Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Elliot Tiber
American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot · 03 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 3
Jouko Turkka
Finnish theatre director and writer · 22 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 22
Peter Gossage
New Zealand Maori author · 30 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 30
Jim Northrup
American Ojibwe writer · 01 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 1
Eric Bergren
American screenwriter (The Elephant Man · 14 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 14 · Éric
Fazil Iskander
Abkhaz writer · 31 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 31
Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski
Polish-born writer and inventor · 21 July 2016 · Pogonowski · July 2016 · July 21
Mahasweta Devi
Indian writer (Hajar Churashir Maa) · 28 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 28
James Alan McPherson
American writer (Elbow Room) · 27 July 2016 · July 2016 · McPherson · July 27
Tim LaHaye
American Christian faith author · 25 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 25
Neelabh Ashk
70 Indian Hindi poet · 23 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 23
John Pidgeon
69 British broadcaster and writer · 19 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 19
Robert Mason Pollock
American screenwriter (Dynasty · 11 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 11 · Pollock
Bommi Baumann
German author and political activist · 19 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 19
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki") · 11 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 11
Wolfram Siebeck
German journalist and food critic · 07 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 7
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian film director and screenwriter (Close-Up · 04 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 4
Joe Jares
American sports journalist and author · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2 · Jareš
Robert F. Dorr
American writer and diplomat · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12 · Dorr
Michael Cimino
American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter) · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2
Ion Ianoși
Romanian-born Israeli writer and essayist · 01 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 1
Alvin Toffler
American writer and futurist (Future Shock · 27 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 27
Gopal Gurung
Nepali politician and author · 10 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 10
Maurice G. Dantec
French science fiction writer and musician · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25 · Dantec
Adam Small
South African writer and poet · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25
Samir Roychoudhury
Indian writer (Hungry Generation) · 22 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 22
Michelle Cliff
Jamaican-born American writer · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Michele Cliff
Jamaican-born American writer · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Bill Richmond
American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Bill Berkson
American poet and art critic · 16 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 16
Aslam Farrukhi
Pakistani writer and critic · 15 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 15
Richard Selzer
American surgeon and author · 15 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 15
Fred Caruso
American writer and director (The Big Gay Musical) · 13 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 13
Mihai Dragolea
Romanian prose writer · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Achyut Lahkar
Indian actor and playwright · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Nicola Tanda
Italian literary critic and philologist · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Singaporean writer and actress · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6 · Chan
Héctor Zumbado
Cuban writer and comedian · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Ayaz Jani
Pakistani Sindhi poet and journalist · 06 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 6
Erkin Vohidov
Uzbek poet · 30 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 30
Farid Seiful-Mulyukov
Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 4
Ellen Niit
Estonian author and translator · 30 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 30
Jo Beverley
British-born Canadian writer · 23 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 23