Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Helga Ruebsamen
Dutch writer
Died on Tuesday November 8th 2016
Abdulla Oripov
Uzbek poet
Died on Saturday November 5th 2016
Jan Slepian
American author of books for children and young adults and a poet
Died on Saturday November 5th 2016
Egon Wolff
Chilean playwright
Died on Thursday November 3rd 2016
Massimo Mongai
Italian author
Died on Wednesday November 2nd 2016
Natalie Babbitt
American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting)
Died on Tuesday November 1st 2016
Helen Vreeswijk
Dutch writer
Died on Monday October 31st 2016
Norman Sherry
British author
Died on Monday October 31st 2016
Ruben Hovsepyan
Armenian author and politician
Died on Friday October 28th 2016
Luciano Rispoli
Italian television and radio writer and presenter
Died on Friday October 28th 2016
Yuichi Takai
Japanese writer
Died on Thursday October 27th 2016
Kevin Curran
American television writer (The Simpsons
Died on Tuesday October 25th 2016
Michael Gleason
American television writer and producer (Remington Steele
Died on Tuesday October 25th 2016
Sheri S. Tepper
American science fiction author
Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Lucia Perillo
American poet and novelist
Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Lucia M. Perillo
American poet and novelist
Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Tom Hayden
American writer and activist (Chicago Seven)
Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Jimmy Perry
English actor and scriptwriter (Dad's Army
Died on Sunday October 23rd 2016
David Bellini
Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia)
Died on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Mike Tomkies
British nature writer
Died on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Thom Jones
American writer
Died on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Song Yeong
South Korean writer
Died on Friday October 14th 2016
Juan Radrigán
Chilean writer
Died on Sunday October 16th 2016
Edward Gorman
American writer
Died on Friday October 14th 2016
Farouk Shousha
Egyptian poet
Died on Friday October 14th 2016
David Antin
American poet
Died on Wednesday October 12th 2016
Lars Huldén
Finnish writer and translator
Died on Tuesday October 11th 2016
Gurcharan Virk
Punjabi writer
Died on Tuesday October 11th 2016
René Avilés Fabila
Mexican author
Died on Sunday October 9th 2016
Alistair Urquhart
Scottish author and soldier in the Gordon Highlanders during World War II
Died on Friday October 7th 2016
Giovanni Scognamillo
Turkish film critic
Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Bill Warren
American film historian and critic
Died on Friday October 7th 2016
Pierre Tchernia
French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix)
Died on Saturday October 8th 2016
Austin Kalish
American television writer (All in the Family
Died on Wednesday October 5th 2016
Brigitte Hamann
German-Austrian historian and author
Died on Tuesday October 4th 2016
Gloria Naylor
American novelist (The Women of Brewster Place)
Died on Monday October 3rd 2016
Max Richards
New Zealand poet
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Richard D. Trentlage
American advertising executive and jingle writer (Oscar Meyer
Died on Wednesday September 21st 2016
Oscar Brand
Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author
Died on Friday September 30th 2016
Terence Brady
Btitish writer and actor
Died on Thursday September 29th 2016
Curtis Roosevelt
American writer
Died on Monday September 26th 2016
Agnes Nixon
American television writer and producer (creator of One Life to Live and All My Children)
Died on Wednesday September 28th 2016
John Bentley Mays
Canadian journalist and novelist
Died on Friday September 16th 2016
Syed Shamsul Haque
Bangladeshi poet and writer
Died on Tuesday September 27th 2016
David Budbill
American poet and playwright
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Jack Nadel
American entrepreneur and author
Died on Saturday September 24th 2016
Robert Weinberg
American science fiction author
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Nahed Hattar
Jordanian writer
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Gian Luigi Rondi
Italian screenwriter and film director.
Died on Thursday September 22nd 2016
Bojja Tharakam
Indian writer and social activist
Died on Saturday September 17th 2016
Amy van Singel
American journalist and blues writer (Living Blues)
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
Curtis Hanson
American film director and screenwriter (L.A. Confidential
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
D. Keith Mano
American evangelical author
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Allister Sparks
South African writer
Died on Monday September 19th 2016
David Kyle
American science fiction writer
Died on Sunday September 18th 2016
Lee Ho-cheol
South Korean writer
Died on Sunday September 18th 2016
Richard Whittington-Egan
British writer and criminologist
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Severino Santiapichi
Italian magistrate and writer
Died on Friday September 16th 2016
Edward Albee
American playwright
Died on Friday September 16th 2016
W. P. Kinsella
Canadian writer (Shoeless Joe)
Died on Friday September 16th 2016
Dennis Shryack
American screenwriter (The Gauntlet
Died on Wednesday September 14th 2016
Rolf Losansky
German film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday September 15th 2016
Massimo Felisatti
Italian author and screenwriter (Silent Action
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Claude-Jean Philippe
French film critic and filmmaker
Died on Sunday September 11th 2016
Paul Green
American author and politicial commentator
Died on Saturday September 10th 2016
Dalmiro Sáenz
Argentine playwright
Died on Sunday September 11th 2016
Mario Spezi
Italian journalist and author
Died on Friday September 9th 2016
Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and author
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2016
Pran Kurup
Indian entrepreneur and author
Died on Saturday September 3rd 2016
Maria Costa
Italian poet
Died on Wednesday September 7th 2016
Håkon M.E. Sundaune
Norwegian writer and librarian
Died on Friday August 19th 2016
Darren Seals
American activist (Black Lives Matter) and writer
Died on Tuesday September 6th 2016
Anna Dewdney
American children's author and illustrator
Died on Saturday September 3rd 2016
Cyril C. Perera
Sri Lankan author
Died on Sunday September 4th 2016
Isidore Okpewho
Nigerian novelist and critic
Died on Sunday September 4th 2016
Richard Neville
Australian writer and editor (Oz)
Died on Sunday September 4th 2016
Maria Isabel Barreno
Portuguese writer
Died on Saturday September 3rd 2016
Eileen Younghusband
British WW2 officer and author
Died on Friday September 2nd 2016