Spencer Johnson
American authorDied on Saturday July 8th 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Claude Hall
American journalist and writerDied on Friday July 7th 2017
John Wesley Hardt
American Methodist prelate and authorDied on Friday July 7th 2017
Miriam Marx
American authorDied on Friday July 7th 2017
Daniil Granin
Soviet-Russian authorDied on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Jack Collom
American authorDied on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Barrie Pettman
British authorDied on Tuesday July 4th 2017
David W. Vincent
American baseball authorDied on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Fay Zwicky
Australian poetDied on Monday July 3rd 2017
F. Abiola Irele
Nigerian literary criticDied on Monday July 3rd 2017
Barry Norman
British film critic and television presenter (Film...)Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Jake Tordesillas
Filipino screenwriterDied on Friday June 30th 2017
Margaux Fragoso
American writerDied on Friday June 30th 2017
Janet Lunn
Canadian children's writer (The Root CellarDied on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Pierre Combescot
French journalist and writerDied on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Michael Bond
British author (Paddington Bear)Died on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Bruce Stewart
New Zealand author and playwrightDied on Wednesday June 28th 2017
Jimmy Chi
Australian playwright and composer (Bran Nue Dae)Died on Monday June 26th 2017
Lorna McDonald
Australian historian and authorDied on Monday June 26th 2017
Alan Campbell
Northern Irish Pentecostal pastor and authorDied on Saturday June 24th 2017
John E. Sarno
American physician and writerDied on Saturday June 24th 2017
James Berry
Jamaican-born British poetDied on Saturday June 24th 2017
Fredrik Skagen
Norwegian writerDied on Friday June 23rd 2017
John Dalmas
American science fiction writerDied on Monday June 19th 2017
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Indian playwrightDied on Friday June 16th 2017
James Vance
American comic book writer (Kings in DisguiseDied on Friday June 16th 2017
Michael Francis Gibson
Belgian-born French art critic and writerDied on Friday June 16th 2017
A. R. Gurney
American playwright (The Dining Room)Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
Frank A. Jenssen
Norwegian writer and photographerDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Charles Simmons
American authorDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
S. Abdul Rahman
Indian poetDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Jack Trout
American marketer and authorDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish essayistDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Anna Jókai
Hungarian writerDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Helen Dunmore
British poet and writer (Zennor in Darkness)Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Kathryn Stripling Byer
American poetDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Sarojini Shintri
Indian writerDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Tankred Dorst
German playwright. Died on Thursday June 1st 2017
Lawrence Jenkins
American World War II veteran and memoiristDied on Wednesday May 31st 2017
Ann Birstein
American writerDied on Tuesday May 30th 2017
Frank Deford
American sportswriter and novelistDied on Monday May 29th 2017
Brian Doyle
American authorDied on Sunday May 28th 2017
Na Kamarasan
Indian poetDied on Friday May 26th 2017
Graeme Barrow
Australian authorDied on Wednesday May 24th 2017
Chana Bloch
American poetDied on Sunday May 21st 2017
Alain Casabona
French authorDied on Thursday May 18th 2017
Beatrice Trum Hunter
American cookbook authorDied on Thursday May 18th 2017
John Schultz
American writerDied on Thursday May 18th 2017
Jean Fritz
American children's writerDied on Thursday May 18th 2017
Alain Defossé
French novelist and translatorDied on Wednesday May 17th 2017
Germán Yanke
Spanish journalist and writerDied on Sunday May 14th 2017
Jiří Kahoun
Czech artist and children’s writerDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Jean Mailland
French film director and authorDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Manuel Pradal
French film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Galina Shergova
Russian writerDied on Friday May 12th 2017
Antonio Candido
Brazilian literary critic and sociologistDied on Friday May 12th 2017
Armando Baptista-Bastos
Portuguese author and journalist. Died on Wednesday May 10th 2017
Levon Panos Dabağyan
Turkish writerDied on Monday May 8th 2017
C. Jackson Grayson
American businessman and writerDied on Sunday May 7th 2017
Charles Hoffer
American music educator and authorDied on Saturday May 6th 2017
Karel Schoeman
South African novelistDied on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Marlys Millhiser
American writerDied on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Abelardo Castillo
Argentine writerDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Eduardo Portella
Brazilian essayistDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Michael Gurr
Australian playwright (Departure)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
William M. Hoffman
American playwright (As Is)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Jean Stein
American author and editor (The Paris Review)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Boris Oleynik
Ukrainian authorDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenterDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Elena Rzhevskaya
Belarusian-born Russian writerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kojo Laing
Ghanaian novelistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld)Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy HourDied on Monday April 24th 2017