Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Howard Engel
Canadian 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
Vlassis G. Rassias
Greek writer
Died on Sunday July 14th 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
Steve Cannon
American novelist
Died on Monday July 8th 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
Abburi Chayadevi
Indian fiction writer
Died on Friday June 28th 2019
Justin Raimondo
American author and the editorial director of Antiwar.com
Died on Friday June 28th 2019
Cecil Woolf
English author and publisher
Died on Thursday June 27th 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