Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Arrigo Petacco
Italian journalist and writerDied on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Anna Chennault
Chinese-born writerDied on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
Egyptian authorDied on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Elizabeth Ebert
American poetDied on Monday April 2nd 2018
Anthony Lejeune
British writerDied on Saturday March 31st 2018
Anita Shreve
American author (The Pilot's Wife)Died on Friday March 30th 2018
Clément Rosset
French philosopher and writerDied on Thursday March 29th 2018
David Bischoff
American novelist and television writer (Star Trek: The Next Generation)Died on Wednesday March 28th 2018
Morten Piil
Danish film criticDied on Monday March 26th 2018
Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov
Russian Chechen writer and ethnographerDied on Sunday March 25th 2018
Alberto Ongaro
Italian journalist and writerDied on Saturday March 24th 2018
Philip Kerr
British crime novelist (Bernie Gunther series)Died on Saturday March 24th 2018
Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Finnish film director and screenwriterDied on Friday March 23rd 2018
Bob Ward
American space journalist and biographerDied on Thursday March 22nd 2018
Russell Freedman
American biographer and children's writerDied on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Karen Anderson
American writerDied on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Sushil Siddharth
Indian writerDied on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Ann-Charlotte Alverfors
Swedish authorDied on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Jürg Laederach
Swiss writerDied on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Michael Rutschky
German authorDied on Monday March 19th 2018
Kedarnath Singh
Indian poetDied on Monday March 19th 2018
Arnie Lerma
American writer and Scientology whistleblowerDied on Monday March 19th 2018
Clive Sinclair
British authorDied on Saturday March 17th 2018
Leonid Kvinikhidze
Russian screenwriter and film director (Mary PoppinsDied on Thursday March 15th 2018
Emily Nasrallah
Lebanese writerDied on Wednesday March 14th 2018
T. Berry Brazelton
American pediatrician and authorDied on Tuesday March 13th 2018
Mary Rosenblum
American authorDied on Monday March 12th 2018
Gerd Søraa
Norwegian politician and writerDied on Monday March 12th 2018
Kate Wilhelm
American Science Fiction author Died on Sunday March 11th 2018
Peter Temple
South African-born Australian writer (The Broken ShoreDied on Sunday March 11th 2018
Nagendra Sharma
Nepalese authorDied on Friday March 9th 2018
Sir Wilson Harris
Guyanese writerDied on Thursday March 8th 2018
Indra Bahadur Rai
Indian writerDied on Thursday March 8th 2018
Paul Magriel
American professional backgammon and poker player-authorDied on Wednesday March 7th 2018
Peter Nicholls
Australian writerDied on Wednesday March 7th 2018
Michele Hanson
British journalist (The Guardian) and writerDied on Monday March 5th 2018
Farhang Mehr
Iranian-born American Zoroastrian scholar and writerDied on Sunday March 4th 2018
Diana Der Hovanessian
American poetDied on Sunday March 4th 2018
Gordon Challis
New Zealand poetDied on Sunday March 4th 2018
Prafulla Das
Indian writerDied on Sunday March 4th 2018
Ivone Ramos
Cape Verdean writerDied on Sunday March 4th 2018
Emma Hannigan
Irish authorDied on Saturday March 3rd 2018
Mimmo Càndito
Italian writer and war correspondentDied on Saturday March 3rd 2018
Gillo Dorfles
Italian art criticDied on Friday March 2nd 2018
Paul De Meo
American film screenwriter and producer (TrancersDied on Friday March 2nd 2018
Nayani Krishnamurthy
Indian writerDied on Thursday March 1st 2018
Vanessa Lafaye
American novelistDied on Thursday March 1st 2018
Cynthia Heimel
American columnistDied on Tuesday February 27th 2018
Mike Walker
American gossip columnist (National Enquirer)Died on Monday February 26th 2018
Penny Vincenzi
British writerDied on Monday February 26th 2018
Folco Quilici
Italian film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday February 24th 2018
Euler Granda
Ecuadorian poetDied on Friday February 23rd 2018
Flor Romero
Colombian writerDied on Thursday February 22nd 2018
Roy McDonald
Canadian poetDied on Wednesday February 21st 2018
Tosun Bayrak
Turkish writer and artistDied on Wednesday February 21st 2018
Tōta Kaneko
Japanese writerDied on Wednesday February 21st 2018
J. Clay Smith
American jurist and authorDied on Tuesday February 20th 2018
Jack Ludwig
Canadian authorDied on Monday February 19th 2018
George Farr
American political leader and poetDied on Monday February 19th 2018
Daniel Vernet
French journalist and authorDied on Saturday February 17th 2018
Akinwunmi Isola
Nigerian playwright and actorDied on Saturday February 17th 2018
Sampie Terreblanche
South African economist and writerDied on Saturday February 17th 2018
Rakhymshan Otarbayev
Kazakhstan writer and playwright Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
James W. Downing
American naval officer and authorDied on Saturday February 17th 2018
Edward Pearce
English political journalist and writerDied on Thursday February 15th 2018
Douglas Botting
English explorer and authorDied on Thursday February 15th 2018
Victor Milan
American science fiction and fantasy author (Wild CardsDied on Thursday February 15th 2018
Lerone Bennett Jr.
American scholar and authorDied on Thursday February 15th 2018
Antoni Krauze
Polish screenwriter and directorDied on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Jim Downing
American naval officer and authorDied on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Janet Blachford
Canadian authorDied on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Françoise Xenakis
French writerDied on Tuesday February 13th 2018
Sir Lawrence Byford
British authorDied on Monday February 12th 2018
Brahim Akhiat
Moroccan authorDied on Saturday February 10th 2018
Michiko Ishimure
Japanese writerDied on Saturday February 10th 2018
John Anthony West
American author and EgyptologistDied on Thursday February 8th 2018
Barry Pascua
Filipino sportscaster and columnistDied on Thursday February 8th 2018
John Perry Barlow
American writerDied on Wednesday February 7th 2018
Liliana Bodoc
Argentine poetess and fantasy writer (La Saga de los Confines)Died on Wednesday February 7th 2018
Mathieu Riboulet
French writer and film directorDied on Tuesday February 6th 2018
Nico ter Linden
Dutch predikant and writerDied on Monday February 5th 2018
Gregor Dorfmeister
German writer and journalist (Die BrückeDied on Monday February 5th 2018
Henry Soles, Jr.
American chaplain and authorDied on Saturday February 3rd 2018
William Whitehead
Canadian writerDied on Saturday February 3rd 2018
David Sherwin
British screenwriter (if....)Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Wojciech Wójcik
Polish film director and screenwriterDied on Friday February 2nd 2018
Niranjan Bhagat
Indian poetDied on Thursday February 1st 2018
Darmanto Jatman
Indonesian poetDied on Thursday February 1st 2018