Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Eske K. Mathiesen
Danish poet (Danish Critics Prize for LiteratureDied on Saturday June 5th 2021
Nizar Abedin
Syrian writerDied on Saturday June 5th 2021
Norman Weissman
American documentary writerDied on Friday June 4th 2021
Friederike Mayröcker
Austrian poetDied on Friday June 4th 2021
Toros Toranyan
Armenian writerDied on Thursday June 3rd 2021
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Indian authorDied on Thursday June 3rd 2021
Zakay Aharon
Israeli poetDied on Wednesday June 2nd 2021
Romain Bouteille
French playwright and actorDied on Wednesday June 2nd 2021
Bunny Matthews
American cartoonist and writerDied on Wednesday June 2nd 2021
Michel Brûlé
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday June 1st 2021
Enrique Badosa
Spanish writerDied on Monday May 31st 2021
Evert Kuijt
Dutch writerDied on Monday May 31st 2021
Mikhail Slaboshpitsky
Ukrainian writerDied on Monday May 31st 2021
Peter Del Monte
Italian film director and screenwriter (Traveling CompanionDied on Monday May 31st 2021
Don Sakers
American science fiction writerDied on Sunday May 30th 2021
Maurice Capovilla
Brazilian film director and screenwriter (The Prophet of HungerDied on Sunday May 30th 2021
Mikhailo Slaboshpitzkiy
Ukrainian writerDied on Sunday May 30th 2021
Gwen Shamblin Lara
American writer and dietician (Christian diet programs)Died on Sunday May 30th 2021
Babak Khorramdin
Iranian director and writerDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Basant Das
Indian journalist and columnistDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Spring Slave
Indian journalist and columnistDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Luciano Luisi
Italian poetDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Narayan Chandra Roy Mohapatra
Indian playwrightDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Gál Sándor
Hungarian writerDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Subhendu Mund
Indian writerDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Paolo Maurensig
Italian novelistDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Ljubica Ostojić
Bosnian poetDied on Saturday May 29th 2021
Rina Katselli
Cypriot playwright and politicianDied on Friday May 28th 2021
Robbie McCauley
American playwright and actressDied on Thursday May 27th 2021
Ali Al-Fridawy
Iraqi poetDied on Thursday May 27th 2021
Jarji Pkhoveli
Georgian poetDied on Thursday May 27th 2021
Lois Ehlert
American children's book writer and illustratorDied on Thursday May 27th 2021
Eric Carle
American writer and illustrator (The Very Hungry CaterpillarDied on Wednesday May 26th 2021
David Foot
English cricket writerDied on Wednesday May 26th 2021
Ben Kruger
South African actor and author (A Case of MurderDied on Wednesday May 26th 2021
Ekaterina Vilmont
Russian writerDied on Tuesday May 25th 2021
Richard L. Rubenstein
American rabbi and writerDied on Monday May 24th 2021
Habibullah Siraji
Bangladeshi poetDied on Monday May 24th 2021
Banira Giri
Nepalese poetDied on Monday May 24th 2021
Octavio Aceves
Argentine writerDied on Sunday May 23rd 2021
M. M. S. Moorthy
Indian screenwriter (Billa Pandi)Died on Sunday May 23rd 2021
Giuliano Scabia
Italian writerDied on Saturday May 22nd 2021
Margherita Marchione
American nun and writerDied on Friday May 21st 2021
Werner Kieser
Swiss entrepreneur and authorDied on Friday May 21st 2021
David Holman
British playwright (No Worries) and actorDied on Thursday May 20th 2021
Alix Dobkin
American folk singer-songwriter and memoiristDied on Thursday May 20th 2021
Tarannum Riyaz
Indian writerDied on Thursday May 20th 2021
Ghanashyam Dhal
Indian writerDied on Wednesday May 19th 2021
Hans Peter Schütz
German political journalist and writerDied on Wednesday May 19th 2021
Joaquín Benito de Lucas
Spanish writerDied on Wednesday May 19th 2021
Mykola Maletskyi
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains)Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
László Patócs
Yugoslavian-Serbian journalist and criticDied on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Ki. Rajanarayanan
Indian folklorist and writerDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Məcnun Göyçəli
Azerbaijani poetDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Macnun Goycali
Azerbaijani poetDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Kevin Jackson
British writerDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Nikolai Maletsky
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains)Died on Monday May 17th 2021
Yauhien Anischanka
Belarusian writerDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Ranjita Jena
Indian writerDied on Monday May 17th 2021
Svetlana Necefova
Azerbaijani publicist and prose writerDied on Sunday May 16th 2021
Raimund Hoghe
German dancer and playwrightDied on Saturday May 15th 2021
Muhammed Ahmed Mansour
Yemeni writerDied on Saturday May 15th 2021
Subodh Chopra
Indian film director and writer (Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story)Died on Friday May 14th 2021
Nandyala Ravi
Indian film director and writer (Siva Manasulo SruthiDied on Friday May 14th 2021
Viliam Turčány
Slovak poetDied on Thursday May 13th 2021
Seamus Deane
Northern Irish poet and writer (Reading in the Dark)Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
César do Canto Machado
Brazilian writerDied on Thursday May 13th 2021
Jim Klobuchar
American journalist and author (Star Tribune)Died on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Inaya Jaber
Lebanese writer and journalistDied on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Rashid Meer
Indian poet and editor (Dhabak)Died on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Homen Borgohain
Indian journalist (Niyomiya Barta) and novelistDied on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Serge Bouchard
Canadian anthropologist and writerDied on Tuesday May 11th 2021
Vahur Afanasjev
Estonian writerDied on Tuesday May 11th 2021
Dennis Joseph
Indian screenwriter (NirakkoottuDied on Monday May 10th 2021
Murray Hedgcock
Australian cricket writer and journalistDied on Monday May 10th 2021
René Le Corre
French poetDied on Monday May 10th 2021
Keth Thi
Burmese poetDied on Sunday May 9th 2021
Ivan Konstantinovitsj Stadolnik
Belarusian poet and journalistDied on Sunday May 9th 2021
Musa Yaqub
Azerbaijani poetDied on Sunday May 9th 2021
Shamim Hanafi
Indian dramatist and literary criticDied on Saturday May 8th 2021
Shamim Hanfi
Indian dramatist and literary criticDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Bhaskar Maiya
Indian authorDied on Thursday May 6th 2021