Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Hwang Byungsng
South Korean poet
Died on Wednesday July 24th 2019
Brigitte Kronauer
German writer
Died on Tuesday July 23rd 2019
Yaakov Malkin
Israeli writer and literary critic
Died on Tuesday July 23rd 2019
Peter Hamm
German poet and writer
Died on Monday July 22nd 2019
Giuliana Morandini
Italian writer and literary critic.
Died on Monday July 22nd 2019
Paul Krassner
American author and political activist
Died on Sunday July 21st 2019
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban poet
Died on Sunday July 21st 2019
Rosa María Britton
Panamanian doctor and novelist
Died on Saturday July 20th 2019
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
British author
Died on Saturday July 20th 2019
Arswendo Atmowiloto
Indonesian journalist and writer
Died on Friday July 19th 2019
Mattia Torre
Italian screenwriter (Boris)
Died on Friday July 19th 2019
Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Australian author and Aboriginal rights activist
Died on Friday July 19th 2019
Ben Kinchlow
American author
Died on Thursday July 18th 2019
Luciano De Crescenzo
Italian writer
Died on Thursday July 18th 2019
Edward Shotter
British Anglican priest and author
Died on Thursday July 18th 2019
Andrea Camilleri
Italian author
Died on Wednesday July 17th 2019
Raja Dhale
Indian writer and activist
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Himayat Ali Shair
Pakistani poet and writer
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019
Victor Sosnora
Russian poet and playwright
Died on Saturday July 13th 2019
Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar
Indian writer and art curator
Died on Saturday July 13th 2019
Marie Borroff
American poet and translator
Died on Thursday July 11th 2019
Noel Whelan
Irish politician and writer
Died on Thursday July 11th 2019
Natalia Rolleczek
Polish writer
Died on Tuesday July 9th 2019
Paulo Bomfim
Brazilian poet
Died on Monday July 8th 2019
Neil Westergaard
American newspaper editor and columnist (The Denver Post
Died on Monday July 8th 2019
Jean Royer
Canadian poet
Died on Monday July 8th 2019
Marie Ponsot
American poet
Died on Sunday July 7th 2019
Andrew Graham-Yooll
Argentine journalist and writer
Died on Saturday July 6th 2019
Jaime Posada Díaz
Colombian writer and politician
Died on Wednesday July 3rd 2019
Nisar Nasik
Pakistani poet (Dil Dil Pakistan)
Died on Wednesday July 3rd 2019
Boris Gamaleya
French poet
Died on Monday July 1st 2019
Jonas Juškaitis
Latvian poet and translator
Died on Sunday June 30th 2019
Borka Pavićević
Serbian dramaturge and newspaper columnist
Died on Sunday June 30th 2019
Sebastián Alarcón
Chilean film director and screenwriter (Night Over Chile)
Died on Sunday June 30th 2019
Kirsti Simonsuuri
Finnish writer and poet
Died on Saturday June 29th 2019
Santosh Rana
Indian writer and politician
Died on Saturday June 29th 2019
Edward Gallardo
American playwright and actor
Died on Saturday June 29th 2019
Justin Raimondo
American author and the editorial director of Antiwar.com
Died on Friday June 28th 2019
Xu Zhongyu
Chinese writer and literary scholar
Died on Wednesday June 26th 2019
William F. Brown
American playwright (The Wiz)
Died on Monday June 24th 2019
Judith Krantz
American author (Scruples
Died on Sunday June 23rd 2019
Michael Baier
German scriptwriter
Died on Sunday June 23rd 2019
Leevi Lehto
Finnish poet
Died on Saturday June 22nd 2019
Brenda Maddox
American journalist and biographer
Died on Saturday June 22nd 2019
Brian Taggert
American screenwriter (Visiting Hours
Died on Friday June 21st 2019
Pavel Chihaia
Romanian novelist and political dissident
Died on Thursday June 20th 2019
Norman Stone
Scottish historian and author
Died on Thursday June 20th 2019
Peter Allan Fields
American writer
Died on Thursday June 20th 2019
Molara Ogundipe
Nigerian writer and women's rights activist
Died on Thursday June 20th 2019
Rubens Ewald Filho
Brazilian film critic
Died on Thursday June 20th 2019
D. K. Chowta
Indian writer and artist
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2019
Antonio Cabrera Serrano
Spanish poet
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Yehuda Levi
American-Israeli rabbi and writer
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Oleksiy Nezhyvyi
Ukrainian writer
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Nikolay Agaphonov
Russian writer and protopriest in the Russian Orthodox Church
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Oleksiy Nezhiviy
Ukrainian writer
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2019
Неживий Олексій Іванович
Ukrainian writer
Died 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 playwright
Died on Sunday June 16th 2019
Elio Cruz
British Gibraltarian playwright
Died on Friday June 14th 2019
Peter Whitehead
English writer and filmmaker (Wholly Communion
Died on Thursday June 13th 2019
Ahmed Essop
Indian-born South African writer
Died on Thursday June 13th 2019
Juan José Alonso Millán
Spanish playwright and film scriptwriter (Cristóbal Colón
Died on Thursday June 13th 2019
Pazhavila Rameshan
Indian journalist and poet
Died on Thursday June 13th 2019
Enrico Nascimbeni
Italian singer and poet
Died on Wednesday June 12th 2019
Gerlind Reinshagen
German writer
Died on Tuesday June 11th 2019
William D. Wittliff
American screenwriter (Lonesome Dove
Died on Monday June 10th 2019
Girish Karnad
Indian actor and screenwriter
Died on Monday June 10th 2019
Milan Asadurov
Bulgarian science fiction writer
Died on Sunday June 9th 2019
Christobel Mattingley
Australian writer
Died on Sunday June 9th 2019
Anwar Sajjad
Pakistani playwright
Died on Saturday June 8th 2019
Noa Pothoven
Dutch mental health activist and author
Died on Friday June 7th 2019
Anward Sajjad
Pakistani playwright
Died on Friday June 7th 2019
Andrew Sinclair
British novelist and film director (The Breaking of Bumbo
Died on Thursday June 6th 2019
Maciej Parowski
Polish science fiction writer and editor (Nowa Fantastyka)
Died on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Agustina Bessa-Luís
Portuguese writer
Died on Monday June 3rd 2019
Anthony Price
British thriller writer
Died on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Momtazuddin Ahmed
Bangladeshi playwright and educationist
Died on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Jiří Stránský
Czech author
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Dennis Etchison
American author and editor
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Roger O. Hirson
American dramatist and screenwriter (Pippin
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Petru Cărare
Moldovan writer
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Tony Horwitz
American journalist and author
Died on Tuesday May 28th 2019