George Steiner
French-American literary critic and essayist (After Babel) · 03 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 3 · French
Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Yoshinaga Fujita
Japanese novelist and screenwriter (Adrift in Tokyo) · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Vidya Bal
Indian feminist writer · 30 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 30
Ajmal Sultanpuri
Indian Urdu poet · 29 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 29
Harriet Frank Jr.
American film writer (Hud · 29 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 29
David Adam
British priest and author · 28 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 28
Guy Arnold
English writer and explorer · 26 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 26
Georges Castera
Haitian poet and writer · 25 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 25
Michael Posluns
Canadian writer and activist · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Gudrun Pausewang
German children's author (The Last Children of Schewenborn · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Auxence Contout
French Guianese writer · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24 · French
Nick Luxmoore
British psychotherapist and author · 24 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 24
Charles Alverson
American screenwriter (Jabberwocky) · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
David Chadwick
American clinical and research pediatrician and author · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Steph Bowe
Australian author and blogger · 23 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 23
Charles Carrère
Senegalese poet · 22 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 22
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Greek poet and academic (Harvard University) · 21 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 21 · Greek
Jan-Olof Ekholm
Swedish crime writer · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
Maik Hamburger
German writer and dramaturge · 20 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 20
David Climer
American sports columnist · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Writers
Yūzō Tsubouchi
Japanese essayist · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15 · Yuzo
Hylda Sims
English folk musician and poet · 15 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 15
Sabine Deitmer
German crime writer · 14 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 14
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual Desire · 12 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 12 · Scruton
Euphrase Kezilahabi
Tanzanian novelist · 11 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 11
Roscoe Nance
American sports journalist (USA Today) and beat writer (NBA · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10
Ivan Passer
Czech film director and screenwriter (Cutter's Way) · 10 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 10 · Czech · Iván
Rasmi Abu Ali
Jordanian writer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Ali
Mike Resnick
American science fiction writer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9
Shozo Uehara
82 Japanese script writer. liver cancer · 09 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 9 · Shōzō
Silvio Horta
American film and television writer (Ugly Betty · 08 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 8
Elizabeth Wurtzel
American author ("Prozac Nation") · 07 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 7
Alexander Frater
British-Australian travel writer and journalist · 05 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 5
Lorenza Mazzetti
Italian film director (Together) and novelist · 04 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 4
Marion Chesney
Scottish novelist (Death of a Gossip · 31 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 31
Mustafa Al-Alawi
Moroccan writer and retaliated journalist · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30
Harry Villegas
Cuban Communist guerrilla and writer · 30 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 30
Alasdair Gray
Scottish artist and author (Lanark). · 29 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 29
Jean Blot
Russian-born French writer and translator · 29 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 29 · French
Neal Peirce
American columnist and author on urban affairs · 28 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 28
John Briley
American screenwriter (Gandhi · 21 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 21
Gerry Alanguilan
Filipino comic book artist and writer (Wasted · 21 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 21 · Filipino
Yu Tien-tsung
Taiwanese writer · 18 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 18
Scott Timberg
American journalist and culture writer (The Los Angeles Times · 14 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 14
David Bellamy
English naturalist (Bellamy's Backyard Safari) and author · 11 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 11
Barrie Keeffe
English screenwriter (The Long Good Friday) · 10 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 10
William Luce
American playwright (The Belle of Amherst · 10 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 10
Ajoy Roy
Bangladeshi writer and activist · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Gerald Barrax
American poet and professor (North Carolina State University) · 09 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 9
Mors Kochanski
Polish-Canadian wilderness survival instructor and writer · 07 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 7
Carl Muller
Sri Lankan poet and writer · 05 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 5
Andrew Weiner
Canadian science fiction author · 05 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 5
Josie Rubio
American writer and journalist (The New York Times) · 05 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 5
D. C. Fontana
American television writer (Star Trek · 03 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 3 · Fontana