Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Dianne de Las Casas
Filipino-born American author · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Casas
Thomas Meehan
American playwright (Annie) · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Réjean Ducharme
Quebec novelist and playwright. · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Tui Flower
New Zealand food writer · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Perch Zeytuntsyan
Egyptian-born Armenian playwright · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Gordon Williams
Scottish writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Brian Aldiss
British science fiction writer and editor · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Diane Pearson
British book editor and author · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15
Abdelkrim Ghallab
Moroccon politician and writer · 14 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 14
Victor Pemberton
British writer and television producer (Doctor Who · 14 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 14
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
Sudanese writer and feminist · 13 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 13 · Ibrahim
Abdulhussain Abdulredha
Kuwaiti actor and writer · 11 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 11
Ted Corbett
English cricket writer · 11 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 11
Jiří Kuběna
Czech poet and art historian · 10 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 10
Gonzague Saint Bris
award-winning French novelist and biographer · 08 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 8 · Bris
Christian Millau
French food critic and author · 07 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 7
Reuven Moskovitz
Israeli author and peace activist · 07 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 7
Marcelino Perelló Valls
Mexican activist and writer (Mexico 68) · 05 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 5 · Valls
David E. H. Jones
British chemist and author · 02 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 2 · Jones
Wanda Chotomska
Polish children book's author · 02 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 2
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor · 31 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 31
Eunice de Souza
Indian poet and writer · 29 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 29 · Souza
Enzo Bettiza
Dalmatian-born Italian novelist · 29 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 29
Hervé Le Roux
French film critic and director · 28 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 28 · Roux
Haddon Robinson
Christian author and former interim President at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24
Michiko Inukai
Japanese writer and philanthropist · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24
Elliott Castro
Puerto Rican sports commentator and author · 23 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 23
Hasan Akbar Kamal
Indian poet and writer · 22 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 22 · Kamal
Mary MacDonald
Canadian artist and writer · 19 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 19
Mary McDonald
Canadian artist and writer · 19 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 19
Julia Hartwig
Polish writer and translator · 15 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 15
Jean-Claude Fignolé
Haitian author · 14 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 14
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese writer and human rights activist · 13 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 13
Jack Shaheen
American media critic · 10 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 10
Aleshia Brevard
American transgender actress and author · 10 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 10
Claude Hall
American journalist and writer · 07 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 7
John Wesley Hardt
American Methodist prelate and author · 07 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 7 · Hardt
Sheila Michaels
American writer and activist · 07 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 7
Daniil Granin
Soviet-Russian author · 04 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 4
David W. Vincent
American baseball author · 04 July 2017 · July 2017 · Vincent · July 4
Paolo Villaggio
Italian writer and actor · 03 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 3
Barry Norman
British film critic and television presenter (Film...) · 02 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 2
Heathcote Williams
British author and actor · 02 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 2
Janet Lunn
Canadian children's writer (The Root Cellar · 28 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 28
Michael Bond
British author (Paddington Bear) · 28 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 28
Jimmy Chi
Australian playwright and composer (Bran Nue Dae) · 26 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 26
Alan Campbell
Northern Irish Pentecostal pastor and author · 24 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 24
John E. Sarno
American physician and writer · 24 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 24 · Sarno