Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Elvira Orphée
Argentine writer
Died on Saturday April 28th 2018
Steven Marcus
American literary critic and scholar
Died on Saturday April 28th 2018
Paul Junger Witt
American film and television producer (Dead Poets Society
Died on Friday April 27th 2018
Charles Bohl
American screenwriter (Swimfan)
Died on Wednesday April 25th 2018
Emma Smith
English novelist
Died on Tuesday April 24th 2018
Belal Chowdhury
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Tuesday April 24th 2018
Shiva Kumar Pradhan
Nepalese writer
Died on Monday April 23rd 2018
Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao
Indian writer
Died on Sunday April 22nd 2018
Firmin Le Bourhis
French detective novelist
Died on Saturday April 21st 2018
Pavel Šrut
Czech poet
Died on Friday April 20th 2018
Arnold Eidslott
Norwegian poet
Died on Friday April 20th 2018
Beverley Farmer
Australian novelist and short story writer
Died on Thursday April 19th 2018
Anjum Jaunpuri
Indian poet
Died on Wednesday April 18th 2018
Sam Hamill
American poet and publisher
Died on Tuesday April 17th 2018
Alan Lloyd
British writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday April 17th 2018
Ronald Chesney
British comedy screenwriter
Died on Monday April 16th 2018
Gerald Nachman
American journalist and author
Died on Monday April 16th 2018
Neil Shand
British comedy writer
Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Guy Lyon Playfair
British author and paranormal researcher
Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Jon Michelet
Norwegian author (Orion's Belt)
Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Patrick F. McManus
American writer
Died on Friday April 13th 2018
Burt Boyar
American actor and author
Died on Friday April 13th 2018
Danarto
Indonesian writer and artist
Died on Thursday April 12th 2018
Karen Dawisha
American political scientist and writer
Died on Thursday April 12th 2018
Sergio Pitol
Mexican novelist and translator
Died on Thursday April 12th 2018
J. D. McClatchy
American poet
Died on Wednesday April 11th 2018
Guy Playfair
British author and paranormal researcher
Died on Wednesday April 11th 2018
Jean Marzollo
American children's author
Died on Wednesday April 11th 2018
Efraín Jara Idrovo
Ecuadorian writer and existencialist poet
Died on Tuesday April 10th 2018
Gerd Honsik
Austrian writer and Holocaust denier
Died on Monday April 9th 2018
Ira Philip
Bermudian writer and politician
Died on Monday April 9th 2018
Irina Tokmakova
Russian writer
Died on Sunday April 8th 2018
Edla Van Steen
Brazilian writer
Died on Saturday April 7th 2018
Dorothy Garlock
American author
Died on Saturday April 7th 2018
David Bonetti
American art critic
Died on Friday April 6th 2018
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
Died on Friday April 6th 2018
Arrigo Petacco
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Anna Chennault
Chinese-born writer
Died on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
Egyptian author
Died on Tuesday April 3rd 2018
Elizabeth Ebert
American poet
Died on Monday April 2nd 2018
Anthony Lejeune
British writer
Died on Saturday March 31st 2018
Anita Shreve
American author (The Pilot's Wife)
Died on Friday March 30th 2018
Clément Rosset
French philosopher and writer
Died 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 critic
Died on Monday March 26th 2018
Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov
Russian Chechen writer and ethnographer
Died on Sunday March 25th 2018
Alberto Ongaro
Italian journalist and writer
Died 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 screenwriter
Died on Friday March 23rd 2018
Russell Freedman
American biographer and children's writer
Died on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Karen Anderson
American writer
Died on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Sushil Siddharth
Indian writer
Died on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Ann-Charlotte Alverfors
Swedish author
Died on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Jürg Laederach
Swiss writer
Died on Tuesday March 20th 2018
Michael Rutschky
German author
Died on Monday March 19th 2018
Kedarnath Singh
Indian poet
Died on Monday March 19th 2018
Arnie Lerma
American writer and Scientology whistleblower
Died on Monday March 19th 2018
Clive Sinclair
British author
Died on Saturday March 17th 2018
Leonid Kvinikhidze
Russian screenwriter and film director (Mary Poppins
Died on Thursday March 15th 2018
Val Mulkerns
Irish writer and poet
Died on Wednesday March 14th 2018
Emily Nasrallah
Lebanese writer
Died on Wednesday March 14th 2018
T. Berry Brazelton
American pediatrician and author
Died on Tuesday March 13th 2018
Mary Rosenblum
American author
Died on Monday March 12th 2018
Gerd Søraa
Norwegian politician and writer
Died 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 Shore
Died on Sunday March 11th 2018
Nagendra Sharma
Nepalese author
Died on Friday March 9th 2018
Sir Wilson Harris
Guyanese writer
Died on Thursday March 8th 2018
Indra Bahadur Rai
Indian writer
Died on Thursday March 8th 2018
Paul Magriel
American professional backgammon and poker player-author
Died on Wednesday March 7th 2018
Lucie Brock-Broido
American poet and academic
Died on Wednesday March 7th 2018
Peter Nicholls
Australian writer
Died on Wednesday March 7th 2018
Michele Hanson
British journalist (The Guardian) and writer
Died on Monday March 5th 2018
Farhang Mehr
Iranian-born American Zoroastrian scholar and writer
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Diana Der Hovanessian
American poet
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Gordon Challis
New Zealand poet
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Prafulla Das
Indian writer
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Jorge Wagensberg
Spanish writer and physicist
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Ivone Ramos
Cape Verdean writer
Died on Sunday March 4th 2018
Emma Hannigan
Irish author
Died on Saturday March 3rd 2018
Mimmo Càndito
Italian writer and war correspondent
Died on Saturday March 3rd 2018
Gillo Dorfles
Italian art critic
Died on Friday March 2nd 2018
Paul De Meo
American film screenwriter and producer (Trancers
Died on Friday March 2nd 2018
Nayani Krishnamurthy
Indian writer
Died on Thursday March 1st 2018
Vanessa Lafaye
American novelist
Died on Thursday March 1st 2018
Cynthia Heimel
American columnist
Died on Tuesday February 27th 2018
Mike Walker
American gossip columnist (National Enquirer)
Died on Monday February 26th 2018
Penny Vincenzi
British writer
Died on Monday February 26th 2018
J. Clay Smith Jr.
American jurist and author
Died on Monday February 26th 2018
Folco Quilici
Italian film director and screenwriter
Died on Saturday February 24th 2018