Nikhil Sen
Bangladeshi dramatistDied on Monday February 25th 2019
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Dave Laing
English writerDied on Monday January 14th 2019
Lenin Rajendran
Indian film director and screenwriterDied on Monday January 14th 2019
Conxita Julià
Catalan poetDied on Monday January 14th 2019
Matthew Locricchio
American author of cookbooks and an actorDied on Sunday January 13th 2019
Batton Lash
American comic book writer and artistDied on Sunday January 13th 2019
John Falsey
American writer and producer (St. ElsewhereDied on Saturday January 12th 2019
Aline Kiner
French journalist and writerDied on Friday January 11th 2019
Norman Snider
Canadian screenwriter (Dead RingersDied on Friday January 11th 2019
Bea Vianen
Surinamese writerDied on Thursday January 10th 2019
Thierry Séchan
French novelistDied on Wednesday January 9th 2019
Pinaki Thakur
Bengali poetDied on Tuesday January 8th 2019
John Burningham
children's author and illustratorDied on Monday January 7th 2019
Gustav Francl
Czech translator and film criticDied on Sunday January 6th 2019
Wiet Van Broeckhoven
Belgian radio presenter and writerDied on Sunday January 6th 2019
Ramon Folch i Camarasa
Spanish writer and translatorDied on Friday January 4th 2019
Christine de Rivoyre
French journalist and writerDied on Friday January 4th 2019
Dibyendu Palit
Indian writerDied on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Perry Deane Young
American journalist and playwrightDied on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Katie Flynn
British novelistDied on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Jerry Magee
American sports writer (The San Diego Union-Tribune)Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Gülriz Sururi
Turkish drama actress and authorDied on Tuesday January 1st 2019
Edgar Hilsenrath
German writer (The Nazi and the BarberDied on Monday December 31st 2018
Claude Gingras
Canadian journalist and music criticDied on Monday December 31st 2018
Seydou Badian Kouyaté
Malian writer aand politicianDied on Saturday December 29th 2018
Iaia Fiastri
Italian screenwriter (Basta guardarlaDied on Saturday December 29th 2018
Bre Payton
American conservative writerDied on Saturday December 29th 2018
Oleksandr Vyzhenko
Ukrainian writer and stage actorDied on Thursday December 27th 2018
Oleksandr Vizhenko
Ukrainian writer and stage actorDied on Thursday December 27th 2018
Baldur Ragnarsson
Icelandic writerDied on Thursday December 27th 2018