Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Viktor Merezhko
Russian screenwriter (Family Relations · 29 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 29
Victor Merezhko
Russian screenwriter (Family Relations · 29 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 29
Richard Christiansen
American theatre and film critic (The Chicago Tribune) · 29 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 29
Betty Bonaduce
American screenwriter (Arnie · 28 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 28
Roger Bradfield
American children's books writer and illustrator · 28 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 28
René de Obaldia
French playwright and poet · 26 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 26 · Obaldía · French
Barry Cryer
English comedian (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue) and screenwriter (Doctor in the House) · 26 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 26
Roman Ráž
Czech writer and screenwriter · 26 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 26 · Czech · Raz
Serge Korber
French film director and screenwriter (An Idiot in Paris · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · French
Arnie Kantrowitz
American LGBT activist and author · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23
Michelle Grangaud
Algerian-born French poet · 23 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 23 · French
Dennis Smith
American writer and firefighter · 22 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 22
Emerich Roth
Czechoslovakian-born Swedish author and Holocaust survivor · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Michelangelo La Neve
Italian comics writer (Dylan Dog · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21 · Neve
Breck Denny
American actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and writer · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Ann Arensberg
American book publishing editor and author · 20 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 20
Pradeep Raj
Indian film director and screenwriter (Kirataka · 19 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 19
Gerhard Dallmann
German writer and pastor · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18
Qazi Anwar Hussain
Bangladeshi writer (Masud Rana) · 18 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 18 · Hussain
Peter Seabrook
British gardening writer and television broadcaster · 15 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 15
Jim Forest
American writer and lay theologian · 14 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 14
Dave Wolverton
American writer (The Runelords) · 13 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 13
Maria Aurora Couto
Indian writer and educationalist · 13 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 13 · Couto
Terry Teachout
American playwright and critic (The Wall Street Journal) · 13 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 13
Juhan Lepasaar
Estonian naturalist and writer · 12 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 12
Laurence Boissier
Swiss writer and artist · 12 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 12 · Swiss
Friedrich Kurrent
Austrian architect and author · 12 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 12
Brandon Murphy
American screenwriter (Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) · 12 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 12
Ciro Durán
Colombian screenwriter and film director (Gamín) · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11
Guy Sajer
French writer (The Forgotten Soldier) and cartoonist · 11 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 11 · French
Tim Rosaforte
American golf writer (Sports Illustrated · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Joyce Eliason
American television writer and producer (The Jacksons: An American Dream · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Manglu Charan Biswal
Indian playwright and writer (Bhukha) · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10 · Biswal
Boris Khazanov
Russian writer and translator · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Razmik Davoyan
Armenian poet · 10 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 10
Rezo Amashukeli
Georgian poet · 09 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 9
Dušan Klein
Czech film director and screenwriter (How the World Is Losing Poets · 09 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 9 · Czech
Chandrashekhar Patil
Indian Kannada language poet · 09 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 9
Russell Lees
American-born Canadian video game screenwriter (Assassin's Creed · 08 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 8
Murray Peden
Canadian Air Force pilot and author · 08 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 8
Baktash Abtin
Iranian poet and filmmaker · 07 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 7
Michael Wilmington
American film critic (The Chicago Tribune) · 06 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 6
F. Sionil José
Filipino author (Po-on · 05 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 5 · Filipino · José
Richard Freed
American music critic · 05 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 5
Gergely Homonnay
Hungarian writer and activist · 02 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 2
Gianni Celati
Italian writer and translator · 02 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 2
Joan Soler i Amigó
Spanish pedagogue and writer · 01 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 1 · Amigó
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Indian writer and political activist · 01 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 1 · Shenoy
Max Julien
American actor (The Mack) and screenwriter (Cleopatra Jones) · 01 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 1
Vladimir Gorikker
Russian film director and screenwriter (Mozart and Salieri · 30 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 30
Harry Colomby
American talent manager (Michael Keaton) and screenwriter (Johnny Dangerously · 29 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 29
Tesfaye Gebreab
Eritrean writer · 28 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 28
Tesfai Gebreab
Eritrean writer · 28 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 28
Burt Prelutsky
American television writer (M*A*S*H · 28 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 28
Jeanine Baude
French poet and writer · 27 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 27 · French
Birgit Vanderbeke
German writer (Das Muschelessen) · 27 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 27