Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Zhenia Vasylkivska
Russian poet
Died on Saturday May 1st 2021
Jean-Guy Pilon
Quebec poet
Died on Friday April 30th 2021
Willy Mckey
Venezuelan poet and writer
Died on Friday April 30th 2021
Ronnie Govender
South African playwright
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Jason Matthews
American author
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Wakamatsu Jōtarō
Japanese poet
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Onésimo Silveira
Cape Verdean politician and writer
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Miguel Angel Furones
Spanish writer and creative director
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Charles Strum
American journalist and author
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Kunwar Bechain
Indian poet
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Minou Petrowski
Russian-French-Canadian film critic and animator
Died on Thursday April 29th 2021
Berta Magnusson
Swedish writer and playwright
Died on Wednesday April 28th 2021
Gérard Montassier
French essayist and government official
Died on Wednesday April 28th 2021
Vasyl Bosovych
Ukrainian film screenwriter
Died on Tuesday April 27th 2021
Vasiliy Bosovich
Ukrainian film screenwriter
Died on Tuesday April 27th 2021
Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson
Icelandic film director (Thicker than Water) and screenwriter (A Man Like Me)
Died on Tuesday April 27th 2021
Kathie Coblentz
American librarian and author
Died on Tuesday April 27th 2021
Bernie Kahn
American screenwriter (The Barefoot Executive
Died on Monday April 26th 2021
Ramu dead at age 53
Ramu, an Indian film producer,
died on April 26, 2021, at age 53. He was known mainly for his work in Kannada cinema, where he built a career as a…
Gordon Weaver
American novelist and short story writer
Died on Monday April 26th 2021
Óscar Castro Ramírez
Chilean playwright
Died on Monday April 26th 2021
Sharon Pollock
Canadian playwright
Died on Sunday April 25th 2021
Vytautas Bubnys
Lithuanian writer
Died on Sunday April 25th 2021
Anthony Thwaite
English poet and editor
Died on Friday April 23rd 2021
Germán Gamonal
Chilean journalist and writer
Died on Wednesday April 21st 2021
Shankha Ghosh
Indian poet and literary critic
Died on Wednesday April 21st 2021
Zurab Rtveliashvili
Georgian poet
Died on Tuesday April 20th 2021
R. W. Davies
British historian and writer
Died on Tuesday April 20th 2021
Miklós Hajdufy
Hungarian screenwriter and director
Died on Monday April 19th 2021
Stefan Bratkowski
Polish journalist and writer
Died on Monday April 19th 2021
Michel Kilo
Syrian writer and human rights activist
Died on Monday April 19th 2021
Denis Donoghue
Irish literary critic
Died on Sunday April 18th 2021
Narendra Kohli
Indian novelist and academic
Died on Saturday April 17th 2021
Jonathan Fryer
British writer and politician
Died on Saturday April 17th 2021
Kunio Shimizu
Japanese playwright
Died on Saturday April 17th 2021
Walter Kaufmann
German-Australian writer
Died on Friday April 16th 2021
Yessengaly Raushanov
Kazakh poet
Died on Friday April 16th 2021
Peter Terson
British playwright
Died on Friday April 16th 2021
Alix Renaud
Haitian-born Canadian writer
Died on Thursday April 15th 2021
Monique Pantel
French film critic
Died on Thursday April 15th 2021
Bernard Noël
French writer and poet
Died on Thursday April 15th 2021
Rabiatou Njoya
Cameroonian writer and Bamun person
Died on Wednesday April 14th 2021
Michel Quévit
Belgian writer and Walloon activist
Died on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Ingela Lind
Swedish art critic and writer
Died on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Vasiliy Golovanov
Russian writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Rodrigo Pareja
Colombian journalist and essayist
Died on Tuesday April 13th 2021
Margaret Wander Bonanno
American science fiction writer
Died on Monday April 12th 2021
Phumlani Pikoli
Zimbabwean-born South African author and journalist
Died on Monday April 12th 2021
Guillaume Oyônô Mbia
Cameroonian writer
Died on Sunday April 11th 2021
Nestor Torre Jr.
Filipino screenwriter
Died on Sunday April 11th 2021
Marcio Veloz Maggiolo
Dominican writer
Died on Sunday April 11th 2021
Édouard Maunick
Mauritian poet
Died on Saturday April 10th 2021
Judith Reisman
American conservative author
Died on Saturday April 10th 2021
John Naisbitt
American futurologist and author
Died on Friday April 9th 2021
Lee Marmon
American Laguna Pueblo photographer and author
Died on Friday April 9th 2021
Robert Lesslie
American doctor and writer
Died on Thursday April 8th 2021
Anne Beatts
American comedic writer (National Lampoon
Died on Thursday April 8th 2021
György Szomjas
Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday April 8th 2021
