Helena Khan
Bangladeshi children's writerDied on Sunday March 17th 2019
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Al Silverman
American sports writerDied on Sunday March 17th 2019
Larry DiTillio
American writerDied on Sunday March 17th 2019
Marjorie W. Sharmat
American authorDied on Sunday March 17th 2019
W. S. Merwin
American poetDied on Friday March 15th 2019
Dominique Noguez
French writerDied on Friday March 15th 2019
Andra Neiburga
Latvian writerDied on Thursday March 14th 2019
Albert Marenčin
Slovak writerDied on Monday March 11th 2019
Pilar Paz Pasamar
Spanish poetDied on Monday March 11th 2019
Patrick Grandperret
French film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday March 10th 2019
Wilbur Cross
American authorDied on Saturday March 9th 2019
Bernard Binlin Dadié
Ivorian novelistDied on Saturday March 9th 2019
Patrick Lane
Canadian poetDied on Friday March 8th 2019
Guillaume Faye
French journalist and writerDied on Thursday March 7th 2019
Aleksandr Ozhiganov
Russian poetDied on Thursday March 7th 2019
Maya Turovskaya
Russian theatrical and film criticDied on Wednesday March 6th 2019
Jean Starobinski
Swiss literary criticDied on Wednesday March 6th 2019
Moris Farhi
Turkish authorDied on Wednesday March 6th 2019
Les Carlyon
Australian writer and editorDied on Tuesday March 5th 2019
Peter van Gestel
Dutch authorDied on Sunday March 3rd 2019
Vasyl Portyak
Ukrainian writer and screenwriterDied on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Vasily Portyak
Ukrainian writer and screenwriterDied on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Charles McCarry
American spy novelistDied on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Janet Asimov
American science fiction writerDied on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Pierrette Fleutiaux
French writerDied on Thursday February 28th 2019
Gillian Freeman
British author (The Undergrowth of Literature) and screenwriter (The Leather BoysDied on Thursday February 28th 2019
Gleb Gorbovskiy
Russian poetDied on Tuesday February 26th 2019
Jeraldine Saunders
American writer and astrologerDied on Tuesday February 26th 2019
Richard S. Wheeler
American author and newspaper editorDied on Tuesday February 26th 2019
Nikhil Sen
Bangladeshi dramatistDied on Monday February 25th 2019
Lothar Zenetti
German theologian ad hymn writer ("Segne dieses Kind")Died on Monday February 25th 2019
Victor J. Banis
American authorDied on Sunday February 24th 2019
Paolo Brera
Italian novelist and journalistDied on Friday February 22nd 2019
Namvar Singh
Indian writerDied on Wednesday February 20th 2019
Ellis Avery
American writer (The Teahouse FireDied on Saturday February 16th 2019
Edith Iglauer
American writerDied on Saturday February 16th 2019
Baqar Naqvi
Pakistani Urdu poet and translatorDied on Saturday February 16th 2019
Charles Mungoshi
Zimbabwean writerDied on Saturday February 16th 2019
Christopher Knopf
American television writer and union executiveDied on Saturday February 16th 2019
Al Mahmud
Bangladeshi poetDied on Friday February 15th 2019
Andrea Levy
English novelist (Small IslandDied on Friday February 15th 2019
W. E. B. Griffin
American author (Brotherhood of WarDied on Thursday February 14th 2019
Dezső Tandori
Hungarian poet and writer. Died on Wednesday February 13th 2019
Larry Brand
American film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday February 12th 2019
George Stanca
Romanian writerDied on Sunday February 10th 2019
Patricia Nell Warren
American author (The Front Runner)Died on Sunday February 10th 2019
Abdurehim Heyit
Chinese Uyghur poetDied on Sunday February 10th 2019
Jacques Ferran
French writer and sports journalistDied on Friday February 8th 2019
Rosamunde Pilcher
British author (The Shell Seekers)Died on Thursday February 7th 2019
Alaa Mashzoub
Iraqi novelist and writerDied on Wednesday February 6th 2019
Tatyana Kaletskaya
Russian scriptwriterDied on Wednesday February 6th 2019
Tatyana Kaletzkaya
Russian scriptwriterDied on Wednesday February 6th 2019
Carol Emshwiller
American writerDied on Tuesday February 5th 2019
Jaime Ardila Casamitjana
Colombian writerDied on Tuesday February 5th 2019
Leonie Ossowski
German writerDied on Monday February 4th 2019
François Brune
French Catholic prelate and writerDied on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Andrew McGahan
Australian author (PraiseDied on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Michael Hardcastle
British children's author (Soccer Comes FirstDied on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Thuppettan
Indian Malayalam playwrightDied on Friday February 1st 2019
Jane Aamund
Danish author and journalistDied on Wednesday January 30th 2019
Fernando Gaitán
Colombian screenwriter (CaféDied on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Humberto Ak’ab’al
Guatemalan poetDied on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Khalida Hussain
Pakistani fiction writerDied on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Emmanuel Hocquard
French poetDied on Monday January 28th 2019
James Pond
American television writer (Night CourtDied on Sunday January 27th 2019
Henry Chapier
Romanian-born French journalist and film criticDied on Sunday January 27th 2019
Éric Holder
French authorDied on Saturday January 26th 2019
Pauli Heikkilä
Finnish authorDied on Saturday January 26th 2019
Lea Pennanen
Finnish children's authorDied on Saturday January 26th 2019
Terry Jennings
American musician and authorDied on Friday January 25th 2019
Krishna Sobti
Indian authorDied on Friday January 25th 2019
Diana Athill
British literary editor and novelistDied on Thursday January 24th 2019
Hugh McIlvanney dead at age 84, Sports journalist
Hugh McIlvanney, the Scottish sports journalist who became one of Britain’s best-known writers on sport, died on January 24, 2019, aged 84. Born in Kilmarnock on February 2, 1934, he…
Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian filmmaker and poetDied on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Ryszard Peryt
Polish conductor and librettistDied on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Lin Ching-hsuan
Taiwanese writerDied on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Lin Qingxuan
Taiwanese writerDied on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Russell Baker
American writer (Growing Up)Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Kevin Barnett
American comedian and screenwriter (RelDied on Tuesday January 22nd 2019
Padraic Fiacc
Irish poetDied on Tuesday January 22nd 2019
Atin Bandyopadhyay
Bangladeshi writerDied on Tuesday January 22nd 2019
Susanne Neumann
German author and trade unionistDied on Monday January 21st 2019
Barthélémy Kotchy
Ivorian writer and politicianDied on Monday January 21st 2019
Roman Kudlyk
Ukrainian poet and literary criticDied on Monday January 21st 2019
May Menassa
Lebanese writer and journalistDied on Sunday January 20th 2019
Sam Savage
American novelist (Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife)Died on Friday January 18th 2019
Mary Oliver
American poetDied on Thursday January 17th 2019
Hugh Lewin
South African anti-apartheid activist and writerDied on Thursday January 17th 2019
Miloš Fikejz
Czech film criticDied on Thursday January 17th 2019
Mirjam Pressler
German writerDied on Wednesday January 16th 2019
Francine du Plessix Gray
Polish-born American author and criticDied on Wednesday January 16th 2019
Ido Abram
Indonesian-born Dutch writer and educatorDied on Wednesday January 16th 2019
Bai Hua
Chinese playwright and poetDied on Tuesday January 15th 2019