Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Boris Khazanov
Russian writer and translator
Died on Tuesday January 11th 2022
Dušan Klein
Czech film director and screenwriter (How the World Is Losing Poets
Died on Monday January 10th 2022
Chandrashekhar Patil
Indian Kannada language poet
Died on Monday January 10th 2022
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta
Spanish politician and writer
Died on Sunday January 9th 2022
Russell Lees
American-born Canadian video game screenwriter (Assassin's Creed
Died on Sunday January 9th 2022
Murray Peden
Canadian Air Force pilot and author
Died on Sunday January 9th 2022
Antoni Dalmau
Spanish politician and writer
Died on Saturday January 8th 2022
Michael Wilmington
American film critic (The Chicago Tribune)
Died on Friday January 7th 2022
Yoram Taharlev
Israeli songwriter and poet
Died on Thursday January 6th 2022
Jay Wolpert
American television producer and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday January 4th 2022
Adam Maldzis
Belarusian historian and literary critic
Died on Monday January 3rd 2022
Gergely Homonnay
Hungarian writer and activist
Died on Monday January 3rd 2022
Gianni Celati
Italian writer and translator
Died on Monday January 3rd 2022
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Indian writer and political activist
Died 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 journalist
Died on Friday December 31st 2021
Vladimir Gorikker
Russian film director and screenwriter (Mozart and Salieri
Died on Friday December 31st 2021
Serge Lentz
French writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 31st 2021
Ricardo Bellveser
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Thursday December 30th 2021
Harry Colomby
American talent manager (Michael Keaton) and screenwriter (Johnny Dangerously
Died on Thursday December 30th 2021
Bianca Garavelli
Italian writer and literary critic
Died on Thursday December 30th 2021
Nino Filastò
Italian lawyer and writer
Died on Thursday December 30th 2021
Tesfaye Gebreab
Eritrean writer
Died on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Tesfai Gebreab
Eritrean writer
Died on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Burt Prelutsky
American television writer (M*A*S*H
Died on Wednesday December 29th 2021
Birgit Vanderbeke
German writer (Das Muschelessen)
Died on Tuesday December 28th 2021
Andrew Vachss
American crime fiction author
Died on Tuesday December 28th 2021
Bernard Dewulf
Belgian poet and journalist
Died on Monday December 27th 2021
E. O. Wilson
American biologist (Sociobiology: The New Synthesis) and writer (On Human Nature
Died on Monday December 27th 2021
Agustín Saavedra Weise
Bolivian diplomat and writer
Died on Monday December 27th 2021
Frank Mula
American television writer and producer (The Simpsons
Died on Monday December 27th 2021
Gheorghe Chiriță
Moldovan translator and writer
Died on Sunday December 26th 2021
Madhavan Ayyappath
Indian poet and translator
Died on Saturday December 25th 2021
Albert Likhanov
Russian writer and screenwriter
Died on Saturday December 25th 2021
Jaime Comas
Spanish screenwriter (A Fistful of Dollars
Died on Friday December 24th 2021
K. V. Raju
Indian film director and screenwriter (Yuddha Kaanda
Died on Friday December 24th 2021
K. S. Sethumadhavan
Indian film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday December 24th 2021
Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Indian poet and translator
Died on Wednesday December 22nd 2021
Linda Whetstone
British libertarian and free market campaigner and author
Died on Tuesday December 21st 2021
Hans Blohm
German-Canadian photographer and author
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Madhur Kapila
Indian novelist and literary critic
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Klaus Wagenbach
German author and publisher
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Mushtari Shafi
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Oleg Haslavsky
Russian poet and translator
Died on Monday December 20th 2021
Eve Babitz
American artist and author (Eve's Hollywood
Died on Saturday December 18th 2021
Margareta Ekström
Swedish author and translator
Died on Friday December 17th 2021
Sérgio Vieira
Mozambican politician and poet
Died on Thursday December 16th 2021
Mustafa Murrar
Palestinian writer
Died on Thursday December 16th 2021
Sharon Smith Kane
American cartoonist and children's book author/illustrator
Died on Wednesday December 15th 2021
Charles R. Morris
American author and banker
Died on Tuesday December 14th 2021
Lucian Avramescu
Romanian poet and journalist
Died on Monday December 13th 2021
Günther Rühle
German journalist and theater critic
Died on Friday December 10th 2021
Keiko Nobumoto
Japanese screenwriter (Cowboy Bebop
Died on Friday December 10th 2021
Maryse Wolinski
French writer and journalist (Sud Ouest
Died on Thursday December 9th 2021
Claudio Bertieri
Italian film and comic books critic
Died on Wednesday December 8th 2021
Julius S. Scott
American author (The Common Wind)
Died on Wednesday December 8th 2021
Lindiwe Mabuza
South African poet and politician
Died on Tuesday December 7th 2021
Song Gisuk
South Korean novelist
Died on Monday December 6th 2021
Brian Clark
British playwright (Whose Life Is It Anyway?) and screenwriter
Died on Sunday December 5th 2021
Robert Holman
British dramatist (Rafts and Dreams
Died on Saturday December 4th 2021
Rostislav Orlov
Russian television sports broadcaster and writer
Died on Saturday December 4th 2021
Carol Gould
American writer and broadcaster
Died on Saturday December 4th 2021
Alfonso Vallejo
Spanish playwright and poet
Died on Friday December 3rd 2021
Klaus Rainer Röhl
German journalist and author
Died on Thursday December 2nd 2021