Günter Kunert
German writerDied on Monday September 23rd 2019
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Peter Fonda
American actor and screenwriter (Easy RiderDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Claire Cloninger
American Christian songwriter and authorDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Paule Marshall
American writerDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Barry Hughart
American fantasy writerDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Rizia Rahman
Indian-born Bangladeshi novelistDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Dobrilo Nenadic
Serbian writerDied on Friday August 16th 2019
Madan Mani Dixit
Nepali writerDied on Thursday August 15th 2019
Ugo Sansonetti
Italian writer and masters athleteDied on Wednesday August 14th 2019
Artak Voskanyan
Armenian poetDied on Wednesday August 14th 2019
Robyn Léwis
Welsh authorDied on Tuesday August 13th 2019
Rostislav Rybakov
Russian writerDied on Sunday August 11th 2019
Wu Ningkun
Chinese writer and translatorDied on Sunday August 11th 2019
J. Neil Schulman
American novelistDied on Sunday August 11th 2019
Jenny Berthelius
Swedish authorDied on Friday August 9th 2019
Toni Morrison
American Novelist and Nobel Prize LaureateDied on Tuesday August 6th 2019
Schoschana Rabinovici
French-born Lithuanian-Israeli Holocaust survivor and writerDied on Monday August 5th 2019
Roberto Bodegas
Spanish film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday August 4th 2019
Kanti Bhatt
Indian Gujarati author and journalistDied on Sunday August 4th 2019
Francesco Durante
Italian writerDied on Saturday August 3rd 2019
Ludwig Zeller
Chilean poetDied on Saturday August 3rd 2019
Martin Mayer
American economist and writer (The Bankers)Died on Friday August 2nd 2019
Puși Dinulescu
Romanian playwright and film directorDied on Friday August 2nd 2019
Rella Braithwaite
Canadian authorDied on Thursday August 1st 2019
Margaret Mascarenhas
American authorDied on Thursday August 1st 2019
Jean Arasanayagam
Sri Lankan poet and fiction writerDied on Wednesday July 31st 2019
Hugh Brogan
British historian and biographerDied on Tuesday July 30th 2019
Heather Nicholson
New Zealand geologist and authorDied on Monday July 29th 2019
Enrique Lafourcade
Chilean writerDied on Monday July 29th 2019
M. K. Seetharam Kulal
Indian Tulu-Kannada dramatistDied on Sunday July 28th 2019
Scott Rubenstein
American television writer and story editorDied on Sunday July 28th 2019
Giorgio Arlorio
Italian film director and screenwriter (The Shortest DayDied on Saturday July 27th 2019
Attoor Ravi Varma
Indin poet and translatorDied on Friday July 26th 2019
Jesper Juul
Danish authorDied on Friday July 26th 2019
Pierre Péan
French journalist and authorDied on Friday July 26th 2019
Carmen Jodra
Spanish poetDied on Thursday July 25th 2019
Hwang Byungsng
South Korean poetDied on Wednesday July 24th 2019
Claes Andersson
Finnish writerDied on Wednesday July 24th 2019
Brigitte Kronauer
German writerDied on Tuesday July 23rd 2019
Yaakov Malkin
Israeli writer and literary criticDied on Tuesday July 23rd 2019