Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Ivan Passer
Czech film director and screenwriter (Cutter's Way)Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Rasmi Abu Ali
Jordanian writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2020
Mike Resnick
American science fiction writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2020
Shozo Uehara
82 Japanese script writer. liver cancerDied on Thursday January 9th 2020
Silvio Horta
American film and television writer (Ugly BettyDied on Wednesday January 8th 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel
American author ("Prozac Nation")Died on Tuesday January 7th 2020
Alexander Frater
British-Australian travel writer and journalistDied on Sunday January 5th 2020
Lorenza Mazzetti
Italian film director (Together) and novelistDied on Saturday January 4th 2020
Marion Chesney
Scottish novelist (Death of a GossipDied on Tuesday December 31st 2019
Germán Marín
Chilean writerDied on Tuesday December 31st 2019
Mustafa Al-Alawi
Moroccan writer and retaliated journalistDied on Monday December 30th 2019
Neil Innes
English writerDied on Monday December 30th 2019
Damiri Mahmud
Indonesian writerDied on Monday December 30th 2019
Harry Villegas
Cuban Communist guerrilla and writerDied on Monday December 30th 2019
Alasdair Gray
Scottish artist and author (Lanark). Died on Sunday December 29th 2019
Neal Peirce
American columnist and author on urban affairsDied on Saturday December 28th 2019
Vladimir Bushin
Russian writer and literary criticDied on Wednesday December 25th 2019
Ganga Prasad Vimal
Indian writerDied on Wednesday December 25th 2019
Elizabeth Spencer
American writerDied on Monday December 23rd 2019
G Nanjundan
Indian writerDied on Monday December 23rd 2019
John Irwin
American poet and literary criticDied on Sunday December 22nd 2019
Louis Jenkins
American poetDied on Sunday December 22nd 2019
John Briley
American screenwriter (GandhiDied on Saturday December 21st 2019
Gerry Alanguilan
Filipino comic book artist and writer (WastedDied on Saturday December 21st 2019
Ward Just
American journalist and authorDied on Friday December 20th 2019
Daniel Selvaraj
Indian novelistDied on Friday December 20th 2019
José Miguel Oviedo
Peruvian writer and literary criticDied on Friday December 20th 2019
Donald Tosh
British screenwriter (Doctor Who)Died on Thursday December 19th 2019
Jules Deelder
Dutch poetDied on Thursday December 19th 2019
Nicolas Bokov
Russian writerDied on Thursday December 19th 2019
Yu Tien-tsung
Taiwanese writerDied on Wednesday December 18th 2019
Larry Heinemann
American writerDied on Tuesday December 17th 2019
Nicole de Buron
French writerDied on Saturday December 14th 2019
Scott Timberg
American journalist and culture writer (The Los Angeles TimesDied on Saturday December 14th 2019
David Bellamy
English naturalist (Bellamy's Backyard Safari) and authorDied on Wednesday December 11th 2019
Barrie Keeffe
English screenwriter (The Long Good Friday)Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019
William Luce
American playwright (The Belle of AmherstDied on Tuesday December 10th 2019
Kate Figes
English authorDied on Monday December 9th 2019
Ajoy Roy
Bangladeshi writer and activistDied on Monday December 9th 2019
Gerald Barrax
American poet and professor (North Carolina State University)Died on Monday December 9th 2019