Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Miriam Tlali
South African author
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak writer
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
Jay Cronley
American writer
Died on Monday February 27th 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
Frank Delaney
Irish author and journalist
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Gary Cartwright
American journalist and writer
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Nancy Willard
American 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
Ved Prakash Sharma
Indian writer
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
William Melvin Kelley
African-American novelist
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
Tom Raworth
British poet
Died on Friday February 10th 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
Norah McClintock
Canadian author
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
Nilawan Pintong
Thai writer
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Thomas Lux
American poet
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Lev Navrozov
Russian writer
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Shumon Miura
Japanese author
Died on Sunday February 5th 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
Sayed Hijab
Egyptian poet
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Ernst M. Binder
Austrian poet and theater director
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Harry Mathews
American author (The Conversions
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Buchi Emecheta
Nigerian novelist
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Byron Dobell
American editor and writer
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Shirley Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey
British writer
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Mark Baumer
American poet and activist
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Douglas Reeman
British author
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Christopher Byron
American financial and investigative writer
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Hilary Bailey
British writer
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Emma Tennant
British author
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Naqsh Lyallpuri
Indian poet and songwriter
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Robert Anker
Dutch writer
Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Harry J. Middleton
American writer and library director
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Klaus Huhn
German sports journalist and writer
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Alenka Goljevšček
Slovenian writer
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Hubert Lucot
French author
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Eldar Kuliev
Kyrgyz Soviet screenwriter and author
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Jung Mikyung
South Korean novelist
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Peter Abrahams
South African writer
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Patrick Henry
American animator and writer (Family Guy
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai
Pakistani writer and poet
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Vicki Lansky
American author and publisher
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Babette Cole
English children's author
Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Lynn Phillips
American television writer (Mary Hartman
Died on Saturday January 14th 2017
Alan Surgal
American screenwriter (Mickey One)
Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Horacio Guarany
Argentine folkloric singer and writer
Died 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 anthropologist
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Conrad Hilberry
American poet
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Pierre Arpaillange
French author
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Claude Lebey
French food critic
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
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
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author
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
Ivo Brešan
Croatian writer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rita Bertolini
Austrian author and publisher
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017