Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Selva Casal
Uruguayan poetDied on Friday November 27th 2020
Vittorio Catani
Italian science fiction writerDied on Thursday November 26th 2020
Yasumi Kobayashi
Japanese science fiction writerDied on Wednesday November 25th 2020
James Wasserman
American authorDied on Wednesday November 25th 2020
Malcolm Marmorstein
American screenwriter and film director (Dead Men Don't DieDied on Wednesday November 25th 2020
Christian Mistral
Canadian novelistDied on Tuesday November 24th 2020
Robert Garland
American screenwriter (No Way Out)Died on Monday November 23rd 2020
Oliver Friggieri
Maltese poetDied on Saturday November 21st 2020
Devi Priya
Telugu poet and political satiristDied on Saturday November 21st 2020
Charlie Hauck
American television writer and producerDied on Saturday November 21st 2020
Hayford Peirce
American science fiction author. Self-inflicted gunshotDied on Saturday November 21st 2020
Jacques Rifflet
Belgian writer and political scientistDied on Saturday November 21st 2020
Jean Collet
French writerDied on Friday November 20th 2020
Tracey Davis
American authorDied on Wednesday November 18th 2020
Alokeranjan Dasgupta
Indian poetDied on Wednesday November 18th 2020
Daniel Yonnet
French journalist and literary criticDied on Wednesday November 18th 2020
Joseph Altairac
French literary critic and essayistDied on Wednesday November 18th 2020
Jude Stéfan
French poetDied on Wednesday November 18th 2020
Valentin Khromov
Russian poetDied on Tuesday November 17th 2020
Greg Growden
Australian sports journalist and authorDied on Sunday November 15th 2020
Adam David Miller
American poet and memoiristDied on Friday November 13th 2020
Remo H. Largo
Swiss pediatrician and book authorDied on Friday November 13th 2020
Vamsi Rajesh Kondaveeti
Indian screenwriter (Amar Akbar Anthony)Died on Thursday November 12th 2020
Nelly Kaplan
French film director (A Very Curious Girl) and screenwriterDied on Thursday November 12th 2020
Israel Horovitz
American playwright and screenwriter (Author! Author!Died on Wednesday November 11th 2020
Carlo Bordini
Italian poetDied on Tuesday November 10th 2020
Rina Macrelli
Italian screenwriter and essayistDied on Tuesday November 10th 2020
Ernesto Carmona Ulloa
Chilean writer and journalistDied on Monday November 9th 2020
Carlos G. Vallés
Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest and authorDied on Monday November 9th 2020
Naomi Long Madgett
American poetDied on Sunday November 8th 2020
Robert Sam Anson
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday November 8th 2020
Seymour Topping
American writerDied on Sunday November 8th 2020
Vladislav Shapovalov
Russian writerDied on Sunday November 8th 2020
Fareed Ramadan
Bahraini writer and screenwriter (A Bahraini Tale)Died on Saturday November 7th 2020
Yves Taschereau
Canadian writer and journalistDied on Friday November 6th 2020
Nathan Zach
Israeli poetDied on Friday November 6th 2020