John Freely
American author and physics professor
Died on Friday April 21st 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Ahmad Dahbour
Palestinian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 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
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
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
Paloma Gómez Borrero
Spanish journalist and writer
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
Georgi Danailow
Bulgarian screenwriter
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Kurt Meyer
Swiss non-fiction writer and librarian
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
Robert James Waller
American author (The Bridges of Madison County)
Died on Friday March 10th 2017
Scott Lew
American screenwriter (Sexy Evil Genius
Died on Monday March 6th 2017
Miriam Tlali
South African author
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
David Wedgwood Benn
British broadcaster and author
Died on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Nicholas Mosley
British novelist and biographer
Died on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Taarak Mehta
Indian playwright and humorist
Died on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Amy Dawes
American entertainment journalist and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday March 1st 2017