Edward L. Kimball
American legal scholar and biographerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Norman Sherry
British authorDied on Monday October 31st 2016
Ruben Hovsepyan
Armenian author and politicianDied on Friday October 28th 2016
Luciano Rispoli
Italian television and radio writer and presenterDied on Friday October 28th 2016
Yuichi Takai
Japanese writerDied on Thursday October 27th 2016
Kevin Curran
American television writer (The SimpsonsDied on Tuesday October 25th 2016
Michael Gleason
American television writer and producer (Remington SteeleDied on Tuesday October 25th 2016
Sheri S. Tepper
American science fiction authorDied on Monday October 24th 2016
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
American poetDied on Monday October 24th 2016
Tom Hayden
American writer and activist (Chicago Seven)Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Jimmy Perry
English actor and scriptwriter (Dad's ArmyDied on Sunday October 23rd 2016
David Bellini
Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia)Died on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Mike Tomkies
British nature writerDied on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Ken Wiwa
Nigerian journalist and authorDied on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Thom Jones
American writerDied on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Song Yeong
South Korean writerDied on Friday October 14th 2016
Juan Radrigán
Chilean writerDied on Sunday October 16th 2016
Edward Gorman
American writerDied on Friday October 14th 2016
Farouk Shousha
Egyptian poetDied on Friday October 14th 2016
David Antin
American poetDied on Wednesday October 12th 2016
Lars Huldén
Finnish writer and translatorDied on Tuesday October 11th 2016
Gurcharan Virk
Punjabi writerDied on Tuesday October 11th 2016
René Avilés Fabila
Mexican authorDied on Sunday October 9th 2016
Alistair Urquhart
Scottish author and soldier in the Gordon Highlanders during World War IIDied on Friday October 7th 2016
Giovanni Scognamillo
Turkish film criticDied on Saturday October 8th 2016
Bill Warren
American film historian and criticDied on Friday October 7th 2016
Pierre Tchernia
French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix)Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Austin Kalish
American television writer (All in the FamilyDied on Wednesday October 5th 2016
Brigitte Hamann
German-Austrian historian and authorDied on Tuesday October 4th 2016
Gloria Naylor
American novelist (The Women of Brewster Place)Died on Monday October 3rd 2016
Max Richards
New Zealand poetDied on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Richard D. Trentlage
American advertising executive and jingle writer (Oscar MeyerDied on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Patrick Falterman
American travel writerDied on Saturday September 3rd 2016
Oscar Brand
Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and authorDied on Friday September 30th 2016
Terence Brady
Btitish writer and actorDied on Thursday September 29th 2016
Curtis Roosevelt
American writerDied on Monday September 26th 2016
Agnes Nixon
American television writer and producer (creator of One Life to Live and All My Children)Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
John Bentley Mays
Canadian journalist and novelistDied on Friday September 16th 2016
Syed Shamsul Haque
Bangladeshi poet and writerDied on Tuesday September 27th 2016
David Budbill
American poet and playwrightDied on Sunday September 25th 2016
Jack Nadel
American entrepreneur and authorDied on Saturday September 24th 2016
Robert Weinberg
American science fiction authorDied on Sunday September 25th 2016
Nahed Hattar
Jordanian writerDied on Sunday September 25th 2016
Hans Mühlethaler
Swiss writerDied on Saturday September 17th 2016
Kjell Ivar Sandvik
Norwegian poetDied on Friday September 2nd 2016
Gian Luigi Rondi
Italian screenwriter and film director. Died on Thursday September 22nd 2016
Bojja Tharakam
Indian writer and social activistDied on Saturday September 17th 2016
Amy van Singel
American journalist and blues writer (Living Blues)Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Curtis Hanson
American film director and screenwriter (L.A. ConfidentialDied on Monday September 19th 2016
D. Keith Mano
American evangelical authorDied on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Allister Sparks
South African writerDied on Monday September 19th 2016
David Kyle
American science fiction writerDied on Sunday September 18th 2016
Lee Ho-cheol
South Korean writerDied on Sunday September 18th 2016
Roman Ivanychuk
Ukrainian writerDied on Saturday September 17th 2016
Valeri Alikov
Russian Hill Mari poetDied on Sunday September 11th 2016
Richard Whittington-Egan
British writer and criminologistDied on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Severino Santiapichi
Italian magistrate and writerDied on Friday September 16th 2016
Edward Albee
American playwrightDied on Friday September 16th 2016
W. P. Kinsella
Canadian writer (Shoeless Joe)Died on Friday September 16th 2016
Dennis Shryack
American screenwriter (The GauntletDied on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Gareth F. Williams
Welsh authorDied on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Rolf Losansky
German film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday September 15th 2016
Gavin Frost
British Wiccan authorDied on Sunday September 11th 2016
Ermanno Rea
Italian novelistDied on Tuesday September 13th 2016
Massimo Felisatti
Italian author and screenwriter (Silent ActionDied on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Sándor Csoóri
Hungarian poetDied on Monday September 12th 2016
Claude-Jean Philippe
French film critic and filmmakerDied on Sunday September 11th 2016
Paul Green
American author and politicial commentatorDied on Saturday September 10th 2016
Dalmiro Sáenz
Argentine playwrightDied on Sunday September 11th 2016
Mario Spezi
Italian journalist and authorDied on Friday September 9th 2016
Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and authorDied on Tuesday September 6th 2016
Pran Kurup
Indian entrepreneur and authorDied on Saturday September 3rd 2016