Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Hellar Grabbi
Estonian writer and journalist
Died on Monday July 30th 2018
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
author-historian and former chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Died on Monday July 30th 2018
Sha Yexin
Chinese playwright and political activist
Died on Friday July 27th 2018
Yale Udoff
American screenwriter
Died on Friday July 27th 2018
Brian Kellow
American magazine editor (Opera News) and biographer
Died 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 Times
Died 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
Thaddeus Radzilowski
American historian and author
Died on Saturday July 21st 2018
Maria Spivak
Russian English translator (J.K. Rowling) and prose writer
Died on Friday July 20th 2018
Shinobu Hashimoto
Japanese screenwriter (Rashomon)
Died on Friday July 20th 2018
Hugh Whitemore
English playwright and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday July 18th 2018
John A. Stormer
American author ("None Dare Call it Treason")
Died on Monday July 16th 2018
Vidmantė Jasukaitytė
Lithuanian writer
Died on Saturday July 14th 2018
Henry Morgenthau III
American author and television producer
Died on Friday July 13th 2018
Clive King
English author (Stig of the Dump)
Died on Friday July 13th 2018
Marion Woodman
Canadian author and psychologist
Died on Tuesday July 10th 2018
Jónas Kristjánsson
Icelandic writer and newspaper editor
Died on Tuesday July 3rd 2018
Capital Gazette
columnist (The Capital)
Died on Friday June 29th 2018
Gerald Fischman
American columnist (The Capital)
Died on Friday June 29th 2018
Harlan Ellison
American author (A Boy and His Dog)
Died on Thursday June 28th 2018
Hugh Stuckey
Australian comedy and drama writer
Died on Monday June 25th 2018
Nina Baym
American literary critic and historian
Died on Friday June 22nd 2018
Sándor Kányádi
Hungarian poet and translator
Died on Wednesday June 20th 2018
Stephen Reid
Canadian bank robber and author
Died on Wednesday June 13th 2018
Christopher Stasheff
American Science Fiction & Fantasy novelist. 74
Died on Monday June 11th 2018
Somaweera Senanayake
Sri Lankan teledrama and film screenwriter
Died on Monday June 11th 2018
Mateja Matevski
Macedonian poet
Died on Monday June 11th 2018
Zhang Junzhao
Chinese film director and screenwriter (One and Eight
Died on Saturday June 9th 2018
Per Ahlmark
Swedish politician and writer
Died on Friday June 8th 2018
Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx
British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–1970
Died on Wednesday June 6th 2018
Abhimanyu Unnuth
Mauritian writer
Died on Monday June 4th 2018
Tony Morphett
Australian screenwriter (Blue Heelers
Died on Monday June 4th 2018
Jerry Hopkins
American journalist and biographer
Died on Sunday June 3rd 2018
Alessandra Appiano
Italian writer and journalist
Died on Sunday June 3rd 2018
Jill Ker Conway
Australian-American author
Died on Saturday June 2nd 2018
Barbara Nawrocka-Dońska
Polish journalist and feminist essayist
Died on Friday June 1st 2018
Fredric Arnold
American actor and writer (The Seventh Sign
Died on Thursday May 31st 2018
Gardner Dozois
American science fiction author and editor
Died on Monday May 28th 2018
Julio Ribera
Spanish comics artist and screenwriter
Died on Sunday May 27th 2018
Robin Miller
American journalist and author
Died on Saturday May 26th 2018
Mazhar Kaleem
Pakistani lawyer and novelist (Imran Series)
Died on Saturday May 26th 2018
Balkavi Bairagi
Indian poet and politician
Died on Saturday May 26th 2018
Roblimo
American journalist and author
Died on Friday May 25th 2018
