Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Linda Tenney
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday October 22nd 2019
Samuel Hynes
American authorDied on Monday October 21st 2019
Nick Tosches
American journalist and biographerDied on Sunday October 20th 2019
Kate Braverman
American authorDied on Sunday October 20th 2019
S. A. Stepanek
American poetDied on Saturday October 19th 2019
David Weisman
American film producer and authorDied on Friday October 18th 2019
S.A. Stepanek
American poetDied on Friday October 18th 2019
Dele Agekameh
Nigerian writer and journalistDied on Wednesday October 16th 2019
Scotty Bowers
American author and Hollywood pimpDied on Monday October 14th 2019
Harold Bloom
American literary criticDied on Monday October 14th 2019
Mikheil Kobakhidze
Georgian screenwriterDied on Monday October 14th 2019
María Luisa García
Spanish chef and cookbook authorDied on Monday October 14th 2019
Dorothea Buck
German authorDied on Sunday October 13th 2019
John Giorno
American poetDied on Saturday October 12th 2019
Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao
Indian film historian (Silent Cinema (1895-1930)) and criticDied on Saturday October 12th 2019
Reg Watson
Australian television producer and screenwriterDied on Saturday October 12th 2019
Sara Danius
Swedish writer and professorDied on Saturday October 12th 2019
Trizia Fiorellino
Irish writerDied on Friday October 11th 2019
Gérald Tougas
Canadian writerDied on Friday October 11th 2019
Trinidad Morgades
Equatorial Guinean writerDied on Thursday October 10th 2019
Ion Moraru
Moldovan writer and political activistDied on Wednesday October 9th 2019
Cain Hope Felder
American theologian and authorDied on Tuesday October 8th 2019
Pepe Oneto
Spanish journalist and writerDied on Monday October 7th 2019
Ulick O’Connor
Irish writerDied on Monday October 7th 2019
Philippe Vandevelde
Belgian comics writer (Le Petit SpirouDied on Sunday October 6th 2019
Ciaran Carson
Northern Irish poetDied on Sunday October 6th 2019
Peter Adam
German-born British filmmaker and authorDied on Saturday October 5th 2019
Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch
Australian authorDied on Thursday October 3rd 2019
James Bacque
Canadian writerDied on Wednesday October 2nd 2019
Martin Bernheimer
American music criticDied on Monday September 30th 2019
Graciela Palau de Nemes
Cuban literary criticDied on Monday September 30th 2019
Hogan Sheffer
American television writer (The Young and the RestlessDied on Sunday September 29th 2019
Jack Lasenby
New Zealand children's authorDied on Saturday September 28th 2019
Mark Zakharov
Russian theater and film director and playwright (The Twelve ChairsDied on Saturday September 28th 2019
Rudy Behlmer
American film historian and writerDied on Friday September 27th 2019
Sunday Mirror
Welsh sports writer (Sunday MirrorDied on Friday September 27th 2019
Lyubomir Levchev
Bulgarian poetDied on Wednesday September 25th 2019
Vladimir Sapronov
Russian poetDied on Wednesday September 25th 2019
At the Movies
American film critic (At the Movies) and journalist (Entertainment Tonight)Died on Tuesday September 24th 2019
Günter Kunert
German writerDied on Monday September 23rd 2019
Eric Samuelsen
American playwrightDied on Friday September 20th 2019
Bill Schelly
American writerDied on Friday September 20th 2019
Mikhail Godenko
Russian writerDied on Friday September 20th 2019
Eva Haldimann
Swiss literary critic and translatorDied on Thursday September 19th 2019
Graeme Gibson
Canadian novelistDied on Wednesday September 18th 2019
Jarrid Wilson
American pastor and writerDied on Wednesday September 18th 2019
Cokie Roberts
American journalist and author. Died on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Steve Dalachinsky
American poetDied on Monday September 16th 2019
Annette Kolodny
American feminist literary criticDied on Sunday September 15th 2019
Sándor Tóth
Hungarian poetDied on Friday September 13th 2019
György Konrád
Hungarian novelist and political dissidentDied on Friday September 13th 2019
Nanos Valaoritis
Greek writerDied on Friday September 13th 2019
Mardik Martin
Iraqi-American screenwriter (Raging BullDied on Thursday September 12th 2019
Anne Rivers Siddons
American novelist (Peachtree Road)Died on Wednesday September 11th 2019
Jean Edward Smith
American biographerDied on Tuesday September 10th 2019
Salvatore Mannuzzu
Italian writer and politicianDied on Tuesday September 10th 2019
Peter Nichols
British playwright (A Day in the Death of Joe EggDied on Monday September 9th 2019
Katherine MacLean
American Science Fiction author Died on Saturday September 7th 2019
Mongsen Ching Monsin
Bangladeshi journalist and writerDied on Saturday September 7th 2019
Kiran Nagarkar
Indian novelist (Cuckold)Died on Thursday September 5th 2019
Ann Barr Snitow
American writer (Dissent)Died on Wednesday September 4th 2019
Terrance Dicks
English screenwriter (Doctor Who)Died on Monday September 2nd 2019
Boris Rychkov
Russian film documentary director and screenwriterDied on Monday September 2nd 2019
Barbara Probst Solomon
American authorDied on Sunday September 1st 2019
Brad Linaweaver
American science fiction writerDied on Sunday September 1st 2019
Park Taesun
South Korean writerDied on Saturday August 31st 2019
Gordon Bressack
American television writer (Pinky and the BrainDied on Saturday August 31st 2019
Jean Barbeau
Canadian playwrightDied on Friday August 30th 2019
Sean Stephenson
American motivational speaker and writerDied on Friday August 30th 2019
Biba Caggiano
Italian-born American restaurateur and cookbook authorDied on Thursday August 29th 2019
Thanadsri Svasti
Thai writer and broadcasterDied on Thursday August 29th 2019
Peter Kempadoo
Guyanese writerDied on Thursday August 29th 2019
Sogyal Rinpoche
Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)Died on Wednesday August 28th 2019
Mir Tanha Yousafi
Pakistani poetDied on Wednesday August 28th 2019
Massimo Mattioli
Italian cartoonist and comics writer and artist (Squeak the MouseDied on Monday August 26th 2019
Fernanda Young
Brazilian novelistDied on Sunday August 25th 2019
Konstantin Kostenko
Russian playwright and screenwriterDied on Saturday August 24th 2019
Gordan Mihić
Serbian screenwriter (Black CatDied on Friday August 23rd 2019
Ernesto Lariosa
Filipino Visayan writer and poet in Cebuano languageDied on Friday August 23rd 2019
Helmut Bez
German playwrightDied on Friday August 23rd 2019
Russ Conway
American sports journalist and hockey beat writer (Boston Bruins)Died on Wednesday August 21st 2019
Jan Purzycki
Polish screenwriterDied on Tuesday August 20th 2019
Denis Kuljiš
Croatian writer and journalistDied on Monday August 19th 2019
Giulio Chierchini
Italian comics writer and artistDied on Sunday August 18th 2019
Luigi Lunari
Italian writerDied on Sunday August 18th 2019
Sasson Somekh
Iraqi-born Israeli writer and translatorDied on Sunday August 18th 2019
José A. Martínez Suárez
Argentine film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday August 18th 2019
José Martínez Suárez
Argentine film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Patricia Louisianna Knop
American screenwriter (Lady OscarDied on Saturday August 17th 2019