Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Javier Marías
Spanish novelistDied on Sunday September 11th 2022
Mavis Nicholson
Welsh writer and broadcasterDied on Saturday September 10th 2022
Alan Wilkins
Scottish playwrightDied on Saturday September 10th 2022
David A. Arnold
American comedian and television writerDied on Thursday September 8th 2022
François-Bernard Huyghe
French essayist and political scientistDied on Wednesday September 7th 2022
Patricia Burke Brogan
Irish playwrightDied on Wednesday September 7th 2022
Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú
Argentine writer and journalistDied on Tuesday September 6th 2022
Mariella Mehr
Swiss writerDied on Tuesday September 6th 2022
Karel Eykman
Dutch children book writerDied on Monday September 5th 2022
Marilyn Loden
American writerDied on Saturday September 3rd 2022
Barbara Ehrenreich
American author and political activistDied on Friday September 2nd 2022
Bang Young-ung
South Korean novelistDied on Thursday September 1st 2022
Abbas Maroufi
Iranian writerDied on Thursday September 1st 2022
Phillip Mann
British-born New Zealand writerDied on Thursday September 1st 2022
Normand Chaurette
Canadian playwrightDied on Thursday September 1st 2022
Francesco Manganelli
Italian politician and writerDied on Thursday September 1st 2022
Charlie Finch
American art criticDied on Sunday August 28th 2022
Vicenç Pagès
Spanish writer and literary criticDied on Saturday August 27th 2022
Barbara Kremen
American writerDied on Friday August 26th 2022
Mani Nagaraj
Indian film director and screenwriter (Pencil)Died on Thursday August 25th 2022
Jonathan Destin
French writer and anti-bullying activistDied on Thursday August 25th 2022
Per Knutsen
Norwegian writerDied on Wednesday August 24th 2022
Mahbub Talukdar
Bangladeshi poet and civil servantDied on Wednesday August 24th 2022
Marc Lapadula
American playwrightDied on Wednesday August 24th 2022
S. V. Venugopan Nair
Indian writerDied on Tuesday August 23rd 2022
Kate Holbrook
American historian and writerDied on Monday August 22nd 2022
Michael Malone
American author and television writerDied on Monday August 22nd 2022
Alexei Panshin
American writer and science fiction criticDied on Monday August 22nd 2022
Cecile Pineda
American authorDied on Monday August 22nd 2022
Joseph Delaney
English writerDied on Thursday August 18th 2022
Mark Girouard
British architectural writerDied on Wednesday August 17th 2022
Hans Peterson
Swedish authorDied on Tuesday August 16th 2022
Frederick Buechner
American novelist (A Long Day's DyingDied on Monday August 15th 2022
Oles Lupii
Soviet and Ukrainian writerDied on Monday August 15th 2022
Philip Purser
British television critic and novelistDied on Monday August 15th 2022
Nicholas Evans
English writer (The Horse Whisperer)Died on Monday August 15th 2022
Francesc Gras Salas
Spanish ophtalmologist and writerDied on Sunday August 14th 2022
Maung Paw Tun
Burmese writerDied on Sunday August 14th 2022
Ekaterina Yosifova
Bulgarian educator and poetDied on Saturday August 13th 2022
Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova
Bulgarian educator and poetDied on Saturday August 13th 2022
Leslie Griffith
American writer and journalistDied on Friday August 12th 2022
J. S. Grewal
Indian writerDied on Friday August 12th 2022
Carmen Gómez Ojea
Spanish writerDied on Thursday August 11th 2022
Ranjit Patnaik
Indian screenwriter (Bhala Pae Tate 100 Ru 100)Died on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Raymond Briggs
British writer and illustrator (The SnowmanDied on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Hushang Ebtehaj
Iranian poetDied on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Biyi Bandele
Nigerian novelistDied on Tuesday August 9th 2022
Elana Dykewomon
American lesbian activist and authorDied on Sunday August 7th 2022
Jan Longone
American food historian and writerDied on Sunday August 7th 2022
Eike Christian Hirsch
German journalist and writerDied on Sunday August 7th 2022
Shinmon Aoki
Japanese writerDied on Sunday August 7th 2022
Sid Jacobson
American writerDied on Saturday August 6th 2022
Ana Luísa Amaral
Portuguese poetDied on Saturday August 6th 2022
Evan Jones
Australian poetDied on Saturday August 6th 2022
Shirley Barrett
Australian film director and screenwriter (Love Serenade)Died on Saturday August 6th 2022
Bruce Grant
Australian writer and journalistDied on Friday August 5th 2022
Doc Dockery
American businessman and authorDied on Friday August 5th 2022
Stuart Briscoe
English-born American evangelical Christian authorDied on Thursday August 4th 2022
Melissa Bank
American writer (The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing)Died on Thursday August 4th 2022
Yvonne Baby
French journalist and novelistDied on Thursday August 4th 2022
Randy Farb
American librarian and comic strip authorDied on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Alexander Bachilo
Russian writerDied on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
C.C. Dockery
American businessman and authorDied on Tuesday August 2nd 2022
Cont Mhlanga
Zimbabwean playwrightDied on Tuesday August 2nd 2022
Teresa Ferenc
Polish poetDied on Monday August 1st 2022
Maria Frisé
German journalist and authorDied on Monday August 1st 2022
Jim Trelease
American authorDied on Sunday July 31st 2022
Charlotte Pomerantz
American authorDied on Sunday July 31st 2022
David Ireland
Australian author (The Unknown Industrial Prisoner) (death announced on this date)Died on Friday July 29th 2022
Pietro Citati
Italian writer and literary criticDied on Thursday July 28th 2022
Paul Garon
American writer and blues historianDied on Thursday July 28th 2022
Stuart Woods
American authorDied on Wednesday July 27th 2022
Anne-Marie Garat
French novelistDied on Wednesday July 27th 2022
Felix Thijssen
Dutch authorDied on Wednesday July 27th 2022
Inger Alfvén
Swedish author and sociologistDied on Tuesday July 26th 2022
Marjorie Crocombe
Cook Islands author and academicDied on Tuesday July 26th 2022
Aaron Latham
American journalist and screenwriter (Urban CowboyDied on Monday July 25th 2022
Tatyana Moskvina
Russian columnistDied on Monday July 25th 2022
Lotte Ingrisch
Austrian authorDied on Monday July 25th 2022
Kyaw Min Yu
Burmese political activist and writerDied on Monday July 25th 2022
Diana Kennedy
British food writerDied on Sunday July 24th 2022
Vyacheslav Shapovalov
Russian poetDied on Sunday July 24th 2022
Nanda Khare
Indian writerDied on Friday July 22nd 2022