Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ted Mooney
American author and journalist (Art in America)
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2022
Mike Riddell
New Zealand Christian minister and writer
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2022
Guðrún Helgadóttir
Icelandic children's book writer and politician
Died on Friday March 25th 2022
Ivan Yagan
Russian writer
Died on Thursday March 24th 2022
Peter Padfield
Indian-born British naval historian and author
Died on Thursday March 24th 2022
Boris Dorfman
Romanian-born Ukrainian Jewish writer and scholar
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2022
Pierre Naftule
Swiss writer and theatre director
Died on Monday March 21st 2022
Tadao Sato
Japanese film critic
Died on Monday March 21st 2022
Vitaly Melnikov
Russian film director and screenwriter (The Elder Son
Died on Monday March 21st 2022
Pierre Natfule
Swiss writer and theatre director
Died on Monday March 21st 2022
Gastão Cruz
Portuguese poet
Died on Monday March 21st 2022
Jack R. Gannon
American author and deaf culture historian
Died on Sunday March 20th 2022
Dilara Hashem
Bangladeshi novelist
Died on Sunday March 20th 2022
Robert Vincent O’Neil
American screenwriter
Died on Saturday March 19th 2022
Vera Gissing
Czech-British author and translator
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2022
Jorge Silva Melo
Portuguese theatre director and playwright
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2022
Mikola Hil
Belarusian writer
Died on Monday March 14th 2022
Mikola Gil’
Belorusian writer
Died on Monday March 14th 2022
Gianluca Ferraris
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Monday March 14th 2022
Algimantas Baltakis
Lithuanian poet
Died on Monday March 14th 2022
Sergio Nelli
Italian writer
Died on Sunday March 13th 2022
Biagio Proietti
Italian screenwriter (La morte risale a ieri sera
Died on Sunday March 13th 2022
Eva Zaoralová
Czech film critic and translator
Died on Friday March 11th 2022
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Azerbaijani screenwriter (White Sun of the Desert
Died on Friday March 11th 2022
Alvard Petrossyan
Armenian writer
Died on Friday March 11th 2022
Kathleen Potter
British scriptwriter (Crown Court
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2022
John Duffy
Canadian political strategist and writer
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Inge Deutschkron
German and Israeli journalist and author
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Hilman Hariwijaya
Indonesian writer
Died on Wednesday March 9th 2022
Ruth Bidgood
Welsh poet
Died on Monday March 7th 2022
Adrienne L. Kaeppler
American anthropologist and author
Died on Monday March 7th 2022
Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Irish journalist and writer
Died on Sunday March 6th 2022
Kyotaro Nishimura
Japanese author
Died on Sunday March 6th 2022
Robert Hicks
American author
Died on Saturday March 5th 2022
Aram Grigoryan
Armenian philologist and writer
Died on Saturday March 5th 2022
Miguel Grinberg
Argentine writer
Died on Saturday March 5th 2022
Askia Muhammad
American photojournalist and writer
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2022
Jürgen Schreiber
German journalist and author
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2022
James McCausland
American screenwriter (Mad Max)
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2022
Frédérick Tristan
French writer
Died 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 (Shaayad
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Vasyl Chubur
Ukrainian poet
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Shirley Hughes
English writer (Dogger)
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Jordie Albiston
Australian poet
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Leonard Kessler
American children’s book author
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Vasil Chubur
Ukrainian poet
Died on Tuesday March 1st 2022
Teiko Inahata
Japanese poet
Died on Tuesday March 1st 2022
Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
Nigerian publisher and author
Died on Monday February 28th 2022
Réal Ouellet
Canadian writer and academic
Died on Monday February 28th 2022
Sheila Benson
American journalist and film critic
Died on Monday February 28th 2022
Lee O-young
South Korean critic and novelist
Died on Saturday February 26th 2022
Hubert de Ravinel
French-born Canadian television producer and writer
Died on Thursday February 24th 2022
Luan Starova
Albanian writer
Died on Thursday February 24th 2022
Arif Gaziev
Azerbaijan television director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday February 24th 2022
Edmund Keeley
American novelist and poet
Died on Thursday February 24th 2022
Miguel Gallardo
Spanish comic book author (El Víbora)
Died on Wednesday February 23rd 2022
Miguel Ángel Gallardo
Spanish comic book author (Makoki
Died on Tuesday February 22nd 2022
Ivan Dziuba
Ukrainian literary critic
Died on Tuesday February 22nd 2022
Nina Koroleva
Russian poet
Died on Monday February 21st 2022
Jan Pieńkowski
Polish-born British author and illustrator (Meg and Mog)
Died on Sunday February 20th 2022
Quazi Rosy
Bangladeshi poet and politician
Died on Sunday February 20th 2022
Marie Chamming’s
French writer and resistant
Died on Saturday February 19th 2022
A. L. Mentxaka
Irish writer and academic
Died on Saturday February 19th 2022
François Ricard
Canadian writer and academic
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Asavadi Prakasarao
Indian writer and poet
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Tom Veitch
American comic book writer (The Light and Darkness War) and novelist
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Bardhyl Londo
Albanian writer and poet
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Tabyl Kulyas
Kazakh writer
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Tabyul Kulyuas
Kazakh writer
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Marco Salvador
Italian writer and historian
Died on Friday February 18th 2022
Candido Mendes dead at age 93
Candido Mendes, a Brazilian lawyer,
died on February 17, 2022, at age 93. Born Candido Antônio José Francisco Mendes de Almeida in Rio de Janeiro, he became an academic, professor,…
Arthur Giron
American playwright
Died on Thursday February 17th 2022
Peter Merseburger
German journalist and author
Died on Thursday February 17th 2022
Michel Deguy
French poet and translator
Died on Thursday February 17th 2022
Anvar Akhmed
Azerbaijan poet
Died on Thursday February 17th 2022
Haraprasad Parichha Pattanaik
Indian writer
Died on Wednesday February 16th 2022
Chennaveera Kanavi
Indian poet and writer
Died on Wednesday February 16th 2022