Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John Dalmas
American science fiction writer
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Pierre Imhasly
Swiss author and poet
Died on Sunday June 18th 2017
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Indian playwright
Died on Friday June 16th 2017
James Vance
American comic book writer (Kings in Disguise
Died on Friday June 16th 2017
Michael Francis Gibson
Belgian-born French art critic and writer
Died on Friday June 16th 2017
Morton N. Cohen
American author and scholar
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
A. R. Gurney
American playwright (The Dining Room)
Died on Wednesday June 14th 2017
Charles Simmons
American author
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
S. Abdul Rahman
Indian poet
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Jack Trout
American marketer and author
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish essayist
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Anna Jókai
Hungarian writer
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Helen Dunmore
British poet and writer (Zennor in Darkness)
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Kathryn Stripling Byer
American poet
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Era Sezhiyan
Indian writer and politician
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Thierry Zéno
Belgian writer and filmmaker
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Sarojini Shintri
Indian writer
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Sean Michael Rice
American actor and playwright
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Frank A. Jenssen
Norwegian writer and photographer
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
C. Narayana Reddy
Indian writer and poet
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Veerendra Simpi
Indian professor and essayist
Died on Thursday June 1st 2017
Tankred Dorst
German playwright.
Died on Thursday June 1st 2017
Lawrence Jenkins
American World War II veteran and memoirist
Died on Wednesday May 31st 2017
Ann Birstein
American writer
Died on Tuesday May 30th 2017
Frank Deford
American sportswriter and novelist
Died on Monday May 29th 2017
Brian Doyle
American author
Died on Sunday May 28th 2017
Na Kamarasan
Indian poet
Died on Friday May 26th 2017
Denis Johnson
American author (Jesus' Son)
Died on Friday May 26th 2017
Graeme Barrow
Australian author
Died on Wednesday May 24th 2017
Chana Bloch
American poet
Died on Sunday May 21st 2017
Yang Yiyan
Chinese writer (Red Crag)
Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
Alain Casabona
French author
Died on Thursday May 18th 2017
Beatrice Trum Hunter
American cookbook author
Died on Thursday May 18th 2017
John Schultz
American writer
Died on Thursday May 18th 2017
Jean Fritz
American children's writer
Died on Thursday May 18th 2017
Alain Defossé
French novelist and translator
Died on Wednesday May 17th 2017
Daniel Brewbaker
American composer and poet
Died on Tuesday May 16th 2017
Germán Yanke
Spanish journalist and writer
Died on Sunday May 14th 2017
Emmanuèle Bernheim
French author and screenwriter
Died on Sunday May 14th 2017
Jiří Kahoun
Czech artist and children’s writer
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Jean Mailland
French film director and author
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Manuel Pradal
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Galina Shergova
Russian writer
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Antonio Candido
Brazilian literary critic and sociologist
Died on Friday May 12th 2017
Elisabet Hermodsson
Swedish artist and poet
Died on Thursday May 11th 2017
Armando Baptista-Bastos
Portuguese author and journalist.
Died on Wednesday May 10th 2017
Levon Panos Dabağyan
Turkish writer
Died on Monday May 8th 2017
C. Jackson Grayson
American businessman and writer
Died on Sunday May 7th 2017
Charles Hoffer
American music educator and author
Died on Saturday May 6th 2017
Karel Schoeman
South African novelist
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Marlys Millhiser
American writer
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Abelardo Castillo
Argentine writer
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Eduardo Portella
Brazilian essayist
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director and screenwriter
Died 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
Anatoly Aleksin
Russian writer and poet
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Boris Oleynik
Ukrainian author
Died on Sunday April 30th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writer
Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenter
Died on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Elena Rzhevskaya
Belarusian-born Russian writer
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kojo Laing
Ghanaian novelist
Died 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 publicist
Died 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 Hour
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (Legend
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Yameen Rasheed
Maldivian writer
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Kate O’Beirne
American political columnist
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturge
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Elizabeth Sargent
American poet
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Enrico Medioli
Italian screenwriter
Died on Saturday April 22nd 2017
Onuora Nzekwu
Nigerian writer
Died on Saturday April 22nd 2017
John Freely
American author and physics professor
Died on Friday April 21st 2017
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Polish-born Israeli-American memoirist
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
George William Jones
British political scientist and author
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
Walter de Camp
Finnish writer
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
George Bălăiță
Romanian author
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
Blossom Elfman
American novelist
Died on Tuesday April 18th 2017
Trish Vradenburg
American screenwriter (Designing Women
Died on Tuesday April 18th 2017
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti
Italian literary critic
Died on Monday April 17th 2017
Jean Bernabé
French writer
Died on Monday April 17th 2017
William Norman Grigg
American author
Died on Thursday April 13th 2017
Kirill Kovaldzhi
Russian author
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2017
Mohammad Khoramshahi
Iranian writer and poet
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2017
Patricia McKissack
American children's writer
Died on Monday April 10th 2017
David Parry-Jones
Welsh sports commentator and writer
Died on Monday April 10th 2017
Louis Sarno
American musicologist and author
Died on Sunday April 9th 2017
Hwang Keum-Chan
South Korean poet
Died on Sunday April 9th 2017
Anri Volokhonsky
Russian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Ahmad Dahbour
Palestinian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Aleksandr Garros
Russian writer
Died on Friday April 7th 2017