Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Klas Ewert Everwyn
German authorDied on Wednesday January 26th 2022
Vladimir Gubarev
Russian writer and journalistDied on Tuesday January 25th 2022
Serge Korber
French film director and screenwriter (An Idiot in ParisDied on Monday January 24th 2022
Gernot Böhme
German philosopher and authorDied on Monday January 24th 2022
Arnie Kantrowitz
American LGBT activist and authorDied on Monday January 24th 2022
Michelle Grangaud
Algerian-born French poetDied on Monday January 24th 2022
Dennis Smith
American writer and firefighterDied on Sunday January 23rd 2022
Emerich Roth
Czechoslovakian-born Swedish author and Holocaust survivorDied on Saturday January 22nd 2022
Michelangelo La Neve
Italian comics writer (Dylan DogDied on Saturday January 22nd 2022
Breck Denny
American actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and writerDied on Saturday January 22nd 2022
Colm Keane
Irish author and journalistDied on Saturday January 22nd 2022
Ann Arensberg
American book publishing editor and authorDied on Friday January 21st 2022
Domingo Miras
Spanish dramatistDied on Friday January 21st 2022
Mihir Sengupta
Indian writerDied on Friday January 21st 2022
Anatoly Naiman
Russian poetDied on Friday January 21st 2022
Pradeep Raj
Indian film director and screenwriter (KiratakaDied on Thursday January 20th 2022
Qazi Anwar Hussain
Bangladeshi writer (Masud Rana)Died on Wednesday January 19th 2022
Shaoli Mitra
Indian actress and playwrightDied on Sunday January 16th 2022
Peter Seabrook
British gardening writer and television broadcasterDied on Sunday January 16th 2022
Paul Carter Harrison
American playwright and academicDied on Saturday January 15th 2022
Jim Forest
American writer and lay theologianDied on Saturday January 15th 2022
Ron Goulart
American authorDied on Saturday January 15th 2022
Dave Wolverton
American writer (The Runelords)Died on Friday January 14th 2022
Thiago de Mello
Brazilian poetDied on Friday January 14th 2022
Maria Aurora Couto
Indian writer and educationalistDied on Friday January 14th 2022
Noureddine Sammoud
Tunisian authorDied on Friday January 14th 2022
S. Ramesan
Indian poetDied on Friday January 14th 2022
Terry Teachout
American playwright and critic (The Wall Street Journal)Died on Friday January 14th 2022
Juhan Lepasaar
Estonian naturalist and writerDied on Thursday January 13th 2022
Herbert Achternbusch
German writerDied on Thursday January 13th 2022
Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iranian writerDied on Thursday January 13th 2022
Friedrich Kurrent
Austrian architect and authorDied on Thursday January 13th 2022
Brandon Murphy
American screenwriter (Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard)Died on Thursday January 13th 2022
Ciro Durán
Colombian screenwriter and film director (Gamín)Died on Wednesday January 12th 2022
Tim Rosaforte
American golf writer (Sports IllustratedDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Liu Xianping
Chinese writerDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Joyce Eliason
American television writer and producer (The Jacksons: An American DreamDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Manglu Charan Biswal
Indian playwright and writer (Bhukha)Died on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Nūr al-Dīn Ṣammūd
Tunisian authorDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Boris Khazanov
Russian writer and translatorDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Øystein Lønn
Norwegian writerDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Razmik Davoyan
Armenian poetDied on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Stanislav Rudolf
Czech writerDied on Monday January 10th 2022
Rezo Amashukeli
Georgian poetDied on Monday January 10th 2022
Dušan Klein
Czech film director and screenwriter (How the World Is Losing PoetsDied on Monday January 10th 2022
Chandrashekhar Patil
Indian Kannada language poetDied on Monday January 10th 2022
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta
Spanish politician and writerDied on Sunday January 9th 2022
Russell Lees
American-born Canadian video game screenwriter (Assassin's CreedDied on Sunday January 9th 2022
Murray Peden
Canadian Air Force pilot and authorDied on Sunday January 9th 2022
Antoni Dalmau
Spanish politician and writerDied on Saturday January 8th 2022
Michael Wilmington
American film critic (The Chicago Tribune)Died on Friday January 7th 2022
Alexander Timofeevskiy
Russian writerDied on Friday January 7th 2022
Aleksandr Timofeevskiy
Russian poetDied on Friday January 7th 2022
Yoram Taharlev
Israeli songwriter and poetDied on Thursday January 6th 2022
Richard Freed
American music criticDied on Thursday January 6th 2022
Jay Wolpert
American television producer and screenwriterDied on Tuesday January 4th 2022
Adam Maldzis
Belarusian historian and literary criticDied on Monday January 3rd 2022
Gergely Homonnay
Hungarian writer and activistDied on Monday January 3rd 2022
Gianni Celati
Italian writer and translatorDied on Monday January 3rd 2022
Joan Soler i Amigó
Spanish pedagogue and writerDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Indian writer and political activistDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Max Julien
American actor (The Mack) and screenwriter (Cleopatra Jones)Died on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Jacques Drillon
French writer and journalistDied on Friday December 31st 2021
Vladimir Gorikker
Russian film director and screenwriter (Mozart and SalieriDied on Friday December 31st 2021
Serge Lentz
French writer and journalistDied on Friday December 31st 2021
Ricardo Bellveser
Spanish writer and journalistDied on Thursday December 30th 2021
Harry Colomby
American talent manager (Michael Keaton) and screenwriter (Johnny DangerouslyDied on Thursday December 30th 2021
Bianca Garavelli
Italian writer and literary criticDied on Thursday December 30th 2021
Nino Filastò
Italian lawyer and writerDied on Thursday December 30th 2021
Susan Palo Cherwien
American poetDied on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Tesfaye Gebreab
Eritrean writerDied on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Tesfai Gebreab
Eritrean writerDied on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Burt Prelutsky
American television writer (M*A*S*HDied on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Birgit Vanderbeke
German writer (Das Muschelessen)Died on Tuesday December 28th 2021
Mameve Medwed
American novelistDied on Tuesday December 28th 2021
Andrew Vachss
American crime fiction authorDied on Tuesday December 28th 2021
Chaim Walder
Israeli rabbit and authorDied on Monday December 27th 2021
Bernard Dewulf
Belgian poet and journalistDied on Monday December 27th 2021
E. O. Wilson
American biologist (Sociobiology: The New Synthesis) and writer (On Human NatureDied on Monday December 27th 2021
Agustín Saavedra Weise
Bolivian diplomat and writerDied on Monday December 27th 2021
Kev Reynolds
English outdoor writerDied on Monday December 27th 2021
Frank Mula
American television writer and producer (The SimpsonsDied on Monday December 27th 2021
Gheorghe Chiriță
Moldovan translator and writerDied on Sunday December 26th 2021
Madhavan Ayyappath
Indian poet and translatorDied on Saturday December 25th 2021
Albert Likhanov
Russian writer and screenwriterDied on Saturday December 25th 2021