Rahat Khan
Bangladeshi journalist and novelist
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
André-Paul Duchâteau
Belgian novelist
Died on Wednesday August 26th 2020
Jean Mauriac
French writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 25th 2020
Gail Sheehy
American author
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
Claude Laverdure
Belgian comic book author
Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Charles Allen
British writer and historian
Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepali poet (Gauri)
Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Dinos Christianopoulos
Greek poet
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
Richard Gwyn
Canadian author
Died on Sunday August 16th 2020
Ewa Demarczyk
Polish singer and poet
Died on Saturday August 15th 2020
Svetozar Obradović
Serbian comic book writer
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
George Christy
American columnist (Hollywood Reporter
Died on Thursday August 13th 2020
Gulnazar Keldi
Tajik lyricist (Surudi Milli) and poet
Died on Thursday August 13th 2020
Laurent Vicomte
French comic book author
Died on Tuesday August 11th 2020
Jacobo Langsner
Romanian-born Uruguayan writer and playwright
Died on Monday August 10th 2020
Kurt Luedtke
American screenwriter (Out of Africa
Died on Sunday August 9th 2020
Lottie Louise Riekehof
American ASL interpreter and author
Died on Sunday August 9th 2020
Enio Mainardi
Braazilian writer and journalist
Died on Sunday August 9th 2020
Manabendra Bandyopadhyay
Bengali-Indian author and translator
Died on Thursday August 6th 2020
Doris Buffett
American philanthropist and writer
Died on Thursday August 6th 2020
Isidora Bjelica
Serbian prose writer
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Eric Bentley
British-born American theatre critic (The New Republic) and playwright
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Mike Clark
American film critic (USA Today)
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Frédéric Jacques Temple
French poet and writer
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Sadia Dehlvi
Indian writer and columnist
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Lawrence Laurent
American television critic (Washington Post)
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2020
Susan Ellison
British-born American Science Fiction author (Man of Many Parts)
Died on Tuesday August 4th 2020
Shirley Ann Grau
American writer (The Keepers of the House)
Died on Tuesday August 4th 2020
Vangapandu Prasada Rao
Indian poet and lyricist
Died on Tuesday August 4th 2020
Freya Pausewang
German author
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Hedi Hauser
German children’s books author
Died on Sunday August 2nd 2020
Sa. Kandasamy
Indian novelist and filmmaker
Died on Sunday August 2nd 2020
Julio Diamante
Spanish film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday August 2nd 2020
José Vicente Anaya
Mexican essayist
Died on Saturday August 1st 2020
Pablo Aranda
Spanish writer
Died on Saturday August 1st 2020
Marie-Christine Lévesque
Canadian author
Died on Saturday August 1st 2020
Giorgio Todde
Italian writer
Died on Friday July 31st 2020
Joan Mari Torrealdai
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Friday July 31st 2020
Gilles Lapouge
French writer and journalist
Died on Friday July 31st 2020
Karen Berg
American author and founder of the Kabbalah Centre International
Died on Thursday July 30th 2020
Diana E. H. Russell
South African feminist activist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2020
Claude Beausoleil
Canadian writer and poet
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2020
Kina Kadreva
Bulgarian children’s book writer
Died on Tuesday July 28th 2020
Lluís Serrahima
Spanish writer
Died on Monday July 27th 2020
Harun Hashim Rashid
Palestinian poet
Died on Monday July 27th 2020
Nagindas Sanghavi
Indian political columnist
Died on Monday July 27th 2020
Betty van Garrel
Dutch art journalist and writer
Died on Sunday July 26th 2020
George Boyd
Canadian playwright and news anchor (CBC Newsworld)
Died on Sunday July 26th 2020
El indio Rómulo
Colombian poet
Died on Saturday July 25th 2020
Ludmila Vachtová
Czech historian and art critic
Died on Saturday July 25th 2020
Rene Carpenter
American columnist and television personality
Died on Saturday July 25th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art critic
Died on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art critic
Died on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art critic
Died on Friday July 24th 2020
Maurizio Calvesi
Italian art critic
Died on Friday July 24th 2020
Mike Adams
American columnist
Died on Friday July 24th 2020
Luigi Latini De Marchi
Italian director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday July 23rd 2020
Christian Biet
French writer and professor
Died on Thursday July 23rd 2020
Roland Desné
French philosopher and writer
Died on Thursday July 23rd 2020
Robert Hellenga
American writer and academic
Died on Tuesday July 21st 2020
Josephine Cox
English author
Died on Monday July 20th 2020
Daniel David Moses
Canadian poet and playwright
Died on Sunday July 19th 2020
Cécile Reims
French engraver and writer
Died on Sunday July 19th 2020
Juan Marsé
Spanish novelist
Died on Sunday July 19th 2020
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Indonesian poet
Died on Sunday July 19th 2020
Vishnu Raj Atreya
Nepali writer and poet
Died on Saturday July 18th 2020
Rafael Aguirre Franco
Spanish writer and researcher
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
C. T. Vivian
American author and civil rights activist
Died on Friday July 17th 2020
Delphine Zanga Tsogo
Cameroonian writer
Died on Thursday July 16th 2020
Susan Quimpo
Filipino activist and author
Died on Thursday July 16th 2020
Joanna Cole
American children's writer (The Magic School Bus)
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Elias Farkouh
Jordanian novelist
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Stella Nangonová
Czech philologist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Adalet Ağaoğlu
Turkish novelist and playwright
Died on Tuesday July 14th 2020
Hasan al-Lawzi
Yemeni writer and politician
Died on Monday July 13th 2020
Engel Reinhoudt
Dutch troubadour and dialect writer
Died on Monday July 13th 2020