Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter · 28 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 28
Claribel Alegría
Nicaraguan poet · 25 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 25
Moussa Diagana
Mauritian writer · 25 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 25
Jack Ketchum
American author (The Girl Next Door) · 24 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 24
Ursula K. Le Guin
American science fiction writer · 23 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 23 · Guin
Bob Carlton
British theatre director and writer (Return to the Forbidden Planet) · 19 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 19
Julius Lester
American writer (To Be a Slave) and educator · 19 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 19
Peter Mayle
British author (A Year in Provence) · 18 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 18
Marley Carib
Japanese manga writer (Old Boy) · 15 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 15
Leonard Radic
Australian theatre critic for The Age · 11 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 11 · Radić
Carole Hart
American television writer (Sesame Street) · 11 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 11
John Wegg
Aviation books author · 09 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 9
Rasa Chughtai
Indian-born Pakistani poet · 06 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 6 · Raša
Serge Liberman
Uzbek-born Australian writer and physician · 05 January 2018 · January 2018 · January 5
Eti Saaga
Samoan-born American Samoan poet and writer. (Death reported on this date) · 29 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 29
Sue Grafton
American myster writer · 29 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 29
Ronit Matalon
Israeli fiction writer · 28 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 28
Asa Lanova
Swiss dancer (Danseuse Étoile) and author · 27 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 27
Marcus Raskin
American author and idealist · 27 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 27
Lawrence J. Cohen
American film and TV writer and producer (Start The Revolution Without Me · 21 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 21 · Cohen
Jane Galletly
British and New Zealand TV scriptwriter and editor · 20 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 20
Ana Enriqueta Terán
Venezuelan poet · 19 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 19 · Terán
Z’EV
American percussionist and poet · 17 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 17 · Zev
Tu An
Chinese poet and translator · 16 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 16
Masood Ahmed Barkati
Pakistani Renowned author of literature for children and editor of Hamdard Naunihal · 12 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 12 · Barkati
Marianne Means
American political journalist and columnist · 03 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 3 · Marianne, · Writers
Verena Stefan
Swiss-born Canadian writer · 01 December 2017 · December 2017 · December 1 · Štefan
Patrícia Gabancho
Argentine born Spainish writer and journalist · 28 November 2017 · November 2017 · November 28 · Patricia
Ken Shapiro
Jewish-American writer · 26 November 2017 · November 2017 · November 26
Jean Anglade
Francis writer · 22 November 2017 · November 2017 · November 22
Peter Berling
German actor and writer (Aguirre · 22 November 2017 · November 2017 · November 22