Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Jan Myrdal
Swedish author and political activist · 29 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 29
Pierre Oster
French poet and editor · 29 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 29 · French
Salleh Ben Joned
Malaysian poet and actor (Paper Tiger) · 28 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 28 · Joned
Zeno Kaprál
Czech poet · 27 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 27 · Kapral · Czech
Rewati Raman Khanal
Nepalese author · 27 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 27 · Khanal
William Blinn
American television producer (Starsky & Hutch) and screenwriter (Brian's Song · 23 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 23
Stephen Gray
South African writer (Time of our Darkness) · 22 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 22
Aldo Zargani
Italian writer and Holocaust survivor · 20 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 20
Alex Varenne
French comic book artist and writer · 19 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 19 · French
Lea Vergine
art critic and curator · 19 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 19
Dana Baratta
American television writer and producer (Dawson's Creek · 18 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 18
Jill Paton Walsh
English novelist (Knowledge of Angels) · 18 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 18 · Walsh
Alfredo Cerruti
Italian television author · 17 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 17
Gerald Gardner
American television writer (The Monkees · 17 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 17
Arysteides Turpana
Panamanian Guna writer · 14 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 14
Olivier Corpet
French writer and engineer · 12 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 12 · French
Bette Greene
American novelist (Summer of My German Soldier · 11 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 11
Mary O’Malley
English playwright (Once a Catholic) · 04 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 4 · O'Malley
Scott Lilienfeld
American psychologist and author (50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology) · 01 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 1
Emyr Humphreys
Welsh novelist (A Toy Epic) and poet · 29 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 29 · Welsh
Oleg Osetinsky
Russian scriptwriter (The Captivating Star of Happiness · 27 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 27
Talat Basari
Iranian Bahai poet · 26 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 26
Sam McBratney
Northern Irish author (Guess How Much I Love You) · 20 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 20
Chhetan Gurung
Nepalese film director and screenwriter (November Rain · 20 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 20
Terry Goodkind
American fantasy writer (The Sword of Truth) · 17 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 17
Winston Groom
American novelist (Forrest Gump · 16 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 16
Ed Bearss
American military historian and author · 16 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 16
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