Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Cas Enklaar
Dutch actor and writer (Toneelgroep AmsterdamDied on Friday July 22nd 2022
Alan Grant
Scottish comic book writer (Judge DreddDied on Thursday July 21st 2022
Sean Kelly
Canadian humorist and writer (National LampoonDied on Wednesday July 20th 2022
Maxime Feri Farzaneh
French-Iranian writer and filmmakerDied on Wednesday July 20th 2022
Vladimir Kos
Slovenian Jesuit missionary and poetDied on Tuesday July 19th 2022
Bajram Haliti
Serbian-romani authorDied on Tuesday July 19th 2022
Erden Kıral
Turkish film director and screenwriter (On Fertile LandsDied on Monday July 18th 2022
Don Mattera
South African poet and writerDied on Monday July 18th 2022
Eric Flint
American author (1632) and editorDied on Monday July 18th 2022
Gheorghe Calamanciuc
Moldovan poetDied on Sunday July 17th 2022
Herbert W. Franke
Austrian scientist and writerDied on Saturday July 16th 2022
David Dalton
writerDied on Saturday July 16th 2022
Gaston Bouatchidzé
Georgian-French writer and translatorDied on Friday July 15th 2022
Joan Lingard
Scottish author (The Kevin and Sadie series)Died on Thursday July 14th 2022
Sylvia Molloy
Argentine writerDied on Thursday July 14th 2022
Wajih Fanous
Lebanese literary criticDied on Wednesday July 13th 2022
Wagih Fanous
Lebanese literary criticDied on Wednesday July 13th 2022
Diana Lebacs
Curaçaoan writerDied on Wednesday July 13th 2022
Ján Solovič
Slovak writerDied on Tuesday July 12th 2022
Angelo Guglielmi
Italian literary criticDied on Tuesday July 12th 2022
Barry Ronge
South African film critic and authorDied on Saturday July 9th 2022
Ryan Leone
American novelist and prison reform activistDied on Saturday July 9th 2022
Barbara Delaplace
Canadian authorDied on Saturday July 9th 2022
Judy Barrett Litoff
American author and professor at Bryant UniversityDied on Friday July 8th 2022
Muriel Phillips
American World War II veteran and writerDied on Tuesday July 5th 2022
Remco Campert
Dutch writerDied on Monday July 4th 2022
Ni Kuang
Hong Kong screenwriter (One-Armed SwordsmanDied on Sunday July 3rd 2022
Fina García Marruz
Cuban poetDied on Tuesday June 28th 2022
Rosemary Catacalos
American poetDied on Tuesday June 28th 2022
Raffaele La Capria
Italian writerDied on Monday June 27th 2022
Frank Moorhouse
Australian writerDied on Sunday June 26th 2022
L. Patrick Devlin
American lecturer and authorDied on Friday June 24th 2022
Alphonse Allain
French poetDied on Friday June 24th 2022
Gerd Grønvold Saue
Norwegian writerDied on Thursday June 23rd 2022
Xhevdet Bajraj
Albanian Kosovar poet and screenwriterDied on Thursday June 23rd 2022
Ancelin Roseti
Romanian poetDied on Wednesday June 22nd 2022
Gérard Bonal
French writer and biographerDied on Wednesday June 22nd 2022
José García-Pérez
Spanish writer and politicianDied on Wednesday June 22nd 2022
Jay Hopler
American poetDied on Tuesday June 21st 2022
Helen Hodgman
Australian novelistDied on Tuesday June 21st 2022
Peter Scupham
British poetDied on Monday June 20th 2022
Simon Perchik
American poetDied on Sunday June 19th 2022