Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Menahem Ben
Israeli poet
Died on Friday March 13th 2020
Hyun Kil-un
South Korean writer
Died on Wednesday March 11th 2020
Minoru Betsuyaku
Japanese writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Monday March 9th 2020
Mart Crowley
American playwright (The Boys in the Band)
Died on Monday March 9th 2020
Luis Racionero
Spanish writer
Died on Sunday March 8th 2020
Michel Cullin
French diplomat and writer
Died on Saturday March 7th 2020
Jean-Luc Seigle
French dramatist and screenwriter (The Carriers Are Waiting)
Died on Friday March 6th 2020
Alejandro Sieveking
Chilean playwright and theatre director
Died on Friday March 6th 2020
Ann Grifalconi
American author and illustrator
Died on Friday March 6th 2020
Antonio Nardini
Italian historian and author
Died on Thursday March 5th 2020
Elizabeth Nelson Adams
American artist and poet
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2020
Laura Caldwell
American novelist and lawyer
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2020
Freimut Duve
German politician and author
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2020
Stratis Haviaras
Greek-American writer and poet
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2020
James Lipton
American writer and film academic
Died on Monday March 2nd 2020
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest
Died on Sunday March 1st 2020
Fiona MacCarthy
English journalist and biographer
Died on Sunday March 1st 2020
Clinton Marius
South African writer and performer
Died on Saturday February 29th 2020
Colin S. Gray
British-American geopolitics writer
Died on Friday February 28th 2020
Betsy Byars
American author
Died on Friday February 28th 2020
Jamie Gilson
American author
Died on Friday February 28th 2020
Camila María Concepción
American screenwriter and transgender rights activist
Died on Friday February 28th 2020
Bernard Pingaud
French writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Thursday February 27th 2020
Yoshikichi Furui
Japanese author and translator
Died on Thursday February 27th 2020
Annie Riis
Norwegian writer
Died on Thursday February 27th 2020
Clive Cussler
American adventure novelist (Raise the Titanic!
Died on Wednesday February 26th 2020
István Csukás
Hungarian poet and author
Died on Wednesday February 26th 2020
Norene Gilletz
Canadian kosher cookbook author
Died on Tuesday February 25th 2020
Juan Eduardo Zúñiga
Spanish literary scholar and writer
Died on Monday February 24th 2020
Quenby Fung
Hong Kong novelist
Died on Monday February 24th 2020
Michel Lequenne
French politician and writer
Died on Monday February 24th 2020
Lisel Mueller
German-born American poet
Died on Saturday February 22nd 2020
William Oxley
English poet and philosopher
Died on Saturday February 22nd 2020
Kiki Dimoula
Greek poet
Died on Saturday February 22nd 2020
Tao Porchon-Lynch
American yoga master and author
Died on Saturday February 22nd 2020
Stanislav Dvorský
Czech poet and artist
Died on Friday February 21st 2020
James V. Hatch
American playwright
Died on Friday February 21st 2020
Romualdas Lankauskas
Lithuanian writer and playwright
Died on Thursday February 20th 2020
Seda Vermisheva
Armenian-Russian poet and economist
Died on Wednesday February 19th 2020
K. S. Maniam
Malaysian writer
Died on Wednesday February 19th 2020
Michel Ragon
French art historian and critic
Died on Tuesday February 18th 2020
Charles Portis
American author (True Grit
Died on Monday February 17th 2020
David Clewell
American poet
Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
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
Hubert Boulard
French comic book author
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
Chuckie O’Brien
American author
Died on Friday February 14th 2020
Marcelino dos Santos
Mozambican poet and politician
Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Pavel Vilikovský
Slovak writer
Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Carlos Rojas Vila
Spanish author
Died on Monday February 10th 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
Krishna Baldev Vaid
Indian writer
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
Pierre Guyotat
French poet
Died 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 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
Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Indian novelist
Died on Saturday February 1st 2020
Mary Higgins Clark
American novelist
Died on Saturday February 1st 2020
Jake MacDonald
Canadian author
Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Christoph Meckel
German author and graphic designer
Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Dalip Kaur Tiwana
Indian author
Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Jörn Donner
Finnish writer
Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Yoshinaga Fujita
Japanese novelist and screenwriter (Adrift in Tokyo)
Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Ajmal Sultanpuri
Indian Urdu poet
Died on Wednesday January 29th 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
Guy Arnold
English writer and explorer
Died on Sunday January 26th 2020
Georges Castera
Haitian poet and writer
Died on Saturday January 25th 2020
Michael Posluns
Canadian writer and activist
Died on Friday January 24th 2020