Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir
Bangladeshi academic and writerDied on Monday March 23rd 2020
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Eldred D. Jones
Sierra Leonean literary criticDied on Sunday March 22nd 2020
Petru Bogatu
Moldovan journalist and writerDied on Sunday March 22nd 2020
Robert Langbaum
American authorDied on Saturday March 21st 2020
Cengiz Bektaş
Turkish architect and writerDied on Saturday March 21st 2020
Shapi Kaziev
Russian writerDied on Friday March 20th 2020
Ashraf Siddiqui
Bangladeshi poetDied on Thursday March 19th 2020
Michael Broadbent
British wine critic and writerDied on Thursday March 19th 2020
Eduard Limonov
Russian writerDied on Tuesday March 17th 2020
Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco
Brazilian writerDied on Sunday March 15th 2020
Moon Deoksu
South Korean poetDied on Sunday March 15th 2020
Molly Brodak
American poetDied on Sunday March 15th 2020
Puthussery Ramachandran
Indian poetDied on Saturday March 14th 2020
Giwi Margwelaschwili
German-Georgian writer and philosopherDied on Friday March 13th 2020
Menahem Ben
Israeli poetDied on Friday March 13th 2020
Hyun Kil-un
South Korean writerDied on Wednesday March 11th 2020
Minoru Betsuyaku
Japanese writerDied on Tuesday March 10th 2020
Earl Pomerantz
Canadian-born American television writer and producer (Major Dad)Died on Monday March 9th 2020
José Jiménez Lozano
Spanish writerDied on Monday March 9th 2020
Mart Crowley
American playwright (The Boys in the Band)Died on Monday March 9th 2020
Luis Racionero
Spanish writerDied on Sunday March 8th 2020
Jean-Luc Seigle
French dramatist and screenwriter (The Carriers Are Waiting)Died on Friday March 6th 2020
Alejandro Sieveking
Chilean playwright and theatre directorDied on Friday March 6th 2020
Ann Grifalconi
American author and illustratorDied on Friday March 6th 2020
Laura Caldwell
American novelist and lawyerDied on Wednesday March 4th 2020
Freimut Duve
German politician and authorDied on Wednesday March 4th 2020
Stratis Haviaras
Greek-American writer and poetDied on Wednesday March 4th 2020
James Lipton
American writer and film academicDied on Monday March 2nd 2020
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priestDied on Sunday March 1st 2020
Fiona MacCarthy
English journalist and biographerDied on Sunday March 1st 2020
Clinton Marius
South African writer and performerDied on Saturday February 29th 2020
Colin S. Gray
British-American geopolitics writerDied on Friday February 28th 2020
Betsy Byars
American authorDied on Friday February 28th 2020
Jamie Gilson
American authorDied on Friday February 28th 2020
Camila María Concepción
American screenwriter and transgender rights activistDied on Friday February 28th 2020
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