Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Giuliana Morandini
Italian writer and literary critic. Died on Monday July 22nd 2019
Paul Krassner
American author and political activistDied on Sunday July 21st 2019
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban poetDied on Sunday July 21st 2019
Rosa María Britton
Panamanian doctor and novelistDied on Saturday July 20th 2019
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
British authorDied on Saturday July 20th 2019
Arswendo Atmowiloto
Indonesian journalist and writerDied on Friday July 19th 2019
Mattia Torre
Italian screenwriter (Boris)Died on Friday July 19th 2019
Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Australian author and Aboriginal rights activistDied on Friday July 19th 2019
Ben Kinchlow
American authorDied on Thursday July 18th 2019
Howard Engel
Canadian authorDied on Thursday July 18th 2019
Luciano De Crescenzo
Italian writerDied on Thursday July 18th 2019
Edward Shotter
British Anglican priest and authorDied on Thursday July 18th 2019
Andrea Camilleri
Italian authorDied on Wednesday July 17th 2019
Vlassis G. Rassias
Greek writerDied on Sunday July 14th 2019
Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar
Indian writer and art curatorDied on Saturday July 13th 2019
Noel Whelan
Irish politician and writerDied on Thursday July 11th 2019
Natalia Rolleczek
Polish writerDied on Tuesday July 9th 2019
Steve Cannon
American novelistDied on Monday July 8th 2019
Paulo Bomfim
Brazilian poetDied on Monday July 8th 2019
Neil Westergaard
American newspaper editor and columnist (The Denver PostDied on Monday July 8th 2019
Jean Royer
Canadian poetDied on Monday July 8th 2019
Marie Ponsot
American poetDied on Sunday July 7th 2019
Andrew Graham-Yooll
Argentine journalist and writerDied on Saturday July 6th 2019
Jaime Posada Díaz
Colombian writer and politicianDied on Wednesday July 3rd 2019
Nisar Nasik
Pakistani poet (Dil Dil Pakistan)Died on Wednesday July 3rd 2019
Boris Gamaleya
French poetDied on Monday July 1st 2019
Borka Pavićević
Serbian dramaturge and newspaper columnistDied on Sunday June 30th 2019
Sebastián Alarcón
Chilean film director and screenwriter (Night Over Chile)Died on Sunday June 30th 2019
Edward Gallardo
American playwright and actorDied on Saturday June 29th 2019
Abburi Chayadevi
Indian fiction writerDied on Friday June 28th 2019
Justin Raimondo
American author and the editorial director of Antiwar.comDied on Friday June 28th 2019
Xu Zhongyu
Chinese writer and literary scholarDied on Wednesday June 26th 2019
William F. Brown
American playwright (The Wiz)Died on Monday June 24th 2019
Michael Baier
German scriptwriterDied on Sunday June 23rd 2019
Leevi Lehto
Finnish poetDied on Saturday June 22nd 2019
Brenda Maddox
American journalist and biographerDied on Saturday June 22nd 2019
Brian Taggert
American screenwriter (Visiting HoursDied on Friday June 21st 2019
Warren Niesłuchowski
German-born Polish-American artist and writerDied on Friday June 21st 2019
Nurmuhammad Tohti
Chinese writerDied on Friday June 21st 2019
Pavel Chihaia
Romanian novelist and political dissidentDied on Thursday June 20th 2019
Norman Stone
Scottish historian and authorDied on Thursday June 20th 2019
Peter Allan Fields
American writerDied on Thursday June 20th 2019
Molara Ogundipe
Nigerian writer and women's rights activistDied on Thursday June 20th 2019
Rubens Ewald Filho
Brazilian film criticDied on Thursday June 20th 2019
Antonio Cabrera Serrano
Spanish poetDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Yehuda Levi
American-Israeli rabbi and writerDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Oleksiy Nezhyvyi
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Nikolay Agaphonov
Russian writer and protopriest in the Russian Orthodox ChurchDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Oleksiy Nezhiviy
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Неживий Олексій Іванович
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Charles A. Reich
American scholar and author (The Greening of America)Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Enver Sajjad
Pakistani playwrightDied on Sunday June 16th 2019
Peter Whitehead
English writer and filmmaker (Wholly CommunionDied on Thursday June 13th 2019
Ahmed Essop
Indian-born South African writerDied on Thursday June 13th 2019
Juan José Alonso Millán
Spanish playwright and film scriptwriter (Cristóbal ColónDied on Thursday June 13th 2019
Pazhavila Rameshan
Indian journalist and poetDied on Thursday June 13th 2019
Philomena Lynott
Irish authorDied on Wednesday June 12th 2019
Gerlind Reinshagen
German writerDied on Tuesday June 11th 2019
William D. Wittliff
American screenwriter (Lonesome DoveDied on Monday June 10th 2019
Seiko Tanabe
Japanese authorDied on Monday June 10th 2019
Milan Asadurov
Bulgarian science fiction writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2019
Christobel Mattingley
Australian writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2019
Anwar Sajjad
Pakistani playwrightDied on Saturday June 8th 2019
Noa Pothoven
Dutch mental health activist and authorDied on Friday June 7th 2019
Anward Sajjad
Pakistani playwrightDied on Friday June 7th 2019
Yuriy Mushketyk
Ukrainian writerDied on Friday June 7th 2019
Jurij Muschketyk
Ukrainian writerDied on Thursday June 6th 2019
Andrew Sinclair
British novelist and film director (The Breaking of BumboDied on Thursday June 6th 2019
János Térey
Hungarian writerDied on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Térey János
Hungarian writerDied on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Maciej Parowski
Polish science fiction writer and editor (Nowa Fantastyka)Died on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Agustina Bessa-Luís
Portuguese writerDied on Monday June 3rd 2019
Anthony Price
British thriller writerDied on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Momtazuddin Ahmed
Bangladeshi playwright and educationistDied on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Jiří Stránský
Czech authorDied on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Roger O. Hirson
American dramatist and screenwriter (PippinDied on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Petru Cărare
Moldovan writerDied on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Tony Horwitz
American journalist and authorDied on Tuesday May 28th 2019
Edmund Morris
Kenyan-born British-American writer and biographer (The Rise of Theodore RooseveltDied on Monday May 27th 2019
François Weyergans
Belgian novelist and film directorDied on Monday May 27th 2019
Sergio Claudio Perroni
Italian writerDied on Sunday May 26th 2019
Dmytro Kremin
Ukrainian poetDied on Sunday May 26th 2019
Peter Gammond
British music critic and journalistDied on Saturday May 25th 2019