Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ
Vietnamese poet
Died on Thursday July 6th 2023
Miki Liukkonen
Finnish writer
Died on Wednesday July 5th 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
Michael A. Banks
American writer
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
Carlos Alberto Montaner
Cuban writer
Died on Friday June 30th 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
Janko Stanoev
Bulgarian writer
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
Mehmet Barlas
Turkish columnist
Died on Sunday June 18th 2023
Ligia Seman
Romanian poet and novelist
Died on Sunday June 18th 2023
Yumie Hiraiwa
Japanese author
Died on Sunday June 18th 2023
Maria Lampadaridou Pothou
Greek novelist
Died on Sunday June 18th 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
Saskia Hamilton
American poet
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
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist
Died on Tuesday June 13th 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
Ruth Schweikert
Swiss writer
Died on Tuesday June 6th 2023
Khalid Kishtainy
Iraqi writer and satirist
Died on Tuesday June 6th 2023
Anita Cornwell
American author and activist
Died on Tuesday June 6th 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
Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian author
Died on Wednesday May 31st 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
Asad Gulzoda
Tajik poet and linguist
Died on Monday May 29th 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
Aase Foss Abrahamsen
Norwegian writer
Died on Thursday May 25th 2023
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
Erick Pohlhammer
Chilean poet
Died on Monday May 22nd 2023
Veno Taufer
Slovenian poet
Died on Monday May 22nd 2023
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy
Indian writer
Died on Monday May 22nd 2023
Antón Arrufat
Cuban writer and poet
Died on Sunday May 21st 2023
Martin Amis
British novelist. (London Fields
Died on Saturday May 20th 2023
Dževad Karahasan
Bosnian writer
Died on Friday May 19th 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
Eugene Kozlovsky
Russian writer
Died on Tuesday May 16th 2023
Shoaib Hashmi
Pakistani playwright
Died on Monday May 15th 2023
Byrna Barclay
Canadian writer and editor
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
Samaresh Majumdar
Indian writer
Died on Monday May 8th 2023
Chris Reynolds
Welsh comics author
Died on Monday May 8th 2023