Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
David Yallop
British authorDied on Friday August 31st 2018
Amanda Kyle Williams
American authorDied on Friday August 31st 2018
Stanley Keleman
American writer and chiropractorDied on Friday August 31st 2018
Ian Jones
Australian author and television producerDied on Friday August 31st 2018
Gary Friedrich
American comic book writer (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos)Died on Thursday August 30th 2018
Peter Corris
Australian crime novelistDied on Thursday August 30th 2018
Ștefan Oprea
Romanian playwrightDied on Wednesday August 29th 2018
José Ruiz Rosas
Peruvian poetDied on Wednesday August 29th 2018
John Christgau
American writerDied on Wednesday August 29th 2018
Matthew Aid
American author and historianDied on Tuesday August 28th 2018
Hamsad Rangkuti
Indonesian writerDied on Tuesday August 28th 2018
Ann Ireland
Canadian novelistDied on Tuesday August 28th 2018
Neil Simon
American playwrightDied on Sunday August 26th 2018
Robin Leach
British writer and actor (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)Died on Friday August 24th 2018
Wakako Yamauchi
American playwrightDied on Friday August 24th 2018
Ciril Zlobec
Slovene poetDied on Friday August 24th 2018
Jesús Torbado
Spanish writerDied on Thursday August 23rd 2018
Ghislain Van Royen
Belgian writerDied on Thursday August 23rd 2018
Vesna Krmpotić
Croatian writer and translatorDied on Wednesday August 22nd 2018
Ligia Lezama
Venezuelan telenovelas writerDied on Wednesday August 22nd 2018
Vicente Verdú
Spanish writerDied on Tuesday August 21st 2018
Robert Hugh Ferrell
American historian and authorDied on Tuesday August 21st 2018
Hanna Mina
Syrian novelistDied on Tuesday August 21st 2018
Halima Xudoyberdiyeva
Uzbekistani writer and poetDied on Monday August 20th 2018
Leona Toppel
American actress and writer (Dennis the Menace)Died on Monday August 20th 2018
Tytti Parras
Finnish writerDied on Monday August 20th 2018
Yuriy Gribov
Russian writer and journalistDied on Saturday August 18th 2018
Nikolai Zinoviev
Russian poetDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Benny Andersen
Danish authorDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Drahoslav Makovička
Czech dramaturge and screenwriter (Angel in a Devil's BodyDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri
Algerian Islamic scholar and writerDied on Thursday August 16th 2018
Stepan Pushyk
Ukrainian writerDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Brunon Zwarra
Polish authorDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Chemmanam Chacko
Malayalam poetDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Chakko
Malayalam poetDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Robley Wilson
American writerDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Stepan Pushik
Ukrainian writerDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Eduard Uspensky
Russian authorDied on Wednesday August 15th 2018
Georges Hausemer
Luxembourg writerDied on Tuesday August 14th 2018
Michael Scott Rohan
Scottish fantasy and science fiction authorDied on Monday August 13th 2018
Mahmut Makal
Turkish writerDied on Monday August 13th 2018
Anita Miller
American author and publisherDied on Sunday August 12th 2018
V. S. Naipaul
British writer (A House for Mr Biswas)Died on Saturday August 11th 2018
William Corbett
American poetDied on Friday August 10th 2018
David I. Cleland
American engineer and writerDied on Thursday August 9th 2018
Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan
Bangladeshi military officer and writerDied on Thursday August 9th 2018
Mary E. White
South African-born Australian paleobotanist and authorDied on Thursday August 9th 2018
John Glines
American producer and playwrightDied on Wednesday August 8th 2018
Stephen Juan
American anthropologist and authorDied on Tuesday August 7th 2018
Anya Krugovoy Silver
American poetDied on Monday August 6th 2018
Pete Richens
English screenwriter (The Comic Strip Presents)Died on Monday August 6th 2018
Lluïsa Forrellad
Spanish writerDied on Monday August 6th 2018
Matthew Sweeney
Irish poetDied on Sunday August 5th 2018
Gil Elliot
Scottish writerDied on Friday August 3rd 2018
Ingrid Espelid Hovig
Norwegian television chef and cookbook authorDied on Friday August 3rd 2018
Winston Ntshona
South African actor and playwrightDied on Thursday August 2nd 2018
Michael A. Sheehan
American author and government officialDied on Thursday August 2nd 2018
Jalees Sherwani
Indian screenwriter and lyricistDied on Wednesday August 1st 2018
Ramapada Chowdhury
Indian writerDied on Monday July 30th 2018
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
author-historian and former chairman of the National Historical Commission of the PhilippinesDied on Monday July 30th 2018
Enrique Verástegui
Peruvian poetDied on Saturday July 28th 2018
Vladimir Voinovich
Russian writerDied on Saturday July 28th 2018
Sha Yexin
Chinese playwright and political activistDied on Friday July 27th 2018
Yale Udoff
American screenwriterDied on Friday July 27th 2018
Clara Sereni
Italian authorDied on Thursday July 26th 2018
Christos Roumeliotakis
Greek poetDied on Thursday July 26th 2018
Manos Eleutheriou
Greek poetDied on Thursday July 26th 2018
Brian Kellow
American magazine editor (Opera News) and biographerDied on Monday July 23rd 2018
Choi In-hun
South Korean writer (The Square)Died on Monday July 23rd 2018
Jonathan Gold
American food critic (The Los Angeles TimesDied on Sunday July 22nd 2018
David Stevens
Palestinian-born Australian film director (The Sum of Us) and screenwriter (Breaker Morant)Died on Sunday July 22nd 2018
Annie Ali Khan
Pakistani model and writerDied on Saturday July 21st 2018
Kim Renders
Canadian writerDied on Saturday July 21st 2018
Jessica Mann
British writerDied on Saturday July 21st 2018
Thaddeus Radzilowski
American historian and authorDied on Saturday July 21st 2018
Maria Spivak
Russian English translator (J.K. Rowling) and prose writerDied on Friday July 20th 2018
Shinobu Hashimoto
Japanese screenwriter (Rashomon)Died on Friday July 20th 2018
Hugh Whitemore
English playwright and screenwriterDied on Wednesday July 18th 2018
Radoslav Nenadál
Czech writerDied on Tuesday July 17th 2018
John A. Stormer
American author ("None Dare Call it Treason")Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Frank Giroud
French comics writerDied on Sunday July 15th 2018
Vidmantė Jasukaitytė
Lithuanian writerDied on Saturday July 14th 2018
Claude Seignolle
French authorDied on Saturday July 14th 2018
Henry Morgenthau III
American author and television producerDied on Friday July 13th 2018
Clive King
English author (Stig of the Dump)Died on Friday July 13th 2018