Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Bernard Pingaud
French writerDied on Friday February 28th 2020
Linda Wolfe
American journalist and author (Wasted: The Preppie Murder)Died on Friday February 28th 2020
Henry J. Abraham
American scholar and writerDied on Thursday February 27th 2020
Yoshikichi Furui
Japanese author and translatorDied on Thursday February 27th 2020
Annie Riis
Norwegian writerDied on Thursday February 27th 2020
Clive Cussler
American adventure novelist (Raise the Titanic!Died on Wednesday February 26th 2020
István Csukás
Hungarian poet and authorDied on Wednesday February 26th 2020
Norene Gilletz
Canadian kosher cookbook authorDied on Tuesday February 25th 2020
Juan Eduardo Zúñiga
Spanish literary scholar and writerDied on Monday February 24th 2020
Quenby Fung
Hong Kong novelistDied on Monday February 24th 2020
Michel Lequenne
French politician and writerDied on Monday February 24th 2020
Lisel Mueller
German-born American poetDied on Saturday February 22nd 2020
William Oxley
English poet and philosopherDied on Saturday February 22nd 2020
Kiki Dimoula
Greek poetDied on Saturday February 22nd 2020
Tao Porchon-Lynch
American yoga master and authorDied on Saturday February 22nd 2020
James V. Hatch
American playwrightDied on Friday February 21st 2020
Romualdas Lankauskas
Lithuanian writer and playwrightDied on Thursday February 20th 2020
Seda Vermisheva
Armenian-Russian poet and economistDied on Wednesday February 19th 2020
K. S. Maniam
Malaysian writerDied on Wednesday February 19th 2020
Michel Ragon
French art historian and criticDied on Tuesday February 18th 2020
David Clewell
American poetDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
Harold Strachan
South African writer and anti-apartheid activistDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
Graeme Allwright
New Zealand born French singer and song writerDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
Jerzy Gruza
Polish film director and screenwriter (Czterdziestolatek)Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Vatroslav Mimica
Croatian film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
A. E. Hotchner
American editor and novelistDied on Saturday February 15th 2020
Chuckie O’Brien
American authorDied on Friday February 14th 2020
Marcelino dos Santos
Mozambican poet and politicianDied on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Pavel Vilikovský
Slovak writerDied on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Carlos Rojas Vila
Spanish authorDied on Monday February 10th 2020
David Gistau
Spanish TV writer and novelistDied on Monday February 10th 2020
Claire Clouzot
French director and film criticDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Krishna Baldev Vaid
Indian writerDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Erazim Kohák
Czech philosopher and writerDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Lucille Eichengreen
German Holocaust survivor and memoiristDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Lila Garrett
American television writerDied on Saturday February 8th 2020
Pierre Guyotat
French poetDied on Friday February 7th 2020
Roger Kahn
American author (The Boys of Summer)Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Lenin El-Ramly
Egyptian screenwriter (The Terrorist)Died on Friday February 7th 2020
F. X. Feeney
American screenwriter (Frankenstein UnboundDied on Friday February 7th 2020
Rabi Singh
Indian Odia poetDied on Friday February 7th 2020
Jane Milmore
American playwrightDied on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Sylvia Jukes Morris
British biographerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poetDied on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Gene Reynolds
American television director and writerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Eugen V. Witkowsky
Russian fantasy writerDied on Monday February 3rd 2020
George Steiner
French-American literary critic and essayist (After Babel)Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
Bertrand Teyou
Cameroonian authorDied on Monday February 3rd 2020
Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Indian novelistDied on Saturday February 1st 2020
Mary Higgins Clark
American novelistDied on Saturday February 1st 2020
Jake MacDonald
Canadian authorDied on Friday January 31st 2020
Christoph Meckel
German author and graphic designerDied on Friday January 31st 2020
Dalip Kaur Tiwana
Indian authorDied on Friday January 31st 2020
Jörn Donner
Finnish writerDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Yoshinaga Fujita
Japanese novelist and screenwriter (Adrift in Tokyo)Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Ajmal Sultanpuri
Indian Urdu poetDied on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Harriet Frank Jr.
American film writer (HudDied on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Shirley Murray
New Zealand hymn writerDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
David Adam
British priest and authorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Hubert Mingarelli
French writerDied on Monday January 27th 2020
Tor Obrestad
Norwegian authorDied on Monday January 27th 2020
Gordon McLauchlan
New Zealand authorDied on Monday January 27th 2020
Georges Castera
Haitian poet and writerDied on Saturday January 25th 2020
Michael Posluns
Canadian writer and activistDied on Friday January 24th 2020
Gudrun Pausewang
German children's author (The Last Children of SchewenbornDied on Friday January 24th 2020
Auxence Contout
French Guianese writerDied on Friday January 24th 2020
Nick Luxmoore
British psychotherapist and authorDied on Friday January 24th 2020
Charles Alverson
American screenwriter (Jabberwocky)Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Armando Uribe
Chilean writer and diplomatDied on Thursday January 23rd 2020
David Chadwick
American clinical and research pediatrician and authorDied on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Steph Bowe
Australian author and bloggerDied on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Edward Pinkowski
American writerDied on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Charles Carrère
Senegalese poetDied on Wednesday January 22nd 2020
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Greek poet and academic (Harvard University)Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020
Wolfgang J. Fuchs
German authorDied on Tuesday January 21st 2020
Jan-Olof Ekholm
Swedish crime writerDied on Monday January 20th 2020
Maik Hamburger
German writer and dramaturgeDied on Monday January 20th 2020
David Climer
American sports columnistDied on Sunday January 19th 2020
Yūzō Tsubouchi
Japanese essayistDied on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Hylda Sims
English folk musician and poetDied on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Sabine Deitmer
German crime writerDied on Tuesday January 14th 2020
Isabel-Clara Simó
Spanish journalist and writerDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Roddy Lumsden
Scottish poetDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Steve Stiles
American cartoonist and writerDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Musharraf Karim
Bangladeshi writerDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual DesireDied on Sunday January 12th 2020
Euphrase Kezilahabi
Tanzanian novelistDied on Saturday January 11th 2020
Roscoe Nance
American sports journalist (USA Today) and beat writer (NBADied on Friday January 10th 2020
Chukwuemeka Ike
Nigerian writerDied on Friday January 10th 2020