Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Miriam Tlali
South African authorDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak writerDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
David Wedgwood Benn
British broadcaster and authorDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Nicholas Mosley
British novelist and biographerDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Taarak Mehta
Indian playwright and humoristDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Amy Dawes
American entertainment journalist and screenwriterDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
David Seals
American authorDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Jay Cronley
American writerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Ruth L. Ratny
American journalist and screenwriterDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Graciela Paraskevaidis
Argentine writer and composerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Gerson Poyk
Indonesian author and journalistDied on Saturday February 25th 2017
James Stevenson
American illustrator and authorDied on Friday February 24th 2017
John Gay
American screenwriter (Run SilentDied on Friday February 24th 2017
Frank Delaney
Irish author and journalistDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Gary Cartwright
American journalist and writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Nancy Willard
American writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Seijun Suzuki
Japanese film and television director and writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
José Fernandes Fafe
Portuguese diplomat and writerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Salma Siddiqui
Indian novelistDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Gopalkrishna P. Nayak
Indian writerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Richard Schickel
American film critic (Time)Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Witold Adamek
Polish screenwriter and directorDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Ved Prakash Sharma
Indian writerDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Teresa del Conde
Mexican art historian and criticDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Pasquale Squitieri
Italian film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Jerome Tuccille
American writer and activistDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Börge Hellström
Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström)Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Dick Bruna
Dutch authorDied on Friday February 17th 2017
Yitzhak Livni
Polish-born Israeli media executive and writerDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Kjell Heggelund
Norwegian writer and editorDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
William Melvin Kelley
African-American novelistDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Dahlov Ipcar
American painter and authorDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Hiag Akmakjian
American author and painterDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Edward Bryant
American science fiction and horror writerDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Tom Raworth
British poetDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Marc Drogin
American writer and illustratorDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Radu Gabrea
Romanian film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Barbara Gelb
American author and journalistDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Norah McClintock
Canadian authorDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
José Luis Pérez de Arteaga
Spanish music criticDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Richard B. Wright
Canadian novelistDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Alan Simpson
British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half HourDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Nilawan Pintong
Thai writerDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Thomas Lux
American poetDied on Monday February 6th 2017
Lev Navrozov
Russian writerDied on Monday February 6th 2017
Shumon Miura
Japanese authorDied on Sunday February 5th 2017
Angelo Bissesarsingh
Trinidadian historian and authorDied on Sunday February 5th 2017
Marc Spitz
American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb)Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Bano Qudsia
Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh)Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Dritëro Agolli
Albanian writerDied on Saturday February 4th 2017
Dore Ashton
American writer and criticDied on Saturday February 4th 2017
Annie Saumont
French author and translatorDied on Friday February 3rd 2017
Predrag Matvejević
Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activistDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian-born American writer and academicDied on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Howard Frank Mosher
American author (Where the Rivers Flow North)Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Sayed Hijab
Egyptian poetDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Ernst M. Binder
Austrian poet and theater directorDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Harry Mathews
American author (The ConversionsDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Buchi Emecheta
Nigerian novelistDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Byron Dobell
American editor and writerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Shirley Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey
British writerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Douglas Reeman
British authorDied on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Christopher Byron
American financial and investigative writerDied on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Hilary Bailey
British writerDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Emma Tennant
British authorDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Robert Anker
Dutch writerDied on Saturday January 21st 2017
Harry J. Middleton
American writer and library directorDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Klaus Huhn
German sports journalist and writerDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Alenka Goljevšček
Slovenian writerDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Hubert Lucot
French authorDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Eldar Kuliev
Kyrgyz Soviet screenwriter and authorDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Jung Mikyung
South Korean novelistDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Peter Abrahams
South African writerDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Patrick Henry
American animator and writer (Family GuyDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Vicki Lansky
American author and publisherDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Babette Cole
English children's authorDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
Lynn Phillips
American television writer (Mary HartmanDied on Saturday January 14th 2017
Alan Surgal
American screenwriter (Mickey One)Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Horacio Guarany
Argentine folkloric singer and writerDied on Friday January 13th 2017
William Peter Blatty
American novelist and screenwriter (The Exorcist)Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Giulio Angioni
Italian writer and anthropologistDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Conrad Hilberry
American poetDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Pierre Arpaillange
French authorDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Claude Lebey
French food criticDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Jovanka Nikolić
Serbian writerDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Refik Erduran
Turkish playwrightDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Paul Goble
English-born American author and illustrator (The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses)Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine authorDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sam Lovullo
American television writer and producer (Hee HawDied on Friday January 6th 2017
René Ballet
French journalist and authorDied on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Ivo Brešan
Croatian writerDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rita Bertolini
Austrian author and publisherDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017