John Berger
English art critic and painterDied on Monday January 2nd 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
David Meltzer
American poet and musicianDied on Saturday December 31st 2016
Arthur H. Cash
American academic and biographerDied on Saturday December 31st 2016
M. D. Harmon
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald)Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Kamal Mani Dixit
Nepalese writerDied on Friday December 30th 2016
M.D. Harmon
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald)Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Heno Magee
Irish playwrightDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Annelise Hovmand
Danish director and screenwriter (Be Dear to Me)Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Pierre Barouh
French writer-composer-singerDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michel Déon
French novelist and literary columnistDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Anthony Cronin
Irish poetDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Sibylle Boden-Gerstner
German costume designer and fashion writerDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michele Amas
New Zealand poet and actressDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Richard Adams
British authorDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Elvio Porta
Italian screenwriter and film director (What if Gargiulo Finds Out?)Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Buddha Sayami
Nepalese politician and poetDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Vasant Sarwate
Indian cartoonist and authorDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Aleksander Shlepyanov
Russian film script writer and art expertDied on Sunday December 25th 2016
Meto Jovanovski
Macedonian writerDied on Saturday December 24th 2016
Felix Krivin
Ukrainian-Israeli writer and poetDied on Saturday December 24th 2016
Andrés Rivera
Argentine writerDied on Friday December 23rd 2016
Philip Saville
British television director and screenwriterDied on Friday December 23rd 2016
P. J. Lambrecht
American authorDied on Friday December 23rd 2016
P.J. Lambrecht
American authorDied on Friday December 23rd 2016
David Berry
American playwright (The Whales of August)Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Anne Ranasinghe
German-born Sri Lankan poetDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Toby Hemenway
American author and educatorDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Kevin O’Morrison
American playwright and actorDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Anupam Mishra
Indian authorDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Enrique Cirules
Cuban writerDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Anique Poitras
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Wade Bourne
American writer and broadcasterDied on Sunday December 18th 2016
Robert Stiller
Polish author and translatorDied on Saturday December 17th 2016
Hans-Eric Hellberg
Swedish author (Kram) and journalistDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
T. Neil Davis
American geophysicist and writerDied on Wednesday December 14th 2016
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon)Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Robert Sumner
American Baptist pastor and authorDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Jean-Claude Deret
French screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
John Newhouse
American journalist and authorDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese novelist (To SirDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Georgia Blain
Australian writerDied on Monday December 12th 2016
Anne Deveson
Australian writer and broadcasterDied on Monday December 12th 2016
Fred Secombe
Welsh priest and writerDied on Monday December 12th 2016
Alice Furlaud
American journalist and essayist (NPR)Died on Sunday December 11th 2016
A. A. Gill
British writer and restaurant critic (death announced on this date)Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
John Montague
Irish poetDied on Saturday December 10th 2016
Jean-Loup Passek
French film criticDied on Friday December 9th 2016
Patricia Robins
British novelistDied on Thursday December 8th 2016
Bruno Bayen
French novelistDied on Thursday December 8th 2016
Nancy Mairs
American writerDied on Thursday December 8th 2016
Marit Kalstad
Norwegian writerDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Giovanni Orelli
Swiss authorDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Paul de Wispelaere
Belgian writerDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Gotlib
French comics artist/writer and publisherDied on Sunday December 4th 2016
Tudor Bragă
Moldovean arts criticDied on Sunday December 4th 2016
Ferreira Gullar
Brazilian writerDied on Sunday December 4th 2016
Nikola Gigov
Bulgarian authorDied on Sunday December 4th 2016
Bekal Utsahi
Indian poet and politicianDied on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Michael Abbensetts
Guyanese-born British playwrightDied on Wednesday November 30th 2016
Michael Leonetti
Canadian authorDied on Monday November 28th 2016
Anand Yadav
Indian Marathi writerDied on Monday November 28th 2016
Margaret Rhodes
British writerDied on Sunday November 27th 2016
Jeff Gillenkirk
American authorDied on Saturday November 26th 2016
Joe Esposito
American author and publisherDied on Thursday November 24th 2016
Per Simonnæs
Norwegian television presenter and writerDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Georgie Sicking
American rancher and poetDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Viveki Rai
Indian authorDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Gunnar Sandgren
Swedish novelistDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
André Ruellan
French science fiction and horror writerDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Chen Yingzhen
Taiwanese writerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Edward L. Kimball
American legal scholar and biographerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Pierre Billard
French film criticDied on Monday November 21st 2016
William Trevor
Irish writer (Love and SummerDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Jan Sonnergaard
Danish writerDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Roger Hobbs
American authorDied on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Melvin Laird
American politician and writerDied on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Sir James McNeish
New Zealand writerDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Kenichirō Takai
Japanese manga writerDied on Monday November 14th 2016
Nikola Korabov
Bulgarian director and screenwriter (Tobacco)Died on Monday November 14th 2016
Claire Labine
American soap opera writer and producerDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Aileen Mehle
American gossip columnistDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Ilse Aichinger
Austrian writerDied on Friday November 11th 2016
Francisco Nieva
Spanish playwrightDied on Friday November 11th 2016
Helga Ruebsamen
Dutch writerDied on Tuesday November 8th 2016
Abdulla Oripov
Uzbek poetDied on Saturday November 5th 2016
Jan Slepian
American author of books for children and young adults and a poetDied on Saturday November 5th 2016
Egon Wolff
Chilean playwrightDied on Thursday November 3rd 2016
Massimo Mongai
Italian authorDied on Wednesday November 2nd 2016
Richard Cavendish
British occult writerDied on Wednesday November 2nd 2016
Rodolfo Hinostroza
Peruvian poetDied on Tuesday November 1st 2016
Natalie Babbitt
American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting)Died on Tuesday November 1st 2016