Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jerry Douglas
American director and writerDied on Monday January 11th 2021
Barbara Köhler
German poetDied on Monday January 11th 2021
John Heilpern
British theatre critic and editor (The ObserverDied on Monday January 11th 2021
Kathy Shaidle
Canadian writerDied on Monday January 11th 2021
Emile Hemmen
Luxembourgian poetDied on Sunday January 10th 2021
Yeng Pway Ngon
Singaporean writer and poetDied on Sunday January 10th 2021
Norberto James Rawlings
Dominican poetDied on Friday January 8th 2021
Mary Catherine Bateson
American writer and cultural anthropologistDied on Friday January 8th 2021
Laurent Mailhot
Canadian historian and writerDied on Thursday January 7th 2021
Enrique de Rivas Ibáñez
Spanish poetDied on Thursday January 7th 2021
Marek Pivovar
Czech writer and theatre directorDied on Tuesday January 5th 2021
A. Madhavan
Indian writerDied on Tuesday January 5th 2021
Franco Loi
Italian poetDied on Monday January 4th 2021
Lee Breuer
American playwrightDied on Monday January 4th 2021
Elena Santiago
Spanish writerDied on Monday January 4th 2021
Rabeya Khatun
Bangladeshi novelistDied on Sunday January 3rd 2021
Shaji Pandavath
Malaysian screenwriter and film directorDied on Sunday January 3rd 2021
Guadalupe Grande
Spanish poetDied on Sunday January 3rd 2021
Thomas Symons
Canadian professor and authorDied on Sunday January 3rd 2021
Neelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair
Indian poetDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Wahid Hamed
Egyptian screenwriter (Terrorism and KebabDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Oleg Danilov
Russian playwright and screenwriter (You Are My Only LoveDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Carlos Escudé
Argentine political scientist and authorDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Jan Vering
German gospel singer and playwrightDied on Friday January 1st 2021
Igor Vershinin
Russian literary criticDied on Friday January 1st 2021
Igor Vladimirovich Vershinin
Russian literary criticDied on Friday January 1st 2021
Franck Balandier
French writerDied on Thursday December 31st 2020
Pierre Chappuis
Swiss poetDied on Thursday December 31st 2020
Rolf Aggestam
Swedish poet and translatorDied on Wednesday December 30th 2020
Adele Rose
English television writer (Coronation StreetDied on Wednesday December 30th 2020
William Link
American television writer (MurderDied on Tuesday December 29th 2020
Dimitris Papadoulis
Greek prose writerDied on Tuesday December 29th 2020
Luis Enrique Mercado
Mexican writerDied on Tuesday December 29th 2020
Carlos Levy
Argentine poetDied on Monday December 28th 2020
Arthur Berckmans
Belgian comics authorDied on Monday December 28th 2020
Antonio Velasco Piña
Mexican novelistDied on Monday December 28th 2020
Gilbert Naccache
Tunisian writer and far-left militantDied on Sunday December 27th 2020
Barry Lopez
American authorDied on Saturday December 26th 2020
Siv Widerberg
Swedish writer and journalistDied on Saturday December 26th 2020
Charles Campion
English food critic (The TimesDied on Saturday December 26th 2020
Mouloud Achour
Algerian writerDied on Saturday December 26th 2020
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Indian poet and literary criticDied on Friday December 25th 2020
Rei Nakanishi
Japanese novelist and songwriterDied on Friday December 25th 2020
Guy N. Smith
British horror writerDied on Thursday December 24th 2020
Joel Yanofsky
Canadian novelistDied on Thursday December 24th 2020
Naranipuzha Shanavas
Indian film director and writer (KarieDied on Thursday December 24th 2020
James E. Gunn
American science fiction author (The Road to Science FictionDied on Thursday December 24th 2020
Mannan Hira
Bangladeshi playwright and film directorDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2020
Rika Zaraï
Israeli singer and writerDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2020
Sugathakumari
Indian poet and activistDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2020
David Giler
American screenwriter (The Parallax ViewDied on Monday December 21st 2020
Aleksandr Kurlyandsky
Russian screenwriter (WellDied on Monday December 21st 2020
Nedo Fiano
95 Italian writer and Holocaust survivorDied on Saturday December 19th 2020
Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
American film podcaster and author (Heavy Metal Movies)Died on Saturday December 19th 2020
Irfan Husain
Pakistani newspaper columnist (Dawn) and civil servantDied on Wednesday December 16th 2020
Noureddine Saïl
Moroccan film critic and writerDied on Wednesday December 16th 2020
Scott Marshall Smith
American screenwriter (The Score (2001 film)Died on Wednesday December 16th 2020
Phyllis Eisenstein
American science fiction authorDied on Tuesday December 15th 2020
Marvin Bell
American professor and poetDied on Tuesday December 15th 2020
Eugeniusz Iwanicki
Polish writer and journalistDied on Tuesday December 15th 2020
Jeannie Morris
American sports journalist and authorDied on Tuesday December 15th 2020
Jaroslav Mostecký
Czech science fiction writerDied on Monday December 14th 2020
Benichandra Jamatia
Indian writerDied on Monday December 14th 2020
Anthony Veasna So
Cambodian-American writerDied on Monday December 14th 2020
John le Carré
British authorDied on Sunday December 13th 2020
U. A. Khader
Indian authorDied on Saturday December 12th 2020
Sam Nda-Isaiah
Nigerian political columnistDied on Saturday December 12th 2020
Rahnaward Zaryab
Afghan novelistDied on Friday December 11th 2020
Iman Budhi Santosa
Indonesian authorDied on Thursday December 10th 2020
Nabil Farouk
Egyptian novelist (Ragol Al MostaheelDied on Wednesday December 9th 2020
Manglesh Dabral
Indian poetDied on Wednesday December 9th 2020
Harold Budd
American avant-garde composer and poetDied on Tuesday December 8th 2020
Cliff Green
Australian screenwriter (Picnic at Hanging RockDied on Tuesday December 8th 2020
Erode Soundar
Indian film writer and directorDied on Sunday December 6th 2020
William Kittredge
American writerDied on Saturday December 5th 2020
Marie Rút Křížková
Czech literary historian and poetDied on Saturday December 5th 2020
Antonín J. Liehm
Czech writerDied on Friday December 4th 2020
Albert Salvadó
Andorran writer and industrial engineerDied on Friday December 4th 2020
Alison Lurie
American novelist (Foreign AffairsDied on Friday December 4th 2020
Mario Lavagetto
Italian literary critic and academicDied on Tuesday December 1st 2020
Eduardo Lourenço
Portuguese essayistDied on Tuesday December 1st 2020
Miguel Algarin
Puerto Rican-American writer and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets CafeDied on Tuesday December 1st 2020
Peter Radtke
German actor and playwrightDied on Monday November 30th 2020