Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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