Deaths Famous Dead Writers
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
Betty van Garrel
Dutch art journalist and writer · 25 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 25 · Garrel · Dutch
George Boyd
Canadian playwright and news anchor (CBC Newsworld) · 25 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 25
Ludmila Vachtová
Czech historian and art critic · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24 · Ľudmila · Czech
Rene Carpenter
American columnist and television personality · 24 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 24 · Writers · René
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art critic · 23 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 23
Luigi Latini De Marchi
Italian director and screenwriter · 22 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 22 · Marchi
Christian Biet
French writer and professor · 22 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 22 · French
Roland Desné
French philosopher and writer · 22 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 22 · French
Daniel David Moses
Canadian poet and playwright · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18 · Moses
Cécile Reims
French engraver and writer · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18 · French
Shukrullo
Uzbek poet · 18 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 18
Vishnu Raj Atreya
Nepali writer and poet · 17 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 17 · Atreya
C. T. Vivian
American author and civil rights activist · 16 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 16 · Vivian
Florence Littauer
American self-help author · 16 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 16
Susan Quimpo
Filipino activist and author · 15 July 2020 · July 2020 · Filipino · July 15
Joanna Cole
American children's writer (The Magic School Bus) · 14 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 14
Elias Farkouh
Jordanian novelist · 14 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 14 · Elías
Stella Nangonová
Czech philologist and writer · 14 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 14 · Czech
Hasan al-Lawzi
Yemeni writer and politician · 12 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 12
Engel Reinhoudt
Dutch troubadour and dialect writer · 12 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 12 · Dutch
Elizabeth Harrower
Australian novelist (The Watch Tower · 11 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 11
Pep Mòdol
Spanish politician and writer · 11 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 11
Welcome Msomi
South African playwright (uMabatha) · 10 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 10
Irma Lanzas
Salvadoran writer and educator · 09 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 9
John Peter
Hungarian-born British theater critic · 08 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 8
Naama Tsal
Israeli editor and writer · 07 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 7
Judy Wade
British Royal journalist (The Sun) and author · 06 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 6
Barrie Penrose
British investigative journalist and author · 06 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 6
Juris Kronbergs
Latvian-Swedish poet and translator · 05 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 5
Antônio Bivar
Brazilian writer and playwright · 05 July 2020 · July 2020 · Antonio · July 5
Bettina Gilois
German-born American screenwriter (Bessie · 04 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 4
Abraham Louis Schneiders
Dutch diplomat and writer · 03 July 2020 · Schneiders · July 2020 · July 3 · Dutch
Mike Walling
English comic actor and screenwriter · 03 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 3
Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre
French writer and actor (La Ferme Célébrités) · Clermont-Tonnerre · 02 July 2020 · July 2020 · French · July 2
Christian Garrison
American author and filmmaker · 02 July 2020 · July 2020 · July 2