Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Mel Bartholomew
American gardener and author · 02 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 2
Tomohiro Matsu
Japanese manga writer · 02 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 2
Sakumi Yoshino
Japanese manga writer · 20 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 20
Les Waas
American adman and jingle writer (Mister Softee) · 19 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 19
Chen Zhongshi
famous Chinese writer(White Deer Plain) · 29 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 29
René Hausman
Belgian author and artist · 28 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 28
Igor Fesunenko
Soviet and Russian journalist - foreign affairs writer · 28 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 28
Nicolae Esinencu
Moldovan writer and screenwriter (Tunul de lemn) · 25 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 25
Martin Gray
Polish Holocaust survivor and writer · 25 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 25
Jackie Carter
American children's author · 13 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 13
Kong Bunchhoeun
Cambodian author and songwriter · 18 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 18
Frank D Freda
American playwright and actor · 13 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 13 · Freda
Errikos Belies
Greek translator and poet · 19 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 19
Luis Katigbak
Filipino writer and critic · 20 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 20
Scott Nimerfro
American writer and producer (Hannibal · 18 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 18
Mame Younousse Dieng
Senegalese writer · 01 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 1 · Dieng
Gwyn Thomas
Welsh poet and academic · 13 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 13
Julio García Espinosa
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin) · 14 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 14 · Espinosa
Jock Scot
Scottish poet and recording artist · 13 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 13
Alexander Kanengoni
Zimbabwean writer · 12 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 12
Adrian Greenwood
British art dealer and author · 07 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 7
E. M. Nathanson
American author of the 1965 novel The Dirty Dozen · 05 April 2016 · April 2016 · Nathanson · April 5
Barbara Turner
American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia · 05 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 5
Erik Bauersfeld
American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Return of the Jedi · 04 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 4
William Rice
American food editor and critic in Washington · 03 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 3
Lars Gustafsson
Swedish writer and scholar. · 03 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 3
Frank De Felitta
American author and screenwriter (Audrey Rose) · 29 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 29 · Felitta
Denise Robertson
British writer and television broadcaster (This Morning) · 01 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 1
Jean-Pierre Coffe
French television presenter and food critic · 29 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 29
Tom Whedon
American television writer (The Golden Girls · 23 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 23
Aharon Megged
Polish-born Israeli author · 23 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 23
Earl Hamner, Jr.
American television writer and producer (Falcon Crest · 24 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 24 · Hamner
Morton Hunt
American psychologist and science writer · 10 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 10
Magsud Ibrahimbeyov
Azerbaijani writer and member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan · 22 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 22
Jan-Öjvind Swahn
Swedish etnologist and writer. · 22 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 22
Barry Hines
English author (A Kestrel for a Knave) · 20 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 20
José Carlos Avellar
Brazilian film critic · 18 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 18 · Avellar
Tita Kovač Artemis
Slovene-born Greek chemist and writer · 11 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 11 · Artemis
Georges Tarabichi
Syrian writer and translator · 16 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 16
Alexander Esenin-Volpin
Soviet-born American poet and mathematician · 16 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 16
Marion Patrick Jones
Trinidadian writer · 02 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 2 · Jones
Anita Brookner
British novelist and art historian · 14 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 14
Jerry Bridges
an evangelical Christian author · 06 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 6
Ramón Palomares
Venezuelan poet · 04 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 4
Pat Conroy
American author (The Prince of Tides · 04 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 4
Taka Chiba
Japanese manga writer · 27 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 27
Tony Warren
English television scriptwriter (Coronation Street) · 02 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 2
Sonia Borg
Austrian-born Australian screenwriter (Women of the Sun · 04 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 4
Vid Pečjak
Slovene psychologist and writer · 01 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 1
Alice Arlen
American screenwriter (Silkwood) · 29 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 29
Louise Rennison
British author (Angus · 29 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 29
Zdeněk Marat
Czech music composer (How the World Is Losing Poets) and conductor · 21 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 21
François Dupeyron
French film director and screenwriter (The Officers' Ward) · 25 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 25
Chiaki Morosawa
Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Akbar Ali
Indian Kannada poet · 21 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 21
Umberto Eco
Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Rosario Ferré
Puerto Rican writer · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Harper Lee
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Mildred Shapley Matthews
American science writer · 11 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 11 · Matthews