Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Levon Panos Dabağyan
Turkish writer
Died on Monday May 8th 2017
C. Jackson Grayson
American businessman and writer
Died on Sunday May 7th 2017
Charles Hoffer
American music educator and author
Died on Saturday May 6th 2017
Karel Schoeman
South African novelist
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Marlys Millhiser
American writer
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Abelardo Castillo
Argentine writer
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Eduardo Portella
Brazilian essayist
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Michael Gurr
Australian playwright (Departure)
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
William M. Hoffman
American playwright (As Is)
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Jean Stein
American author and editor (The Paris Review)
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Anatoly Aleksin
Russian writer and poet
Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Boris Oleynik
Ukrainian author
Died on Sunday April 30th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writer
Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenter
Died on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Elena Rzhevskaya
Belarusian-born Russian writer
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kojo Laing
Ghanaian novelist
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld)
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicist
Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (Legend
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Yameen Rasheed
Maldivian writer
Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Kate O’Beirne
American political columnist
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturge
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Elizabeth Sargent
American poet
Died on Sunday April 23rd 2017
Enrico Medioli
Italian screenwriter
Died on Saturday April 22nd 2017
Onuora Nzekwu
Nigerian writer
Died on Saturday April 22nd 2017
John Freely
American author and physics professor
Died on Friday April 21st 2017
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
Walter de Camp
Finnish writer
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
George Bălăiță
Romanian author
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
Blossom Elfman
American novelist
Died on Tuesday April 18th 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
Jean Bernabé
French writer
Died on Monday April 17th 2017
William Norman Grigg
American author
Died on Thursday April 13th 2017
Kirill Kovaldzhi
Russian author
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2017
Mohammad Khoramshahi
Iranian writer and poet
Died on Wednesday April 12th 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
Anri Volokhonsky
Russian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Ahmad Dahbour
Palestinian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Aleksandr Garros
Russian writer
Died on Friday April 7th 2017
Rolf Sagen
Norwegian author
Died on Thursday April 6th 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
Elizabeth Wagele
American writer and musician
Died on Sunday April 2nd 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
João Gilberto Noll
Brazilian writer
Died on Wednesday March 29th 2017
Enn Vetemaa
Estonian writer
Died on Tuesday March 28th 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
David Storey
English writer
Died on Monday March 27th 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
Ivan Landsmann
Czech writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Alexandr Kliment
Czech writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Paloma Gómez Borrero
Spanish journalist and writer
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Jean Rouverol
American author and actress
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Donald Burgett
American writer and World War II veteran
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Joanne Kyger
American poet
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Denis McGrath
American-Canadian television writer (Continuum)
Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Serge Doubrovsky
French author
Died on Friday March 24th 2017
Ashokamitran
Indian writer
Died on Friday March 24th 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
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
Wojciech Młynarski
Polish poet
Died on Thursday March 16th 2017
Gina Calleja
British-born Canadian author
Died on Wednesday March 15th 2017
Henning Kramer Dahl
Norwegian poet
Died on Monday March 13th 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