Deaths Famous Dead Writers
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
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
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
D.C. Fontana
American television writer (Star Trek · 03 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 3
Andrew Clements
American children's author (Frindle) · 03 December 2019 · December 2019 · December 3
Marion McClinton
American theatre director and playwright · 29 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 29
Drago Kovačević
Croatian Serb politician and writer · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28
Marilyn Yalom
American feminist author and historian · 28 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 28
Clive James
Australian author (Cultural Amnesia) and critic · 27 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 27
Sam Watson
Australian indigenous activist and writer · 27 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 27
Howard Cruse
American comic book writer (Stuck Rubber Baby) · 27 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 27
Rabiul Hussain
Bangladeshi architect and writer · 26 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 26
John Simon
Serbian-born American theatre critic · 25 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 25 · Simón
Jean Douchet
French film critic · 22 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 22 · French
Bill Lyon
American journalist and sports columnist (The Philadelphia Inquirer) · 18 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 18 · Writers
Ian Cross
New Zealand author (The God Boy) and journalist · 10 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 10
Taku Mayumura
Japanese science fiction novelist (Psychic School Wars) · 10 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 10
Ernest J. Gaines
American author (A Lesson Before Dying · 10 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 10 · Gaines
Albert Tévoédjrè
Beninese writer and politician · 10 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 10
Du Tu Le
Vietnamese-born American poet · 22 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 22
Lorand Gaspar
Hungarian-born French poet · 14 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 14 · French · Loránd
Scotty Bowers
American author and Hollywood pimp · 14 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 14
Mikheil Kobakhidze
Georgian screenwriter · 14 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 14
María Luisa García
Spanish chef and cookbook author · 14 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 14 · García · Maria
Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao
Indian film historian (Silent Cinema (1895-1930)) and critic · 12 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 12 · Rao
Trinidad Morgades
Equatorial Guinean writer · 10 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 10
Ion Moraru
Moldovan writer and political activist · 09 October 2019 · October 2019 · October 9