Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
J. Clay Smith
American jurist and author
Died on Tuesday February 20th 2018
Jack Ludwig
Canadian author
Died on Monday February 19th 2018
George Farr
American political leader and poet
Died on Monday February 19th 2018
Daniel Vernet
French journalist and author
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
Akinwunmi Isola
Nigerian playwright and actor
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
Sampie Terreblanche
South African economist and writer
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
Rakhymshan Otarbayev
Kazakhstan writer and playwright
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
James W. Downing
American naval officer and author
Died on Saturday February 17th 2018
Edward Pearce
English political journalist and writer
Died on Thursday February 15th 2018
Douglas Botting
English explorer and author
Died on Thursday February 15th 2018
Victor Milan
American science fiction and fantasy author (Wild Cards
Died on Thursday February 15th 2018
Lerone Bennett Jr.
American scholar and author
Died on Thursday February 15th 2018
Antoni Krauze
Polish screenwriter and director
Died on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Jim Downing
American naval officer and author
Died on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Janet Blachford
Canadian author
Died on Wednesday February 14th 2018
Bill Crider
American author.
Died on Tuesday February 13th 2018
Françoise Xenakis
French writer
Died on Tuesday February 13th 2018
Sir Lawrence Byford
British author
Died on Monday February 12th 2018
Brahim Akhiat
Moroccan author
Died on Saturday February 10th 2018
Michiko Ishimure
Japanese writer
Died on Saturday February 10th 2018
John Anthony West
American author and Egyptologist
Died on Thursday February 8th 2018
Barry Pascua
Filipino sportscaster and columnist
Died on Thursday February 8th 2018
John Perry Barlow
American writer
Died 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 director
Died on Tuesday February 6th 2018
Nico ter Linden
Dutch predikant and writer
Died on Monday February 5th 2018
Gregor Dorfmeister
German writer and journalist (Die Brücke
Died on Monday February 5th 2018
Henry Soles, Jr.
American chaplain and author
Died on Saturday February 3rd 2018
William Whitehead
Canadian writer
Died on Saturday February 3rd 2018
Manindra Gupta
Indian poet and memoirist
Died on Saturday February 3rd 2018
David Sherwin
British screenwriter (if....)
Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Wojciech Wójcik
Polish film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Niranjan Bhagat
Indian poet
Died on Thursday February 1st 2018
Darmanto Jatman
Indonesian poet
Died on Thursday February 1st 2018
Julia Reyes Taubman
American author
Died on Monday January 29th 2018
Jean-Claude Lattès
French writer
Died on Sunday January 28th 2018
Dharmasena Pathiraja
Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday January 28th 2018
Claribel Alegría
Nicaraguan poet
Died on Thursday January 25th 2018
Moussa Diagana
Mauritian writer
Died on Thursday January 25th 2018
Shawkat Ali
Bangladeshi author
Died 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 writer
Died on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Nicanor Parra
Chilean poet
Died on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Emilio Gastón
Spanish poet
Died on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Jack Gadellaa
Dutch television director and writer
Died on Saturday January 20th 2018
Greg Critser
American writer
Died 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 educator
Died on Friday January 19th 2018
Dusty Richards
American author
Died on Friday January 19th 2018
Nancy Richler
Canadian writer
Died 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 writer
Died on Monday January 15th 2018
Pablo García Baena
Spanish poet
Died on Monday January 15th 2018
Yılmaz Onay
Turkish author
Died on Sunday January 14th 2018
Leopold Ahlsen
German writer
Died on Saturday January 13th 2018
Joxean Artze
Spanish poet
Died on Saturday January 13th 2018
Doodhnath Singh
Indian writer
Died 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 author
Died on Thursday January 11th 2018
Jenny Joseph
English poet
Died on Tuesday January 9th 2018
John Wegg
Aviation books author
Died on Tuesday January 9th 2018
Markku Into
Finnish poet
Died on Monday January 8th 2018
Carlos Heitor Cony
Brazilian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday January 6th 2018
Hans Werner Kettenbach
German journalist and writer
Died on Saturday January 6th 2018
Marina Ripa di Meana
Italian writer
Died on Friday January 5th 2018
Rayya Elias
American author
Died on Friday January 5th 2018
Serge Liberman
Uzbek-born Australian writer and physician
Died on Friday January 5th 2018
Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Sri Lankan-born Indian author
Died on Thursday January 4th 2018
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet and journalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Tareka
Portuguese actress and writer
Died on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Walter Pilar
Austrian writer and artist
Died on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Anwar Jalalpuri
Indian poet
Died on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Jacques Lassalle
French playwright and actor
Died on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Pierre Minvielle
French writer
Died on Monday January 1st 2018
José Louzeiro
Brazilian writer
Died on Saturday December 30th 2017
Dick Allen
American poet
Died on Saturday December 30th 2017
Sue Grafton
American myster writer
Died on Friday December 29th 2017
Ronit Matalon
Israeli fiction writer
Died on Thursday December 28th 2017
Asa Lanova
Swiss dancer (Danseuse Étoile) and author
Died on Wednesday December 27th 2017
Marcus Raskin
American author and idealist
Died on Wednesday December 27th 2017
Shahnon Ahmad
Malaysian writer and politician
Died on Tuesday December 26th 2017
Juan Drago
Spanish poet and writer
Died on Saturday December 23rd 2017
Edmon Shehadeh
Palestinian poet
Died on Saturday December 23rd 2017
Lawrence J. Cohen
American film and TV writer and producer (Start The Revolution Without Me
Died on Thursday December 21st 2017
Clifford Irving
American author
Died on Thursday December 21st 2017
Jane Galletly
British and New Zealand TV scriptwriter and editor
Died on Wednesday December 20th 2017
Ana Enriqueta Terán
Venezuelan poet
Died on Tuesday December 19th 2017
Bette Howland
American writer
Died on Sunday December 17th 2017