Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Trinidad Morgades
Equatorial Guinean writer
Died on Thursday October 10th 2019
Ion Moraru
Moldovan writer and political activist
Died on Wednesday October 9th 2019
Cain Hope Felder
American theologian and author
Died on Tuesday October 8th 2019
Pepe Oneto
Spanish journalist and writer
Died on Monday October 7th 2019
Philippe Vandevelde
Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou
Died on Sunday October 6th 2019
Ciaran Carson
Northern Irish poet
Died on Sunday October 6th 2019
Peter Adam
German-born British filmmaker and author
Died on Saturday October 5th 2019
Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch
Australian author
Died on Thursday October 3rd 2019
Graciela Palau de Nemes
Cuban literary critic
Died on Monday September 30th 2019
Hogan Sheffer
American television writer (The Young and the Restless
Died on Sunday September 29th 2019
Jack Lasenby
New Zealand children's author
Died on Saturday September 28th 2019
Mark Zakharov
Russian theater and film director and playwright (The Twelve Chairs
Died on Saturday September 28th 2019
Rudy Behlmer
American film historian and writer
Died on Friday September 27th 2019
Sunday Mirror
Welsh sports writer (Sunday Mirror
Died on Friday September 27th 2019
Vladimir Sapronov
Russian poet
Died on Wednesday September 25th 2019
At the Movies
American film critic (At the Movies) and journalist (Entertainment Tonight)
Died on Tuesday September 24th 2019
Al Alvarez
English poet and writer
Died on Monday September 23rd 2019
Günter Kunert
German writer
Died on Monday September 23rd 2019
Eric Samuelsen
American playwright
Died on Friday September 20th 2019
Bill Schelly
American writer
Died on Friday September 20th 2019
Mikhail Godenko
Russian writer
Died on Friday September 20th 2019
Eva Haldimann
Swiss literary critic and translator
Died on Thursday September 19th 2019
Jarrid Wilson
American pastor and writer
Died on Wednesday September 18th 2019
Cokie Roberts
American journalist and author.
Died on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Annette Kolodny
American feminist literary critic
Died on Sunday September 15th 2019
György Konrád
Hungarian novelist and political dissident
Died on Friday September 13th 2019
Mardik Martin
Iraqi-American screenwriter (Raging Bull
Died on Thursday September 12th 2019
Anne Rivers Siddons
American novelist (Peachtree Road)
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2019
Jean Edward Smith
American biographer
Died on Tuesday September 10th 2019
Salvatore Mannuzzu
Italian writer and politician
Died on Tuesday September 10th 2019
Peter Nichols
British playwright (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Died on Monday September 9th 2019
Katherine MacLean
American Science Fiction author
Died on Saturday September 7th 2019
Mongsen Ching Monsin
Bangladeshi journalist and writer
Died on Saturday September 7th 2019
Kiran Nagarkar
Indian novelist (Cuckold)
Died on Thursday September 5th 2019
Ann Barr Snitow
American writer (Dissent)
Died on Wednesday September 4th 2019
Terrance Dicks
English screenwriter (Doctor Who)
Died on Monday September 2nd 2019
Boris Rychkov
Russian film documentary director and screenwriter
Died on Monday September 2nd 2019
Barbara Probst Solomon
American author
Died on Sunday September 1st 2019
Brad Linaweaver
American science fiction writer
Died on Sunday September 1st 2019
Park Taesun
South Korean writer
Died on Saturday August 31st 2019
Gordon Bressack
American television writer (Pinky and the Brain
Died on Saturday August 31st 2019
Jean Barbeau
Canadian playwright
Died on Friday August 30th 2019
Sean Stephenson
American motivational speaker and writer
Died on Friday August 30th 2019
Biba Caggiano
Italian-born American restaurateur and cookbook author
Died on Thursday August 29th 2019
Thanadsri Svasti
Thai writer and broadcaster
Died on Thursday August 29th 2019
Peter Kempadoo
Guyanese writer
Died on Thursday August 29th 2019
Sogyal Rinpoche
Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)
Died on Wednesday August 28th 2019
Massimo Mattioli
Italian cartoonist and comics writer and artist (Squeak the Mouse
Died on Monday August 26th 2019
Fernanda Young
Brazilian novelist
Died on Sunday August 25th 2019
Konstantin Kostenko
Russian playwright and screenwriter
Died on Saturday August 24th 2019
Ann Snitow
American writer (Dissent)
Died on Saturday August 24th 2019
Gordan Mihić
Serbian screenwriter (Black Cat
Died on Friday August 23rd 2019
Ernesto Lariosa
Filipino Visayan writer and poet in Cebuano language
Died on Friday August 23rd 2019
Helmut Bez
German playwright
Died on Friday August 23rd 2019
Russ Conway
American sports journalist and hockey beat writer (Boston Bruins)
Died on Wednesday August 21st 2019
Jan Purzycki
Polish screenwriter
Died on Tuesday August 20th 2019
Denis Kuljiš
Croatian writer and journalist
Died on Monday August 19th 2019
Giulio Chierchini
Italian comics writer and artist
Died on Sunday August 18th 2019
Luigi Lunari
Italian writer
Died on Sunday August 18th 2019
Sasson Somekh
Iraqi-born Israeli writer and translator
Died on Sunday August 18th 2019
José A. Martínez Suárez
Argentine film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday August 18th 2019
José Martínez Suárez
Argentine film director and screenwriter
Died on Saturday August 17th 2019
Patricia Louisianna Knop
American screenwriter (Lady Oscar
Died on Saturday August 17th 2019
Peter Fonda
American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider
Died on Friday August 16th 2019
Claire Cloninger
American Christian songwriter and author
Died on Friday August 16th 2019
Paule Marshall
American writer
Died on Friday August 16th 2019
Barry Hughart
American fantasy writer
Died on Friday August 16th 2019
Rizia Rahman
Indian-born Bangladeshi novelist
Died on Friday August 16th 2019
Madan Mani Dixit
Nepali writer
Died on Thursday August 15th 2019
Ugo Sansonetti
Italian writer and masters athlete
Died on Wednesday August 14th 2019
Artak Voskanyan
Armenian poet
Died on Wednesday August 14th 2019
Robyn Léwis
Welsh author
Died on Tuesday August 13th 2019
Lee Bennett Hopkins
American educator and poet
Died on Monday August 12th 2019
Rostislav Rybakov
Russian writer
Died on Sunday August 11th 2019
Wu Ningkun
Chinese writer and translator
Died on Sunday August 11th 2019
J. Neil Schulman
American novelist
Died on Sunday August 11th 2019
Jenny Berthelius
Swedish author
Died on Friday August 9th 2019
Toni Morrison
American Novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate
Died on Tuesday August 6th 2019
Schoschana Rabinovici
French-born Lithuanian-Israeli Holocaust survivor and writer
Died on Monday August 5th 2019
Roberto Bodegas
Spanish film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday August 4th 2019
Kanti Bhatt
Indian Gujarati author and journalist
Died on Sunday August 4th 2019