Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Robert Kimmel Smith
American authorDied on Thursday April 30th 2020
Kundanika Kapadia
Indian novelistDied on Thursday April 30th 2020
Yahya Hassan
Danish poetDied on Thursday April 30th 2020
Robert Mezey
American poetDied on Thursday April 30th 2020
Louis Haché
Canadian writer (Acadian literature)Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Georges-Jean Arnaud
French authorDied on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Nick Kotz
American journalist and authorDied on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Germano Celant
Italian art historian and criticDied on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Deirdre Bair
American writer and biographerDied on Tuesday April 28th 2020
Barbara Rosiek
Polish writerDied on Tuesday April 28th 2020
Eavan Boland
Irish poetDied on Monday April 27th 2020
Caro Fraser
British novelistDied on Monday April 27th 2020
Clara Mărgineanu
Romanian arts journalist and writerDied on Monday April 27th 2020
Erwan Evenou
French writer and activist for the Breton languageDied on Sunday April 26th 2020
Bijay Mishra
Indian lyricist and screenwriterDied on Sunday April 26th 2020
Per Olov Enquist
Swedish author (The Visit of the Royal Physician)Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
Joseph S. Pulver Sr.
American writerDied on Saturday April 25th 2020
Abdullah al-Hamid
Saudi poetDied on Friday April 24th 2020
H. G. Carrillo
Cuban-born American writer and academicDied on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Terence Frisby
English playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup) and actorDied on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Alain Duret
French writerDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Andrew J. Fenady
American screenwriterDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Catherine Paysan
French writerDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Gérard Piouffre
French writer and historianDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Ian Whitcomb
English singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and authorDied on Tuesday April 21st 2020
Sirio Maccioni
Italian restaurateur and writerDied on Monday April 20th 2020
Leonie Kooiker
Dutch children's book writer (Gouden Griffel winner and Vlag en Wimpel winner)Died on Monday April 20th 2020
Cecil Bødker
Danish writerDied on Monday April 20th 2020
Michael Gilkes
Guyanese writerDied on Sunday April 19th 2020
Jean-François Bazin
French politician and writerDied on Sunday April 19th 2020
Roger Beatty
American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show)Died on Saturday April 18th 2020
Amparo Dávila
Mexican writerDied on Saturday April 18th 2020
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Brazilian professor and writerDied on Friday April 17th 2020
Ken Walibora
Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema)Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writerDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Donna Kauffman
American romance novelist and columnistDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Michael McCarthy
American television writer (Saturday Night Live)Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian writerDied on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Joel M. Reed
American filmmaker and screenwriterDied on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Dean Parker
New Zealand screenwriterDied on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Michael W. R. Davis
Detroit historian and authorDied on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Pip Baker
British screenwriter (Doctor Who)Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
C. S. Rao
Indian screenwriter (Pranam KhareeduDied on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Saul Turteltaub
American comedy writer and producerDied on Monday April 13th 2020
Gus Rodríguez
Mexican writerDied on Monday April 13th 2020
Joel Shatzky
American authorDied on Sunday April 12th 2020
Cheryl Wall
American literary criticDied on Sunday April 12th 2020
William R. Polk
American foreign policy consultant and authorDied on Sunday April 12th 2020
Giuseppe Aldo Rossi
Italian screenwriter (Giallo club. Invito al poliziesco)Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Iris M. Zavala
Puerto Rican authorDied on Sunday April 12th 2020
Marguerite Lescop
Canadian writerDied on Thursday April 9th 2020
Lucien Schmitthäusler
French writerDied on Thursday April 9th 2020
Patricia Bosworth
American actress (The Nun's Story) and authorDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Tim Robinson
English writer and cartographerDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas
Ecuadorian writer and poetDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Rao Pingru
Chinese comic book author (Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China)Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Marcel Moreau
Belgian writerDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Pentti Linkola
Finnish deep ecologist and writerDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Jean Little
Taiwanese-born Canadian writer (Mine for KeepsDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
Spanish playwright and screenwriterDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Bernard Epin
French writer and literary criticDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Arthur Whistler
American ethnobotanist and authorDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Yuri Bondarev
Russian writer and screenwriter (Liberation)Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Abdul Qadir Junejo
Pakistani novelist and playwrightDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Tomie dePaola
American writerDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Amankhan Alimuly
Kazakh poetDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Leonid Zorin
Russian playwrightDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Michel Chodkiewicz
French authorDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Bruce Dawe
Australian poetDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
May Lorna O’Brien
Australian educator and authorDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Johan van Dorsten
Dutch writerDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Rik Kuethe
Dutch writer and journalist (Elsevier (magazine))Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Loring Mandel
American playwright and screenwriterDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
William Wolf
American author and theater criticDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Raffaele Masto
Italian writerDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
William B. Helmreich
American sociologist and writerDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Joe Baltake
American film critic (Sacramento BeeDied on Sunday March 29th 2020
Richard Reeves
American writerDied on Thursday March 26th 2020
Ilya Rubinstein
Russian scriptwriterDied on Wednesday March 25th 2020
Ilyua Rubinstein
Russian scriptwriterDied on Wednesday March 25th 2020
Maurice Berger
American cultural historian and art criticDied on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Terrence McNally
American playwright (RagtimeDied on Tuesday March 24th 2020
E. Harikumar
Indian novelistDied on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Tarcisio Stramare
Italian biblist and writerDied on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Tarciso Stramare
Italian biblist and writerDied on Monday March 23rd 2020
Alberto Arbasino
Italian writerDied on Monday March 23rd 2020