Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Laila al-Atrash
Jordanian writer and journalist
Died on Monday October 18th 2021
Ally McLaws
Scottish journalist and columnist
Died on Sunday October 17th 2021
Vano Siradeghyan
Armenian politician and writer
Died on Sunday October 17th 2021
Johan Frinsel
Dutch Pentecostal and writer
Died on Friday October 15th 2021
Yitzhak Keinan
Israeli author and politician
Died on Friday October 15th 2021
Yosef Bar-Yosef
Israeli author and playwright
Died on Friday October 15th 2021
Khalid Al Siddiq
Kuwaiti film director and screenwriter (The Cruel Sea
Died on Thursday October 14th 2021
Gary Paulsen
American novelist (Hatchet)
Died on Wednesday October 13th 2021
Eddie Jaku
German-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Wednesday October 13th 2021
Victor Gregg
British author and World War II veteran
Died 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 screenwriter
Died on Saturday October 9th 2021
Nani
Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriter
Died on Saturday October 9th 2021
Joy Watson
New Zealand children's books author
Died on Friday October 8th 2021
Mordechai Geldman
Israeli poet and psychologist
Died on Friday October 8th 2021
Chang Yung-hsiang
Taiwanese screenwriter (Beautiful Duckling
Died on Friday October 8th 2021
Gunawan Maryanto
Indonesian author and theater director
Died on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Cristóvão de Aguiar
Portuguese writer
Died on Wednesday October 6th 2021
Nikolai Rasheyev
Ukrainian film director (Bumbarash) and screenwriter (Vertical)
Died on Tuesday October 5th 2021
Marta Rojas
Cuban journalist (Granma) and writer
Died on Monday October 4th 2021
Joan Howard Maurer
American writer and actress (Swing Your Lady
Died on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Bob Mendes
Belgian accountant and writer
Died on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar
Indian writer and humourist
Died on Saturday October 2nd 2021
Konstantin Severinetz
Belarusian poet and translator
Died on Friday October 1st 2021
Will Bagley
American historian and writer (Blood of the Prophets)
Died on Thursday September 30th 2021
Marida Lombardo Pijola
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Francisco Franco del Amo
Spanish academic and author
Died on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Mort Ransen
Canadian film director (Margaret's Museum) and screenwriter
Died on Monday September 27th 2021
Franz Marx
South African screenwriter
Died on Monday September 27th 2021
Ugo Malaguti
Italian novelist and editor
Died on Monday September 27th 2021
Marida Lombardo
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Monday September 27th 2021
Kirill Razlogov
Russian film critic and cultural studies
Died on Monday September 27th 2021
Eliécer Cárdenas
Ecuadorian novelist
Died on Sunday September 26th 2021
Staffan Skott
Swedish writer and journalist
Died on Sunday September 26th 2021
Patricio Manns
Chilean composer ("Arriba en la Cordillera") and writer
Died on Saturday September 25th 2021
Jorge Velasco Mackenzie
Ecuadorian writer
Died on Friday September 24th 2021
Janet Doub Erickson
American graphic artist and writer
Died on Thursday September 23rd 2021
Tommaso Avagliano
Italian writer and editor
Died on Wednesday September 22nd 2021
Richard Buckley
American journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Sabina Zimering
Polish-American ophthalmologist and memoirist
Died on Monday September 20th 2021
Françoise Bernard
French gastronomic author and TV presenter
Died 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 colmena
Died on Saturday September 18th 2021
Arnaldo Di Benedetto
Italian academic and literary critic
Died on Saturday September 18th 2021
Alfonso Sastre
Spanish playwright
Died on Friday September 17th 2021
Tim Thorne
Australian poet
Died on Friday September 17th 2021
Joel Rapp
American film director and television writer (High School Big Shot
Died 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 playwright
Died on Thursday September 16th 2021
Dave Jenks
American author and real estate mogul
Died on Wednesday September 15th 2021
Zaitoon Bano
Pakistani feminist writer
Died on Wednesday September 15th 2021
Antonio Martínez Sarrión
Spanish poet and translator
Died on Tuesday September 14th 2021
Ben Best
American screenwriter (Eastbound & Down and actor (Superbad
Died on Monday September 13th 2021
Jaime Jaramillo Escobar
Colombian poet and essayist
Died on Sunday September 12th 2021
Antonio Caballero Holguín
Colombian writer and cartoonist
Died on Sunday September 12th 2021
Jan-Erik Kjellberg
Swedish engineer and writer
Died on Friday September 10th 2021
Carlos Thorne
Peruvian novelist and lawyer
Died on Thursday September 9th 2021
Igor Shklerevskiy
Russian poet and translator
Died on Thursday September 9th 2021
Guido Lanfranco
Maltese writer on natural history and folklore
Died on Wednesday September 8th 2021
Lydia Wevers
Dutch-born New Zealand literary critic
Died on Wednesday September 8th 2021
Irma Kalish
American television writer and producer (Good Times
Died on Monday September 6th 2021
Michel Steiner
French writer and psychoanalyst
Died on Sunday September 5th 2021
Isabel da Nóbrega
Portuguese writer
Died on Thursday September 2nd 2021
L. Neil Smith
American science fiction author
Died on Thursday September 2nd 2021
Daniele Del Giudice
Italian author and lecturer
Died on Thursday September 2nd 2021
William Clotworthy
American television censor (Saturday Night Live) and writer
Died on Wednesday September 1st 2021
Giuseppe Marchetti
Italian literary critic and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 31st 2021