Andy Coogan
Scottish author and World War II veteran
Died on Thursday March 23rd 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Chinu Modi
Indian poet
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
Torgny Lindgren
Swedish writer
Died on Thursday March 16th 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
Michael H. Buchholz
German author
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
American author
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
Vusik Alexey Sergeevich
Ukrainian writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Guus Verstraete jr.
Dutch television director and screenwriter
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Fusao Shimizu
Chinese poet
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
Gata Cattana
Spanish rapper and poet
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Alicia Morel
Chilean writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Irmela Brender
German writer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Mari Evans
American poet
Died on Sunday March 12th 2017
Richard Wagamese
Canadian writer
Died on Saturday March 11th 2017
Robert James Waller
American author (The Bridges of Madison County)
Died on Friday March 10th 2017
Bonnie Burnard
Canadian novelist
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
David Seals
American author
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Ruth L. Ratny
American journalist and screenwriter
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Graciela Paraskevaidis
Argentine writer and composer
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Gerson Poyk
Indonesian author and journalist
Died on Saturday February 25th 2017
James Stevenson
American illustrator and author
Died on Friday February 24th 2017
John Gay
American screenwriter (Run Silent
Died on Friday February 24th 2017
Frank Delaney
Irish author and journalist
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Gary Cartwright
American journalist and writer
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Seijun Suzuki
Japanese film and television director and writer
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
José Fernandes Fafe
Portuguese diplomat and writer
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Salma Siddiqui
Indian novelist
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Gopalkrishna P. Nayak
Indian writer
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Richard Schickel
American film critic (Time)
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Witold Adamek
Polish screenwriter and director
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Teresa del Conde
Mexican art historian and critic
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Pasquale Squitieri
Italian film director and screenwriter
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Jerome Tuccille
American writer and activist
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Börge Hellström
Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström)
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Dick Bruna
Dutch author
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Yitzhak Livni
Polish-born Israeli media executive and writer
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Kjell Heggelund
Norwegian writer and editor
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Kurt Marti
Swiss poet and theologian
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Dahlov Ipcar
American painter and author
Died on Saturday February 11th 2017
Hiag Akmakjian
American author and painter
Died on Saturday February 11th 2017
Edward Bryant
American science fiction and horror writer
Died on Saturday February 11th 2017
Marc Drogin
American writer and illustrator
Died on Friday February 10th 2017
Radu Gabrea
Romanian film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
Barbara Gelb
American author and journalist
Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
José Luis Pérez de Arteaga
Spanish music critic
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Richard B. Wright
Canadian novelist
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Alan Simpson
British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Angelo Bissesarsingh
Trinidadian historian and author
Died on Sunday February 5th 2017
Marc Spitz
American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb)
Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Bano Qudsia
Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh)
Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Dritëro Agolli
Albanian writer
Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Dore Ashton
American writer and critic
Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Annie Saumont
French author and translator
Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
Predrag Matvejević
Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activist
Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian-born American writer and academic
Died on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Howard Frank Mosher
American author (Where the Rivers Flow North)
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Leon Katz
American playwright
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Sayed Hijab
Egyptian poet
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017