Deaths Famous Dead Writers
David Hanly
Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland) · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20
Gavin Petrie
British writer and producer · 19 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 19
Jean-Louis Trudel
Canadian science-fiction author · 18 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 18
Sören Sommelius
Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad) · 16 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 16 · Soren
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriter · 16 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 16
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese novelist · 15 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 15
Dan McGrath
American television writer (The Simpsons · 14 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 14
Rachel Cooke
British journalist (The Observer) and writer · 14 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 14
Anka Ptaszkowska
Polish art critic and art historian · 12 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 12
Bill Ivey
American folklorist and author · 11 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 11
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara" · 11 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 11 · Éric
Anna Sandor
Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In) · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Sándor
Dejan Ristanović
Serbian writer and computer publicist · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Daya Prakash Sinha
Indian director and writer · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Sinha
Manuel Pérez
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu) · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
James Stevens Curl
British architectural historian and author · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Curl
Francine Christophe
French writer and Holocaust survivor · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · French
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor, died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived in Southern Rhodesia and later in India for many years… · 02 November 2025 · November 2025
Karomatullohi Mirzo
Tajik writer · 20 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 20
Alison Rose
American model and writer (The New Yorker) · 19 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 19
Sakineh (Simin) M. Redjali
Iranian-American psychologist and author · 16 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 16 · Redjali
Baek Se-hee
South Korean author (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki) · 16 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 16
Yolonda Lawrence
American television producer and writer (Empire · 15 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 15
Kyriakos D. Kassis
Greek poet and painter · 13 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 13 · Kassis · Greek
Zoë Wicomb
South African writer (You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town) · 13 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 13
Nasser Taghvai
Iranian film director and screenwriter · 13 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 13
Gurney Norman
American writer and poet laureate · 12 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 12
Desire Moyo
Zimbabwean politician and poet · 10 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 10
Eve Zaremba
Canadian mystery writer · 08 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 8
Sri Owen
Indonesian cooking teacher and food writer · 07 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 7
Franz Josef Wagner
German journalist (Bild) and writer · 06 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 6 · Wagner
Lin Arison
American writer and art patron · 06 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 6
Erin Pizzey
British men's rights activist and novelist · 05 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 5
Dame Jilly Cooper
English novelist (Emily · 05 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 5 · Cooper
Ivan Klíma
Czech writer · 03 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 3 · Czech · Iván
Douglas Laux
American CIA officer and author (Left of Boom) · 01 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 1
Ahmed Rafiq
Bangladeshi language movement activist and writer · 01 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 1
Michael B. Druxman
American screenwriter (Dillinger and Capone · 01 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 1 · Druxman
Anne Baker
British historical writer (Wings over Kabul: The First Airlift) · 28 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 28
Ann Granger
British crime writer (Cold in the Earth) · 23 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 23
S. L. Bhyrappa
Indian novelist (Bheemakaaya · 23 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 23 · Bhyrappa
Joichiro Kawamura
Japanese art critic and translator · 23 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 23 · Other
Ron Friedman
American screenwriter (The Transformers: The Movie · 21 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 21
Ian Monk
British writer and translator · 20 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 20
Marian Burros
American food writer (The New York Times · 20 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 20
Thomas Perry
American author (The Butcher's Boy · 18 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 18
John Masius
American television writer and producer (Touched by an Angel) · 16 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 16
Abdul Gani Bhat
Indian poet and political activist · 16 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 16 · Bhat
Marilyn Hagerty
American newspaper columnist (Grand Forks Herald) · 15 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 15 · Other
Antony Maitland
British children’s author and illustrator · 14 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 14