Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Freya Pausewang
German authorDied on Monday August 3rd 2020
Ruth Weiss
American poetDied on Monday August 3rd 2020
Hedi Hauser
German children’s books authorDied on Sunday August 2nd 2020
Julio Diamante
Spanish film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday August 2nd 2020
José Vicente Anaya
Mexican essayistDied on Saturday August 1st 2020
Pablo Aranda
Spanish writerDied on Saturday August 1st 2020
Marie-Christine Lévesque
Canadian authorDied on Saturday August 1st 2020
Giorgio Todde
Italian writerDied on Friday July 31st 2020
Karen Berg
American author and founder of the Kabbalah Centre InternationalDied on Thursday July 30th 2020
Diana E. H. Russell
South African feminist activist and writerDied on Wednesday July 29th 2020
Kina Kadreva
Bulgarian children’s book writerDied on Tuesday July 28th 2020
Lluís Serrahima
Spanish writerDied on Monday July 27th 2020
Harun Hashim Rashid
Palestinian poetDied on Monday July 27th 2020
Nagindas Sanghavi
Indian political columnistDied on Monday July 27th 2020
Betty van Garrel
Dutch art journalist and writerDied on Sunday July 26th 2020
George Boyd
Canadian playwright and news anchor (CBC Newsworld)Died on Sunday July 26th 2020
El indio Rómulo
Colombian poetDied on Saturday July 25th 2020
Ludmila Vachtová
Czech historian and art criticDied on Saturday July 25th 2020
Rene Carpenter
American columnist and television personalityDied on Saturday July 25th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art criticDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art criticDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art criticDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Halldóra K. Thoroddsen
Icelandic writerDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art criticDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Mike Adams
American columnistDied on Friday July 24th 2020
Luigi Latini De Marchi
Italian director and screenwriterDied on Thursday July 23rd 2020
Roland Desné
French philosopher and writerDied on Thursday July 23rd 2020
Josephine Cox
English authorDied on Monday July 20th 2020
Shukrullo
Uzbek poetDied on Sunday July 19th 2020
Juan Marsé
Spanish novelistDied on Sunday July 19th 2020
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Indonesian poet Died on Sunday July 19th 2020
Vishnu Raj Atreya
Nepali writer and poetDied on Saturday July 18th 2020
C. T. Vivian
American author and civil rights activistDied on Friday July 17th 2020
Florence Littauer
American self-help authorDied on Friday July 17th 2020
Delphine Zanga Tsogo
Cameroonian writerDied on Thursday July 16th 2020
Susan Quimpo
Filipino activist and authorDied on Thursday July 16th 2020
Joanna Cole
American children's writer (The Magic School Bus)Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Elias Farkouh
Jordanian novelistDied on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Stella Nangonová
Czech philologist and writerDied on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Adalet Ağaoğlu
Turkish novelist and playwrightDied on Tuesday July 14th 2020
Hasan al-Lawzi
Yemeni writer and politicianDied on Monday July 13th 2020
Engel Reinhoudt
Dutch troubadour and dialect writerDied on Monday July 13th 2020
Miryana Basheva
Bulgarian poetDied on Monday July 13th 2020
Elizabeth Harrower
Australian novelist (The Watch TowerDied on Sunday July 12th 2020
Miryana Ivanova Basheva
Bulgarian poetDied on Sunday July 12th 2020
Pep Mòdol
Spanish politician and writerDied on Sunday July 12th 2020
Welcome Msomi
South African playwright (uMabatha)Died on Saturday July 11th 2020
Josep Ramon Mòdol i Pifarré
Spanish politician and writerDied on Saturday July 11th 2020
Irma Lanzas
Salvadoran writer and educatorDied on Friday July 10th 2020
Ljubica Miletić
Serbian poetDied on Friday July 10th 2020
Lyubitsa Miletich
Serbian poetDied on Friday July 10th 2020
John Peter
Hungarian-born British theater criticDied on Thursday July 9th 2020
Judy Wade
British Royal journalist (The Sun) and authorDied on Tuesday July 7th 2020
Barrie Penrose
British investigative journalist and authorDied on Tuesday July 7th 2020
Juris Kronbergs
Latvian-Swedish poet and translatorDied on Monday July 6th 2020
Bettina Gilois
German-born American screenwriter (BessieDied on Sunday July 5th 2020
Mike Walling
English comic actor and screenwriterDied on Saturday July 4th 2020
Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre
French writer and actor (La Ferme Célébrités)Died on Friday July 3rd 2020
Michael Drosnin
American author and journalistDied on Thursday July 2nd 2020
Yoon Sam-yook
South Korean film director (I Will Survive) and screenwriter (YalkaeDied on Thursday July 2nd 2020
Beate Grimsrud
Norwegian novelist and playwrightDied on Wednesday July 1st 2020
Andrei Burac
Moldovan poetDied on Wednesday July 1st 2020
Sybil Wettasinghe
Sri Lankan children's book writerDied on Wednesday July 1st 2020
Coco Tavernier O’Hagan
British screenwriterDied on Tuesday June 30th 2020
Nwam Jar Thaing
Burmese writerDied on Tuesday June 30th 2020
Efraín Barquero
Chilean poetDied on Tuesday June 30th 2020
Dame Ingrid Roscoe
English writerDied on Monday June 29th 2020
Geetha Nagabhushan
Indian writerDied on Sunday June 28th 2020
Yuri Mushketik
Ukrainian authorDied on Sunday June 28th 2020
Suzana Amaral
Brazilian film director and screenwriterDied on Friday June 26th 2020
Hans Sleutelaar
Dutch poetDied on Thursday June 25th 2020
Nimai Bhattacharya
Indian writerDied on Thursday June 25th 2020
Marc Fumaroli
French historian and essayistDied on Wednesday June 24th 2020
Nilamber Dev Sharma
Indian writer and literary scholarDied on Wednesday June 24th 2020
Gösta Ågren
Finnish poetDied on Wednesday June 24th 2020
Aileen Christianson
Scottish academic and writerDied on Wednesday June 24th 2020
Lewis John Carlino
American screenwriter (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) and director (The Great Santini)Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2020
Zinovi Yuryev
Russian writer and scriptwriterDied on Tuesday June 23rd 2020
Ursula Fuchs
German authorDied on Tuesday June 23rd 2020
Nicholas Cummings
American psychologist and authorDied on Monday June 22nd 2020