Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Eva Haldimann
Swiss literary critic and translator
Died on Thursday September 19th 2019
Graeme Gibson
Canadian novelist
Died on Wednesday September 18th 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
Steve Dalachinsky
American poet
Died on Monday September 16th 2019
Annette Kolodny
American feminist literary critic
Died on Sunday September 15th 2019
Sándor Tóth
Hungarian poet
Died on Friday September 13th 2019
György Konrád
Hungarian novelist and political dissident
Died on Friday September 13th 2019
Nanos Valaoritis
Greek writer
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
Mir Tanha Yousafi
Pakistani poet
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
Dobrilo Nenadic
Serbian writer
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
Francesco Durante
Italian writer
Died on Saturday August 3rd 2019
Ludwig Zeller
Chilean poet
Died 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 director
Died on Friday August 2nd 2019
Rella Braithwaite
Canadian author
Died on Thursday August 1st 2019
Margaret Mascarenhas
American author
Died on Thursday August 1st 2019
Jean Arasanayagam
Sri Lankan poet and fiction writer
Died on Wednesday July 31st 2019
Hugh Brogan
British historian and biographer
Died on Tuesday July 30th 2019
Heather Nicholson
New Zealand geologist and author
Died on Monday July 29th 2019
Enrique Lafourcade
Chilean writer
Died on Monday July 29th 2019
Tuvya Ruebner
Israeli poet and translator
Died on Monday July 29th 2019
M. K. Seetharam Kulal
Indian Tulu-Kannada dramatist
Died on Sunday July 28th 2019
Scott Rubenstein
American television writer and story editor
Died on Sunday July 28th 2019
Giorgio Arlorio
Italian film director and screenwriter (The Shortest Day
Died on Saturday July 27th 2019
Christoforos Liontakis
Greek poet and translator
Died on Friday July 26th 2019
Attoor Ravi Varma
Indin poet and translator
Died on Friday July 26th 2019
Jesper Juul
Danish author
Died on Friday July 26th 2019
Pierre Péan
French journalist and author
Died on Friday July 26th 2019
Carmen Jodra
Spanish poet
Died on Thursday July 25th 2019
Hwang Byungsng
South Korean poet
Died on Wednesday July 24th 2019
Claes Andersson
Finnish writer
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