Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Huang Yi (author)
Hong Kong writer of wuxia and science fiction novels · 07 April 2017 · April 2017 · (author) · 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
Alex Tizon
Filipino-born American journalist and author (The Seattle Times) · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26 · Tizón
Donald Burgett
American writer and World War II veteran · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Denis McGrath
American-Canadian television writer (Continuum) · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25
Roy Fisher
British poet and jazz pianist · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Andy Coogan
Scottish author and World War II veteran · 23 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 23
Colin Dexter
English author (Inspector Morse series) · 21 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 21
Amri Rohayat
Malaysian screenwriter and producer · 20 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 20
Derek Walcott
Santa Lucia poet and playwright · 17 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 17
Gina Calleja
British-born Canadian author · 15 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 15 · Calléja
Vida Hajebi Tabrizi
Iranian political activist and writer · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Tabrizi
Kurt Meyer
Swiss non-fiction writer and librarian · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Ante Perković
Croatian music critic · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Nguyễn Quang Thân
Vietnamese writer · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Nguyen · Than
Vladimír Vašut
Czech theatre critic · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Vladimir
Gianni Carlo Sciolla
Italian art critic · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Sciolla
Bana Bihari Panda
Indian Odia language writer · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Panda
Gata Cattana
Spanish rapper and poet · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Carol Field
American cookbook author · 11 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 11
Robert James Waller
American author (The Bridges of Madison County) · 10 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 10 · Waller
Scott Lew
American screenwriter (Sexy Evil Genius · 06 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 6
Paula Fox
American writer (The Slave Dancer) · 04 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 4
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak writer · 02 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 2
Taarak Mehta
Indian playwright and humorist · 01 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 1
Amy Dawes
American entertainment journalist and screenwriter · 01 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 1
John Gay
American screenwriter (Run Silent · 24 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 24
Seijun Suzuki
Japanese film and television director and writer · 22 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 22
Richard Schickel
American film critic (Time) · 20 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 20
Witold Adamek
Polish screenwriter and director · 18 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 18