Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Axel Jodorowsky dead at age 57
Axel Jodorowsky, an actor,
died on September 15, 2022, at age 57. Born in Mexico City on July 24, 1965, he was also known as Cristóbal Jodorowsky and worked across…
Bill Pearl dead at age 91
Bill Pearl, the American bodybuilder and athlete who won the Mr. Universe contest five times,
died on September 14, 2022, at age 91. Born William Arnold Pearl in Prineville, Oregon,…
Mavis Nicholson
Welsh writer and broadcaster
Died on Saturday September 10th 2022
Alan Wilkins
Scottish playwright
Died on Saturday September 10th 2022
David A. Arnold
American comedian and television writer
Died on Thursday September 8th 2022
François-Bernard Huyghe
French essayist and political scientist
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2022
Patricia Burke Brogan
Irish playwright
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2022
Peter Straub
American novelist (Julia
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2022
Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú
Argentine writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2022
Mariella Mehr
Swiss writer
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2022
Karel Eykman
Dutch children book writer
Died on Monday September 5th 2022
Marilyn Loden
American writer
Died on Saturday September 3rd 2022
Barbara Ehrenreich
American author and political activist
Died on Friday September 2nd 2022
Bang Young-ung
South Korean novelist
Died on Thursday September 1st 2022
Phillip Mann
British-born New Zealand writer
Died on Thursday September 1st 2022
Normand Chaurette
Canadian playwright
Died on Thursday September 1st 2022
Francesco Manganelli
Italian politician and writer
Died on Thursday September 1st 2022
Roger Jouet
French writer and politician
Died on Monday August 29th 2022
Charlie Finch
American art critic
Died on Sunday August 28th 2022
Vicenç Pagès
Spanish writer and literary critic
Died on Saturday August 27th 2022
Mani Nagaraj
Indian film director and screenwriter (Pencil)
Died on Thursday August 25th 2022
Jonathan Destin
French writer and anti-bullying activist
Died on Thursday August 25th 2022
Per Knutsen
Norwegian writer
Died on Wednesday August 24th 2022
Mahbub Talukdar
Bangladeshi poet and civil servant
Died on Wednesday August 24th 2022
Marc Lapadula
American playwright
Died on Wednesday August 24th 2022
Kate Holbrook
American historian and writer
Died on Monday August 22nd 2022
Michael Malone
American author and television writer
Died on Monday August 22nd 2022
Alexei Panshin
American writer and science fiction critic
Died on Monday August 22nd 2022
Lise Drougge
Swedish writer and artist
Died on Monday August 22nd 2022
Cecile Pineda
American author
Died on Monday August 22nd 2022
Joseph Delaney
English writer
Died on Thursday August 18th 2022
Mark Girouard
British architectural writer
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2022
Nur Tabar
Tajik writer and politician
Died on Wednesday August 17th 2022
Frederick Buechner
American novelist (A Long Day's Dying
Died on Monday August 15th 2022
Oles Lupii
Soviet and Ukrainian writer
Died on Monday August 15th 2022
Philip Purser
British television critic and novelist
Died on Monday August 15th 2022
Nicholas Evans
English writer (The Horse Whisperer)
Died on Monday August 15th 2022
Francesc Gras Salas
Spanish ophtalmologist and writer
Died on Sunday August 14th 2022
Maung Paw Tun
Burmese writer
Died on Sunday August 14th 2022
Ekaterina Yosifova
Bulgarian educator and poet
Died on Saturday August 13th 2022
Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova
Bulgarian educator and poet
Died on Saturday August 13th 2022
German Vitke
Russian poet and songwriter
Died on Friday August 12th 2022
Leslie Griffith
American writer and journalist
Died on Friday August 12th 2022
J. S. Grewal
Indian writer
Died on Friday August 12th 2022
Ranjit Patnaik
Indian screenwriter (Bhala Pae Tate 100 Ru 100)
Died on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Raymond Briggs
British writer and illustrator (The Snowman
Died on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Elana Dykewomon
American lesbian activist and author
Died on Sunday August 7th 2022
Jan Longone
American food historian and writer
Died on Sunday August 7th 2022
Eike Christian Hirsch
German journalist and writer
Died on Sunday August 7th 2022
Sid Jacobson
American writer
Died on Saturday August 6th 2022
Ana Luísa Amaral
Portuguese poet
Died on Saturday August 6th 2022
Evan Jones
Australian poet
Died 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 journalist
Died on Friday August 5th 2022
Doc Dockery
American businessman and author
Died on Friday August 5th 2022
Stuart Briscoe
English-born American evangelical Christian author
Died 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 novelist
Died on Thursday August 4th 2022
Randy Farb
American librarian and comic strip author
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Alexander Bachilo
Russian writer
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
C.C. Dockery
American businessman and author
Died on Tuesday August 2nd 2022
Cont Mhlanga
Zimbabwean playwright
Died on Tuesday August 2nd 2022
Maria Frisé
German journalist and author
Died on Monday August 1st 2022
Jim Trelease
American author
Died on Sunday July 31st 2022
Miró da Muribeca
Brazilian poet.
Died on Sunday July 31st 2022
Charlotte Pomerantz
American author
Died 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 critic
Died on Thursday July 28th 2022
Paul Garon
American writer and blues historian
Died on Thursday July 28th 2022
Anne-Marie Garat
French novelist
Died on Wednesday July 27th 2022
Felix Thijssen
Dutch author
Died on Wednesday July 27th 2022
Inger Alfvén
Swedish author and sociologist
Died on Tuesday July 26th 2022
Marjorie Crocombe
Cook Islands author and academic
Died on Tuesday July 26th 2022
Aaron Latham
American journalist and screenwriter (Urban Cowboy
Died on Monday July 25th 2022
Tatyana Moskvina
Russian columnist
Died on Monday July 25th 2022
Lotte Ingrisch
Austrian author
Died on Monday July 25th 2022
Kyaw Min Yu
Burmese political activist and writer
Died on Monday July 25th 2022
Diana Kennedy
British food writer
Died on Sunday July 24th 2022
Vyacheslav Shapovalov
Russian poet
Died on Sunday July 24th 2022