Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Rolf Sagen
Norwegian authorDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Armand Gatti
Monégasque-born French playwrightDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Nigel Sitwell
British conservationist and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Arthur Bisguier
American chess grandmaster and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Michel Arrivé
French linguist and novelistDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet and literary criticDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Parv Bancil
British Asian playwrightDied on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Teresia Teaiwa
I-Kiribati-American poet and academicDied 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 poetDied 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 HawaiiDied on Friday March 31st 2017
Blue Hawaii
American screenwriter (Blue HawaiiDied on Friday March 31st 2017
João Gilberto Noll
Brazilian writerDied on Wednesday March 29th 2017
Enn Vetemaa
Estonian writerDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
William McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic at Washington PostDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
Christina Vella
American writer and historianDied on Tuesday March 28th 2017
David Storey
English writerDied on Monday March 27th 2017
Arun Sarma
Indian playwrightDied 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 writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Alexandr Kliment
Czech writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Paloma Gómez Borrero
Spanish journalist and writerDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Donald Burgett
American writer and World War II veteranDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Joanne Kyger
American poetDied on Saturday March 25th 2017
Denis McGrath
American-Canadian television writer (Continuum)Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Serge Doubrovsky
French authorDied on Friday March 24th 2017
Ashokamitran
Indian writerDied on Friday March 24th 2017
Roy Fisher
British poet and jazz pianistDied on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Andy Coogan
Scottish author and World War II veteranDied on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Colin Dexter
English author (Inspector Morse series)Died on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Amri Rohayat
Malaysian screenwriter and producerDied on Monday March 20th 2017
Chinu Modi
Indian poetDied on Monday March 20th 2017
Jimmy Breslin
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday March 19th 2017
Derek Walcott
Santa Lucia poet and playwrightDied on Friday March 17th 2017
Torgny Lindgren
Swedish writerDied on Thursday March 16th 2017
Wojciech Młynarski
Polish poetDied on Thursday March 16th 2017
Gina Calleja
British-born Canadian authorDied on Wednesday March 15th 2017
Vida Hajebi Tabrizi
Iranian political activist and writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Henning Kramer Dahl
Norwegian poetDied on Monday March 13th 2017
André Vinas
French writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Georgi Danailow
Bulgarian screenwriterDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Kurt Meyer
Swiss non-fiction writer and librarianDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Michael H. Buchholz
German authorDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Sergeĭ Bočarov
Russian writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
American authorDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Ante Perković
Croatian music criticDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Vusik Alexey Sergeevich
Ukrainian writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Nguyễn Quang Thân
Vietnamese writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Guus Verstraete jr.
Dutch television director and screenwriterDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Fusao Shimizu
Chinese poetDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Bernardo Cortés
Spanish writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Vladimír Vašut
Czech theatre criticDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Gianni Carlo Sciolla
Italian art criticDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Bana Bihari Panda
Indian Odia language writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Alicia Morel
Chilean writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Irmela Brender
German writerDied on Monday March 13th 2017
Mari Evans
American poetDied on Sunday March 12th 2017
Richard Wagamese
Canadian writerDied on Saturday March 11th 2017
Carol Field
American cookbook authorDied on Saturday March 11th 2017
Robert James Waller
American author (The Bridges of Madison County)Died on Friday March 10th 2017
Scott Lew
American screenwriter (Sexy Evil GeniusDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Bonnie Burnard
Canadian novelistDied on Monday March 6th 2017
Miriam Tlali
South African authorDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak writerDied on Thursday March 2nd 2017
David Wedgwood Benn
British broadcaster and authorDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Nicholas Mosley
British novelist and biographerDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Taarak Mehta
Indian playwright and humoristDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
Amy Dawes
American entertainment journalist and screenwriterDied on Wednesday March 1st 2017
David Seals
American authorDied on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Jay Cronley
American writerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Ruth L. Ratny
American journalist and screenwriterDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Graciela Paraskevaidis
Argentine writer and composerDied on Monday February 27th 2017
Gerson Poyk
Indonesian author and journalistDied on Saturday February 25th 2017
James Stevenson
American illustrator and authorDied on Friday February 24th 2017
John Gay
American screenwriter (Run SilentDied on Friday February 24th 2017
Frank Delaney
Irish author and journalistDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Gary Cartwright
American journalist and writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Nancy Willard
American writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Seijun Suzuki
Japanese film and television director and writerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
José Fernandes Fafe
Portuguese diplomat and writerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Salma Siddiqui
Indian novelistDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Gopalkrishna P. Nayak
Indian writerDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Richard Schickel
American film critic (Time)Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Witold Adamek
Polish screenwriter and directorDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Ved Prakash Sharma
Indian writerDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Teresa del Conde
Mexican art historian and criticDied on Saturday February 18th 2017
Pasquale Squitieri
Italian film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday February 18th 2017