Yitzhak Livni
Polish-born Israeli media executive and writerDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Kjell Heggelund
Norwegian writer and editorDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
William Melvin Kelley
African-American novelistDied on Sunday February 12th 2017
Dahlov Ipcar
American painter and authorDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Hiag Akmakjian
American author and painterDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Edward Bryant
American science fiction and horror writerDied on Saturday February 11th 2017
Tom Raworth
British poetDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Marc Drogin
American writer and illustratorDied on Friday February 10th 2017
Radu Gabrea
Romanian film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Barbara Gelb
American author and journalistDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Norah McClintock
Canadian authorDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
José Luis Pérez de Arteaga
Spanish music criticDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Richard B. Wright
Canadian novelistDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Alan Simpson
British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half HourDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Nilawan Pintong
Thai writerDied on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Thomas Lux
American poetDied on Monday February 6th 2017
Lev Navrozov
Russian writerDied on Monday February 6th 2017
Shumon Miura
Japanese authorDied on Sunday February 5th 2017
Angelo Bissesarsingh
Trinidadian historian and authorDied 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 writerDied on Saturday February 4th 2017
Dore Ashton
American writer and criticDied on Saturday February 4th 2017
Annie Saumont
French author and translatorDied on Friday February 3rd 2017
Predrag Matvejević
Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activistDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian-born American writer and academicDied on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Howard Frank Mosher
American author (Where the Rivers Flow North)Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Sayed Hijab
Egyptian poetDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Ernst M. Binder
Austrian poet and theater directorDied on Saturday January 28th 2017
Harry Mathews
American author (The ConversionsDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Buchi Emecheta
Nigerian novelistDied on Thursday January 26th 2017
Byron Dobell
American editor and writerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Shirley Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey
British writerDied on Wednesday January 25th 2017
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