Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Ivan Yagan
Russian writerDied on Thursday March 24th 2022
Peter Padfield
Indian-born British naval historian and authorDied on Thursday March 24th 2022
Boris Dorfman
Romanian-born Ukrainian Jewish writer and scholarDied on Wednesday March 23rd 2022
Milovan Vitezović
Serbian writerDied on Tuesday March 22nd 2022
Pierre Naftule
Swiss writer and theatre directorDied on Monday March 21st 2022
Tadao Sato
Japanese film criticDied on Monday March 21st 2022
Vitaly Melnikov
Russian film director and screenwriter (The Elder SonDied on Monday March 21st 2022
Pierre Natfule
Swiss writer and theatre directorDied on Monday March 21st 2022
Gastão Cruz
Portuguese poetDied on Monday March 21st 2022
Jack R. Gannon
American author and deaf culture historianDied on Sunday March 20th 2022
Dilara Hashem
Bangladeshi novelistDied on Sunday March 20th 2022
Costas Karakasis
Greek writerDied on Sunday March 20th 2022
Robert Vincent O’Neil
American screenwriterDied on Saturday March 19th 2022
Vera Gissing
Czech-British author and translatorDied on Wednesday March 16th 2022
Jorge Silva Melo
Portuguese theatre director and playwrightDied on Tuesday March 15th 2022
Maureen Howard
American novelistDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Mikola Hil
Belarusian writerDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Mikola Gil’
Belorusian writerDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Gianluca Ferraris
Italian journalist and writerDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Igor Mandić
Croatian writerDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Algimantas Baltakis
Lithuanian poetDied on Monday March 14th 2022
Sergio Nelli
Italian writerDied on Sunday March 13th 2022
Biagio Proietti
Italian screenwriter (La morte risale a ieri seraDied on Sunday March 13th 2022
Eva Zaoralová
Czech film critic and translatorDied on Friday March 11th 2022
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Azerbaijani screenwriter (White Sun of the DesertDied on Friday March 11th 2022
Mario Azzopardi
Maltese poetDied on Friday March 11th 2022
Alvard Petrossyan
Armenian writerDied on Friday March 11th 2022
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr.
American authorDied on Friday March 11th 2022
Kathleen Potter
British scriptwriter (Crown CourtDied on Wednesday March 9th 2022
John Duffy
Canadian political strategist and writerDied on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Inge Deutschkron
German and Israeli journalist and authorDied on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Hilman Hariwijaya
Indonesian writerDied on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Ruth Bidgood
Welsh poetDied on Monday March 7th 2022
Adrienne L. Kaeppler
American anthropologist and authorDied on Monday March 7th 2022
Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Irish journalist and writerDied on Sunday March 6th 2022
Kyotaro Nishimura
Japanese authorDied on Sunday March 6th 2022
Robert Hicks
American authorDied on Saturday March 5th 2022
Aram Grigoryan
Armenian philologist and writerDied on Saturday March 5th 2022
Miguel Grinberg
Argentine writerDied on Saturday March 5th 2022
Askia Muhammad
American photojournalist and writerDied on Thursday March 3rd 2022
Jürgen Schreiber
German journalist and authorDied on Thursday March 3rd 2022
James McCausland
American screenwriter (Mad Max)Died on Thursday March 3rd 2022
Frédérick Tristan
French writerDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Clement Crisp
British dance critic (Financial Times)Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Jaiprakash Chouksey
Indian film critic and screenwriter (ShaayadDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Vasyl Chubur
Ukrainian poetDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Jordie Albiston
Australian poetDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Leonard Kessler
American children’s book authorDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Vasil Chubur
Ukrainian poetDied on Tuesday March 1st 2022
Teiko Inahata
Japanese poetDied on Tuesday March 1st 2022
Andy Remic
British authorDied on Monday February 28th 2022
Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
Nigerian publisher and authorDied on Monday February 28th 2022
Réal Ouellet
Canadian writer and academicDied on Monday February 28th 2022
Sheila Benson
American journalist and film criticDied on Monday February 28th 2022
Germain Marc’hadour
French priest and writerDied on Monday February 28th 2022
Carlos Álvarez Cruz
Spanish poetDied on Monday February 28th 2022