Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Naomi Replansky
American poet
Died on Monday January 9th 2023
Rehman Rahi
Indian poet
Died on Monday January 9th 2023
Jack W. Hayford
American Pentecostal minister and hymn writer
Died on Monday January 9th 2023
Victoria de Stefano
Italian-Venezuelan novelist
Died on Monday January 9th 2023
Russell Banks
American novelist (Continental Drift
Died on Sunday January 8th 2023
Gian Pietro Testa
Italian writer
Died on Sunday January 8th 2023
Aleksey Slapovsky
Russian novelist
Died on Sunday January 8th 2023
Cai Emmons
American author and blogger
Died on Sunday January 8th 2023
Pierre Joassin
Belgian film director and screenwriter (Maigret
Died on Thursday January 5th 2023
Edith Lank
American author and advice columnist
Died on Thursday January 5th 2023
Suzy McKee Charnas
American novelist and short story writer
Died on Thursday January 5th 2023
Géza Morcsányi
Hungarian playwright and actor (On Body and Soul)
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2023
Fay Weldon
British author
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2023
Elena Huelva
Spanish influencer and writer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Mohamed Enani
Egyptian writer and translator
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Mako Sajko
Slovenian director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Catherine David
French-American literary critic and novelist
Died on Monday January 2nd 2023
Dumitru Radu Popescu
Romanian novelist
Died on Monday January 2nd 2023
Lise Nørgaard
Danish journalist and writer
Died on Monday January 2nd 2023
Edith Pearlman
American short story writer
Died on Sunday January 1st 2023
Shabana Rehman
Pakistani-born Norwegian stand-up comedian and columnist
Died on Thursday December 29th 2022
Henriette Bernier
French novelist
Died on Thursday December 29th 2022
Tom Stacey
British novelist
Died on Thursday December 29th 2022
Dick Flavin
American poet
Died on Thursday December 29th 2022
Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi
Indian author
Died on Wednesday December 28th 2022
António Mega Ferreira
Portuguese writer and journalist.
Died on Tuesday December 27th 2022
Elena Gianini Belotti
Italian writer
Died on Tuesday December 27th 2022
Ákos Kertész
Hungarian writer and screenwriter
Died on Monday December 26th 2022
Françoise Bourdin
French novelist
Died on Monday December 26th 2022
Gilbert Lascault
French writer and art critic
Died on Sunday December 25th 2022
Gilbert Lascaut
French writer and art critic
Died on Sunday December 25th 2022
Jo Sehui
South Korean writer
Died on Sunday December 25th 2022
Klemens Ludwig
German astrologist and writer
Died on Saturday December 24th 2022
Odette Roy Fombrun
Haitian writer and intellectual
Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Concha Ibáñez
Catalan painter and writer
Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Alessandra Vignoli
Italian poet
Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Julieta Pinto
Costa Rican educator and writer
Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Graham Oakley
English children's author (The Church Mice)
Died on Friday December 23rd 2022
Barbara Noack
German writer
Died on Thursday December 22nd 2022
Alberto Asor Rosa
Italian literary critic and historian
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Mike Hodges
British screenwriter and director (Get Carter
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Sylvie Genty
French writer and actress (Betty
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Aonghas MacNeacail
Scottish Gaelic writer
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Marie-Luise Scherer
German writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2022
Pradeep Bhol
Indian film director and writer (Chini)
Died on Sunday December 18th 2022
Håkan Lindquist
Swedish writer
Died on Sunday December 18th 2022
Mario Sconcerti
Italian sports journalist and writer
Died on Sunday December 18th 2022
Antonín Bajaja
Czech writer
Died on Saturday December 17th 2022
David Lifton
American author
Died on Saturday December 17th 2022
Nélida Piñon
Spanish-Brazilian author and professor
Died on Saturday December 17th 2022
Sue Hardesty
American author
Died on Saturday December 17th 2022
Jose Maria Sison
Filipino writer and activist
Died on Saturday December 17th 2022
Bernard Chabbert
French writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 16th 2022
Robert Adamson
Australian poet and publisher
Died on Friday December 16th 2022
Luis Aguilar
Mexican writer and poet
Died on Friday December 16th 2022
Wulf Kirsten
German poet
Died on Thursday December 15th 2022
Jean Franco
British-born American academic and literary critic
Died on Thursday December 15th 2022
Bayan Northcott
English music critic and composer
Died on Thursday December 15th 2022
Jay Goldberg
American lawyer and author
Died on Thursday December 15th 2022
Jean-Louis Bourgeois
American author
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2022
Txomin Peillen
French writer
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2022
Lado Kralj
Slovenian theatre critic and literary historian
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Victor Lewis-Smith
British writer and producer (In Confidence)
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Wolf Erlbruch
German illustrator and writer
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Munzur Çem
Turkish writer and journalist
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Chris Boucher
British television screenwriter
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Remy Sylado
Indonesian author
Died on Monday December 12th 2022
Carl Kleinschmitt
American television writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show
Died on Saturday December 10th 2022
Aldona Gustas
Lithuanian–German poet and illustrator
Died on Saturday December 10th 2022
Salah Fadl
Egyptian writer and translator
Died on Saturday December 10th 2022
Max van Rooy
Dutch writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 9th 2022
Yoshishige Yoshida
Japanese film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday December 9th 2022
Manohar Devadoss
Indian artist and writer
Died on Wednesday December 7th 2022
Omar Varela
Uruguayan playwright and stage actor
Died on Tuesday December 6th 2022
Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi
Indian poet
Died on Tuesday December 6th 2022
Yakira Chambers
American television writer (NCIS: Hawaii) and actress (John Henry)
Died on Tuesday December 6th 2022
Jo Carol Pierce
American singer-songwriter and playwright
Died on Monday December 5th 2022
Mort Zarcoff
American television producer and screenwriter (It Takes a Thief)
Died on Monday December 5th 2022
Annie Yellowe Palma
British poet
Died on Sunday December 4th 2022
Dominique Lapierre
French writer (Is Paris Burning?
Died on Sunday December 4th 2022
Antigone Kefala
Romanian-born Australian poet
Died on Sunday December 4th 2022
Dillibe Onyeama
Nigerian author and publisher
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2022
Konysbai Abil
Kazakh poet
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2022
Ilya Shtemler
Russian writer
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2022
Raúl Guerra Garrido
Spanish writer
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2022
Jill Jolliffe
Australian journalist and author
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2022
Richard Shelton
American author and poet
Died on Friday December 2nd 2022
Yadollah Maftun Amini
Iranian poet
Died on Thursday December 1st 2022
Ray Nelson
American science fiction writer (The Ganymede Takeover
Died on Thursday December 1st 2022
Yuri Remesnik
Russian poet and songwriter
Died on Thursday December 1st 2022
Friedrich Zauner
Austrian writer and playwright
Died on Thursday December 1st 2022
John Prados
American author and historian
Died on Thursday December 1st 2022
Serge Livrozet
French writer
Died on Wednesday November 30th 2022
Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle
Indian writer and academic administrator
Died on Wednesday November 30th 2022
Tamar Galvetz
Israeli writer & journalist
Died on Wednesday November 30th 2022