Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Alla Sokolova
Russian actress and playwrightDied on Friday December 21st 2018
Klaus Hagerup
Norwegian authorDied on Thursday December 20th 2018
Peter Masterson
American writer (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) and actor (The ExorcistDied on Thursday December 20th 2018
James E. Rogers Jr.
Americian businessman (Duke Energy) and authorDied on Wednesday December 19th 2018
Timothy C. May
American technical and political writer (Cyphernomicon)Died on Sunday December 16th 2018
Jacques Verdier
French writerDied on Saturday December 15th 2018
Wilhelm Genazino
German journalist and authorDied on Friday December 14th 2018
Boris Kamov
Russian writerDied on Thursday December 13th 2018
Rob DesHotel
American television writer and producer (Man with a Plan)Died on Tuesday December 11th 2018
William Blum
American historian and author (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower)Died on Tuesday December 11th 2018
Tor Fretheim
Norwegian journalist and children's writerDied on Monday December 10th 2018
Enrico Crispolti
Italian art critic and historianDied on Sunday December 9th 2018
Doris Mayer
Austrian actress and writerDied on Saturday December 8th 2018
Julia Vinograd
American poetDied on Friday December 7th 2018
Vasyl Zakharchenko
Ukrainian writerDied on Thursday December 6th 2018
Alun Morgan
Welsh jazz criticDied on Thursday December 6th 2018
Joseph Joffo
French authorDied on Thursday December 6th 2018
Justin Cartwright
South African-born British novelistDied on Thursday December 6th 2018
Vasiliy Zaharchenko
Ukrainian writerDied on Thursday December 6th 2018
Barbara Brooks Wallace
American authorDied on Wednesday December 5th 2018
John D. F. Black
American screenwriter and producer (The Mary Tyler Moore ShowDied on Wednesday December 5th 2018
Nh. Dini
Indonesian novelistDied on Tuesday December 4th 2018
Vladimír Plešinger
Czech hydrogeologist and travel writerDied on Tuesday December 4th 2018
Elisa Brune
Belgian writerDied on Monday December 3rd 2018
Andrei Bitov
Russian writerDied on Monday December 3rd 2018
Pauls Putniņš
Latvian playwrightDied on Monday December 3rd 2018
Miguel Romero Esteo
Spanish writer and playwrightDied on Thursday November 29th 2018
Altaf Fatima
Pakistani novelist and writerDied on Thursday November 29th 2018
Goran Stefanovski
Macedonian playwrightDied on Thursday November 29th 2018
Gloria Katz
American screenwriter and producer (American GraffitiDied on Thursday November 29th 2018
Akira Miyazaki
Japanese animation director and writer (Happy Moomin FamilyDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Masahiko Katsuya
Japanese columnistDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Claude Péloquin
Canadian poetDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Mardee Kravit
American writer (Ryan's Hope)Died on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Harry Leslie Smith
British writer and political commentatorDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Alireza Rezae
Iranian writer and comedianDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Alireza Rezaei
Iranian writer and comedianDied on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Victor Minyailo
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday November 27th 2018
Jean-Loup Rivière
French playwrightDied on Monday November 26th 2018
Ikeogu Oke
Nigerian poet and journalistDied on Monday November 26th 2018
Moncef Lazaâr
Tunisian actor and screenwriterDied on Sunday November 25th 2018
Larry Matysik
American professional wrestling commentator and authorDied on Sunday November 25th 2018
Chin Yang Lee
Chinese-born American author (The Flower Drum Song)Died on Sunday November 25th 2018
Judith Rodriguez
Australian poetDied on Saturday November 24th 2018
Fahmida Riaz
Indian-born Pakistani poetDied on Thursday November 22nd 2018
Meena Alexander
Indian-American writer and scholarDied on Thursday November 22nd 2018
Paul Ferris
British author and journalistDied on Wednesday November 21st 2018
Yuri Sadlowski
Ukrainian poetDied on Tuesday November 20th 2018
Yuriy Sadlowskiy
Ukrainian poetDied on Tuesday November 20th 2018
Andrzej Grembowicz
Polish screenwriterDied on Monday November 19th 2018
Donald McCaig
American writer (Rhett Butler's People)Died on Monday November 19th 2018
E. D. Blodgett
Canadian poet and translatorDied on Sunday November 18th 2018
Iain Moireach
Scottish Gaelic writerDied on Sunday November 18th 2018
Ajin Panjapan
Thai writerDied on Sunday November 18th 2018
Boris Poloskin
Russian folk singer-songwriter and poetDied on Sunday November 18th 2018
Andrey Zhigalin
Russian poetDied on Saturday November 17th 2018
Alistair Elliot
British poet and translatorDied on Saturday November 17th 2018
Aldyr Schlee
Brazilian writer and illustratorDied on Friday November 16th 2018
Shakti Gawain
American authorDied on Friday November 16th 2018
William Goldman
American novelist (The Princess Bride)Died on Friday November 16th 2018
Swami Jagadatmananda
Indian writerDied on Friday November 16th 2018
Fernando del Paso
Mexican novelist and poetDied on Wednesday November 14th 2018
Francisco Tarajano Pérez
Spanish poetDied on Tuesday November 13th 2018
Stuart H. Walker
American Olympic yachtsman and writerDied on Tuesday November 13th 2018
John Faunce Roach
American film producer and screenwriter (Paradise Alley)Died on Tuesday November 13th 2018
Jerry Gant
American visual artist and poetDied on Monday November 12th 2018
Olga Harmony
Mexican writerDied on Monday November 12th 2018
Leonid Zrelov
Russian writerDied on Monday November 12th 2018
Juris Jurjevics
Latvian-born American writer and publisherDied on Saturday November 10th 2018
Vladislav Ahromenko
Belorussian writerDied on Saturday November 10th 2018
Bijan Zarmandili
Italian writer and journalistDied on Saturday November 10th 2018
Roland Mahauden
Belgium actor and screenwriterDied on Friday November 9th 2018
Mykola Bosak
Ukrainian journalist and writerDied on Friday November 9th 2018
Mikola Bosak
Ukrainian journalist and writerDied on Friday November 9th 2018
Vladimir Fromer
Russian-born Israeli writer and jourmalistDied on Friday November 9th 2018
Askhal Ahmetkhuzhin
Bashkir poet and literary translatorDied on Friday November 9th 2018
Bertil Mårtensson
Swedish authorDied on Wednesday November 7th 2018
Eric Schiller
American chess player and authorDied on Tuesday November 6th 2018
Ali Squalli Houssaini
Moroccan writerDied on Monday November 5th 2018
Kenneth Roy
Scottish print and TV journalist and authorDied on Monday November 5th 2018
Laxman Masturiya
Indian poetDied on Sunday November 4th 2018
Eustaquio Sosa
Uruguayan poetDied on Sunday November 4th 2018
Erno Polgar
Hungarian writerDied on Saturday November 3rd 2018
Warren Dalton Jr
American columnistDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
Bogdan Zholdak
Ukrainian screenwriterDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
Bohdan Zholdak
Ukrainian screenwriterDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
Victor Marchetti
American CIA agent and authorDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
María Irene Fornés
Cuban-American playwright (SaritaDied on Wednesday October 31st 2018
Bogdan Joldak
Ukrainian screenwriterDied on Wednesday October 31st 2018
Dave Duncan
award-winning Scottish-Canadian fantasy and science fiction author. Died on Wednesday October 31st 2018
John Taylor Gatto
American author and teacherDied on Tuesday October 30th 2018
Sangharakshita
British Buddhist teacher and writerDied on Tuesday October 30th 2018