Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jovanka Nikolić
Serbian writer
Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Refik Erduran
Turkish playwright
Died 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
Sam Lovullo
American television writer and producer (Hee Haw
Died on Friday January 6th 2017
René Ballet
French journalist and author
Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Rita Bertolini
Austrian author and publisher
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
John Berger
English art critic and painter
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
David Meltzer
American poet and musician
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Arthur H. Cash
American academic and biographer
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
M. D. Harmon
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald)
Died on Friday December 30th 2016
M.D. Harmon
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald)
Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Heno Magee
Irish playwright
Died 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-singer
Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michel Déon
French novelist and literary columnist
Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Anthony Cronin
Irish poet
Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Sibylle Boden-Gerstner
German costume designer and fashion writer
Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michele Amas
New Zealand poet and actress
Died 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 poet
Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Vasant Sarwate
Indian cartoonist and author
Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Aleksander Shlepyanov
Russian film script writer and art expert
Died on Sunday December 25th 2016
Meto Jovanovski
Macedonian writer
Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Felix Krivin
Ukrainian-Israeli writer and poet
Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Andrés Rivera
Argentine writer
Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Philip Saville
British television director and screenwriter
Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
P. J. Lambrecht
American author
Died 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 poet
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Toby Hemenway
American author and educator
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Kevin O’Morrison
American playwright and actor
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Enrique Cirules
Cuban writer
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Anique Poitras
Canadian writer
Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Wade Bourne
American writer and broadcaster
Died on Sunday December 18th 2016
Robert Stiller
Polish author and translator
Died on Saturday December 17th 2016
Hans-Eric Hellberg
Swedish author (Kram) and journalist
Died on Thursday December 15th 2016
T. Neil Davis
American geophysicist and writer
Died on Wednesday December 14th 2016
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon)
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Robert Sumner
American Baptist pastor and author
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Jean-Claude Deret
French screenwriter
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
John Newhouse
American journalist and author
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese novelist (To Sir
Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Georgia Blain
Australian writer
Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Anne Deveson
Australian writer and broadcaster
Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Alice Furlaud
American journalist and essayist (NPR)
Died on Sunday December 11th 2016
A. A. Gill
British writer and restaurant critic (death announced on this date)
Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
John Montague
Irish poet
Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
James Reiss
American poet and novelist
Died on Friday December 9th 2016
Jean-Loup Passek
French film critic
Died on Friday December 9th 2016
Patricia Robins
British novelist
Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Nancy Mairs
American writer
Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Giovanni Orelli
Swiss author
Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Paul de Wispelaere
Belgian writer
Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Gotlib
French comics artist/writer and publisher
Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Tudor Bragă
Moldovean arts critic
Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Nikola Gigov
Bulgarian author
Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Bekal Utsahi
Indian poet and politician
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Michael Abbensetts
Guyanese-born British playwright
Died on Wednesday November 30th 2016
Anand Yadav
Indian Marathi writer
Died on Monday November 28th 2016
Margaret Rhodes
British writer
Died on Sunday November 27th 2016
Jeff Gillenkirk
American author
Died on Saturday November 26th 2016
Prabhjot Kaur
Indian author and poet
Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Joe Esposito
American author and publisher
Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Per Simonnæs
Norwegian television presenter and writer
Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Georgie Sicking
American rancher and poet
Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Gunnar Sandgren
Swedish novelist
Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
André Ruellan
French science fiction and horror writer
Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
K. Subash
Indian director and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Edward L. Kimball
American legal scholar and biographer
Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
William Trevor
Irish writer (Love and Summer
Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Jan Sonnergaard
Danish writer
Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Melvin Laird
American politician and writer
Died on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Sir James McNeish
New Zealand writer
Died on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Nikola Korabov
Bulgarian director and screenwriter (Tobacco)
Died on Monday November 14th 2016
Claire Labine
American soap opera writer and producer
Died on Saturday November 12th 2016
Aileen Mehle
American gossip columnist
Died on Saturday November 12th 2016
Ilse Aichinger
Austrian writer
Died on Friday November 11th 2016
Francisco Nieva
Spanish playwright
Died on Friday November 11th 2016