Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Nawal El Saadawi
Egyptian feminist and writerDied on Sunday March 21st 2021
Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Vietnamese writerDied on Sunday March 21st 2021
Umberto Gandini
Italian writerDied on Saturday March 20th 2021
Joan Walsh Anglund
American children's book authorDied on Thursday March 18th 2021
David Edwin Harrell
American historian and biographerDied on Monday March 15th 2021
Jean-Jacques Viton
French poetDied on Sunday March 14th 2021
Mahmoud Khoshnam
Iranian music criticDied on Sunday March 14th 2021
S. P. Jananathan
Indian film director and screenwriter (IyarkaiDied on Sunday March 14th 2021
Peter Patzak
Austrian film director and screenwriterDied on Friday March 12th 2021
Nicolae Dabija
Moldovan writerDied on Friday March 12th 2021
Katja Behrens
German author and translatorDied on Wednesday March 10th 2021
Bert Kuijpers
Dutch poetDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Tatiana Polyakova
Russian writerDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Steven Spurrier
British wine merchant and writerDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Norton Juster
American author (The Phantom TollboothDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Pier Francesco Listri
Italian journalist and essayistDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Tatiana Polakova
Russian writerDied on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Frank Thorne
American comic book writer (Red Sonja)Died on Monday March 8th 2021
Djibril Tamsir Niane
Guinean writer and historianDied on Monday March 8th 2021
Suna Tanaltay
Turkish poet and psychologistDied on Saturday March 6th 2021
Valentin Kurbatov
Russian literary critic and writerDied on Saturday March 6th 2021
N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat
Indian poetDied on Saturday March 6th 2021
Elena Țau
Moldovan literary critic and historianDied on Friday March 5th 2021
Bill C. Davis
American playwright (Mass Appeal)Died on Wednesday March 3rd 2021
Jacqueline Quef-Allemant
French writerDied on Tuesday March 2nd 2021
Geoffrey Ursell
Canadian writerDied on Monday March 1st 2021
Chieko Seki
Japanese writer and newspaper reporterDied on Sunday February 28th 2021
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Austrian-born Israeli author and economistDied on Saturday February 27th 2021
Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys
French writer and historianDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Arkady Davidowitz
Russian writer and aphoristDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Margret Czerni
Austrian writer and journalistDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Philippe Jaccottet
Swiss poet and translatorDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Margret Czerni-Sattlberger
Austrian writer and journalistDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Margaret Maron
American mystery writerDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Masashige Narusawa
Japanese film director and screenwriter (The Woman in the RumorDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
Indian poetDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Joseph Ponthus
French writerDied on Thursday February 25th 2021
Jack Whyte
Scottish-Canadian novelist (The SkystoneDied on Wednesday February 24th 2021
Paolo Castaldi
Italian composer and essayistDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Paolo Compositore
Italian composer and essayistDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Syed Abul Maksud
Bangladeshi journalist (Prothom Alo) and writerDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind)Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Douglas Turner Ward
American playwright and actor (The River Niger)Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Jean-Charles Perazzi
French writer and journalistDied on Monday February 22nd 2021
Catherine Belsey
British literary scholar and cultural criticDied on Monday February 22nd 2021
Lawrence Otis Graham
American attorney and authorDied on Sunday February 21st 2021
Guido Stagnaro
Italian director (I cinque del quinto piano) and screenwriter (In LoveDied on Saturday February 20th 2021
Jean-Marie Touratier
French writer and artistic directorDied on Thursday February 18th 2021
Maria Anspach
German writerDied on Thursday February 18th 2021
Dagmar Lhotová
Czech writerDied on Thursday February 18th 2021
Si Spencer
British comic book writer (Books of Magick: Life During WartimeDied on Thursday February 18th 2021
Peter G. Davis
American music criticDied on Thursday February 18th 2021