Kodama
Argentinian writer Died on Sunday March 26th 2023
Howard Fergus
Montserratian author and historianDied on Friday March 24th 2023
Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
Lithuanian-born Israeli Yiddish poetDied on Friday March 24th 2023
Connie Martinson
American writer and television personalityDied on Thursday March 23rd 2023
Norman Steinberg
American screenwriter (Blazing SaddlesDied on Wednesday March 22nd 2023
Michael Reaves
American screenwriter (GargoylesDied on Wednesday March 22nd 2023
Anna Sujatha Mathai
Indian poetDied on Wednesday March 22nd 2023
Harri Nykänen
Finnish writerDied on Tuesday March 21st 2023
Francesco Maselli
Italian film director and screenwriter (Time of IndifferenceDied on Tuesday March 21st 2023
Abdul Rahman Majeed al-Rubaie
Iraqi novelist (The Tattoo Mark)Died on Monday March 20th 2023
Carlos Payán
Mexican writerDied on Saturday March 18th 2023
Jacques Boigelot
Belgian film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday March 18th 2023
Hal Dresner
American screenwriter (The Eiger SanctionDied on Saturday March 18th 2023
Momoko Kuroda
Japanese haiku poet and essayistDied on Saturday March 18th 2023
Dubravka Ugrešić
Yugoslav and Croatian and Dutch writerDied on Friday March 17th 2023
Jacques Cossette-Trudel
Canadian screenwriterDied on Friday March 17th 2023
Isabel Colegate
British author and literary agentDied on Friday March 17th 2023
Patrick French
British writer and historian (TibetDied on Thursday March 16th 2023
Louisette Dussault
Canadian actress and writerDied on Wednesday March 15th 2023
Richard Wagner
Romanian-born German novelistDied on Tuesday March 14th 2023
John Jakes
American authorDied on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Dai Yinglu
Chinese screenwriter (Journey to the West) and playwrightDied on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize LauriateDied on Monday March 13th 2023
William G. Johnsson
Austrian authorDied on Sunday March 12th 2023
Dragoslav Mihailović
Serbian writerDied on Sunday March 12th 2023
Michel Peyramaure
French writerDied on Saturday March 11th 2023
Lily Yulianti Farid
Indonesian writerDied on Saturday March 11th 2023
Alexis Parnis
Greek playwrightDied on Saturday March 11th 2023
Dolores Klaich
American author and activistDied on Saturday March 11th 2023
Dhiruben Patel
Indian novelistDied on Friday March 10th 2023
Marat Sarulu
Kyrgyz film director and screenwriter (Songs from the Southern Seas)Died on Thursday March 9th 2023
Bert I. Gordon
American film director and screenwriter (Village of the GiantsDied on Wednesday March 8th 2023
James Douglass West
American television writer (Lassie)Died on Wednesday March 8th 2023
Salvador García-Bodaño
Spanish poetDied on Wednesday March 8th 2023
Ian Falconer
American author (Olivia) and illustrator (The New Yorker)Died on Wednesday March 8th 2023
Maurice Scully
Irish poetDied on Tuesday March 7th 2023
Sylviane Telchid
Guadeloupean writerDied on Sunday March 5th 2023
Eileen Ramsay
British authorDied on Friday March 3rd 2023
Christopher Fowler
English novelistDied on Friday March 3rd 2023
Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
Indian novelist (Pandab Goenda)Died on Friday March 3rd 2023
Anise Koltz
Luxembourgish authorDied on Thursday March 2nd 2023
Aleksey Dudarev
Belarussian playwrightDied on Wednesday March 1st 2023
Irving Wardle
English theatre critic and writerDied on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Juan Muñoz Martín
Spanish writerDied on Monday February 27th 2023
Georgios Romeos
Greek writer and politicianDied on Monday February 27th 2023
Serge Roullet
French film director and screenwriter (The WallDied on Monday February 27th 2023
Ilse Tielsch
Austrian writerDied on Monday February 27th 2023
Srutimala Duara
Indian writerDied on Monday February 27th 2023
Dave Hollis
American studio executive (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) and motivational authorDied on Sunday February 26th 2023
Mihai Șora
Romanian philosopher and essayistDied on Saturday February 25th 2023
Juraj Jakubisko
Slovak film director and screenwriter (BirdsDied on Saturday February 25th 2023
Philip Ziegler
British biographer and historianDied on Friday February 24th 2023
Clemens Arvay
Austrian biologist and writerDied on Thursday February 23rd 2023
Tatiana Lobo
Costa Rican writerDied on Thursday February 23rd 2023
Michael S. Heiser
American biblical scholar and authorDied on Tuesday February 21st 2023
Milan Hamada
Slovak literary criticDied on Monday February 20th 2023
Henry McDonald
Northern Irish writer and journalistDied on Sunday February 19th 2023
Helen Fogwill Porter
Canadian authorDied on Saturday February 18th 2023
Donald Spoto
American biographerDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Gunnar Heinsohn
German authorDied on Friday February 17th 2023
Jean Anderson
American cookbook authorDied on Thursday February 16th 2023
Philippe Lopes-Curval
French film director and screenwriter (The ChorusDied on Wednesday February 15th 2023
Suzanne Sens
French author and teacherDied on Wednesday February 15th 2023
Giampiero Neri
Italian poetDied on Wednesday February 15th 2023
Oh Takbeon
South Korean writerDied on Wednesday February 15th 2023
Marwan G. Najjar
Lebanese screenwriterDied on Tuesday February 14th 2023
Alain Lacouchie
French poetDied on Tuesday February 14th 2023
Agnès Laroche
French author and novelistDied on Tuesday February 14th 2023
Deirdre Purcell
Irish authorDied on Monday February 13th 2023
D. R. Thorpe
British historian and biographerDied on Sunday February 12th 2023
Lualhati Bautista
Filipino novelist (Dekada '70Died on Sunday February 12th 2023
Nicolò Mineo
Italian literary criticDied on Saturday February 11th 2023
Renato Del Ponte
Italian essayistDied on Saturday February 11th 2023
Amjad Islam Amjad
Pakistani poet and screenwriter (WarisDied on Friday February 10th 2023
Subimal Mishra
Indian novelistDied on Wednesday February 8th 2023
Richard Kell
Irish poetDied on Tuesday February 7th 2023
Inge Sargent
Austrian-American author and human rights activistDied on Tuesday February 7th 2023