Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Rina Katselli
Cypriot playwright and politician
Died on Friday May 28th 2021
Robbie McCauley
American playwright and actress
Died on Thursday May 27th 2021
Lois Ehlert
American children's book writer and illustrator
Died on Thursday May 27th 2021
Eric Carle
American writer and illustrator (The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Died on Wednesday May 26th 2021
Ben Kruger
South African actor and author (A Case of Murder
Died on Wednesday May 26th 2021
Habibullah Siraji
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Monday May 24th 2021
M. M. S. Moorthy
Indian screenwriter (Billa Pandi)
Died on Sunday May 23rd 2021
Giancarlo Majorino
Italian poet and playwright
Died on Friday May 21st 2021
David Holman
British playwright (No Worries) and actor
Died on Thursday May 20th 2021
Alix Dobkin
American folk singer-songwriter and memoirist
Died on Thursday May 20th 2021
Hans Peter Schütz
German political journalist and writer
Died 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 critic
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Məcnun Göyçəli
Azerbaijani poet
Died on Monday May 17th 2021
Macnun Goycali
Azerbaijani poet
Died 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 writer
Died on Monday May 17th 2021
Svetlana Necefova
Azerbaijani publicist and prose writer
Died on Sunday May 16th 2021
Raimund Hoghe
German dancer and playwright
Died 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 Sruthi
Died on Friday May 14th 2021
Seamus Deane
Northern Irish poet and writer (Reading in the Dark)
Died on Thursday May 13th 2021
Jim Klobuchar
American journalist and author (Star Tribune)
Died on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Inaya Jaber
Lebanese writer and journalist
Died on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Ed Ward
American music writer and radio commentator
Died 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 novelist
Died on Wednesday May 12th 2021
Serge Bouchard
Canadian anthropologist and writer
Died on Tuesday May 11th 2021
Dennis Joseph
Indian screenwriter (Nirakkoottu
Died on Monday May 10th 2021
Murray Hedgcock
Australian cricket writer and journalist
Died on Monday May 10th 2021
Ivan Konstantinovitsj Stadolnik
Belarusian poet and journalist
Died on Sunday May 9th 2021
Musa Yaqub
Azerbaijani poet
Died on Sunday May 9th 2021
Shamim Hanafi
Indian dramatist and literary critic
Died on Saturday May 8th 2021
Shamim Hanfi
Indian dramatist and literary critic
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Timergali Kilmukhametov
Russian writer and university teacher
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Michael Erlhoff
German writer and university teacher/
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Fikrat Goja
Azerbaijani poet
Died on Wednesday May 5th 2021
Lyubov Andreeva
Russian poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday May 4th 2021
Bogdan Žižić
Croatian film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday May 3rd 2021
Jean Fontaine
French theologian and writer
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
John Paul Leon
American comics book writer (Static
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
Martin Bookspan
American music broadcaster and author
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
Hasmik Daryan
Armenian poet and literary critic
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
Lyubov Kharitonovna Andreeva
Russian poet and journalist
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
Kate Jennings
Australian poet and writer
Died on Sunday May 2nd 2021
Alípio Freire
Brazilian writer and journalist
Died on Saturday May 1st 2021
Lee Yeong-hui
South Korean politician (1981–1985 National Assembly member) and bestseller writer
Died on Saturday May 1st 2021