Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Mark Astronaut
British musician and poet · 08 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 8
Judy Barrett Litoff
American author and professor at Bryant University · 07 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 7 · Litoff
Muriel Phillips
American World War II veteran and writer · 04 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 4
Ni Kuang
Hong Kong screenwriter (One-Armed Swordsman · 02 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 2
Mats Traat
Estonian poet and writer · 28 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 28
L. Patrick Devlin
American lecturer and author · 23 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 23 · Devlin
Xhevdet Bajraj
Albanian Kosovar poet and screenwriter · 22 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 22
Gérard Bonal
French writer and biographer · 21 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 21 · French · Gerard
Qiao Yu
Chinese lyricist and playwright · 19 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 19
Kazue Morisaki
Japanese poet and writer · 17 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 17
René-Nicolas Ehni
French writer and playwright · 17 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 17 · French
Patrick Breuzé
French journalist and writer · 16 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 16 · French
Shauneille Perry
American stage director and playwright · 15 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 15
Zinovy Roizman
Russian film and animation director and screenwriter (Empire Under Attack) · 15 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 15
Joyce Burditt
American television writer (Diagnosis Murder · 14 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 14
Joel Whitburn
American author and music historian · 13 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 13
Igor Dudinsky
Russian artist and art critic · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11
Baxter Black
American cowboy poet and veterinarian · 11 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 11
Robert M. Utley
American author and historian · 09 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 9 · Utley
Thubten Samphel
Tibetan writer and government official · 06 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 6
Zinoviy Royzman
Russian film and animation director and screenwriter · 05 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 5
Aziz Gardi
Kurdish writer and translator · 05 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 5
George Lamming
Barbadian novelist and poet · 04 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 4
Luis Monje Ciruelo
Spanish journalist and writer · 03 June 2022 · June 2022 · Ciruelo · June 3
Ann Turner Cook
American author and model (Gerber Baby) · 03 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 3 · Cook
Liliana de Curtis
Italian actress (Orient Express) and writer · 02 June 2022 · June 2022 · Curtis · June 2
Joseph Zoderer
German-speaking Italian writer · 31 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 31
Walter Abish
Austrian-born American author · 30 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 30
Jacques Nicolaou
French comic book author · 30 May 2022 · May 2022 · French · May 30
Donald Kemp Ross
American public interest lawyer and author · 29 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 29 · Ross
Laimonas Tapinas
Lithuanian writer · 28 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 28
Vadim Saralidze
Russian writer and violinist · 27 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 27
Alexander Astin
American educator and writer · 25 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 25
Maja Lidia Kossakowska
Polish fantasy writer · 22 May 2022 · Kossakowska · May 2022 · May 22
Dervla Murphy
Irish travel writer and cyclist · 22 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 22
Jeffrey Escoffier
American author and activist · 21 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 21
Roger Angell
American baseball author · 19 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 19
Donald K. Ross
American public interest lawyer and author · 19 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 19 · Ross
Muthaffar al-Nawab
Iraqi poet and political critic · 19 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 19
Griselda El Tayib
British-born Sudanese writer and cultural anthropologist · 19 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 19 · Tayib
Jean-Louis Comolli
French film critic (Cahiers du Cinéma) and director · 18 May 2022 · May 2022 · French · May 18
Domingo Villar
Spanish writer (Death on a Galician Shore) · 17 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 17
Norberto Ávila
Portugal playwright · 17 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 17 · Avila
Kay Mellor
British actress and writer (Children's Ward · 16 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 16
Salah Montaser
Egyptian writer and journalist · 14 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 14
Anne de Leseleuc
French writer · 13 May 2022 · Leseleuc · May 2022 · French · May 13
Vlastislav Toman
Czech writer and journalist · 11 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 11 · Czech
Katsumoto Saotome
Japanese author · 10 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 10
Patricia A. McKillip
American author (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld · 10 May 2022 · May 2022 · McKillip · May 10
Midge Decter
American non-fiction writer · 08 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 8
John R. Cherry III
American film director and screenwriter (Ernest Saves Christmas · 07 May 2022 · May 2022 · Cherry · May 7
Kim Chi-ha
Korean poet and playwright · 07 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 7
George Pérez
American comic book artist and writer · 06 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 6