Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Jaime Comas
Spanish screenwriter (A Fistful of DollarsDied on Friday December 24th 2021
K. V. Raju
Indian film director and screenwriter (Yuddha KaandaDied on Friday December 24th 2021
K. S. Sethumadhavan
Indian film director and screenwriterDied on Friday December 24th 2021
Omar Saavedra Santis
Chilean writerDied on Thursday December 23rd 2021
Thomas Kinsella
Irish poetDied on Wednesday December 22nd 2021
Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Indian poet and translatorDied on Wednesday December 22nd 2021
Linda Whetstone
British libertarian and free market campaigner and authorDied on Tuesday December 21st 2021
Hans Blohm
German-Canadian photographer and authorDied on Monday December 20th 2021
Madhur Kapila
Indian novelist and literary criticDied on Monday December 20th 2021
Klaus Wagenbach
German author and publisherDied on Monday December 20th 2021
Mushtari Shafi
Bangladeshi writerDied on Monday December 20th 2021
Oleg Haslavsky
Russian poet and translatorDied on Monday December 20th 2021
Juan Mediano Durán
Spanish writerDied on Saturday December 18th 2021
Eve Babitz
American artist and author (Eve's HollywoodDied on Saturday December 18th 2021
Margareta Ekström
Swedish author and translatorDied on Friday December 17th 2021
Sérgio Vieira
Mozambican politician and poetDied on Thursday December 16th 2021
Mustafa Murrar
Palestinian writerDied on Thursday December 16th 2021
bell hooks
American authorDied on Wednesday December 15th 2021
Maja Beutler
Swiss writerDied on Wednesday December 15th 2021
Sharon Smith Kane
American cartoonist and children's book author/illustratorDied on Wednesday December 15th 2021
Rajeshwari Tejaswi
Indian writerDied on Tuesday December 14th 2021
Charles R. Morris
American author and bankerDied on Tuesday December 14th 2021
Lucian Avramescu
Romanian poet and journalistDied on Monday December 13th 2021
Günther Rühle
German journalist and theater criticDied on Friday December 10th 2021
Keiko Nobumoto
Japanese screenwriter (Cowboy BebopDied on Friday December 10th 2021
Maryse Wolinski
French writer and journalist (Sud OuestDied on Thursday December 9th 2021
Claudio Bertieri
Italian film and comic books criticDied on Wednesday December 8th 2021
Julius S. Scott
American author (The Common Wind)Died on Wednesday December 8th 2021
Scott Page-Pagter
American script writerDied on Tuesday December 7th 2021
Lindiwe Mabuza
South African poet and politicianDied on Tuesday December 7th 2021
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
French writerDied on Monday December 6th 2021
Song Gisuk
South Korean novelistDied on Monday December 6th 2021
Brian Clark
British playwright (Whose Life Is It Anyway?) and screenwriterDied on Sunday December 5th 2021
Christine Haidegger
Austrian writerDied on Sunday December 5th 2021
Robert Holman
British dramatist (Rafts and DreamsDied on Saturday December 4th 2021
Rostislav Orlov
Russian television sports broadcaster and writerDied on Saturday December 4th 2021
Carol Gould
American writer and broadcasterDied on Saturday December 4th 2021
Abla Farhoud
Canadian writerDied on Friday December 3rd 2021
Alfonso Vallejo
Spanish playwright and poetDied on Friday December 3rd 2021
Abdel Karim al Kabli
Sudanese singer and poetDied on Friday December 3rd 2021
Babasaheb Purandare
Indian writerDied on Friday December 3rd 2021
Klaus Rainer Röhl
German journalist and authorDied on Thursday December 2nd 2021
Lalthlamuong Keivom
Indian writer and diplomatDied on Tuesday November 30th 2021
Dave Roberts
British author (The Bromley Boys)Died on Monday November 29th 2021
Prince Andrew Romanoff
Russian-American aristocrat and writerDied on Monday November 29th 2021
James Rocchi
American film criticDied on Monday November 29th 2021
Emily Mkamanga
Malawian writer and political commentatorDied on Sunday November 28th 2021
Almudena Grandes
Spanish writerDied on Saturday November 27th 2021
Ed McClanahan
American novelist and essayistDied on Saturday November 27th 2021
K.S. Nageswara Rao
Indian film director (Raa) and screenwriterDied on Saturday November 27th 2021
Sylvère Lotringer
French literary critic and cultural theoristDied on Saturday November 27th 2021
Ethel Grodzins Romm
American authorDied on Saturday November 27th 2021
Doug MacLeod
Australian author and screenwriterDied on Friday November 26th 2021
Charles Moose
American author and police officerDied on Friday November 26th 2021
Sananta Tanty
Indian Assamese poetDied on Friday November 26th 2021
Ian Curteis
British dramatist (The Falklands Play)Died on Thursday November 25th 2021