Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Gabrielle Carey
Australian author (Puberty Blues)Died on Thursday May 4th 2023
Rafael Guillén
Spanish poetDied on Thursday May 4th 2023
Adam Brace
British playwright and director (StovepipeDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Indian-American author and activistDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Gloria Cranmer Webster
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Jerry Mander
American activist and author (Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television)Died on Sunday April 30th 2023
Harold Kushner
American rabbi and authorDied on Friday April 28th 2023
Alzira Rufino
Brazilian writer and social activistDied on Friday April 28th 2023
Robert Forrest-Webb
British author and journalistDied on Thursday April 27th 2023
John Tranter
Australian poetDied 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 writerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Robert Patrick
American playwrightDied on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Mike Pride
American journalist and writerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2023
Megan Terry
American playwrightDied on Monday April 24th 2023
Tarek Fatah
Pakistani-Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun) and writerDied on Monday April 24th 2023
Doug Tibbles
American television writer (BewitchedDied on Sunday April 23rd 2023
Lynda Myles
American television writer (Santa BarbaraDied on Sunday April 23rd 2023
Emily Meggett
American chef and authorDied on Friday April 21st 2023
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Palestinian poet and anthropologistDied 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 authorDied on Wednesday April 19th 2023
Yō Takeyama
Japanese screenwriterDied on Tuesday April 18th 2023
Blair Tindall
American authorDied on Monday April 17th 2023
Mario Fratti
Italian playwrightDied on Sunday April 16th 2023
Joan Clark
Canadian authorDied on Sunday April 16th 2023
Stanko Klinar
Slovenian writer and translatorDied on Saturday April 15th 2023
Abel Posse
Argentine novelist and diplomatDied on Friday April 14th 2023
Eduardo Heras León
Cuban writerDied on Thursday April 13th 2023
Anne Perry
British writer and convicted murderDied on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Eduard Bagırov
Russian writerDied on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Alicia Shepard
American journalist and writerDied on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Rick Wolff
American writer and radio hostDied on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Andreas K. W. Meyer
German playwrightDied on Tuesday April 11th 2023
K. V. Ramanathan
Indian children writerDied on Tuesday April 11th 2023
Meir Shalev
Israeli author and newspaper columnistDied on Tuesday April 11th 2023
K.V. Ramanathan
Indian children writerDied on Tuesday April 11th 2023
Taeko Tomioka
Japanese writerDied on Monday April 10th 2023
Huub Oosterhuis
Dutch theologian and poetDied on Monday April 10th 2023
Rachel Pollack
American writer (Unquenchable FireDied on Friday April 7th 2023
Mimi Sheraton
American food criticDied on Friday April 7th 2023
Alastair Lamb
Chinese-born British diplomatic historian and authorDied 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
Claire Etcherelli
French novelistDied on Monday April 3rd 2023
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