Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Dan Baum
American journalist and authorDied on Friday November 6th 2020
Thilo Thielke
German journalist and writerDied on Friday November 6th 2020
Géza Szőcs
Hungarian poet and politicianDied on Thursday November 5th 2020
Luis Zapata
Mexican writerDied on Thursday November 5th 2020
Jacques Maigne
French writerDied on Tuesday November 3rd 2020
Debra Doyle
American science fiction and fantasy author (Mageworlds series)Died on Tuesday November 3rd 2020
Jeremy Stevens
American film and television writer (Everybody Loves RaymondDied on Monday November 2nd 2020
Rajko Đurić
Serbian writerDied on Monday November 2nd 2020
Rodolfo Rabanal
Argentine writer and journalistDied on Monday November 2nd 2020
Rachel Caine
American writer of science fictionDied on Monday November 2nd 2020
Ludwik Flaszen
Polish theatre director and writerDied on Monday November 2nd 2020
Robert Fisk
English writer and journalistDied on Sunday November 1st 2020
Jorge Núñez Sánchez
Ecuadorian writer and historianDied on Sunday November 1st 2020
Jalal Malaksha
Iranian poetDied on Sunday November 1st 2020
Jan Myrdal
Swedish author and political activistDied on Friday October 30th 2020
Serge Noël
Belgian poetDied on Friday October 30th 2020
Felix Malyarenko
Russian writerDied on Thursday October 29th 2020
Salleh Ben Joned
Malaysian poet and actor (Paper Tiger)Died on Thursday October 29th 2020
Julia O’Faolain
Irish writerDied on Thursday October 29th 2020
Paul-Jean Hérault
French writer and journalistDied on Wednesday October 28th 2020
Zeno Kaprál
Czech poetDied on Wednesday October 28th 2020
Tatsuhiro Ōshiro
Japanese novelist and playwrightDied on Wednesday October 28th 2020
Rewati Raman Khanal
Nepalese authorDied on Wednesday October 28th 2020
Diane di Prima
American poetDied on Monday October 26th 2020
Slaven Letica
Croatian authorDied on Sunday October 25th 2020
Chung So-sung
South Korean writerDied on Sunday October 25th 2020
Gertrud Zetterholm
Swedish author and journalistDied on Saturday October 24th 2020
R. M. Vaughan
Canadian writerDied on Saturday October 24th 2020
William Blinn
American television producer (Starsky & Hutch) and screenwriter (Brian's SongDied on Saturday October 24th 2020
R.M. Vaughan
Canadian writerDied on Saturday October 24th 2020
Lenard Lakofka
American writerDied on Saturday October 24th 2020
Richard A. Lupoff
American authorDied on Friday October 23rd 2020
Kajan Jfadha
American authorDied on Friday October 23rd 2020
Stephen Gray
South African writer (Time of our Darkness)Died on Friday October 23rd 2020
Aldo Zargani
Italian writer and Holocaust survivorDied on Wednesday October 21st 2020
Radu Călin Cristea
Romanian literary criticDied on Tuesday October 20th 2020
Alex Varenne
French comic book artist and writerDied on Tuesday October 20th 2020
Vladimir Osipov
Russian writerDied on Tuesday October 20th 2020
Lea Vergine
art critic and curatorDied on Tuesday October 20th 2020
Dana Baratta
American television writer and producer (Dawson's CreekDied on Monday October 19th 2020