Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jiří Kahoun
Czech artist and children’s writerDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Jean Mailland
French film director and authorDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Manuel Pradal
French film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday May 13th 2017
Galina Shergova
Russian writerDied on Friday May 12th 2017
Antonio Candido
Brazilian literary critic and sociologistDied on Friday May 12th 2017
Armando Baptista-Bastos
Portuguese author and journalist. Died on Wednesday May 10th 2017
Levon Panos Dabağyan
Turkish writerDied on Monday May 8th 2017
C. Jackson Grayson
American businessman and writerDied on Sunday May 7th 2017
Charles Hoffer
American music educator and authorDied on Saturday May 6th 2017
Karel Schoeman
South African novelistDied on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Marlys Millhiser
American writerDied on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Abelardo Castillo
Argentine writerDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Eduardo Portella
Brazilian essayistDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Michael Gurr
Australian playwright (Departure)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
William M. Hoffman
American playwright (As Is)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Jean Stein
American author and editor (The Paris Review)Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Boris Oleynik
Ukrainian authorDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenterDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Elena Rzhevskaya
Belarusian-born Russian writerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kojo Laing
Ghanaian novelistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld)Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy HourDied on Monday April 24th 2017
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (LegendDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Yameen Rasheed
Maldivian writerDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Kate O’Beirne
American political columnistDied on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturgeDied on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Elizabeth Sargent
American poetDied on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Enrico Medioli
Italian screenwriterDied on Saturday April 22nd 2017
Onuora Nzekwu
Nigerian writerDied on Saturday April 22nd 2017
John Freely
American author and physics professorDied on Friday April 21st 2017
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Polish-born Israeli-American memoiristDied on Thursday April 20th 2017
George William Jones
British political scientist and authorDied on Thursday April 20th 2017
Walter de Camp
Finnish writerDied on Thursday April 20th 2017
George Bălăiță
Romanian authorDied on Thursday April 20th 2017
Blossom Elfman
American novelistDied on Tuesday April 18th 2017
Trish Vradenburg
American screenwriter (Designing WomenDied on Tuesday April 18th 2017
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti
Italian literary criticDied on Monday April 17th 2017
Jean Bernabé
French writerDied on Monday April 17th 2017
William Norman Grigg
American authorDied on Thursday April 13th 2017
Kirill Kovaldzhi
Russian authorDied on Wednesday April 12th 2017
Patricia McKissack
American children's writerDied on Monday April 10th 2017
David Parry-Jones
Welsh sports commentator and writerDied on Monday April 10th 2017
Louis Sarno
American musicologist and authorDied on Sunday April 9th 2017
Hwang Keum-Chan
South Korean poetDied on Sunday April 9th 2017
Anri Volokhonsky
Russian poetDied on Saturday April 8th 2017
Ahmad Dahbour
Palestinian poetDied on Saturday April 8th 2017
Aleksandr Garros
Russian writerDied on Friday April 7th 2017
Rolf Sagen
Norwegian authorDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Armand Gatti
Monégasque-born French playwrightDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Nigel Sitwell
British conservationist and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Arthur Bisguier
American chess grandmaster and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Michel Arrivé
French linguist and novelistDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet and literary criticDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Parv Bancil
British Asian playwrightDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Teresia Teaiwa
I-Kiribati-American poet and academicDied on Sunday April 2nd 2017
Gary Austin
American theatre writer and director (The Groundlings)Died on Sunday April 2nd 2017
Richard Nelson Bolles
American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?)Died on Sunday April 2nd 2017
Kim Jong-gil
South Korean poetDied on Sunday April 2nd 2017
Richard Bolles
American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?)Died on Sunday April 2nd 2017
Allan Weiss
American screenwriter (Blue HawaiiDied on Friday March 31st 2017
Blue Hawaii
American screenwriter (Blue HawaiiDied on Friday March 31st 2017
João Gilberto Noll
Brazilian writerDied on Wednesday March 29th 2017
Enn Vetemaa
Estonian writerDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
William McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic at Washington PostDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
Christina Vella
American writer and historianDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
David Storey
English writerDied on Monday March 27th 2017
Arun Sarma
Indian playwrightDied on Monday March 27th 2017
Alex Tizon
Filipino-born American journalist and author (The Seattle Times)Died on Sunday March 26th 2017
Ivan Landsmann
Czech writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Alexandr Kliment
Czech writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Paloma Gómez Borrero
Spanish journalist and writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Donald Burgett
American writer and World War II veteranDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Joanne Kyger
American poetDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Denis McGrath
American-Canadian television writer (Continuum)Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Serge Doubrovsky
French authorDied on Friday March 24th 2017
Ashokamitran
Indian writerDied on Friday March 24th 2017
Roy Fisher
British poet and jazz pianistDied on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Andy Coogan
Scottish author and World War II veteranDied on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Colin Dexter
English author (Inspector Morse series)Died on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Amri Rohayat
Malaysian screenwriter and producerDied on Monday March 20th 2017
Chinu Modi
Indian poetDied on Monday March 20th 2017
Jimmy Breslin
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday March 19th 2017
Derek Walcott
Santa Lucia poet and playwrightDied on Friday March 17th 2017