Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Robert Stiller
Polish author and translator · 17 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 17
Hans-Eric Hellberg
Swedish author (Kram) and journalist · 15 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 15
T. Neil Davis
American geophysicist and writer · 14 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 14 · Davis
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon) · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Robert Sumner
American Baptist pastor and author · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese novelist (To Sir · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · Braithwaite · December 13
Fred Secombe
Welsh priest and writer · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Alice Furlaud
American journalist and essayist (NPR) · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11
A. A. Gill
British writer and restaurant critic (death announced on this date) · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Gill
Inkulab
Indian poet and political activist · 05 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 5
Tudor Bragă
Moldovean arts critic · 04 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 4 · Braga
Michael Abbensetts
Guyanese-born British playwright · 30 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 30
Anand Yadav
Indian Marathi writer · 28 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 28
Georgie Sicking
American rancher and poet · 23 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 23
André Ruellan
French science fiction and horror writer · 23 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 23
K. Subash
Indian director and screenwriter · 23 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 23
Edward L. Kimball
American legal scholar and biographer · 22 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 22 · Kimball · Lawyers
William Trevor
Irish writer (Love and Summer · 21 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 21
Nikola Korabov
Bulgarian director and screenwriter (Tobacco) · 14 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 14
Claire Labine
American soap opera writer and producer · 12 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 12
Aileen Mehle
American gossip columnist · 12 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 12 · Writers
Abdulla Oripov
Uzbek poet · 05 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 5
Jan Slepian
American author of books for children and young adults and a poet · 05 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 5
Richard Cavendish
British occult writer · 02 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 2
Natalie Babbitt
American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting) · 01 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 1
Ruben Hovsepyan
Armenian author and politician · 28 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 28 · Rubén
Luciano Rispoli
Italian television and radio writer and presenter · 28 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 28
Elda Grin
Armenian writer and psychologist · 27 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 27
Kevin Curran
American television writer (The Simpsons · 25 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 25
Michael Gleason
American television writer and producer (Remington Steele · 25 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 25
Sheri S. Tepper
American science fiction author · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24 · Tepper
Lucia Perillo
American poet and novelist · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24 · Lúcia
Lucia M. Perillo
American poet and novelist · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24 · Perillo · Lúcia
Tom Hayden
American writer and activist (Chicago Seven) · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24
Jimmy Perry
English actor and scriptwriter (Dad's Army · 23 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 23
David Bellini
Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia) · 22 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 22
Mike Tomkies
British nature writer · 22 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 22
Lars Huldén
Finnish writer and translator · 11 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 11
Gurcharan Virk
Punjabi writer · 11 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 11
Alistair Urquhart
Scottish author and soldier in the Gordon Highlanders during World War II · 07 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 7