Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Douglas Reeman
British authorDied on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Christopher Byron
American financial and investigative writerDied on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Hilary Bailey
British writerDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Emma Tennant
British authorDied on Monday January 23rd 2017
Robert Anker
Dutch writerDied on Saturday January 21st 2017
Harry J. Middleton
American writer and library directorDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Klaus Huhn
German sports journalist and writerDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Alenka Goljevšček
Slovenian writerDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Hubert Lucot
French authorDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Eldar Kuliev
Kyrgyz Soviet screenwriter and authorDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Jung Mikyung
South Korean novelistDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Peter Abrahams
South African writerDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Patrick Henry
American animator and writer (Family GuyDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Vicki Lansky
American author and publisherDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Babette Cole
English children's authorDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
Lynn Phillips
American television writer (Mary HartmanDied on Saturday January 14th 2017
Alan Surgal
American screenwriter (Mickey One)Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Horacio Guarany
Argentine folkloric singer and writerDied on Friday January 13th 2017
William Peter Blatty
American novelist and screenwriter (The Exorcist)Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Giulio Angioni
Italian writer and anthropologistDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Conrad Hilberry
American poetDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Pierre Arpaillange
French authorDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Claude Lebey
French food criticDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Jovanka Nikolić
Serbian writerDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Refik Erduran
Turkish playwrightDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Paul Goble
English-born American author and illustrator (The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses)Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine authorDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sam Lovullo
American television writer and producer (Hee HawDied on Friday January 6th 2017
René Ballet
French journalist and authorDied on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Ivo Brešan
Croatian writerDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rita Bertolini
Austrian author and publisherDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
John Berger
English art critic and painterDied on Monday January 2nd 2017
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