Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Gary Friedrich
American comic book writer (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos) · 30 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 30
Peter Corris
Australian crime novelist · 30 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 30
Franck Venaille
French poet and writer · 25 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 25 · French
Franck Vanille
French poet and writer · 25 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 25 · French
Robin Leach
British writer and actor (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous) · 24 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 24
Ciril Zlobec
Slovene poet · 24 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 24
Vesna Krmpotić
Croatian writer and translator · 22 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 22
Ligia Lezama
Venezuelan telenovelas writer · 22 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 22
Halima Xudoyberdiyeva
Uzbekistani writer and poet · 20 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 20
Leona Toppel
American actress and writer (Dennis the Menace) · 20 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 20
Drahoslav Makovička
Czech dramaturge and screenwriter (Angel in a Devil's Body · 17 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 17 · Czech
Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri
Algerian Islamic scholar and writer · 16 August 2018 · August 2018 · al-Jazaeri · August 16
Chemmanam Chacko
Malayalam poet · 15 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 15
Chakko
Malayalam poet · 15 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 15
Georges Hausemer
Luxembourg writer · 14 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 14
Michael Scott Rohan
Scottish fantasy and science fiction author · 13 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 13 · Rohan
V. S. Naipaul
British writer (A House for Mr Biswas) · 11 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 11 · Naipaul
David I. Cleland
American engineer and writer · 09 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 9 · Cleland
Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan
Bangladeshi military officer and writer · 09 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 9 · Bhuiyan
Mary E. White
South African-born Australian paleobotanist and author · 09 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 9 · White
John Glines
American producer and playwright · 08 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 8
Pete Richens
English screenwriter (The Comic Strip Presents) · 06 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 6
Ingrid Espelid Hovig
Norwegian television chef and cookbook author · 03 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 3 · Hovig
Péter Egyed
Romanian-born Hungarian poet · 03 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 3 · Peter
Michael A. Sheehan
American author and government official · 02 August 2018 · August 2018 · August 2 · Sheehan
Walid al-Kubaisi
Iraqi-born Norwegian writer · 31 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 31
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
author-historian and former chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines · 30 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 30 · Nakpil
Sha Yexin
Chinese playwright and political activist · 27 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 27
Manos Eleutheriou
Greek poet · 26 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 26 · Manos, · Greek
Brian Kellow
American magazine editor (Opera News) and biographer · 23 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 23
Choi In-hun
South Korean writer (The Square) · 23 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 23
Jonathan Gold
American food critic (The Los Angeles Times · 22 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 22
David Stevens
Palestinian-born Australian film director (The Sum of Us) and screenwriter (Breaker Morant) · 22 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 22
Annie Ali Khan
Pakistani model and writer · 21 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 21 · Khan
Maria Spivak
Russian English translator (J.K. Rowling) and prose writer · 20 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 20
Shinobu Hashimoto
Japanese screenwriter (Rashomon) · 20 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 20
John A. Stormer
American author ("None Dare Call it Treason") · 16 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 16 · Stormer
Frank Giroud
French comics writer · 15 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 15 · French
Vidmantė Jasukaitytė
Lithuanian writer · 14 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 14
Atukwei Okai
Ghanaian poet and academic. · 13 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 13
Clive King
English author (Stig of the Dump) · 13 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 13
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
American poet and activist · 12 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 12
Oleg Yuriev
Russian writer and translator · 06 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 6