Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Carlo Nayaradou
French-Martinican comic book author · 20 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 20 · French
Gerald Locklin
American poet and lecturer · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
Cesare Maestri
Italian mountaineer and writer · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
Richard Lindheim
American television writer (The Equalizer) · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
Narendra Luther
Indian writer and civil servant · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
David Richardson
American television writer and producer (The Simpsons · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
Storm Constantine
British fantasy and science fiction author · 14 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 14
Sinikka Nopola
Finnish writer (Ricky Rapper) · 13 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 13
Enrique Pineda Barnet
Cuban film director and screenwriter (I Am Cuba) · 12 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 12 · Barnet
Mirzaq Biqtash
Algerian writer · 12 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 12
Peter W. Huber
American lawyer and non-fiction writer · 11 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 11 · Huber
Vassilis Alexakis
Greek-born French writer and translator · 11 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 11 · French · Greek
Jerry Douglas
American director and writer · 10 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 10
John Lutz
American mystery writer (SWF Seeks Same) · 10 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 10
Turlapaty Kutumba Rao
Indian writer and orator · 10 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 10 · Rao
John Heilpern
British theatre critic and editor (The Observer · 10 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 10
Emile Hemmen
Luxembourgian poet · 09 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 9 · Émile
Yeng Pway Ngon
Singaporean writer and poet · 09 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 9 · Ngon
Naseer Turabi
Indian-born Pakistani poet · 09 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 9
Norberto James Rawlings
Dominican poet · 07 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 7 · Rawlings
Mary Catherine Bateson
American writer and cultural anthropologist · 07 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 7 · Bateson
Marek Pivovar
Czech writer and theatre director · 04 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 4 · Czech
Wahid Hamed
Egyptian screenwriter (Terrorism and Kebab · 01 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 1
Oleg Danilov
Russian playwright and screenwriter (You Are My Only Love · 01 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 1
Jan Vering
German gospel singer and playwright · 31 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 31
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
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