K. P. Unnikrishnan Indian politician dead at age 89
K. P. Unnikrishnan, an Indian politician and writer who served as a Union minister and parliamentarian for the Vatakara constituency, died on March 3, 2026. He was 89. Born on…
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Patrick Dewolf French film director and screenwriter dead at age 75
Patrick Dewolf, the French film director and screenwriter, died in Invalid Date at the age of 75. Born in Paris on 3 June 1950, he was nominated for a César…
Hélène Mouchard-Zay French academic and writer dead at age 85
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a French academic and writer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 85. Born in Rabat on August 27, 1940, she was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean…
Nikolay Kolyada Russian playwright dead at age 68
Nikolay Kolyada, a Russian playwright, theatre director, actor and teacher, died on March 2, 2026. He was 68. Born on December 4, 1957, in Presnogor'kovka in the Kostanay Region of…
Bernard Launois French film director dead at age 95
Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for…
Janardan Waghmare Author, Educationist/Professor, Social Worker, Social Reformer dead at age 91
Janardan Waghmare, an Indian educationist and politician, died on March 2, 2026. He was 91. Waghmare served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and was…
Jahanara Arzu Bangladeshi poet dead at age 93
Jahanara Arzu, a Bangladeshi poet, died on March 2, 2026. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature. Arzu…
Vladimir Charlot
Russian writer and literacy criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Kenith Trodd British television producer dead at age 90
Kenith Trodd, a British film and television producer best known for his association with playwright Dennis Potter, died on March 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Kenneth George Trodd on May…
Neville Peat Author, photographer dead at age 78
Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago…
Diamond Dave Whitaker American poet and activist dead at age 88
Diamond Dave Whitaker, an American poet and activist, died on March 1, 2026. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 12, 1937, Whitaker was associated with several generations of San Francisco…
Alexander Tzonis Greek-French architect dead at age 88
Alexander Tzonis, a Greek-French architect, author and researcher, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Athens on November 8, 1937, he made contributions to architectural…
Jeelani Bano Novel, short story dead at age 89
Jeelani Bano, an Indian writer and novelist, died on March 1, 2026. Born on July 14, 1936, in Budaun, she wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. Bano began writing…
Adeeb Naser 87–86 dead at age 87
Adeeb Naser, a Palestinian poet, died on March 1, 2026. Born on 28 June 1939, he joined the American University in Cairo in 1959 and the American University of Beirut…
Giancarlo Consonni
Italian poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Margherita Pieracci Harwell
Italian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Purchi Achvan
Russian playwright and poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Sergey Georgiyev
Russian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Koichiro Iida
Japanese manga artist and criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Nabilah Lubis Indonesian philologist and writer dead at age 83
Nabilah Lubis, an Indonesian philologist, writer, translator and lecturer, died on February 28, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 83. Born Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah in Cairo on March…
Mario Buhagiar Maltese art historian dead at age 81
Mario Buhagiar, a Maltese art historian and author, died on February 28, 2026, aged 81. He was a professor in the history of art at the University of Malta and…
Lorraine Bayly The Man From Snowy River as Rosemary Hume, The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson&#…
Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937,…
Slava Tsukerman Russian film director dead at age 86
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and…
John H. Caldwell Promotion of cross-country skiing in the United States dead at age 97
John H. Caldwell, an American Olympic skier and author, died on February 27, 2026, at age 97. Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing and later became…
Rose Lesniak
feminist poet and dog trainerDied on Friday February 27th 2026
Ardis E. Parshall American historian dead at age 66
Ardis E. Parshall, an American historian and independent researcher of Latter-day Saint history, died on February 26, 2026. She published her research on the blog Keepapitchinin and worked for The…
Christopher S. Wren American journalist and author dead at age 89
Christopher S. Wren, an American journalist and author who spent 28 years as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on February 26, 2026. Born Christopher Sale Wren…
Utsav Charan Das Indian dancer dead at age 80
Utsav Charan Das, an Indian dancer, lyricist, music composer and playwright, died on February 26, 2026. He was born in 1945 or 1946 in Mania village, then in Orissa Province,…
T. K. Oommen Indian sociologist dead at age 88
T. K. Oommen, an Indian sociologist, died on February 26, 2026. Also known as Tharailath Koshy Oommen, he was Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,…
Ahmed Nimal Maldivian actor dead at age 62
Ahmed Nimal, a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 62. Born on January 13, 1963, in the Sultanate of the…
Maroof Raza Indian Army officer dead at age 66
Maroof Raza, an Indian Army officer and commentator on national security and strategic affairs, died on February 26, 2026, aged 66. He served in the Indian Army from 1980 to…
Drusilla Beyfus Etiquette writer dead at age 98
Drusilla Beyfus, the English writer and journalist best known for her books on modern modes and manners, died on February 26, 2026, aged 98. Born in Hampstead, London, on March…
André Vanasse Writer dead at age 83
André Vanasse, a Canadian writer, died on February 26, 2026, at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born in Montreal on March 6, 1942, he was a member of…
Ioanna Papantoniou Greek author dead at age 90
Ioanna Papantoniou, a Greek author, scenic designer, costume designer and folklorist, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Athens on January 7, 1936, she was the founder and president of…
Jeff Galloway American Olympic runner dead at age 80
Jeff Galloway, an American Olympic runner and author, died on February 25, 2026. He was 80. Born John Franks Galloway in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 12, 1945, he competed…
Rob Grant Novelist, screenwriter, television producer dead at age -1
Rob Grant, the British comedy writer and television producer who co-created the Red Dwarf comedy franchise, died on February 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Robert Grant in Salford on September…
Carol Walker American mathematician dead at age 90
Carol Walker, an American mathematician and mathematics textbook author, died on February 25, 2026. Born Carol Lee Walker on August 19, 1935, in Martinez, California, she studied music education at…
Rex Lee Jim American Navajo politician dead at age 63
Rex Lee Jim, an American Navajo politician and writer who served as Vice President of the Navajo Nation, died on February 25, 2026, at age 63. Born in 1962 in…
Abdul Majid Arfaei Researcher, author, elamitologist dead at age 86
Abdul Majid Arfaei, an Iranian researcher and elamitologist, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 86. Also known as Abdul Majid Arfaee, he was born on September 1,…
Glaudi Barsotti French writer and journalist dead at age 92
Glaudi Barsotti, a French writer and journalist, died on February 24, 2026. Also spelled Glaudi Barsòtti in Occitan and Claude Barsotti in French, he was a French Occitan writer and…
Nina Gabrielyan Russian-Armenian writer and artist dead at age 74
Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.…
Elaine Ingham American microbiologist dead at age 73
Elaine Ingham, an American microbiologist, died on February 24, 2026. She was a soil biology researcher and the founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. and the Soil Foodweb School. Ingham was…
Jeremy Larner American author and screenwriter, Oscar winner dead at age 88
Jeremy Larner, the American author and screenwriter who won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Original Screenplay for The Candidate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Jeremy…
Giancarlo Politi Italian art critic dead at age 89
Giancarlo Politi, Italian art critic, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Trevi, in Umbria, on January 29, 1937, he was also a poet and publisher, and was best known…
Stephen Koch American writer dead at age 84
Stephen Koch, an American writer, novelist, essayist, historian and teacher, died on February 24, 2026, at age 84. Born Stephen Bayard Koch on May 8, 1941, in Saint Paul, Minnesota,…
Rupert Roopnaraine Author, politician, cricket player dead at age 83
Rupert Roopnaraine, a Guyanese politician, cricketer and writer, died on February 23, 2026, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the age of 83. Born in Kitty, Georgetown, British Guiana, on January 31,…
Ali Babachahi Poet, writer, researcher, literary critic dead at age 83
Ali Babachahi, an Iranian poet and writer, died on February 23, 2026, at age 83. Born in Bushehr in 1942, he was also a researcher and literary critic. Babachahi published…
Andrej Medved Poet, editor and translator dead at age 79
Andrej Medved, a Slovene poet, editor and translator, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Ljubljana on February 3, 1947, he studied philosophy and the…
Gary Dontzig American television producer
Gary Dontzig, an American television producer, screenwriter and actor, died on February 23, 2026, at age 79. He worked as a writer and producer on television programs including "Murphy Brown,"…
David Chadwick American Zen Buddhist priest and writer dead at age 81
David Chadwick, an American Zen Buddhist priest and writer, died on February 23, 2026. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 9, 1945, he moved to California in 1966 to…
Coleman Barks Poet dead at age 88
Coleman Barks, an American poet and writer, died on February 23, 2026, at age 88. He was an American poet and literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Born…
Gregorio Morán Spanish journalist and writer dead at age 79
Gregorio Morán, a Spanish journalist and writer, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Oviedo in 1947, he lived in Paris during the Franco regime…
Vicente L. Rafael Contracting Colonialism; “White Love”; The Promise of the ForeignR…
Vicente L. Rafael, a Filipino historian and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Washington, Seattle, died on February 21, 2026. He was 70. Rafael received his B.A.…
Dan Simmons Novelist dead at age 77
Dan Simmons, an American science fiction and horror writer, died on February 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Daniel Joseph Simmons in Peoria, Illinois, on April 4, 1948, he was…
Joseph L. Green Writer dead at age 95
Joseph L. Green, an American science-fiction author and charter member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, died on February 20, 2026, at age 95. Born in Compass Lake in…
Ted Booth Poet dead at age 87
Ted Booth, an English poet and lecturer in creative writing at Hornsey College of Art, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 87. He was born in 1938…
Sankar Books on Swami Vivekananda, Bengali novels dead at age 92
Sankar, the Indian writer known for his Bengali-language novels and essays, died on February 20, 2026, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, at the age of 92. Born Mani Sankar Mukherjee…
Lee Hye-gyeong South Korean writer dead at age 66
Lee Hye-gyeong, a South Korean writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 65. Born in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on June 16, 1960, she published…
Nikolai Komyagin Russian singer dead at age 39
Nikolai Komyagin, the Russian singer best known as the vocalist of the experimental band Shortparis, died on February 20, 2026. He was 39. Born in Novokuznetsk on January 31, 1987,…
David Judge British political scientist and writer, oesophageal cancer dead at age 75
David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where…
Svein Jarvoll Norwegian writer dead at age 79
Svein Jarvoll, a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lurøy, Helgeland, on 5 May 1946,…
Clem Sunter Futurist, scenario planner, business leader and author dead at age 81
Clem Sunter, a South African futurist, scenario planner, business executive and author, died on February 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Christopher Louis Clem Sunter on 8 August 1944 in Suffolk,…
Pol Greisch Luxembourgish actor and writer dead at age 95
Pol Greisch, a Luxembourgish actor and writer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Walferdange on April 8, 1930, he was also a dramatist. Greisch…
Susan Sheehan American author dead at age 88
Susan Sheehan, an American writer and author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died on February 17, 2026. Born Susanna Maria Sachsel in Vienna, Austria, on August…
Edward Hoagland Essayist, novelist dead at age 93
Edward Hoagland, the American author best known for his nature and travel writing, died on February 17, 2026, at age 93. Born Edward Morley Hoagland in Manhattan, New York City,…
Joachim Kempin German businessman dead at age 83
Joachim Kempin, a German-born American businessman and former senior vice president of Microsoft, died on February 17, 2026. He ran Microsoft’s division selling operating software to PC manufacturers for 15…
Dmitry Bavilsky Russian writer dead at age 57
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Anna dePeyster British-Australian journalist and author dead at age 81
Anna dePeyster, the British-Australian journalist and author known as Anna Maria dePeyster, died on February 17, 2026, at age 81. Born Anna Maria Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30,…
Alejandro Ostoa
Mexican actor and playwrightDied on Monday February 16th 2026
Juan Carlos Desanzo Argentine film director dead at age 88
Juan Carlos Desanzo, an Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on January 15, 1938, he worked…
Linda Seger American author dead at age 80
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant, died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and…
Maria Vagatova poet dead at age 89
Maria Vagatova, a Russian Khanty poet, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Maria Kuzminichna Voldina on December 28, 1936, near the village of Yuilsk in…
Ivar Bjørklund Norwegian anthropologist and writer dead at age 76
Ivar Bjørklund, a Norwegian anthropologist and writer, died on February 15, 2026. Born on December 25, 1949, he was professor of cultural studies at the University of Tromsø – The…
Michael Silverblatt American literary critic and broadcaster dead at age 73
Michael Silverblatt, an American literary critic and broadcaster who hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Bookworm, died on February 14, 2026, at age 73. He presented the show from 1989…
Edward L. Deci Academic, author, psychologist dead at age 83
Edward L. Deci, an American psychologist and academic, died on February 14, 2026. He was professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the social sciences at the University of Rochester,…
Tom Noonan American actor dead at age 74
Thomas Patrick Noonan, an American actor, director and screenwriter, died on February 14, 2026, at age 74. He was best known for playing Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter, Frankenstein's Monster in…
Susan George American-French political and social scientist dead at age 91
Susan George, the American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer, died on February 14, 2026. Born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, she wrote on…
José Álvaro Moisés Brazilian political scientist dead at age 81
José Álvaro Moisés, a Brazilian political scientist, died on February 14, 2026, after drowning at Itamambuca Beach in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo. Born in Campinas on…
Lowell Green Canadian radio personality dead at age 89
Lowell Green, a Canadian radio personality, journalist and author, died on February 14, 2026. He was 89. Green was best known as the host of The Lowell Green Show, a…
Lionel Fogarty Indigenous Australian poet and political activist dead at age 68
Lionel Fogarty, an Indigenous Australian poet and political activist, died on February 13, 2026. Also published as Lionel Lacey, he was born in 1958 on an Aboriginal reserve at Barambah,…
Roy Medvedev Human rights activism with participation in dissident movement in the Soviet Union dea…
Roy Medvedev, a Russian politician and writer, died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Tbilisi in 1925, he was known for his human rights activism…
Toshio Motoya Japanese hospitality executive dead at age 82
Toshio Motoya, a Japanese hospitality executive, died on February 13, 2026. He was the president of APA Group, which included APA Hotels & Resorts, one of Japan’s largest hotel chains.…
Xesús Alonso Montero Spanish writer dead at age 97
Xesús Alonso Montero, a Spanish writer and specialist in Galician literature, died on February 13, 2026. Born in Vigo on November 28, 1928, he authored a number of works focused…
Alex Caldiero American poet dead at age 76
Alex Caldiero, an American poet, died on February 13, 2026. Born Alissandru Francesco Caldiero in Licodia Eubea, near Catania, Sicily, in 1949, he immigrated to the United States at age…
Paulette Collet Belgian essayist and academic dead at age 99
Paulette Collet, a Belgian essayist and academic, died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Verviers in 1926, she fled to London at the onset of…
Marian Potograbski Writer dead at age -1
Marian Jan Potograbski, a Polish writer, died on February 12, 2026. He was a researcher of the 1956 Poznań protests and received the Silver Cross of Merit of Poland in…
Joe Simon Indian film director, heart attack dead at age 78
S. M. Joe Simon, an Indian film director, actor, lyricist, and screenplay and story writer, died on February 12, 2026, of a heart attack. He was known for his work…
Henric Holmberg Swedish actor dead at age 80
Henric Holmberg, a Swedish actor, died on February 12, 2026. Born Sven Martin Henric Holmberg in Växjö on January 4, 1946, he had his breakthrough in "Sven Klang's Combo" in…
Juhan Habicht Estonian translator and writer dead at age 72
Juhan Habicht, an Estonian translator and writer, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 72. He was a member of the Estonian Writers' Union and was best known…
Jacques Gaillard 77–78 dead at age 77
Jacques Gaillard, a French writer and Latinist, died on February 12, 2026. He was 77–78. Born in 1948, Gaillard graduated from the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud and served as…
Biodun Jeyifo Nigerian literary critic and scholar dead at age 80
Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian literary critic and scholar, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 80. He was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual and cultural theorist who…
Cees Nooteboom Novelist, poet, journalist dead at age 92
Cees Nooteboom, the Dutch novelist, poet and journalist, died on February 11, 2026, at age 92. Born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom on July 31, 1933, in The Hague, Netherlands,…
Nico de Haan Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter dead at age 78
Nico de Haan, a Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter, died on February 11, 2026. He was a Dutch conservationist, writer and radio and television presenter known for popularising birdwatching in…
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan Turkish writer dead at age 91
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan, a Turkish-Swedish Kurdish writer and translator, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey on 15 September 1934, he moved to Sweden as a…
Des de Moor English writer and musician dead at age 64
Des de Moor, English writer, singer, musician and songwriter, died on February 10, 2026. In 1987, he formed The Irresistible Force with Morris Gould, also known as Mixmaster Morris. Among…
Lina Brockdorff Maltese author dead at age 95
Lina Brockdorff, a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster, died on February 10, 2026. She was born in Senglea on May 21, 1930, to Patrick and Mary Mahoney. Her early…
Don Nigro Playwright dead at age 76
Don Nigro, an American playwright, died on February 9, 2026. Born on September 30, 1949, in Canton, Ohio, he wrote plays including Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the…