Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Volodymyr Yavorivsky
Ukrainian poetDied on Saturday April 17th 2021
Jonathan Fryer
British writer and politicianDied on Saturday April 17th 2021
Kunio Shimizu
Japanese playwrightDied on Saturday April 17th 2021
Walter Kaufmann
German-Australian writerDied on Friday April 16th 2021
Yessengaly Raushanov
Kazakh poetDied on Friday April 16th 2021
Peter Terson
British playwrightDied on Friday April 16th 2021
Alix Renaud
Haitian-born Canadian writerDied on Thursday April 15th 2021
Monique Pantel
French film criticDied on Thursday April 15th 2021
Rabiatou Njoya
Cameroonian writer and Bamun personDied on Wednesday April 14th 2021
Michel Quévit
Belgian writer and Walloon activistDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Ingela Lind
Swedish art critic and writerDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Michel Noël
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Angèle Jacq
French writerDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Vasiliy Golovanov
Russian writer and journalistDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Rodrigo Pareja
Colombian journalist and essayistDied on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Margaret Wander Bonanno
American science fiction writerDied on Monday April 12th 2021
Phumlani Pikoli
Zimbabwean-born South African author and journalistDied on Monday April 12th 2021
Guillaume Oyônô Mbia
Cameroonian writerDied on Sunday April 11th 2021
Justo Jorge Padrón
Spanish poetDied on Sunday April 11th 2021
Nestor Torre Jr.
Filipino screenwriterDied on Sunday April 11th 2021
Marcio Veloz Maggiolo
Dominican writerDied on Sunday April 11th 2021
Édouard Maunick
Mauritian poetDied on Saturday April 10th 2021
Tomás Yerro
Spanish writerDied on Saturday April 10th 2021
Reese Erlich
American authorDied on Saturday April 10th 2021
Judith Reisman
American conservative authorDied on Saturday April 10th 2021
John Naisbitt
American futurologist and authorDied on Friday April 9th 2021
Lee Marmon
American Laguna Pueblo photographer and authorDied on Friday April 9th 2021
Anne Beatts
American comedic writer (National LampoonDied on Thursday April 8th 2021
György Szomjas
Hungarian film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday April 8th 2021
Ulderico Bernardi
Italian writerDied on Thursday April 8th 2021
Peter Manso
American authorDied on Thursday April 8th 2021
Gene Youngblood
American media theorist and writer (Expanded Cinema)Died on Wednesday April 7th 2021
Alfredo Bosi
Brazilian literary criticDied on Wednesday April 7th 2021
Karel Pacner
Czech authorDied on Wednesday April 7th 2021
Joye Hummel
American comics writer (Wonder Woman)Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Nestor Torre
Philippine film writerDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Umbu Landu Paranggi
Indonesian artist and poetDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Khalil Dhantejvi
Indian poetDied on Monday April 5th 2021
Francisco Haghenbeck
Mexican writer and comics screenwriterDied on Monday April 5th 2021
Izz al-Din Manasirah
Palestinian poetDied on Monday April 5th 2021
Sugako Hashida
Japanese screenwriter (Oshin)Died on Monday April 5th 2021
Qabdesh Zhumadilov
Kazakh authorDied on Monday April 5th 2021
Judith Siboni
French actress and screenwriterDied on Sunday April 4th 2021
Philippe Venault
French director and screenwriterDied on Sunday April 4th 2021
Arthur Kopit
American playwright (IndiansDied on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Guram Dochanashvili
Georgian writer (The First Garment)Died on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Catherine Macleod
Scottish-born Canadian writerDied on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Hanna Arsenych-Baran
Ukrainian writerDied on Friday April 2nd 2021
Anna Vasylivna Arsenych-Baran
Ukrainian writerDied on Friday April 2nd 2021
Massimo Melotti
Italian art criticDied on Thursday April 1st 2021
Hugo Portisch
Austrian journalist and writerDied on Thursday April 1st 2021
Chérif Arbouz
Algerian writerDied on Thursday April 1st 2021
Joel Steiger
American television producer and writer (Remington SteeleDied on Wednesday March 31st 2021
Freddy De Schutter
Belgian writer and historianDied on Wednesday March 31st 2021
Patrick O. O’Meara
South African-born American educator and authorDied on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Contardo Calligaris
Brazilian psychoanalyst and writerDied on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Carlos Busqued
Argentine writerDied on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Gil Jouanard
French writerDied on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Eugenio Mimica Barassi
Chilean writerDied on Monday March 29th 2021
Ioan Mânăscurtă
Moldovan prose writerDied on Monday March 29th 2021
Fakiya Tuquzbayeva
Russian writerDied on Monday March 29th 2021
Mona Haskel
Swedish scriptwriterDied on Monday March 29th 2021
Fakiya Tuguzbayeva
Russian writerDied on Monday March 29th 2021
Gabriel Milési
French writer and journalistDied on Saturday March 27th 2021
Michel Alberganti
French radio producer and writerDied on Saturday March 27th 2021
Beverly Cleary
American children's writerDied on Friday March 26th 2021
Larry McMurtry
American novelist and screenwriter (Lonesome DoveDied on Friday March 26th 2021
Paul Polansky
American writerDied on Friday March 26th 2021
Haseena Moin
Pakistani screenwriter (TanhaiyaanDied on Friday March 26th 2021
Anil Dharker
Indian journalist and writerDied on Friday March 26th 2021
Liisa Enwald
Finnish writer and translatorDied on Thursday March 25th 2021
Paul Foster
American playwright and founding member of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubDied on Wednesday March 24th 2021
Jorge Martínez Reverte
Spanish writerDied on Wednesday March 24th 2021
Uldis Bērziņš
Latvian poet and translatorDied on Wednesday March 24th 2021
Melissa Kremer
Dutch leukemia patient and writerDied on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Budge Wilson
Canadian writer (Before Green GablesDied on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Robert Hershon
American poetDied on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Irena Vrkljan
Croatian writer and translatorDied on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Zuhur Dixon
Iraqi poetDied on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Sante Notarnicola
Italian communist militant and poetDied on Monday March 22nd 2021
Sagar Sarhadi
Indian writerDied on Monday March 22nd 2021
Xudoyberdi To’xtaboyev
Uzbek writer of children's storiesDied on Monday March 22nd 2021
Adam Zagajewski
Polish poetDied on Sunday March 21st 2021