Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Haim Gouri
Israeli poetDied on Wednesday January 31st 2018
Julia Reyes Taubman
American authorDied on Monday January 29th 2018
Jean-Claude Lattès
French writerDied on Sunday January 28th 2018
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri Lankan film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday January 28th 2018
Claribel Alegría
Nicaraguan poetDied on Thursday January 25th 2018
Moussa Diagana
Mauritian writerDied on Thursday January 25th 2018
Shawkat Ali
Bangladeshi authorDied on Thursday January 25th 2018
Jack Ketchum
American author (The Girl Next Door)Died on Wednesday January 24th 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin
American science fiction writerDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Nicanor Parra
Chilean poetDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Emilio Gastón
Spanish poetDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Jack Gadellaa
Dutch television director and writerDied on Saturday January 20th 2018
Greg Critser
American writerDied on Saturday January 20th 2018
Saqi Farooqi
Pakistani poetDied on Saturday January 20th 2018
Bob Carlton
British theatre director and writer (Return to the Forbidden Planet)Died on Friday January 19th 2018
Julius Lester
American writer (To Be a Slave) and educatorDied on Friday January 19th 2018
Dusty Richards
American authorDied on Friday January 19th 2018
Nancy Richler
Canadian writerDied on Friday January 19th 2018
Peter Mayle
British author (A Year in Provence)Died on Thursday January 18th 2018
Marley Carib
Japanese manga writer (Old Boy)Died on Monday January 15th 2018
Gnani Sankaran
Indian journalist and writerDied on Monday January 15th 2018
Pablo García Baena
Spanish poetDied on Monday January 15th 2018
Yılmaz Onay
Turkish authorDied on Sunday January 14th 2018
Leopold Ahlsen
German writerDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Joxean Artze
Spanish poetDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Doodhnath Singh
Indian writerDied on Friday January 12th 2018
Leonard Radic
Australian theatre critic for The Age Died on Thursday January 11th 2018
Carole Hart
American television writer (Sesame Street)Died on Thursday January 11th 2018
Tricia Walker
British authorDied on Thursday January 11th 2018
Jenny Joseph
English poetDied on Tuesday January 9th 2018
John Wegg
Aviation books authorDied on Tuesday January 9th 2018
Markku Into
Finnish poetDied on Monday January 8th 2018
Carlos Heitor Cony
Brazilian journalist and writerDied on Saturday January 6th 2018
Muntazir Baba
Pakistani poetDied on Saturday January 6th 2018
Hans Werner Kettenbach
German journalist and writerDied on Saturday January 6th 2018
Marina Ripa di Meana
Italian writerDied on Friday January 5th 2018
Rayya Elias
American authorDied on Friday January 5th 2018
Serge Liberman
Uzbek-born Australian writer and physicianDied on Friday January 5th 2018
Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Sri Lankan-born Indian authorDied on Thursday January 4th 2018
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet and journalistDied on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Tareka
Portuguese actress and writerDied on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Anwar Jalalpuri
Indian poetDied on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Jacques Lassalle
French playwright and actorDied on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Pierre Minvielle
French writerDied on Monday January 1st 2018
José Louzeiro
Brazilian writerDied on Saturday December 30th 2017
Dick Allen
American poetDied on Saturday December 30th 2017
Sue Grafton
American myster writerDied on Friday December 29th 2017
Ronit Matalon
Israeli fiction writerDied on Thursday December 28th 2017
Asa Lanova
Swiss dancer (Danseuse Étoile) and authorDied on Wednesday December 27th 2017
Marcus Raskin
American author and idealistDied on Wednesday December 27th 2017
Shahnon Ahmad
Malaysian writer and politicianDied on Tuesday December 26th 2017
José Lorenzo Fuentes
Cuban writerDied on Saturday December 23rd 2017