Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John A. Walker
British art critic and historian
Died on Wednesday May 24th 2023
Rick Hummel
American author and sports columnist
Died on Monday May 22nd 2023
Martin Amis
British novelist. (London Fields
Died on Saturday May 20th 2023
Kevin Ireland
New Zealand poet
Died on Thursday May 18th 2023
Iain Johnstone
English author
Died on Thursday May 18th 2023
Jean-Louis Pesch
French author of comics series
Died on Thursday May 18th 2023
Inger Sandberg
Swedish children's book writer (Inger and Lasse Sandberg)
Died on Tuesday May 16th 2023
Shoaib Hashmi
Pakistani playwright
Died on Monday May 15th 2023
Sibylle Lewitscharoff
German writer
Died on Sunday May 14th 2023
András Adorján
Hungarian Chess Grandmaster and author
Died on Friday May 12th 2023
Rosemary Crossley
Australian author
Died on Friday May 12th 2023
Fred Siegel
American historian and conservative writer
Died on Thursday May 11th 2023
Enrico Oldoini
Italian director and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday May 10th 2023
Ingrid Arvidsson
Swedish poet
Died on Wednesday May 10th 2023
Wilferd Madelung
German-British author and scholar of Islamic history
Died on Wednesday May 10th 2023
Wilfried Erdmann
German sailor and author
Died on Wednesday May 10th 2023
Mohan Maharishi
Indian theatre director and playwright
Died on Tuesday May 9th 2023
Henri Coulonges
French writer
Died on Tuesday May 9th 2023
Filippo Ottoni
Italian film director and screenwriter (Detective School Dropouts
Died on Tuesday May 9th 2023
Ronald Steel
American author and biographer
Died on Monday May 8th 2023
Philippe Sollers
French writer and literary critic
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Michael Denneny
American author and editor (And the Band Played On)
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Andrew Delaplaine
American novelist and screenwriter
Died on Friday May 5th 2023
Bruce McCall
Canadian author and illustrator
Died on Friday May 5th 2023
Haidar Haidar
Syrian novelist (The Desolate Time
Died on Friday May 5th 2023
Robin Mathews
Canadian poet and activist
Died on Friday May 5th 2023
Gabrielle Carey
Australian author (Puberty Blues)
Died on Thursday May 4th 2023
Rafael Guillén
Spanish poet
Died on Thursday May 4th 2023
Adam Brace
British playwright and director (Stovepipe
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Indian-American author and activist
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Jerry Mander
American activist and author (Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television)
Died on Sunday April 30th 2023
Alzira Rufino
Brazilian writer and social activist
Died on Friday April 28th 2023
Robert Forrest-Webb
British author and journalist
Died on Thursday April 27th 2023
John Tranter
Australian poet
Died on Thursday April 27th 2023
Hanna Johansen
Swiss writer (7×7 Tales of a Sevensleeper)
Died on Wednesday April 26th 2023
David E. Carter
American entrepreneur and writer
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Robert Patrick
American playwright
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Mike Pride
American journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Megan Terry
American playwright
Died on Monday April 24th 2023
Tarek Fatah
Pakistani-Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun) and writer
Died on Monday April 24th 2023
Kate Saunders
English author and journalist
Died on Monday April 24th 2023
Doug Tibbles
American television writer (Bewitched
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2023
Lynda Myles
American television writer (Santa Barbara
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2023
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Palestinian poet and anthropologist
Died on Thursday April 20th 2023
Jim Gillis
American journalist and newspaper columnist (The Newport Daily News)
Died on Wednesday April 19th 2023
Yehonatan Geffen
Israeli author
Died on Wednesday April 19th 2023
Yō Takeyama
Japanese screenwriter
Died on Tuesday April 18th 2023
Blair Tindall
American author
Died on Monday April 17th 2023
Mario Fratti
Italian playwright
Died on Sunday April 16th 2023
Joan Clark
Canadian author
Died on Sunday April 16th 2023
Stanko Klinar
Slovenian writer and translator
Died on Saturday April 15th 2023
Abel Posse
Argentine novelist and diplomat
Died on Friday April 14th 2023
Anne Perry
British writer and convicted murder
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Alicia Shepard
American journalist and writer
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Rick Wolff
American writer and radio host
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Andreas K. W. Meyer
German playwright
Died on Tuesday April 11th 2023
Meir Shalev
Israeli author and newspaper columnist
Died on Tuesday April 11th 2023
K.V. Ramanathan
Indian children writer
Died on Tuesday April 11th 2023
Fernando Sánchez Dragó
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Monday April 10th 2023
Huub Oosterhuis
Dutch theologian and poet
Died on Monday April 10th 2023
Rachel Pollack
American writer (Unquenchable Fire
Died on Friday April 7th 2023
Prabir Ghosh
Indian writer and skeptic
Died on Friday April 7th 2023
Mimi Sheraton
American food critic
Died on Friday April 7th 2023
Alastair Lamb
Chinese-born British diplomatic historian and author
Died on Thursday April 6th 2023
Judy Farrell
American actress (M*A*S*H) and screenwriter (Port Charles)
Died on Tuesday April 4th 2023
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
Japanese director and screenwriter (The Samurai I Loved)
Died on Monday April 3rd 2023
Helen Barolini
American writer (Umbertina)
Died on Sunday April 2nd 2023
Raghavan Iyer
Indian-born American chef and author
Died on Sunday April 2nd 2023
Bill Zehme
American writer and journalist
Died on Sunday April 2nd 2023
Palmério Dória
Brazilian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday April 1st 2023
Steve Skeates
American comic book writer (Aquaman
Died on Saturday April 1st 2023
Mercia MacDermott
English writer and historian
Died on Saturday April 1st 2023
Mimí Panayotti
Honduran writer and journalist (La Prensa)
Died on Saturday April 1st 2023
Sarah Thomas
Indian novelist
Died on Friday March 31st 2023
Meir Wieseltier
Israeli writer and translator
Died on Thursday March 30th 2023
Julie Anne Peters
American novelist (Keeping You a Secret
Died on Wednesday March 29th 2023