Deaths Famous Dead Writers
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
Bud Webster
American science fiction and fantasy writer. · 13 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 13
Warren Manzi
American playwright (Perfect Crime) · 11 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 11
Bayard Johnson
American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City) · 10 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 10
Tom Singer
American newspaper columnist and baseball beat writer · 08 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 8 · (singer)
Norman Hudis
English screenwriter (Carry On) · 08 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 8
Dan Gerson
American screenwriter (Monsters · 06 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 6
Margaret Forster
English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographer · 08 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 8
David St Vincent
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date) · 12 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 12 · Vincent
Tayeb Saddiki
Moroccan playwright · 05 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 5
Dov Yermiya
Israeli army officer and author · 30 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 30
Anthony Simmons
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Don Marks
Canadian writer and indigenous rights advocate · 30 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 30
Nayani Krishnakumari
Indian writer and folklorist · 29 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 29
Jacques Rivette
French film director and film critic · 29 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 29
Carles Hac Mor
Spanish Catalan writer · 27 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 27 · Mor
Zaw Zaw Aung (writer)
Burmese author and public intellectual · 26 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 26 · (writer)
Nikolay Abramov
Russian Vepsian writer and translator · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23
Stanley Mann
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector) · 11 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 11
Abolhassan Najafi
Iranian writer and translator · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Francis Seow
Singapore-born American writer and political refugee · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21
Robert Banks Stewart
Scottish television writer (Bergerac · 14 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 14 · Stewart
A. R. Morlan
American horror writer · 06 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 6 · Morlan
A.R. Morlan
American horror writer · 06 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 6