Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Gabriel Milési
French writer and journalist · 26 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 26 · French
Michel Alberganti
French radio producer and writer · 26 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 26 · French
Larry McMurtry
American novelist and screenwriter (Lonesome Dove · 25 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 25
Haseena Moin
Pakistani screenwriter (Tanhaiyaan · 25 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 25
Liisa Enwald
Finnish writer and translator · 24 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 24
muMs da Schemer
American actor and poet (Oz · 24 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 24 · Schemer
Paul Foster
American playwright and founding member of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · 23 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 23
Uldis Bērziņš
Latvian poet and translator · 23 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 23
Melissa Kremer
Dutch leukemia patient and writer · 22 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 22 · Dutch
Budge Wilson
Canadian writer (Before Green Gables · 22 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 22
Irena Vrkljan
Croatian writer and translator · 22 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 22
Sante Notarnicola
Italian communist militant and poet · 21 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 21
Xudoyberdi To’xtaboyev
Uzbek writer of children's stories · 21 March 2021 · To'xtaboyev · March 2021 · March 21
Nawal El Saadawi
Egyptian feminist and writer · 20 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 20 · Saadawi
Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Vietnamese writer · 20 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 20 · Nguyen · Thiệp
Joan Walsh Anglund
American children's book author · 17 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 17 · Anglund
Mahmoud Khoshnam
Iranian music critic · 13 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 13
S. P. Jananathan
Indian film director and screenwriter (Iyarkai · 13 March 2021 · Jananathan · March 2021 · March 13
Jan Vodňanský
Czech writer and performer · 10 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 10 · Czech
Katja Behrens
German author and translator · 09 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 9
Steven Spurrier
British wine merchant and writer · 08 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 8
Norton Juster
American author (The Phantom Tollbooth · 08 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 8
Frank Thorne
American comic book writer (Red Sonja) · 07 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 7
Djibril Tamsir Niane
Guinean writer and historian · 07 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 7 · Niane
Pedro Novoa
Peruvian writer and educator · 06 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 6
Marat Tarasov
Russian poet and translator · 03 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 3
Bill C. Davis
American playwright (Mass Appeal) · 02 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 2 · Davis
Chieko Seki
Japanese writer and newspaper reporter · 27 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 27
Arkady Davidowitz
Russian writer and aphorist · 24 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 24
Philippe Jaccottet
Swiss poet and translator · 24 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 24 · Swiss
Margaret Maron
American mystery writer · 24 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 24
Masashige Narusawa
Japanese film director and screenwriter (The Woman in the Rumor · 24 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 24
Jack Whyte
Scottish-Canadian novelist (The Skystone · 23 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 23
Dal Orlov
Russian film critic · 23 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 23
Syed Abul Maksud
Bangladeshi journalist (Prothom Alo) and writer · 22 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 22 · Maksud
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind) · 22 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 22
Douglas Turner Ward
American playwright and actor (The River Niger) · 22 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 22 · Ward
Georges Bonnet
French writer and poet · 22 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 22 · French
Catherine Belsey
British literary scholar and cultural critic · 21 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 21
Guido Stagnaro
Italian director (I cinque del quinto piano) and screenwriter (In Love · 19 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 19
Jean-Marie Touratier
French writer and artistic director · 17 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 17 · French
Si Spencer
British comic book writer (Books of Magick: Life During Wartime · 17 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 17
Peter G. Davis
American music critic · 17 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 17 · Davis
Iraj Kaboli
Iranian writer · 16 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 16
Zdzisław Najder
Polish literary historian and critic · 14 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 14
Mourid Barghouti
Palestinian poet and writer (I Saw Ramallah) · 13 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 13
Ion Bradu
Moldovan writer and publicist · 13 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 13
Franz Jalics
Hungarian-born Jesuit priest and author of books on Christian spirituality · 12 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 12