Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Bernard Binlin Dadié
Ivorian novelist
Died on Saturday March 9th 2019
Guillaume Faye
French journalist and writer
Died on Thursday March 7th 2019
Maya Turovskaya
Russian theatrical and film critic
Died on Wednesday March 6th 2019
Jean Starobinski
Swiss literary critic
Died on Wednesday March 6th 2019
Les Carlyon
Australian writer and editor
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2019
José García Ladrón de Guevara
Spanish poet and journalist
Died on Monday March 4th 2019
Vasyl Portyak
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Vasily Portyak
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Janet Asimov
American science fiction writer
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2019
Gillian Freeman
British author (The Undergrowth of Literature) and screenwriter (The Leather Boys
Died on Thursday February 28th 2019
Jeraldine Saunders
American writer and astrologer
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2019
Richard S. Wheeler
American author and newspaper editor
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2019
Nikhil Sen
Bangladeshi dramatist
Died on Monday February 25th 2019
Lothar Zenetti
German theologian ad hymn writer ("Segne dieses Kind")
Died on Monday February 25th 2019
Paolo Brera
Italian novelist and journalist
Died on Friday February 22nd 2019
Ellis Avery
American writer (The Teahouse Fire
Died on Saturday February 16th 2019
Baqar Naqvi
Pakistani Urdu poet and translator
Died on Saturday February 16th 2019
Charles Mungoshi
Zimbabwean writer
Died on Saturday February 16th 2019
Christopher Knopf
American television writer and union executive
Died on Saturday February 16th 2019
Al Mahmud
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Friday February 15th 2019
Andrea Levy
English novelist (Small Island
Died on Friday February 15th 2019
W. E. B. Griffin
American author (Brotherhood of War
Died on Thursday February 14th 2019
Dezső Tandori
Hungarian poet and writer.
Died on Wednesday February 13th 2019
Larry Brand
American film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday February 12th 2019
Patricia Nell Warren
American author (The Front Runner)
Died on Sunday February 10th 2019
Jacques Ferran
French writer and sports journalist
Died on Friday February 8th 2019
Rosamunde Pilcher
British author (The Shell Seekers)
Died on Thursday February 7th 2019
Alaa Mashzoub
Iraqi novelist and writer
Died on Wednesday February 6th 2019
Tatyana Kaletskaya
Russian scriptwriter
Died on Wednesday February 6th 2019
Tatyana Kaletzkaya
Russian scriptwriter
Died on Wednesday February 6th 2019
François Brune
French Catholic prelate and writer
Died on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Andrew McGahan
Australian author (Praise
Died on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Michael Hardcastle
British children's author (Soccer Comes First
Died on Saturday February 2nd 2019
Thuppettan
Indian Malayalam playwright
Died on Friday February 1st 2019
Jane Aamund
Danish author and journalist
Died on Wednesday January 30th 2019
Fernando Gaitán
Colombian screenwriter (Café
Died on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Humberto Ak’ab’al
Guatemalan poet
Died on Tuesday January 29th 2019
James Pond
American television writer (Night Court
Died on Sunday January 27th 2019
Henry Chapier
Romanian-born French journalist and film critic
Died on Sunday January 27th 2019
Terry Jennings
American musician and author
Died on Friday January 25th 2019
Diana Athill
British literary editor and novelist
Died 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 poet
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Ryszard Peryt
Polish conductor and librettist
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Russell Baker
American writer (Growing Up)
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Kevin Barnett
American comedian and screenwriter (Rel
Died on Tuesday January 22nd 2019
Atin Bandyopadhyay
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Tuesday January 22nd 2019
Susanne Neumann
German author and trade unionist
Died on Monday January 21st 2019
Barthélémy Kotchy
Ivorian writer and politician
Died on Monday January 21st 2019
Roman Kudlyk
Ukrainian poet and literary critic
Died on Monday January 21st 2019
May Menassa
Lebanese writer and journalist
Died on Sunday January 20th 2019
Sam Savage
American novelist (Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife)
Died on Friday January 18th 2019
Hugh Lewin
South African anti-apartheid activist and writer
Died on Thursday January 17th 2019
Francine du Plessix Gray
Polish-born American author and critic
Died on Wednesday January 16th 2019
Ido Abram
Indonesian-born Dutch writer and educator
Died on Wednesday January 16th 2019
Bai Hua
Chinese playwright and poet
Died on Tuesday January 15th 2019
Lenin Rajendran
Indian film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday January 14th 2019
Conxita Julià
Catalan poet
Died on Monday January 14th 2019
Matthew Locricchio
American author of cookbooks and an actor
Died on Sunday January 13th 2019
Batton Lash
American comic book writer and artist
Died on Sunday January 13th 2019
John Falsey
American writer and producer (St. Elsewhere
Died on Saturday January 12th 2019
Aline Kiner
French journalist and writer
Died on Friday January 11th 2019
Norman Snider
Canadian screenwriter (Dead Ringers
Died on Friday January 11th 2019
Bea Vianen
Surinamese writer
Died on Thursday January 10th 2019
Pinaki Thakur
Bengali poet
Died on Tuesday January 8th 2019