Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Ivo Barroso
Brazilian poet and writer.
Died on Thursday October 7th 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
Antonio Debenedetti
Italian writer
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
Eberhard Panitz
German writer
Died on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Francisco Sánchez Bautista
Spanish poet and writer
Died on Sunday October 3rd 2021
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar
Indian writer and humourist
Died on Saturday October 2nd 2021
Renada Laura Portet
French writer
Died on Saturday October 2nd 2021
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir
Icelandic writer
Died on Friday October 1st 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
Chris Torrance
British poet
Died on Wednesday September 29th 2021
Marida Lombardo Pijola
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday September 28th 2021
Bienvenido Lumbera
Filipino poet
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
Gholamali Raisozzakerin
Iranian author
Died on Saturday September 25th 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
Kjell Askildsen
Norwegian writer
Died on Friday September 24th 2021
Janet Doub Erickson
American graphic artist and writer
Died on Thursday September 23rd 2021
Odile Caradec
French poet
Died on Thursday September 23rd 2021
Ulf Nilsson
Swedish author
Died on Wednesday September 22nd 2021
Tommaso Avagliano
Italian writer and editor
Died on Wednesday September 22nd 2021
Roland Jaccard
Swiss writer
Died on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Richard Buckley
American journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday September 21st 2021
Rafael Niyazbekov
Kazakh poet 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
James Snyder Jr.
American author
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
Thommayanti
Thai novelist
Died on Monday September 13th 2021
José Verón Gormaz
Spanish poet
Died on Sunday September 12th 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
Aziz Hajini
Indian poet and writer
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
Alain Boudet
French poet
Died on Sunday September 5th 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
Catherine MacPhail
Scottish-born author
Died on Wednesday September 1st 2021
Giuseppe Marchetti
Italian literary critic and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 31st 2021
Vsevolod Ovchinnikov
Russian journalist and writer-publicist
Died on Monday August 30th 2021
Anand Dev Bhatt
Nepalese writer and politician
Died on Monday August 30th 2021
Buddhadeb Guha
Indian writer
Died on Monday August 30th 2021
Lester Coleman
American author (Trail of the Octopus)
Died on Monday August 30th 2021
Stephen Vizinczey
Hungarian-Canadian author and writer
Died on Sunday August 29th 2021
Bulbul Chowdhury
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Saturday August 28th 2021
Lorris Murail
French author
Died on Thursday August 26th 2021
Ales Razanau
Belorussian poet and translator
Died on Thursday August 26th 2021
Gunilla Bergström
Swedish author.
Died on Thursday August 26th 2021
Max Cryer
New Zealand television host and author
Died on Thursday August 26th 2021
Annette Muller
French writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Thursday August 26th 2021
Mario Pennacchia
Italian writer
Died on Wednesday August 25th 2021
Frank Soos
American writer
Died on Wednesday August 25th 2021
Grange Calveley
British cartoonist and writer
Died on Tuesday August 24th 2021
Alberto Gualde
Panamanian writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 24th 2021
David Roberts
American rock climber and author
Died on Monday August 23rd 2021
Jane Wenham-Jones
British author
Died on Monday August 23rd 2021
Jack Hirschman
American poet and social activist
Died on Monday August 23rd 2021
Budi Darma
Indonesian writer and academic
Died on Saturday August 21st 2021
Jill Murphy
British author (The Worst Witch)
Died on Friday August 20th 2021
Gaia Servadio
Italian writer
Died on Friday August 20th 2021