Manindra Gupta
Indian poet and memoirist
Died on Saturday February 3rd 2018
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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David Sherwin
British screenwriter (if....)
Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Wojciech Wójcik
Polish film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday February 2nd 2018
Darmanto Jatman
Indonesian poet
Died on Thursday February 1st 2018
Julia Reyes Taubman
American author
Died on Monday January 29th 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
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
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
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
Jacques Lassalle
French playwright and actor
Died on Tuesday January 2nd 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
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
Juan de Loxa
Spanish poet
Died on Saturday December 16th 2017
Michiru Shimada
Japanese anime screenwriter
Died on Friday December 15th 2017
John Beer
British literary critic
Died on Friday December 15th 2017
Anthony Scaduto
American journalist and biographer
Died on Thursday December 14th 2017
Kathleen Karr
American novelist
Died on Wednesday December 13th 2017
Masood Ahmed Barkati
Pakistani Renowned author of literature for children and editor of Hamdard Naunihal
Died on Tuesday December 12th 2017
Jean-François Coatmeur
French writer
Died on Monday December 11th 2017
René Cruse
French writer
Died on Monday December 11th 2017
Gábor Albert
Hungarian writer
Died on Saturday December 9th 2017
Albert Gábor
Hungarian writer
Died on Saturday December 9th 2017
Jaap Harten
Dutch writer and poet
Died on Friday December 8th 2017
Ivan Korsak
Ukrainian writer and journalist
Died on Thursday December 7th 2017
Ivan Feodosiyovych Korsak
Ukrainian writer and journalist
Died on Thursday December 7th 2017
William H. Gass
American novelist
Died on Thursday December 7th 2017
Meic Povey
Welsh actor and playwright
Died on Wednesday December 6th 2017
Jean d’Ormesson
French novelist
Died on Tuesday December 5th 2017
Marianne Means
American political journalist and columnist
Died on Sunday December 3rd 2017
Mekkawi Said
Egyptian novelist and short story writer
Died on Sunday December 3rd 2017
Nava Semel
Israeli author and playwright
Died on Saturday December 2nd 2017
Alain Jessua
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday November 30th 2017
Jerry Fodor dead at age 82
Jerry Fodor, the American philosopher and cognitive scientist,
died on November 29, 2017, aged 82. Born in New York City, he became one of the most influential figures in philosophy…
Patrícia Gabancho
Argentine born Spainish writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday November 28th 2017
Peggy Vining
American poet
Died on Tuesday November 28th 2017