Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Rudolf von Ribbentrop
German biographer and S.S. officer during World War IIDied on Saturday May 25th 2019
Jaroslav Erik Frič
Moravian poetDied on Friday May 24th 2019
John Millett
Australian poetDied on Friday May 24th 2019
Neerav Patel
Indian poetDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Densey Clyne
Australian naturalist and authorDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Adrish Bardhan
Indian science fiction writerDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator (The Tiger Who Came to Tea)Died on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Nguyễn Quảng Tuân
Vietnamese writer and poetDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Walter Harris
British authorDied on Wednesday May 22nd 2019
Walter Smith
British authorDied on Wednesday May 22nd 2019
Ronnie Virgets
American writerDied on Tuesday May 21st 2019
Nanni Balestrini
Italian experimental poet (Neoavanguardia)Died on Monday May 20th 2019
Georgie Anne Geyer
American syndicated newspaper columnistDied on Friday May 17th 2019
Herman Wouk
American author (The Caine MutinyDied on Friday May 17th 2019
Nikolai Baturin
Estonian novelist and playwrightDied on Friday May 17th 2019
Tohir Malik
Uzbek writerDied on Friday May 17th 2019
Petr Skarlant
Czech poetDied on Thursday May 16th 2019
Tommy Donbavand
English children's author and horror writer (Scream Street)Died on Tuesday May 14th 2019
Leopoldo Brizuela
Argentine writer and translator and poetDied on Tuesday May 14th 2019
Sven Lindqvist
Swedish authorDied on Tuesday May 14th 2019
Hayat Saif
Bangladeshi poet and literary criticDied on Monday May 13th 2019
Alvin Sargent
American screenwriterDied on Saturday May 11th 2019
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
Indian Tamil writerDied on Friday May 10th 2019
Jack Cohen
British scientist and author. Died on Wednesday May 8th 2019
Celil Oker
Turkish authorDied on Tuesday May 7th 2019
Chuck Kinder
American novelistDied on Sunday May 5th 2019
Rachel Held Evans
American Christian writerDied on Saturday May 4th 2019
Issa J. Boullata
Palestinian scholar and writerDied on Saturday May 4th 2019
Pauline O’Regan
New Zealand educator and writerDied on Friday May 3rd 2019
Keith Harrison
Canadian novelistDied on Thursday May 2nd 2019
Teva Harrison
Canadian-American writer and cartoonistDied on Thursday May 2nd 2019
Vonda McIntyre
American science fiction author (DreamsnakeDied on Tuesday April 30th 2019
John Bowen
British novelist and dramatistDied on Monday April 29th 2019
Wayson Choy
Canadian writerDied on Sunday April 28th 2019
John L’Heureux
American authorDied on Saturday April 27th 2019
Dieter Forte
German writerDied on Wednesday April 24th 2019