Deaths Famous Dead Writers
B. Babusivan
Indian film director (Vettaikaaran) and screenwriter (Kuruvi · 15 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 15
Danilo Kocevski
Macedonian literary critic and novelist · 15 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 15
Bruno Madaule
French comic book author · 13 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 13 · French
Florence Howe
American feminist author · 13 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 13
Brigitte Peskine
French author and screenwriter (Plus belle la vie · 11 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 11 · French
Henrietta Boggs
American-born Costarican writer and socialite · 09 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 9
Ted Halstead
American climatologist and author · 07 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 7
Carl-Henning Wijkmark
Swedish novelist (Stundande natten) · 06 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 6
Frédéric Musso
Algerian-born French writer and poet · 05 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 5 · French
Achmat Dangor
South African author and political activist · 05 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 5
David Graeber
American anthropologist and author (Bullshit Jobs · 02 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 2
Pavel Branko
Italian-born Slovak film critic · 02 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 2
Philippe Daverio
French-born Italian art critic · 01 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 1 · French
Pascal Kané
French film director and screenwriter · 31 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 31 · French · Kane
Vladislav Krapivin
Russian children's books writer · 31 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 31
David Mungoshi
Zimbabwean writer · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30
Randall Kenan
American writer (A Visitation of Spirits) · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Eric M. Hammel
American military historian and novelist · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28 · Hammel · Éric
Deirdre Le Faye
English writer and biographer (Jane Austen) · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28 · Faye
Imdad Hussaini
Pakistani writer and poet · 28 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 28
Jean Mauriac
French writer and journalist · 24 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 24 · French
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japanese playwright and literary critic · 23 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 23
Sir Ken Robinson
British educationalist and author · 21 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 21 · Robinson
Wojciech Karpiński
Polish writer and historian of ideas · 19 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 19
Claude Laverdure
Belgian comic book author · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepali poet (Gauri) · 17 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 17 · Ghimire
Stuart Christie
Scottish anarchist and writer · 15 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 15
Ewa Demarczyk
Polish singer and poet · 14 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 14
William Arnett
American art collector and writer · 13 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 13
George Christy
American columnist (Hollywood Reporter · 12 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 12 · Writers
Gulnazar Keldi
Tajik lyricist (Surudi Milli) and poet · 12 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 12
Laurent Vicomte
French comic book author · 10 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 10 · French
Naima El Bezaz
Moroccan-Dutch writer · 09 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 9 · Bezaz · Dutch
Jacobo Langsner
Romanian-born Uruguayan writer and playwright · 09 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 9
Kurt Luedtke
American screenwriter (Out of Africa · 08 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 8
Lottie Louise Riekehof
American ASL interpreter and author · 08 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 8 · Riekehof
Enio Mainardi
Braazilian writer and journalist · 08 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 8
Manabendra Bandyopadhyay
Bengali-Indian author and translator · 05 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 5
Doris Buffett
American philanthropist and writer · 05 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 5
Isidora Bjelica
Serbian prose writer · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4
Eric Bentley
British-born American theatre critic (The New Republic) and playwright · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4 · Éric
Mike Clark
American film critic (USA Today) · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4
Frédéric Jacques Temple
French poet and writer · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4 · French · Temple
Lawrence Laurent
American television critic (Washington Post) · 04 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 4
Susan Ellison
British-born American Science Fiction author (Man of Many Parts) · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3
Shirley Ann Grau
American writer (The Keepers of the House) · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3 · Grau
Vangapandu Prasada Rao
Indian poet and lyricist · 03 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 3 · Rao
Hedi Hauser
German children’s books author · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1 · Hédi
Sa. Kandasamy
Indian novelist and filmmaker · 01 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 1
Gilles Lapouge
French writer and journalist · 30 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 30 · French
Karen Berg
American author and founder of the Kabbalah Centre International · 29 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 29
Diana E. H. Russell
South African feminist activist and writer · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28 · Russell
Claude Beausoleil
Canadian writer and poet · 28 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 28
Kina Kadreva
Bulgarian children’s book writer · 27 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 27
Brad Watson
American author and academic · 26 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 26
Nagindas Sanghavi
Indian political columnist · 26 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 26 · Writers