Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Rolf Aggestam
Swedish poet and translator · 29 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 29
Adele Rose
English television writer (Coronation Street · 29 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 29
William Link
American television writer (Murder · 28 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 28
Dafni Skoura
Greek actress and writer · 28 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 28 · Greek
Dimitris Papadoulis
Greek prose writer · 28 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 28 · Greek
Arthur Berckmans
Belgian comics author · 27 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 27
Gilbert Naccache
Tunisian writer and far-left militant · 26 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 26
Charles Campion
English food critic (The Times · 25 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 25
Mouloud Achour
Algerian writer · 25 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 25
Bill Holm
American art historian and author · 24 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 24
Rei Nakanishi
Japanese novelist and songwriter · 24 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 24
Guy N. Smith
British horror writer · 23 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 23 · Smith
Naranipuzha Shanavas
Indian film director and writer (Karie · 23 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 23
James E. Gunn
American science fiction author (The Road to Science Fiction · 23 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 23 · Gunn
Sugathakumari
Indian poet and activist · 22 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 22
David Giler
American screenwriter (The Parallax View · 20 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 20
Nedo Fiano
95 Italian writer and Holocaust survivor · 18 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 18
Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
American film podcaster and author (Heavy Metal Movies) · 18 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 18 · McPadden
Irfan Husain
Pakistani newspaper columnist (Dawn) and civil servant · 15 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 15 · Writers
Noureddine Saïl
Moroccan film critic and writer · 15 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 15
Scott Marshall Smith
American screenwriter (The Score (2001 film) · 15 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 15 · Smith
Phyllis Eisenstein
American science fiction author · 14 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 14
Jeannie Morris
American sports journalist and author · 14 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 14
Jaroslav Mostecký
Czech science fiction writer · 13 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 13 · Czech
Anthony Veasna So
Cambodian-American writer · 13 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 13
Terry Kay
American author (To Dance with the White Dog) · 12 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 12
Sam Nda-Isaiah
Nigerian political columnist · 11 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 11 · Writers
Rahnaward Zaryab
Afghan novelist · 10 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 10
Nabil Farouk
Egyptian novelist (Ragol Al Mostaheel · 08 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 8
Harold Budd
American avant-garde composer and poet · 07 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 7
Cliff Green
Australian screenwriter (Picnic at Hanging Rock · 07 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 7
Erode Soundar
Indian film writer and director · 05 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 5
Marie Rút Křížková
Czech literary historian and poet · 04 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 4 · Křížková · Czech
Albert Salvadó
Andorran writer and industrial engineer · 03 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 3
Alison Lurie
American novelist (Foreign Affairs · 03 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 3
Miguel Algarin
Puerto Rican-American writer and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe · 30 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 30
Ben Bova
American science fiction writer · 29 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 29
Vittorio Catani
Italian science fiction writer · 25 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 25
Mel Brez
American television writer (The Doctors · 25 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 25
Yasumi Kobayashi
Japanese science fiction writer · 24 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 24
Malcolm Marmorstein
American screenwriter and film director (Dead Men Don't Die · 24 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 24
Robert Garland
American screenwriter (No Way Out) · 22 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 22
Oliver Friggieri
Maltese poet · 20 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 20
Devi Priya
Telugu poet and political satirist · 20 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 20
Charlie Hauck
American television writer and producer · 20 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 20
Hayford Peirce
American science fiction author. Self-inflicted gunshot · 20 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 20
Greg Growden
Australian sports journalist and author · 14 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 14
Remo H. Largo
Swiss pediatrician and book author · 12 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 12 · Largo · Swiss
Vamsi Rajesh Kondaveeti
Indian screenwriter (Amar Akbar Anthony) · 11 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 11 · Kondaveeti
Nelly Kaplan
French film director (A Very Curious Girl) and screenwriter · 11 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 11 · French
Israel Horovitz
American playwright and screenwriter (Author! Author! · 10 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 10
Carlos G. Vallés
Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest and author · 08 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 8 · Vallés