Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Harold Strachan
South African writer and anti-apartheid activist
Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Graeme Allwright
New Zealand born French singer and song writer
Died 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 screenwriter
Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
A. E. Hotchner
American editor and novelist
Died on Saturday February 15th 2020
Ai Kidosaki
Japanese author and chef
Died on Saturday February 15th 2020
Marcelino dos Santos
Mozambican poet and politician
Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Pavel Vilikovský
Slovak writer
Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
David Gistau
Spanish TV writer and novelist
Died on Monday February 10th 2020
Claire Clouzot
French director and film critic
Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Erazim Kohák
Czech philosopher and writer
Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Lucille Eichengreen
German Holocaust survivor and memoirist
Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Lila Garrett
American television writer
Died on Saturday February 8th 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 Unbound
Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Rabi Singh
Indian Odia poet
Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Leons Briedis
Latvian poet and author
Died on Thursday February 6th 2020
Jane Milmore
American playwright
Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Sylvia Jukes Morris
British biographer
Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poet
Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Gene Reynolds
American television director and writer
Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Eugen V. Witkowsky
Russian fantasy writer
Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
George Steiner
French-American literary critic and essayist (After Babel)
Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
Bertrand Teyou
Cameroonian author
Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
Christoph Meckel
German author and graphic designer
Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Yoshinaga Fujita
Japanese novelist and screenwriter (Adrift in Tokyo)
Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Harriet Frank Jr.
American film writer (Hud
Died on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Shirley Murray
New Zealand hymn writer
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
David Adam
British priest and author
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Hubert Mingarelli
French writer
Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Tor Obrestad
Norwegian author
Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Gordon McLauchlan
New Zealand author
Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Michael Posluns
Canadian writer and activist
Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Gudrun Pausewang
German children's author (The Last Children of Schewenborn
Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Nick Luxmoore
British psychotherapist and author
Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Charles Alverson
American screenwriter (Jabberwocky)
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Armando Uribe
Chilean writer and diplomat
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
David Chadwick
American clinical and research pediatrician and author
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Steph Bowe
Australian author and blogger
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Edward Pinkowski
American writer
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Charles Carrère
Senegalese poet
Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Greek poet and academic (Harvard University)
Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020
Maik Hamburger
German writer and dramaturge
Died on Monday January 20th 2020
Hylda Sims
English folk musician and poet
Died on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Isabel-Clara Simó
Spanish journalist and writer
Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Roddy Lumsden
Scottish poet
Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Steve Stiles
American cartoonist and writer
Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Musharraf Karim
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual Desire
Died on Sunday January 12th 2020
Euphrase Kezilahabi
Tanzanian novelist
Died on Saturday January 11th 2020
Roscoe Nance
American sports journalist (USA Today) and beat writer (NBA
Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Ivan Passer
Czech film director and screenwriter (Cutter's Way)
Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Mike Resnick
American science fiction writer
Died on Thursday January 9th 2020
Shozo Uehara
82 Japanese script writer. liver cancer
Died on Thursday January 9th 2020
Silvio Horta
American film and television writer (Ugly Betty
Died on Wednesday January 8th 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel
American author ("Prozac Nation")
Died on Tuesday January 7th 2020
Alexander Frater
British-Australian travel writer and journalist
Died on Sunday January 5th 2020
Lorenza Mazzetti
Italian film director (Together) and novelist
Died on Saturday January 4th 2020
Marion Chesney
Scottish novelist (Death of a Gossip
Died on Tuesday December 31st 2019
Mustafa Al-Alawi
Moroccan writer and retaliated journalist
Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Damiri Mahmud
Indonesian writer
Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Harry Villegas
Cuban Communist guerrilla and writer
Died 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 affairs
Died on Saturday December 28th 2019
Ulla Trenter
Swedish author.
Died on Thursday December 26th 2019
Vladimir Bushin
Russian writer and literary critic
Died on Wednesday December 25th 2019
Ganga Prasad Vimal
Indian writer
Died on Wednesday December 25th 2019