Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Thuravoor Viswambharan
Indian Vedic scholar and writer
Died on Sunday October 22nd 2017
Kassim Ahmad
Malaysian writer and politician
Died on Saturday October 21st 2017
Brent Briscoe
American actor (Twin Peaks: The Return) and screenwriter
Died on Friday October 20th 2017
Anton Quintana
Dutch writer
Died on Thursday October 19th 2017
Yoji Kondo
Japanese astrophysicist and author
Died on Wednesday October 18th 2017
Cathy Elliott
Canadian playwright and actress
Died on Tuesday October 17th 2017
Punyaslok Dasgupta
Indian poet
Died on Monday October 16th 2017
Richard Wilbur
American poet and literary translator
Died on Sunday October 15th 2017
Erwin Moser
Austrian children and young people book author
Died on Friday October 13th 2017
Pentti Holappa
Finnish poet and writer
Died on Thursday October 12th 2017
ElizaBeth Gilligan
American fantasy author
Died on Wednesday October 11th 2017
Loula Anagnostaki
Greek writer
Died on Wednesday October 11th 2017
Bob Schiller
American screenwriter (I Love Lucy
Died on Tuesday October 10th 2017
Nora Johnson
American author
Died on Tuesday October 10th 2017
M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
Indian playwright and actor
Died on Tuesday October 10th 2017
M.V.S. Haranatha Rao
Indian playwright and actor
Died on Tuesday October 10th 2017
Dimitris Varos
Greek journalist and poet
Died on Saturday October 7th 2017
Jean-Pierre Jeancolas
French film historian and critic
Died on Friday October 6th 2017
Judy Stone
American film critic (San Francisco Chronicle)
Died on Friday October 6th 2017
Sylke Tempel
German journalist and writer
Died on Friday October 6th 2017
Giorgio Pressburger
Hungarian-born Italian writer
Died on Thursday October 5th 2017
Anne Wiazemsky
French actress and writer (Au Hasard Balthazar
Died on Thursday October 5th 2017
Hanumant Moreshwar Marathe
Indian writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
Digby Diehl
American journalist and biographer
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
Philippe Rahmy
Swiss poet and writer
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
František Listopad
Czech-Portuguese poet
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
Matthew Labine
American soap opera writer
Died on Sunday October 1st 2017
Pierluigi Cappello
Italian poet
Died on Sunday October 1st 2017
Fernand Bonneure
Belgian writer
Died on Saturday September 30th 2017
Magdalena Ribbing
Swedish writer
Died on Friday September 29th 2017
Raymond Buckland
English writer and Wicca historian
Died on Friday September 29th 2017
Grant H. Palmer
American educator and writer (An Insider's View of Mormon Origins)
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Seamus Kelters
British journalist (BBC) and author
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Kito Lorenc
German writer
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Albert Innaurato
American playwright
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Yoshitomo Tokugawa
Japanese writer
Died on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Tlingit author
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2017
Paul Horner
American fake news writer and comedian
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2017
Arun Sadhu
Indian writer
Died on Monday September 25th 2017
Washington Benavides
Uruguayan poet
Died on Monday September 25th 2017
Leo Seligsohn
American entertainment critic (Newsday)
Died on Sunday September 24th 2017
Shmuel Moreh
Iraqi-born Israeli writer
Died on Saturday September 23rd 2017
Myrna Lamb
American playwright
Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Lee Yung-ping
British-born Malaysian-Taiwanese novelist
Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Jane Porter
British writer
Died on Thursday September 21st 2017
Ivo Vodseďálek
Czech poet and artist
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Ene Mihkelson
Estonian writer
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Lillian Ross
American journalist and author
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Sigurður Pálsson
Icelandic author
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa
Pakistani writer
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Petr Šabach
Czech writer
Died on Sunday September 17th 2017
Nabeel Qureshi
American Christian apologist and writer
Died on Saturday September 16th 2017
Frode Granhus
Norwegian author
Died on Friday September 15th 2017
Shirish Atre-Pai
Indian poet
Died on Friday September 15th 2017
Xohana Torres
Spanish writer
Died on Thursday September 14th 2017
J. P. Donleavy
Irish-American novelist and playwright (The Ginger Man
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2017
J.P. Donleavy
Irish-American novelist and playwright.
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2017
J.P. Dunleavy
Irish-American novelist and playwright.
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2017
Slavko Goldstein
Croatian writer
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2017
Duncan Watt
Zambian-born Singaporean broadcaster and author
Died on Monday September 11th 2017
Solomon Efimovich Shulman
Belarusian writer and film director
Died on Sunday September 10th 2017
Jerry Pournelle
American science fiction author
Died on Saturday September 9th 2017
Ma Kwang-soo
South Korean author
Died on Thursday September 7th 2017
Kate Millett
American feminist writer (Sexual Politics)
Died on Wednesday September 6th 2017
Emer Prevost
American web based film critic
Died on Wednesday September 6th 2017
Mario Hernando
Filipino film critic and entertainment columnist
Died on Wednesday September 6th 2017
Simeon Wright
American author (Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till)
Died on Tuesday September 5th 2017
John Byrne Cooke
American author and musician
Died on Monday September 4th 2017
John Ashbery
American poet
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Shirish Pai
Indian poet
Died on Saturday September 2nd 2017
Richard F. Miniter
American journalist and author
Died on Friday September 1st 2017
Ann Jellicoe
British dramatist
Died on Friday September 1st 2017
Susan Vreeland
American author
Died on Friday September 1st 2017
Elaine Ford
American author
Died on Friday September 1st 2017
Egon Günther
German film director and writer
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Marjorie Boulton
British author and poet
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Richard Miniter
American journalist and author
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Louise Hay
American motivational author
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Károly Makk
Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Bernard Pomerance
American playwright (The Elephant Man)
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2017
Muzaffer İzgü
Turkish children's writer and teacher
Died on Monday August 28th 2017
Robert B. Stobaugh
American economics writer
Died on Sunday August 27th 2017
Grzegorz Miecugow
Polish journalist and columnist
Died on Saturday August 26th 2017
Kai Linnilä
Finnish writer and editor
Died on Friday August 25th 2017
Mark Merlis
American writer
Died on Thursday August 24th 2017
Alain Berbérian
French film director and writer
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Arturo Corcuera
Peruvian poet
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Dianne de Las Casas
Filipino-born American author
Died on Tuesday August 22nd 2017
Thomas Meehan
American playwright (Annie)
Died on Tuesday August 22nd 2017
Réjean Ducharme
Quebec novelist and playwright.
Died on Tuesday August 22nd 2017
Tui Flower
New Zealand food writer
Died on Tuesday August 22nd 2017
Patrick O’Flaherty
Canadian historian and author
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Perch Zeytuntsyan
Egyptian-born Armenian playwright
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Karin Bang
Norwegian writer
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Gordon Williams
Scottish writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm)
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Brian Aldiss
British science fiction writer and editor
Died on Monday August 21st 2017