Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturge
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
Trish Vradenburg
American screenwriter (Designing Women
Died on Tuesday April 18th 2017
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti
Italian literary critic
Died on Monday April 17th 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
Rolf Sagen
Norwegian author
Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Armand Gatti
Monégasque-born French playwright
Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Nigel Sitwell
British conservationist and writer
Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Arthur Bisguier
American chess grandmaster and writer
Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Michel Arrivé
French linguist and novelist
Died on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet and literary critic
Died on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Parv Bancil
British Asian playwright
Died on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Teresia Teaiwa
I-Kiribati-American poet and academic
Died 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 poet
Died 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 Hawaii
Died on Friday March 31st 2017
Blue Hawaii
American screenwriter (Blue Hawaii
Died on Friday March 31st 2017
Enn Vetemaa
Estonian writer
Died on Tuesday March 28th 2017
William McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic at Washington Post
Died on Tuesday March 28th 2017
Christina Vella
American writer and historian
Died on Tuesday March 28th 2017
David Storey
English writer
Died on Monday March 27th 2017
Arun Sarma
Indian playwright
Died 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 writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Alexandr Kliment
Czech writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Paloma Gómez Borrero
Spanish journalist and writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Jean Rouverol
American author and actress
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Donald Burgett
American writer and World War II veteran
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Denis McGrath
American-Canadian television writer (Continuum)
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Roy Fisher
British poet and jazz pianist
Died on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Andy Coogan
Scottish author and World War II veteran
Died on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Colin Dexter
English author (Inspector Morse series)
Died on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Amri Rohayat
Malaysian screenwriter and producer
Died on Monday March 20th 2017
Jimmy Breslin
American journalist and author
Died on Sunday March 19th 2017
Derek Walcott
Santa Lucia poet and playwright
Died on Friday March 17th 2017
Gina Calleja
British-born Canadian author
Died on Wednesday March 15th 2017
Vida Hajebi Tabrizi
Iranian political activist and writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Adib Boroumand
Iranian poet and politician
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
André Vinas
French writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Georgi Danailow
Bulgarian screenwriter
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Kurt Meyer
Swiss non-fiction writer and librarian
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Anatoly Chernyaev
Russian historian and writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Nguyễn Quang Thân
Vietnamese writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Guus Verstraete jr.
Dutch television director and screenwriter
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Bernardo Cortés
Spanish writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Vladimír Vašut
Czech theatre critic
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Gianni Carlo Sciolla
Italian art critic
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Bana Bihari Panda
Indian Odia language writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017