Károly Makk
Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Sirkka Selja
Finnish poet
Died on Saturday August 19th 2017
Arthur Boyars
British poet and musicologist
Died on Thursday August 17th 2017
Noni Lichtveld
Dutch writer and illustrator
Died on Wednesday August 16th 2017
Diane Pearson
British book editor and author
Died on Tuesday August 15th 2017
Richard Gordon
English author and physician
Died on Monday August 14th 2017
Abdelkrim Ghallab
Moroccon politician and writer
Died on Monday August 14th 2017
Victor Pemberton
British writer and television producer (Doctor Who
Died on Monday August 14th 2017
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
Sudanese writer and feminist
Died on Sunday August 13th 2017
Abdulhussain Abdulredha
Kuwaiti actor and writer
Died on Friday August 11th 2017
Ted Corbett
English cricket writer
Died on Friday August 11th 2017
Jean-Marie Berthier
French poet
Died on Friday August 11th 2017
Jiří Kuběna
Czech poet and art historian
Died on Thursday August 10th 2017
Vijay Nambisan
Indian poet
Died on Thursday August 10th 2017
Heinz F. Dressel
German theologian and writer
Died on Wednesday August 9th 2017
Gonzague Saint Bris
award-winning French novelist and biographer
Died on Tuesday August 8th 2017
Gregorio Martínez Navarro
Peruvian writer
Died on Tuesday August 8th 2017
Christian Millau
French food critic and author
Died on Monday August 7th 2017
Reuven Moskovitz
Israeli author and peace activist
Died on Monday August 7th 2017
H. G. Rasool
Indian writer
Died on Monday August 7th 2017
Víctor Manuel Cárdenas Morales
Mexican poet
Died on Sunday August 6th 2017
H.G. Rasool
Indian writer
Died on Sunday August 6th 2017
Marcelino Perelló Valls
Mexican activist and writer (Mexico 68)
Died on Saturday August 5th 2017
Miroslava Besserová
Czech writer
Died on Saturday August 5th 2017
David E. H. Jones
British chemist and author
Died on Wednesday August 2nd 2017
Wanda Chotomska
Polish children book's author
Died on Wednesday August 2nd 2017
Abiola Irele
Nigerian literary critic
Died on Wednesday August 2nd 2017
Rosemary Anne Sisson
British author and scriptwriter
Died on Tuesday August 1st 2017
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Died on Monday July 31st 2017
José Osvaldo de Meira Penna
Brazilian diplomat and writer
Died on Sunday July 30th 2017
Stein Mehren
Norwegian poet
Died on Saturday July 29th 2017
Eunice de Souza
Indian poet and writer
Died on Saturday July 29th 2017
Enzo Bettiza
Dalmatian-born Italian novelist
Died on Saturday July 29th 2017
Hervé Le Roux
French film critic and director
Died on Friday July 28th 2017
Ramón Xirau
Mexican poet
Died on Thursday July 27th 2017
Ida Rodríguez Prampolini
Mexican writer
Died on Wednesday July 26th 2017
Peter Sears
American poet
Died on Wednesday July 26th 2017
Thomas Fleming
American writer and historian
Died on Tuesday July 25th 2017
Haddon Robinson
Christian author and former interim President at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Died on Monday July 24th 2017
Michiko Inukai
Japanese writer and philanthropist
Died on Monday July 24th 2017
Elliott Castro
Puerto Rican sports commentator and author
Died on Sunday July 23rd 2017
Hasan Akbar Kamal
Indian poet and writer
Died on Saturday July 22nd 2017
Miep Diekmann
Dutch writer
Died on Friday July 21st 2017
Josef Hrubý
Czech poet
Died on Friday July 21st 2017
Clancy Sigal
American writer
Died on Thursday July 20th 2017
Khageswar Mohapatra
Indian writer and linguist
Died on Thursday July 20th 2017
Mary MacDonald
Canadian artist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Mary McDonald
Canadian artist and writer
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2017
Tony Bianchi
British author
Died on Monday July 17th 2017
Anne Golon
French author
Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Julia Hartwig
Polish writer and translator
Died on Saturday July 15th 2017
Giovanni Franzoni
Italian writer and theologian
Died on Friday July 14th 2017
Jean-Claude Fignolé
Haitian author
Died on Friday July 14th 2017
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese writer and human rights activist
Died on Thursday July 13th 2017
Augustin Buzura
Romanian writer and journalist
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Elvira Vigna
Brazilian writer
Died on Wednesday July 12th 2017
Kenneth Silverman
American biographer
Died on Tuesday July 11th 2017
Jack Shaheen
American media critic
Died on Monday July 10th 2017
Peter Härtling
German writer and poet
Died on Monday July 10th 2017
Aleshia Brevard
American transgender actress and author
Died on Monday July 10th 2017
Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian poet
Died on Sunday July 9th 2017
Spencer Johnson
American author
Died on Saturday July 8th 2017
Claude Hall
American journalist and writer
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
John Wesley Hardt
American Methodist prelate and author
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Miriam Marx
American author
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Sheila Michaels
American writer and activist
Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Daniil Granin
Soviet-Russian author
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Jack Collom
American author
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Barrie Pettman
British author
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
David W. Vincent
American baseball author
Died on Tuesday July 4th 2017
Fay Zwicky
Australian poet
Died on Monday July 3rd 2017
F. Abiola Irele
Nigerian literary critic
Died on Monday July 3rd 2017
Paolo Villaggio
Italian writer and actor
Died on Monday July 3rd 2017
Barry Norman
British film critic and television presenter (Film...)
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Heathcote Williams
British author and actor
Died on Sunday July 2nd 2017
Jake Tordesillas
Filipino screenwriter
Died on Friday June 30th 2017
Margaux Fragoso
American writer
Died on Friday June 30th 2017
Janet Lunn
Canadian children's writer (The Root Cellar
Died on Wednesday June 28th 2017