Mamat Khalid
Malaysian screenwriter and director (Puteri Gunung LedangDied on Saturday October 23rd 2021
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Sirkka Turkka
Finnish poetDied on Saturday October 23rd 2021
K. A. Abraham
Indian interventional cardiologist and a medical writerDied on Saturday October 23rd 2021
Addo Stuur
Dutch programmer and computer books writerDied on Friday October 22nd 2021
Floyd Salas
American novelist and social activistDied on Thursday October 21st 2021
Jerry Pinkney
American illustrator and children’s books writerDied on Thursday October 21st 2021
Ralph Carmichael
American composer and writerDied on Wednesday October 20th 2021
Werner Lambersy
Belgian poetDied on Tuesday October 19th 2021
Fumio Yamamoto
Japanese authorDied on Tuesday October 19th 2021
Anders Bodelsen
Danish writerDied on Monday October 18th 2021
Michel de Roy
French authorDied on Monday October 18th 2021
Hayot Samarkandi
Uzbek poetDied on Monday October 18th 2021
Laila al-Atrash
Jordanian writer and journalistDied on Monday October 18th 2021
Lou Antonelli
American authorDied on Monday October 18th 2021
Ally McLaws
Scottish journalist and columnistDied on Sunday October 17th 2021
Brendan Kennelly
Irish poetDied on Sunday October 17th 2021
Vano Siradeghyan
Armenian politician and writerDied on Sunday October 17th 2021
Johan Frinsel
Dutch Pentecostal and writerDied on Friday October 15th 2021
Yitzhak Keinan
Israeli author and politicianDied on Friday October 15th 2021
Yosef Bar-Yosef
Israeli author and playwrightDied on Friday October 15th 2021
Khalid Al Siddiq
Kuwaiti film director and screenwriter (The Cruel SeaDied on Thursday October 14th 2021
Gary Paulsen
American novelist (Hatchet)Died on Wednesday October 13th 2021
Eddie Jaku
German-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivorDied on Wednesday October 13th 2021
Victor Gregg
British author and World War II veteranDied on Tuesday October 12th 2021
Martin J. Sherwin
American historian and biographer (American Prometheus)Died on Sunday October 10th 2021
Nani Ernani Diniz Lucas
Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriterDied on Saturday October 9th 2021
Nani (cartoonist)
Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriterDied on Saturday October 9th 2021
Joy Watson
New Zealand children's books authorDied on Friday October 8th 2021
Mordechai Geldman
Israeli poet and psychologistDied on Friday October 8th 2021
Chang Yung-hsiang
Taiwanese screenwriter (Beautiful DucklingDied on Friday October 8th 2021
Ivo Barroso
Brazilian poet and writer. Died on Thursday October 7th 2021
Gunawan Maryanto
Indonesian author and theater directorDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Cristóvão de Aguiar
Portuguese writerDied on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Nikolai Rasheyev
Ukrainian film director (Bumbarash) and screenwriter (Vertical)Died on Tuesday October 5th 2021
Antonio Debenedetti
Italian writerDied on Tuesday October 5th 2021
Marta Rojas
Cuban journalist (Granma) and writerDied on Monday October 4th 2021
Joan Howard Maurer
American writer and actress (Swing Your LadyDied on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Bob Mendes
Belgian accountant and writerDied on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Eberhard Panitz
German writerDied on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar
Indian writer and humouristDied on Saturday October 2nd 2021
Renada Laura Portet
French writerDied on Saturday October 2nd 2021
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir
Icelandic writerDied on Friday October 1st 2021
Konstantin Severinetz
Belarusian poet and translatorDied on Friday October 1st 2021
Will Bagley
American historian and writer (Blood of the Prophets)Died on Thursday September 30th 2021
Chris Torrance
British poetDied on Wednesday September 29th 2021
Marida Lombardo Pijola
Italian journalist and writerDied on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Bienvenido Lumbera
Filipino poetDied on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Francisco Franco del Amo
Spanish academic and authorDied on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Mort Ransen
Canadian film director (Margaret's Museum) and screenwriterDied on Monday September 27th 2021
Franz Marx
South African screenwriterDied on Monday September 27th 2021
Ugo Malaguti
Italian novelist and editorDied on Monday September 27th 2021
Marida Lombardo
Italian journalist and writerDied on Monday September 27th 2021
Kirill Razlogov
Russian film critic and cultural studiesDied on Monday September 27th 2021
Eliécer Cárdenas
Ecuadorian novelistDied on Sunday September 26th 2021
Staffan Skott
Swedish writer and journalistDied on Sunday September 26th 2021
Gholamali Raisozzakerin
Iranian authorDied on Saturday September 25th 2021
Patricio Manns
Chilean composer ("Arriba en la Cordillera") and writerDied on Saturday September 25th 2021
Jorge Velasco Mackenzie
Ecuadorian writerDied on Friday September 24th 2021
Kjell Askildsen
Norwegian writerDied on Friday September 24th 2021
Janet Doub Erickson
American graphic artist and writerDied on Thursday September 23rd 2021
Odile Caradec
French poetDied on Thursday September 23rd 2021
Ulf Nilsson
Swedish authorDied on Wednesday September 22nd 2021
Tommaso Avagliano
Italian writer and editorDied on Wednesday September 22nd 2021
Roland Jaccard
Swiss writerDied on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Richard Buckley
American journalist and writerDied on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Rafael Niyazbekov
Kazakh poet and writerDied on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Sabina Zimering
Polish-American ophthalmologist and memoiristDied on Monday September 20th 2021
Françoise Bernard
French gastronomic author and TV presenterDied on Monday September 20th 2021
Aquilino Duque
Spanish poet and writer (National Literature Prize for Narrative)Died on Saturday September 18th 2021
Mario Camus
Spanish film director and screenwriter (La colmenaDied on Saturday September 18th 2021
Arnaldo Di Benedetto
Italian academic and literary criticDied on Saturday September 18th 2021
Alfonso Sastre
Spanish playwrightDied on Friday September 17th 2021
Tim Thorne
Australian poetDied on Friday September 17th 2021
James Snyder Jr.
American authorDied on Thursday September 16th 2021
Joel Rapp
American film director and television writer (High School Big ShotDied on Thursday September 16th 2021
Jean-Claude van Itallie
Belgian-born American playwright (America Hurrah)Died on Thursday September 16th 2021
Philippe Adrien
French actor (Green Harvest) and playwrightDied on Thursday September 16th 2021
Dave Jenks
American author and real estate mogulDied on Wednesday September 15th 2021
Zaitoon Bano
Pakistani feminist writerDied on Wednesday September 15th 2021
Antonio Martínez Sarrión
Spanish poet and translatorDied on Tuesday September 14th 2021
Thommayanti
Thai novelistDied on Monday September 13th 2021
Ben Best
American screenwriter (Eastbound & Down and actor (SuperbadDied on Monday September 13th 2021
José Verón Gormaz
Spanish poetDied on Sunday September 12th 2021
Jaime Jaramillo Escobar
Colombian poet and essayistDied on Sunday September 12th 2021
Antonio Caballero Holguín
Colombian writer and cartoonistDied on Sunday September 12th 2021
Jan-Erik Kjellberg
Swedish engineer and writerDied on Friday September 10th 2021
Carlos Thorne
Peruvian novelist and lawyerDied on Thursday September 9th 2021
Igor Shklerevskiy
Russian poet and translatorDied on Thursday September 9th 2021
Guido Lanfranco
Maltese writer on natural history and folkloreDied on Wednesday September 8th 2021
Lydia Wevers
Dutch-born New Zealand literary criticDied on Wednesday September 8th 2021
Irma Kalish
American television writer and producer (Good TimesDied on Monday September 6th 2021
Alain Boudet
French poetDied on Sunday September 5th 2021