Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries

Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.

D. R. Thorpe

British historian and biographer
Died on Sunday February 12th 2023

Gennadiy Bazarov

Kirghiz film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday February 6th 2023

Arnold Schulman

American screenwriter (Love With the Proper Stranger
Died on Monday February 6th 2023

Hsing Yun, Father of the modern Humanistic Buddhism movement in Taiwan, died on February 5, 2023

Hsing Yun dead at age 95

Hsing Yun, the Buddhist monk and founder of Taiwan’s Fo Guang Shan order,
died on February 5, 2023, aged 95. Widely described as the father of the modern Humanistic Buddhism…

Kit Hesketh-Harvey

British comedian (Kit and The Widow) and screenwriter (The Vicar of Dibley)
Died on Wednesday February 1st 2023

Max Huwyler

Swiss writer
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2023

German Klimov

Russian athlete and screenwriter (Sport
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2023

Eugenio Martín, Spanish film director, died on January 23, 2023

Eugenio Martín dead at age 97

Eugenio Martín, the Spanish film director and screenwriter known for low-budget genre films in the 1960s and 1970s,
died on January 23, 2023, aged 97. Born Eugenio Martín Márquez in…

Balamurugan

Indian screenwriter (Bantrothu Bharya
Died on Monday January 16th 2023

Sanjay Chauhan

Indian screenwriter (I Am Kalam
Died on Thursday January 12th 2023

Lew Hunter

American screenwriter and screenwriting teacher
Died on Thursday January 12th 2023

Cai Emmons

American author and blogger
Died on Sunday January 8th 2023

Edith Lank

American author and advice columnist
Died on Thursday January 5th 2023