J. P. Clark
Nigerian poet
Died on Tuesday October 13th 2020
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Rashid Haider
Bangladeshi author and novelist
Died on Tuesday October 13th 2020
Samuel Brittan
British journalist and author
Died on Monday October 12th 2020
Bette Greene
American novelist (Summer of My German Soldier
Died on Monday October 12th 2020
Mykola Petrenko
Ukrainian poet and playwright
Died on Sunday October 11th 2020
Mikola Petrenko
Ukrainian poet
Died on Saturday October 10th 2020
Sarah Poyntz
Irish journalist and author
Died on Tuesday October 6th 2020
Mary O’Malley
English playwright (Once a Catholic)
Died on Monday October 5th 2020
Claude Vigée
French poet
Died on Saturday October 3rd 2020
Murray Schisgal
American playwright (Luv
Died 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 poet
Died on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Emyr Humphreys
Welsh novelist (A Toy Epic) and poet
Died on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Viktor Nikitin
Russian writer
Died on Wednesday September 30th 2020
Oleg Osetinsky
Russian scriptwriter (The Captivating Star of Happiness
Died on Monday September 28th 2020
G. S. Amur
Indian literary critic and writer
Died on Monday September 28th 2020
Denis Tillinac
French writer and journalist
Died on Saturday September 26th 2020
Claude Moisy
French journalist and writer
Died on Thursday September 24th 2020
Joachim Kunert
German film director and screenwriter
Died 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 Rain
Died on Monday September 21st 2020
Enzo Golino
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday September 19th 2020
Terry Goodkind
American fantasy writer (The Sword of Truth)
Died on Friday September 18th 2020
Steve Carter
American playwright
Died on Thursday September 17th 2020
Winston Groom
American novelist (Forrest Gump
Died on Thursday September 17th 2020
Stanley Crouch
American music critic
Died on Wednesday September 16th 2020
B. Babusivan
Indian film director (Vettaikaaran) and screenwriter (Kuruvi
Died on Wednesday September 16th 2020
Danilo Kocevski
Macedonian literary critic and novelist
Died on Wednesday September 16th 2020
François Debré
French writer and journalist
Died on Monday September 14th 2020
Florence Howe
American feminist author
Died on Monday September 14th 2020
Joaquín Carbonell
Spanish singer-songwriter and poet
Died on Saturday September 12th 2020
Brigitte Peskine
French author and screenwriter (Plus belle la vie
Died on Saturday September 12th 2020
Lotte Strauss
German-born American author
Died on Friday September 11th 2020
Henrietta Boggs
American-born Costarican writer and socialite
Died on Thursday September 10th 2020
Robert L. Lynn
American poet
Died on Thursday September 10th 2020
Nico Naldini
Italian novelist and poet
Died on Thursday September 10th 2020
Amos Luzzatto
Italian writer and essayist
Died on Wednesday September 9th 2020
Shanna Hogan
American author
Died on Wednesday September 9th 2020
Ted Halstead
American climatologist and author
Died on Tuesday September 8th 2020
Sir Ronald Harwood
South African-born British screenwriter (The Pianist
Died on Tuesday September 8th 2020
Forrest Fenn
American author
Died 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 poet
Died on Sunday September 6th 2020
Achmat Dangor
South African author and political activist
Died on Sunday September 6th 2020
Vince Agro
Canadian politician and novelist
Died on Saturday September 5th 2020
Gianni Serra
Italian film director and scriptwriter
Died on Friday September 4th 2020
David Graeber
American anthropologist and author (Bullshit Jobs
Died on Thursday September 3rd 2020
Pavel Branko
Italian-born Slovak film critic
Died on Thursday September 3rd 2020
Philippe Daverio
French-born Italian art critic
Died on Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Pascal Kané
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday September 1st 2020
Vladislav Krapivin
Russian children's books writer
Died on Tuesday September 1st 2020
William Neikirk
American journalist and author
Died on Tuesday September 1st 2020
David Mungoshi
Zimbabwean writer
Died 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 novelist
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Deirdre Le Faye
English writer and biographer (Jane Austen)
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Imdad Hussaini
Pakistani writer and poet
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Rahat Khan
Bangladeshi journalist and novelist
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Gilda Cordero-Fernando
Filipino writer and visual artist
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Eugene McCabe
Irish novelist and playwright
Died on Thursday August 27th 2020
Keri Kaa
New Zealand educator and writer
Died on Thursday August 27th 2020
Jean Mauriac
French writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 25th 2020
Lynn M. Hilton
American politician and author
Died on Monday August 24th 2020
Sálvio Dino
Brazilian writer
Died on Monday August 24th 2020
Gaspard Hons
Belgian poet
Died on Monday August 24th 2020
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japanese playwright and literary critic
Died on Monday August 24th 2020
Maria Janion
Polish scholar and critic
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2020
Sir Ken Robinson
British educationalist and author
Died on Saturday August 22nd 2020
Kenneth Bernard
American playwright
Died on Friday August 21st 2020
Wojciech Karpiński
Polish writer and historian of ideas
Died on Thursday August 20th 2020
Charles Allen
British writer and historian
Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Boris Purgalin
Russian screenwriter and songwriter
Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Stuart Christie
Scottish anarchist and writer
Died on Sunday August 16th 2020
Ewa Demarczyk
Polish singer and poet
Died on Saturday August 15th 2020
William Arnett
American art collector and writer
Died on Friday August 14th 2020
Osvaldo Wehbe
Argentinian writer and journalist
Died on Friday August 14th 2020