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 author
Died on Thursday April 30th 2020
Kundanika Kapadia
Indian novelist
Died on Thursday April 30th 2020
Yahya Hassan
Danish poet
Died on Thursday April 30th 2020
Robert Mezey
American poet
Died on Thursday April 30th 2020
Louis Haché
Canadian writer (Acadian literature)
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Georges-Jean Arnaud
French author
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Maj Sjöwall
Swedish author.
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Germano Celant
Italian art historian and critic
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Deirdre Bair
American writer and biographer
Died on Tuesday April 28th 2020
Barbara Rosiek
Polish writer
Died on Tuesday April 28th 2020
Eavan Boland
Irish poet
Died on Monday April 27th 2020
Caro Fraser
British novelist
Died on Monday April 27th 2020
Clara Mărgineanu
Romanian arts journalist and writer
Died on Monday April 27th 2020
Erwan Evenou
French writer and activist for the Breton language
Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
Bijay Mishra
Indian lyricist and screenwriter
Died on Sunday April 26th 2020
Uttam Bandu Tupe
Indian writer and poet
Died 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 writer
Died on Saturday April 25th 2020
Abdullah al-Hamid
Saudi poet
Died on Friday April 24th 2020
H. G. Carrillo
Cuban-born American writer and academic
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Terence Frisby
English playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup) and actor
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Alain Duret
French writer
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Andrew J. Fenady
American screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Catherine Paysan
French writer
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Gérard Piouffre
French writer and historian
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2020
Ian Whitcomb
English singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author
Died on Tuesday April 21st 2020
Sirio Maccioni
Italian restaurateur and writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Monday April 20th 2020
Michael Gilkes
Guyanese writer
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Ratnakar Chaini
Indian writer and academic
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Jean-François Bazin
French politician and writer
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Roger Beatty
American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show)
Died on Saturday April 18th 2020
Amparo Dávila
Mexican writer
Died on Saturday April 18th 2020
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Brazilian professor and writer
Died on Friday April 17th 2020
Ken Walibora
Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema)
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Antonio Ferres
Spanish writer and poet
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writer
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Donna Kauffman
American romance novelist and columnist
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Michael McCarthy
American television writer (Saturday Night Live)
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian writer
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Joel M. Reed
American filmmaker and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Dean Parker
New Zealand screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 15th 2020
Michael W. R. Davis
Detroit historian and author
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Joseph Tusiani
Italian poet and translator
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Jacques De Decker
Belgian writer and author
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Saul Turteltaub
American comedy writer and producer
Died on Monday April 13th 2020
Gus Rodríguez
Mexican writer
Died on Monday April 13th 2020
Joel Shatzky
American author
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Cheryl Wall
American literary critic
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
William R. Polk
American foreign policy consultant and author
Died 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 author
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Marguerite Lescop
Canadian writer
Died on Thursday April 9th 2020
Lucien Schmitthäusler
French writer
Died on Thursday April 9th 2020
Jean Little
Taiwanese-born Canadian writer (Mine for Keeps
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
Spanish playwright and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Bernard Epin
French writer and literary critic
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Arthur Whistler
American ethnobotanist and author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Patricia Bosworth
American actress (The Nun's Story) and author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Tim Robinson
English writer and cartographer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas
Ecuadorian writer and poet
Died 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 writer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Pentti Linkola
Finnish deep ecologist and writer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
May Lorna O’Brien
Australian educator and author
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Johan van Dorsten
Dutch writer
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Rik Kuethe
Dutch writer and journalist (Elsevier (magazine))
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Loring Mandel
American playwright and screenwriter
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
William Wolf
American author and theater critic
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Raffaele Masto
Italian writer
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
William B. Helmreich
American sociologist and writer
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Yuri Bondarev
Russian writer and screenwriter (Liberation)
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Abdul Qadir Junejo
Pakistani novelist and playwright
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Tomie dePaola
American writer
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Amankhan Alimuly
Kazakh poet
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Leonid Zorin
Russian playwright
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Michel Chodkiewicz
French author
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Bruce Dawe
Australian poet
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Joe Baltake
American film critic (Sacramento Bee
Died on Sunday March 29th 2020
Richard Reeves
American writer
Died on Thursday March 26th 2020
Ilya Rubinstein
Russian scriptwriter
Died on Wednesday March 25th 2020
Ilyua Rubinstein
Russian scriptwriter
Died on Wednesday March 25th 2020
Maurice Berger
American cultural historian and art critic
Died on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Terrence McNally
American playwright (Ragtime
Died on Tuesday March 24th 2020
E. Harikumar
Indian novelist
Died on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Raymond Renard
Belgian writer and linguist
Died on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Tarcisio Stramare
Italian biblist and writer
Died on Tuesday March 24th 2020
Susham Bedi
Indian writer and academic
Died on Monday March 23rd 2020
Tarciso Stramare
Italian biblist and writer
Died on Monday March 23rd 2020
Alberto Arbasino
Italian writer
Died on Monday March 23rd 2020