Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Griselda El Tayib
British-born Sudanese writer and cultural anthropologistDied on Friday May 20th 2022
Yaakov Sharett
Israeli authorDied on Friday May 20th 2022
Jean-Louis Comolli
French film critic (Cahiers du Cinéma) and directorDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Oleksandr Smyk
Ukrainian singer-songwriter and poetDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Olexandr Smik
Ukrainian singer-songwriter and poetDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Jim Murphy
American authorDied on Thursday May 19th 2022
Domingo Villar
Spanish writer (Death on a Galician Shore)Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Norberto Ávila
Portugal playwrightDied on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Christian Giudicelli
French novelist and literary criticDied on Tuesday May 17th 2022
Kay Mellor
British actress and writer (Children's WardDied on Tuesday May 17th 2022
François Blais
Canadian writerDied on Monday May 16th 2022
Anne de Leseleuc
French writerDied on Saturday May 14th 2022
Alexei Tsvetkov
Russian poetDied on Thursday May 12th 2022
Jeroen Brouwers
Dutch writerDied on Wednesday May 11th 2022
Katsumoto Saotome
Japanese authorDied on Wednesday May 11th 2022
Patricia A. McKillip
American author (The Forgotten Beasts of EldDied on Wednesday May 11th 2022
Víctor Chamorro
Spanish writerDied on Tuesday May 10th 2022
Midge Decter
American non-fiction writerDied on Monday May 9th 2022
John R. Cherry III
American film director and screenwriter (Ernest Saves ChristmasDied on Sunday May 8th 2022
Kim Chi-ha
Korean poet and playwrightDied on Sunday May 8th 2022
Mykola Adamenko
Ukrainian poetDied on Sunday May 8th 2022
George Pérez
American comic book artist and writerDied on Saturday May 7th 2022
Yuri Averbakh
Russian chess grandmaster and authorDied on Saturday May 7th 2022
Serhiy Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Sergey Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Philip J. Hilts
American journalist and authorDied on Wednesday May 4th 2022
Larry Woiwode
American writerDied on Wednesday May 4th 2022
Biancamaria Frabotta
Italian writerDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2022
George Yanok
American television writer and producer (Hee HawDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2022
Anatoliy Bayukanskiy
Russian writer and publicistDied on Saturday April 30th 2022
Harold Livingston
American novelist and screenwriter (Star Trek: The Motion PictureDied on Friday April 29th 2022
Elspeth Barker
British novelist and journalistDied on Thursday April 28th 2022
Kristian Lundberg
Swedish authorDied on Thursday April 28th 2022
Bente Hansen
Danish writer and women's rights activistDied on Wednesday April 27th 2022
Lee Oi-soo
South Korean writerDied on Tuesday April 26th 2022
Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan
Iranian literary criticDied on Tuesday April 26th 2022
Paolo Mauri
Italian literary critic and journalistDied on Monday April 25th 2022
Clay Reynolds
American writer and literary criticDied on Sunday April 24th 2022
Barbara Hall
British crossword compiler and advice columnistDied on Sunday April 24th 2022
Eric Chappell
English screenwriter (The SquirrelsDied on Sunday April 24th 2022
Binapani Mohanty
Indian novelistDied on Sunday April 24th 2022
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
American novelistDied on Saturday April 23rd 2022
Marco Innocenti
Italian comic book artist and writerDied on Friday April 22nd 2022
Philip Beidler
American writerDied on Thursday April 21st 2022
Anatol Viarcinski
Belarusian poetDied on Thursday April 21st 2022
Gloria Gervitz
Mexican poetDied on Thursday April 21st 2022
Anatoliy Vertinskiy
Belarusian poetDied on Thursday April 21st 2022
Antonín Kachlík
Czech film director and screenwriter (JáDied on Wednesday April 20th 2022
Lorenzo Mondo
Italian literary criticDied on Tuesday April 19th 2022
Valerio Evangelisti
Italian novelistDied on Monday April 18th 2022
Piergiorgio Bellocchio
Italian literary critic and writerDied on Monday April 18th 2022
Laura Harris Hales
American writerDied on Thursday April 14th 2022
Eleanor Munro
American art criticDied on Tuesday April 12th 2022
John van de Rest
Dutch film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday April 12th 2022
Elias Davidsson
Icelandic composer and political authorDied on Tuesday April 12th 2022
Jack Higgins
British author (The Eagle Has Landed)Died on Saturday April 9th 2022
Richard Oh
Indonesian writerDied on Friday April 8th 2022
David McKee
British writer and illustratorDied on Thursday April 7th 2022
Frances Porter
New Zealand writer and historianDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Eric Boehlert
57. American media critic and writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Alan Hruska
American writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Gayda Lagzdyn
Russian children poet and writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Polish American writer and human rights activistDied on Tuesday April 5th 2022
Omor Sultanov
Kyrgyz poetDied on Monday April 4th 2022
Ave Alavainu
Estonian poetDied on Monday April 4th 2022
Yamina Bachir
Algerian film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday April 3rd 2022
Manabu Miyazaki
Japanese writer and social criticDied on Sunday April 3rd 2022
Lygia Fagundes Telles
Brazilian writerDied on Sunday April 3rd 2022
Mıgırdiç Margosyan
Turkish Armenian writer of Armenian descentDied on Sunday April 3rd 2022
Sarath
Indian film director and screenwriter (PeddannayyaDied on Friday April 1st 2022
Dolores Castro
Mexican poetDied on Friday April 1st 2022
Richard Howard
American poetDied on Thursday March 31st 2022
Nancy Milford
American biographerDied on Thursday March 31st 2022
Mircea Tomuş
Romanian writer and literary historianDied on Thursday March 31st 2022
Richard Lipez
American journalist and authorDied on Thursday March 31st 2022
Zigmunds Skujiņš
Latvian writerDied on Wednesday March 30th 2022
Ted Mooney
American author and journalist (Art in America)Died on Tuesday March 29th 2022
Bethany Campbell
American writerDied on Tuesday March 29th 2022
Mike Riddell
New Zealand Christian minister and writerDied on Tuesday March 29th 2022
Guðrún Helgadóttir
Icelandic children's book writer and politicianDied on Friday March 25th 2022
Reza Baraheni
Iranian novelistDied on Friday March 25th 2022