Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Lawrence Jenkins
American World War II veteran and memoirist · 31 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 31
Frank Deford
American sportswriter and novelist · 29 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 29
Denis Johnson
American author (Jesus' Son) · 26 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 26
Yang Yiyan
Chinese writer (Red Crag) · 20 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 20
Beatrice Trum Hunter
American cookbook author · 18 May 2017 · Béatrice · May 2017 · Hunter · May 18
Alain Defossé
French novelist and translator · 17 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 17
Daniel Brewbaker
American composer and poet · 16 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 16
Germán Yanke
Spanish journalist and writer · 14 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 14
Emmanuèle Bernheim
French author and screenwriter · 14 May 2017 · Emmanuele · May 2017 · May 14
Jiří Kahoun
Czech artist and children’s writer · 13 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 13
Jean Mailland
French film director and author · 13 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 13
C. Jackson Grayson
American businessman and writer · 07 May 2017 · May 2017 · Grayson · May 7
Charles Hoffer
American music educator and author · 06 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 6
Michael Gurr
Australian playwright (Departure) · 02 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 2
William M. Hoffman
American playwright (As Is) · 02 May 2017 · May 2017 · Hoffman · May 2
Jean Stein
American author and editor (The Paris Review) · 02 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 2
Ion Degen
Ukrainian-born Israeli writer · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenter · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26 · Tapias
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld) · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicist · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Pirsig
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (Legend · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
Yameen Rasheed
Maldivian writer · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
Kate O’Beirne
American political columnist · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23 · O'Beirne · Writers
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturge · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23
John Freely
American author and physics professor · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Trish Vradenburg
American screenwriter (Designing Women · 18 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 18
David Parry-Jones
Welsh sports commentator and writer · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Huang Yi (author)
Hong Kong writer of wuxia and science fiction novels · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 7
Armand Gatti
Monégasque-born French playwright · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6
Nigel Sitwell
British conservationist and writer · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6
Arthur Bisguier
American chess grandmaster and writer · 06 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 6
Parv Bancil
British Asian playwright · 05 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 5
Teresia Teaiwa
I-Kiribati-American poet and academic · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Gary Austin
American theatre writer and director (The Groundlings) · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Richard Nelson Bolles
American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?) · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2 · Bolles
Richard Bolles
American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?) · 02 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 2
Allan Weiss
American screenwriter (Blue Hawaii · 31 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 31
Blue Hawaii
American screenwriter (Blue Hawaii · 31 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 31
William McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic at Washington Post · 28 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 28