Ntozake Shange dead at age 70
American playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf) and poet Died on Saturday October 27th 2018
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Angela Bianchini obituary: died at age 97
Italian author and literary critic Died on Saturday October 27th 2018
Thomas Keating passes away at age 95
American Trappist monk and author Died on Friday October 26th 2018
Tony Hoagland passes away at age 64
American poet Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
Death of Raymond Fraser at age 77
Canadian writer Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
Alojz Rebula dies at age 94
Italain-born Slovenian writer Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
Na. Muthuswamy death at age 82
Indian theatre artist and playwright Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
Rein Põder dies at 75
Estonian writer and publisher Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
François Montmaneix died at age 80
French poet and writer Died on Wednesday October 24th 2018
Louis O’Neill died at age 93
Canadian writer Died on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Obituary: Pyotr Moryakov, dead at age 104
Russian poet and journalist Died on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Robert Saladrigas death at age 78
Spanish writer Died on Monday October 22nd 2018
Fang Nanjiang has died at age 75
Chinese novelist and major general of the People's Armed Police Died on Monday October 22nd 2018
Gaétan Gervais dead at age 74
Canadian historian and author Died on Sunday October 21st 2018
Sue Hubbell died at age 83
American author Died on Friday October 19th 2018
Obituary: Abdrahman Asylbek, dead at age 80
Kazakh poet Died on Friday October 19th 2018
Daniel Honoré death at age 79
French writer Died on Friday October 19th 2018
Jan Jakob has died at age 71
Norwegian author Died on Wednesday October 17th 2018
David Helwig dies at 80
Canadian poet Died on Wednesday October 17th 2018
Death of Bo Cavefors at age 82
Swedish writer and journalist Died on Wednesday October 17th 2018
Roberto Burgos death at age 70
Colombian writer Died on Wednesday October 17th 2018
Obituary: Arto Paasilinna, dead at age 76
Finnish novelist. Died on Tuesday October 16th 2018
Robert Bausch dies at age 73
American writer Died on Sunday October 14th 2018
Milton Gendel dead at age 99
American-Italian photographer and art critic Died on Saturday October 13th 2018
Fatos Arapi dies at age 88
Albanian poet and writer Died on Friday October 12th 2018
Hebe Uhart passed away at age 81
Argentina writer Died on Friday October 12th 2018
Mikhail Aslamov passes away at age 89
Russian poet Died on Thursday October 11th 2018
Armas Mishin dead at age 83
Russian poet Died on Thursday October 11th 2018
Death of Zíbia Gasparetto at age 92
Brazilian spiritualist writer Died on Thursday October 11th 2018
Ira Gasman dies at 76
American theatre writer and lyricist Died on Wednesday October 10th 2018
Sherhan Murtaza, died aged 86
Kazakhstan writer and translator Died on Tuesday October 9th 2018
Dirk Ayelt dies at 72
Dutch writer Died on Monday October 8th 2018
Oleg Pavlov died at age 48
Russian writer Died on Monday October 8th 2018
Obituary: Ray Galton, dead at age 88
British radio and television scriptwriter (Galton and Simpson) Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Lady Judith dies at age 78
British poet Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Paul Verhuyck dies at age 78
Belgian writer Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Ian Hutoryanski dead at age 87
Russian correspondent (Radio Mayak) and writer Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Edgardo Rivera, died aged 85
Peruvian writer Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Audrey Wells obituary: died at age 58
American film director and screenwriter (Under the Tuscan Sun Died on Friday October 5th 2018
Heo Su-gyeong dies at age 54
South Korean poet Died on Thursday October 4th 2018
Death of Derek Wheatley at age 92
English barrister and novelist Died on Thursday October 4th 2018
Manuel Ríos passed away at age 84
Spanish poet and flamencologist Died on Wednesday October 3rd 2018
Antonina Maari dead at age 93
Lithuanian writer Died on Wednesday October 3rd 2018
Death of Michael Freedland at age 83
British journalist and biographer Died on Wednesday October 3rd 2018
Pascale Casanova, died aged 59
Frencj literary critic Died on Wednesday October 3rd 2018
Death of Peter C. at age 77
American baseball historian and author Died on Wednesday October 3rd 2018
Peggy Sue death at age 78
American author Died on Tuesday October 2nd 2018
Vasyl Budyanskyi passes away at age 76
Ukrainian stage actor and poet Died on Tuesday October 2nd 2018
Vasili Budyanski dead at age 76
Ukrainian stage actor and poet Died on Tuesday October 2nd 2018
Julio Fausto dies at age 90
Guatemalan writer and poet Died on Monday October 1st 2018
Yarema Hoyan, died aged 78
Ukrainian writer and journalist Died on Saturday September 29th 2018
Yarema Goyan dies at age 78
Ukrainian writer and journalist Died on Saturday September 29th 2018
Joe Masteroff passes away at age 98
American playwright (Cabaret Died on Friday September 28th 2018
Tamaz Chiladze dead at age 87
Georgian writer and poet Died on Friday September 28th 2018
James Lawton died at age 75
British sports journalist and biographer Died on Friday September 28th 2018
Death of Aleksey Tzybin at age 96
Russian writer Died on Friday September 28th 2018
Ruslan Deriglazov has died at age 73
Russian poet and journalist Died on Friday September 28th 2018
David Wong obituary: died at age 63
American writer Died on Thursday September 27th 2018
Kavita Mahajan obituary: died at age 51
Indian writer Died on Thursday September 27th 2018
Obituary: John Cunliffe, dead at age 85
English children's book author Died on Thursday September 27th 2018
Olav Angell death at age 86
Norwegian poet and jazz musician Died on Wednesday September 26th 2018
Terry Moore, died aged 82
Canadian broadcaster and author Died on Wednesday September 26th 2018
Ismail Fahd died at age 78
Kuwaiti novelist and literary critic Died on Wednesday September 26th 2018
Herbert Meier death at age 90
Swiss writer and translator Died on Wednesday September 26th 2018
Pavel Řezníček has died at age 76
Czech poet Died on Tuesday September 25th 2018
Alexander Shestakov dead at age 85
Russian writer and journalist Died on Tuesday September 25th 2018
Bohdan Rubchak obituary: died at age 83
Ukrainian poet Died on Monday September 24th 2018
Bogdan Rubchak obituary: died at age 83
Ukrainian poet Died on Monday September 24th 2018
Yasuyuki Kunitomo dies at 65
Japanese manga writer Died on Saturday September 22nd 2018
Huang Ching-yuen dies at 98
Chinese children's literature writer Died on Saturday September 22nd 2018
Lawrence Martin-Bittman dies at age 87
Czech-born American artist and author Died on Saturday September 22nd 2018
Zinaida Mirkina died at age 92
Russian poet and translator Died on Friday September 21st 2018
Charles Rappleye dead at age 62
American writer Died on Thursday September 20th 2018
Ludmila Milanich has died at age 84
Russian poet Died on Thursday September 20th 2018
Kondapalli Koteswaramma passed away at age 98
Indian communist revolutionary and writer Died on Wednesday September 19th 2018
Vishnu Khare death at age 78
Indian poet and writer Died on Wednesday September 19th 2018
Denis Norden passes away at age 96
English comedy writer and television presenter (It'll be Alright on the Night Died on Wednesday September 19th 2018
Jean Piat has died at age 93
French actor and writer Died on Wednesday September 19th 2018
Marceline Loridan-Ivens death at age 90
French writer and film director Died on Tuesday September 18th 2018
Alan Abel obituary: died at age 94
American prankster and writer Died on Tuesday September 18th 2018
Stephen Jeffreys obituary: died at age 68
British playwright (The Libertine Died on Tuesday September 18th 2018
Death of Annette Michelson at age 96
American film and art critic Died on Tuesday September 18th 2018
Horst Bosetzky dies at 80
German sociologist and writer Died on Monday September 17th 2018
Obituary: David Rubadiri, dead at age 88
Malawian poet and diplomat Died on Saturday September 15th 2018
Brij Katyal passed away at age -1
Indian film writer Died on Saturday September 15th 2018
Sven Wernström dies at age 93
Swedish author Died on Saturday September 15th 2018
Death of Roland Duval at age 84
French film critic Died on Saturday September 15th 2018
Obituary: Wallace Tripp, dead at age 78
American illustrator (Amelia Bedelia) and author (Wallace Tripp's Wurst Seller) Died on Friday September 14th 2018
K. N. dead at age 73
Indian film director and critic Died on Friday September 14th 2018
Adrian C. passes away at age 72
American Lovelock Paiute author and screenwriter (Skins) Died on Thursday September 13th 2018
Guido Ceronetti dies at age 91
Italian writer and poet Died on Thursday September 13th 2018
Rama Chowdhury death at age 81
Bangladeshi author Died on Thursday September 13th 2018
Death of Johnny Strike at age 70
American writer Died on Tuesday September 11th 2018
Anna Karabessini dies at age 95
Greek folk singer and song writer Died on Monday September 10th 2018
Thomas Rickman obituary: died at age 78
American screenwriter (Coal Miner's Daughter Died on Thursday September 6th 2018
Priscila Uppal dead at age 44
Canadian poet Died on Wednesday September 5th 2018
Obituary: Bhagwatikumar Sharma, dead at age 84
Indian Gujarati writer and journalist Died on Wednesday September 5th 2018
Death of Jeb Rosebrook at age 83
American screenwriter (Junior Bonner Died on Wednesday September 5th 2018
Vladeta Jerotić, died aged 95
Serbian psychiatrist and author Died on Tuesday September 4th 2018