Romualdas Lankauskas passes away at age 87
Lithuanian writer and playwright Died on Thursday February 20th 2020
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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Seda Vermisheva, died aged 87
Armenian-Russian poet and economist Died on Wednesday February 19th 2020
K. S. obituary: died at age 78
Malaysian writer Died on Wednesday February 19th 2020
Ror Wolf passed away at age 87
German writer and poet Died on Tuesday February 18th 2020
Obituary: Michel Ragon, dead at age 95
French art historian and critic Died on Tuesday February 18th 2020
Charles Portis has died at age 86
American author (True Grit Died on Monday February 17th 2020
David Clewell has died at age 65
American poet Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Harold Strachan died at age 94
South African writer and anti-apartheid activist Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Graeme Allwright dies at age 93
New Zealand born French singer and song writer Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Jerzy Gruza dies at 87
Polish film director and screenwriter (Czterdziestolatek) Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Vatroslav Mimica passes away at age 96
Croatian film director and screenwriter Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
Hubert Boulard dies at 49
French comic book author Died on Sunday February 16th 2020
A. E. dies at age 102
American editor and novelist Died on Saturday February 15th 2020
Obituary: Ai Kidosaki, dead at age 94
Japanese author and chef Died on Saturday February 15th 2020
Chuckie O’Brien dead at age 86
American author Died on Friday February 14th 2020
Marcelino dos dies at 90
Mozambican poet and politician Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Pavel Vilikovský passes away at age 78
Slovak writer Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Carlos Rojas has died at age 91
Spanish author Died on Monday February 10th 2020
David Gistau dies at 49
Spanish TV writer and novelist Died on Monday February 10th 2020
Claire Clouzot death at age 86
French director and film critic Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Krishna Baldev dies at age 92
Indian writer Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Erazim Kohák dies at 86
Czech philosopher and writer Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Lucille Eichengreen dead at age 95
German Holocaust survivor and memoirist Died on Sunday February 9th 2020
Obituary: Lila Garrett, dead at age 94
American television writer Died on Saturday February 8th 2020
Pierre Guyotat passes away at age 80
French poet Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Roger Kahn passed away at age 92
American author (The Boys of Summer) Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Lenin El-Ramly dies at 74
Egyptian screenwriter (The Terrorist) Died on Friday February 7th 2020
F. X. obituary: died at age 66
American screenwriter (Frankenstein Unbound Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Rabi Singh died at age 89
Indian Odia poet Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Leons Briedis died at age 70
Latvian poet and author Died on Thursday February 6th 2020
Jane Milmore dies at age 64
American playwright Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Sylvia Jukes dies at age 84
British biographer Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Kamau Brathwaite dies at 89
Barbadian poet Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Gene Reynolds passes away at age 96
American television director and writer Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Eugen V. passed away at age 69
Russian fantasy writer Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
George Steiner dies at 90
French-American literary critic and essayist (After Babel) Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
Bertrand Teyou, died aged 50
Cameroonian author Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
Jaswant Singh passed away at age 100
Indian novelist Died on Saturday February 1st 2020
Mary Higgins obituary: died at age 92
American novelist Died on Saturday February 1st 2020
Jake MacDonald passes away at age 70
Canadian author Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Christoph Meckel dies at age 84
German author and graphic designer Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Dalip Kaur died at age 84
Indian author Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Jörn Donner dies at 86
Finnish writer Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Yoshinaga Fujita dies at 69
Japanese novelist and screenwriter (Adrift in Tokyo) Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Obituary: Vidya Bal, dead at age 84
Indian feminist writer Died on Thursday January 30th 2020
Ajmal Sultanpuri obituary: died at age 95
Indian Urdu poet Died on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Harriet Frank passed away at age 102
American film writer (Hud Died on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Shirley Murray passes away at age 88
New Zealand hymn writer Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Death of David Adam at age 83
British priest and author Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Hubert Mingarelli passes away at age 64
French writer Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Tor Obrestad dead at age 81
Norwegian author Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Gordon McLauchlan passes away at age 89
New Zealand author Died on Monday January 27th 2020
Guy Arnold, died aged 87
English writer and explorer Died on Sunday January 26th 2020
Georges Castera passes away at age 83
Haitian poet and writer Died on Saturday January 25th 2020
Michael Posluns death at age 78
Canadian writer and activist Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Gudrun Pausewang dies at age 91
German children's author (The Last Children of Schewenborn Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Auxence Contout has died at age 94
French Guianese writer Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Nick Luxmoore dies at age 63
British psychotherapist and author Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Charles Alverson passes away at age 84
American screenwriter (Jabberwocky) Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Armando Uribe death at age 86
Chilean writer and diplomat Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
David Chadwick died at age 93
American clinical and research pediatrician and author Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Obituary: Steph Bowe, dead at age 25
Australian author and blogger Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Obituary: Edward Pinkowski, dead at age 103
American writer Died on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Charles Carrère dies at age 91
Senegalese poet Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke passes away at age 81
Greek poet and academic (Harvard University) Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020
Wolfgang J., died aged 74
German author Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020
Obituary: Jan-Olof Ekholm, dead at age 88
Swedish crime writer Died on Monday January 20th 2020
Maik Hamburger, died aged 88
German writer and dramaturge Died on Monday January 20th 2020
David Climer dies at age -1
American sports columnist Died on Sunday January 19th 2020
Yūzō Tsubouchi obituary: died at age -1
Japanese essayist Died on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Hylda Sims death at age 87
English folk musician and poet Died on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Sabine Deitmer dead at age 72
German crime writer Died on Tuesday January 14th 2020
Isabel-Clara Simó death at age 76
Spanish journalist and writer Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Roddy Lumsden passes away at age 53
Scottish poet Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Steve Stiles dies at age 76
American cartoonist and writer Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Musharraf Karim dies at age 74
Bangladeshi writer Died on Monday January 13th 2020
Sir Roger dead at age 75
British philosopher and author (Sexual Desire Died on Sunday January 12th 2020
Obituary: Lan O’Kun, dead at age 87
American screenwriter Died on Sunday January 12th 2020
Euphrase Kezilahabi died at age 75
Tanzanian novelist Died on Saturday January 11th 2020
Roscoe Nance dead at age 71
American sports journalist (USA Today) and beat writer (NBA Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Chukwuemeka Ike dead at age 88
Nigerian writer Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Ivan Passer death at age 86
Czech film director and screenwriter (Cutter's Way) Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Rasmi Abu obituary: died at age 83
Jordanian writer Died on Thursday January 9th 2020
Death of Mike Resnick at age 77
American science fiction writer Died on Thursday January 9th 2020
Shozo Uehara passed away at age 82
82 Japanese script writer. liver cancer Died on Thursday January 9th 2020
Silvio Horta passed away at age 45
American film and television writer (Ugly Betty Died on Wednesday January 8th 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel death at age 52
American author ("Prozac Nation") Died on Tuesday January 7th 2020
Alexander Frater, died aged 82
British-Australian travel writer and journalist Died on Sunday January 5th 2020
Lorenza Mazzetti passes away at age 92
Italian film director (Together) and novelist Died on Saturday January 4th 2020
Marion Chesney obituary: died at age 83
Scottish novelist (Death of a Gossip Died on Tuesday December 31st 2019
Germán Marín obituary: died at age 85
Chilean writer Died on Tuesday December 31st 2019
Nils Petter dead at age 90
Swedish film critic. Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Mustafa Al-Alawi passed away at age 83
Moroccan writer and retaliated journalist Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Neil Innes obituary: died at age 75
English writer Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Damiri Mahmud passed away at age 74
Indonesian writer Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Death of Harry Villegas at age 79
Cuban Communist guerrilla and writer Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Alasdair Gray dies at 85
Scottish artist and author (Lanark). Died on Sunday December 29th 2019
Jean Blot death at age 96
Russian-born French writer and translator Died on Sunday December 29th 2019
Neal Peirce dies at age 87
American columnist and author on urban affairs Died on Saturday December 28th 2019