Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jill Paton Walsh
English novelist (Knowledge of Angels)Died on Monday October 19th 2020
Alfredo Cerruti
Italian television authorDied on Sunday October 18th 2020
Gerald Gardner
American television writer (The MonkeesDied on Sunday October 18th 2020
Arysteides Turpana
Panamanian Guna writerDied on Thursday October 15th 2020
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
Indian poetDied on Thursday October 15th 2020
J. P. Clark
Nigerian poetDied on Tuesday October 13th 2020
Rashid Haider
Bangladeshi author and novelistDied on Tuesday October 13th 2020
Samuel Brittan
British journalist and authorDied on Monday October 12th 2020
Yehoshua Kenaz
Israeli writerDied on Monday October 12th 2020
Bette Greene
American novelist (Summer of My German SoldierDied on Monday October 12th 2020
Mykola Petrenko
Ukrainian poet and playwrightDied on Sunday October 11th 2020
Gösta Vestlund
Swedish writerDied on Sunday October 11th 2020
Mikola Petrenko
Ukrainian poetDied on Saturday October 10th 2020
Günter de Bruyn
German authorDied on Thursday October 8th 2020
Arvid Møller
Norwegian authorDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Sarah Poyntz
Irish journalist and authorDied on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Mary O’Malley
English playwright (Once a Catholic)Died on Monday October 5th 2020
Franck André Jamme
French poetDied on Saturday October 3rd 2020
Claude Vigée
French poetDied on Saturday October 3rd 2020
Murray Schisgal
American playwright (LuvDied on Friday October 2nd 2020
Semen Borzunov
Russian writerDied on Friday October 2nd 2020
Derek Mahon
Irish poetDied on Friday October 2nd 2020
Scott Lilienfeld
American psychologist and author (50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology)Died on Friday October 2nd 2020
Valeri Shulzhik
Russian poetDied on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Emyr Humphreys
Welsh novelist (A Toy Epic) and poetDied on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Viktor Nikitin
Russian writerDied on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Viktor Nikitin
Russian writerDied on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Aster Berkhof
Belgian authorDied on Tuesday September 29th 2020
Oleg Osetinsky
Russian scriptwriter (The Captivating Star of HappinessDied on Monday September 28th 2020
G. S. Amur
Indian literary critic and writerDied on Monday September 28th 2020
Talat Basari
Iranian Bahai poetDied on Sunday September 27th 2020
Denis Tillinac
French writer and journalistDied on Saturday September 26th 2020
Claude Moisy
French journalist and writerDied on Thursday September 24th 2020
Joachim Kunert
German film director and screenwriterDied on Wednesday September 23rd 2020
Sam McBratney
Northern Irish author (Guess How Much I Love You)Died on Monday September 21st 2020
Chhetan Gurung
Nepalese film director and screenwriter (November RainDied on Monday September 21st 2020
Enzo Golino
Italian journalist and writerDied on Saturday September 19th 2020
Asit Bandopadhyay
Indian dramatistDied on Friday September 18th 2020
Terry Goodkind
American fantasy writer (The Sword of Truth)Died on Friday September 18th 2020
Steve Carter
American playwrightDied on Thursday September 17th 2020
Winston Groom
American novelist (Forrest GumpDied on Thursday September 17th 2020
Stanley Crouch
American music criticDied on Wednesday September 16th 2020
B. Babusivan
Indian film director (Vettaikaaran) and screenwriter (KuruviDied on Wednesday September 16th 2020
Danilo Kocevski
Macedonian literary critic and novelistDied on Wednesday September 16th 2020
François Debré
French writer and journalistDied on Monday September 14th 2020
Florence Howe
American feminist authorDied on Monday September 14th 2020
Joaquín Carbonell
Spanish singer-songwriter and poetDied on Saturday September 12th 2020
Brigitte Peskine
French author and screenwriter (Plus belle la vieDied on Saturday September 12th 2020
Lotte Strauss
German-born American authorDied on Friday September 11th 2020
Henrietta Boggs
American-born Costarican writer and socialiteDied on Thursday September 10th 2020
Robert L. Lynn
American poetDied on Thursday September 10th 2020
Nico Naldini
Italian novelist and poetDied on Thursday September 10th 2020
Amos Luzzatto
Italian writer and essayistDied on Wednesday September 9th 2020
Shanna Hogan
American authorDied on Wednesday September 9th 2020
Ted Halstead
American climatologist and authorDied on Tuesday September 8th 2020
Sir Ronald Harwood
South African-born British screenwriter (The PianistDied on Tuesday September 8th 2020
Forrest Fenn
American authorDied on Tuesday September 8th 2020
Carl-Henning Wijkmark
Swedish novelist (Stundande natten)Died on Monday September 7th 2020
Frédéric Musso
Algerian-born French writer and poetDied on Sunday September 6th 2020
Achmat Dangor
South African author and political activistDied on Sunday September 6th 2020
Vince Agro
Canadian politician and novelistDied on Saturday September 5th 2020
Gianni Serra
Italian film director and scriptwriterDied on Friday September 4th 2020
David Graeber
American anthropologist and author (Bullshit JobsDied on Thursday September 3rd 2020
Pavel Branko
Italian-born Slovak film criticDied on Thursday September 3rd 2020
Philippe Daverio
French-born Italian art criticDied on Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Pascal Kané
French film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday September 1st 2020
Vladislav Krapivin
Russian children's books writerDied on Tuesday September 1st 2020
William Neikirk
American journalist and authorDied on Tuesday September 1st 2020
David Mungoshi
Zimbabwean writerDied on Monday August 31st 2020
Randall Kenan
American writer (A Visitation of Spirits)Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Eric M. Hammel
American military historian and novelistDied on Saturday August 29th 2020
Deirdre Le Faye
English writer and biographer (Jane Austen)Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Rahat Khan
Bangladeshi journalist and novelistDied on Saturday August 29th 2020
Gilda Cordero-Fernando
Filipino writer and visual artistDied on Saturday August 29th 2020
Eugene McCabe
Irish novelist and playwrightDied on Thursday August 27th 2020
Keri Kaa
New Zealand educator and writerDied on Thursday August 27th 2020
André-Paul Duchâteau
Belgian novelistDied on Wednesday August 26th 2020
Jean Mauriac
French writer and journalistDied on Tuesday August 25th 2020
Gail Sheehy
American authorDied on Tuesday August 25th 2020
Lynn M. Hilton
American politician and authorDied on Monday August 24th 2020
Sálvio Dino
Brazilian writerDied on Monday August 24th 2020
Gaspard Hons
Belgian poetDied on Monday August 24th 2020
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japanese playwright and literary criticDied on Monday August 24th 2020
Sir Ken Robinson
British educationalist and authorDied on Saturday August 22nd 2020
Kenneth Bernard
American playwrightDied on Friday August 21st 2020
Wojciech Karpiński
Polish writer and historian of ideasDied on Thursday August 20th 2020
Charles Allen
British writer and historianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepali poet (Gauri)Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Dinos Christianopoulos
Greek poetDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020