Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ruth Gilbert
New Zealand poetDied on Thursday April 14th 2016
Agha Saleem
Pakistani writerDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Arnold Wesker
British playwrightDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Alexander Kanengoni
Zimbabwean writerDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Adrian Greenwood
British art dealer and authorDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Marcel Dubé
Canadian PlaywrightDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
E. M. Nathanson
American author of the 1965 novel The Dirty DozenDied on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Barbara Turner
American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (GeorgiaDied on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Rowley Habib
New Zealand writerDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Erik Bauersfeld
American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Return of the JediDied on Monday April 4th 2016
William Rice
American food editor and critic in WashingtonDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Bob Ellis
Australian writer and journalistDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Frank De Felitta
American author and screenwriter (Audrey Rose)Died on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Denise Robertson
British writer and television broadcaster (This Morning)Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Jean-Pierre Coffe
French television presenter and food criticDied on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Nil Hilevich
Belarusian poetDied on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Howard Berk
American novelistDied on Sunday March 27th 2016
Jim Harrison
American writerDied on Saturday March 26th 2016
Theodor Cazaban
French writerDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Tom Whedon
American television writer (The Golden GirlsDied on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Earl Hamner, Jr.
American television writer and producer (Falcon CrestDied on Thursday March 24th 2016
D. G. Jones
Canadian poetDied on Sunday March 6th 2016
Morton Hunt
American psychologist and science writerDied on Thursday March 10th 2016
Magsud Ibrahimbeyov
Azerbaijani writer and member of the National Assembly of AzerbaijanDied on Tuesday March 22nd 2016
Jan-Öjvind Swahn
Swedish etnologist and writer. Died on Tuesday March 22nd 2016
Tomas de Mattos
Uruguayan authorDied on Monday March 21st 2016
Shizuko Natsuki
Japanese authorDied on Monday March 21st 2016
Geoffrey Hartman
German-born American literary criticDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Barry Hines
English author (A Kestrel for a Knave)Died on Sunday March 20th 2016
José Carlos Avellar
Brazilian film criticDied on Friday March 18th 2016
Tita Kovač Artemis
Slovene-born Greek chemist and writerDied on Friday March 11th 2016
Georges Tarabichi
Syrian writer and translatorDied on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Alexander Esenin-Volpin
Soviet-born American poet and mathematicianDied on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Marion Patrick Jones
Trinidadian writerDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Anita Brookner
British novelist and art historianDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Nicolau Breyner
Portuguese playwrightDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Rafiq Azad
Bangladeshi poetDied on Saturday March 12th 2016
Kostas Koutsomytis
Greek film director and screenwriterDied on Thursday March 10th 2016
Rafael Squirru
Argentine authorDied on Saturday March 5th 2016
Jerry Bridges
an evangelical Christian authorDied on Sunday March 6th 2016
Ramón Palomares
Venezuelan poetDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Pat Conroy
American author (The Prince of TidesDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Taka Chiba
Japanese manga writerDied on Saturday February 27th 2016
Tony Warren
English television scriptwriter (Coronation Street)Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Sonia Borg
Austrian-born Australian screenwriter (Women of the SunDied on Thursday February 4th 2016
Vid Pečjak
Slovene psychologist and writerDied on Tuesday March 1st 2016
Alice Arlen
American screenwriter (Silkwood)Died on Monday February 29th 2016
Liliane Wouters
Belgian authorDied on Sunday February 28th 2016
Sengai Aaliyan dead at age 75, Author
Sengai Aaliyan, a Sri Lankan Tamil author and writer, died on February 28, 2016, at the age of 75. Born in Jaffna in 1941, he emerged as a writer after…
Zdeněk Marat
Czech music composer (How the World Is Losing Poets) and conductorDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Salman Natour
Israeli Palestinian authorDied on Monday February 15th 2016
François Dupeyron
French film director and screenwriter (The Officers' Ward)Died on Thursday February 25th 2016
John Chilton
British jazz musician and writerDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
Peter Lustig
German television presenter and authorDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Chiaki Morosawa
Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Miroslav Nemirov
Russian poetDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Bergljot Hobæk Haff
Norwegian novelistDied on Friday February 12th 2016
Umberto Eco
Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Rosario Ferré
Puerto Rican writerDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Sohrab Rahimi
Iranian-born Swedish poetDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Harper Lee
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Mildred Shapley Matthews
American science writerDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos
Peruvian poetDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas
French authorDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese authorDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director and writerDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Akbar Kakkattil
Indian writerDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Bud Webster
American science fiction and fantasy writer. Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Warren Manzi
American playwright (Perfect Crime)Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
O. N. V. Kurup
Indian poetDied on Saturday February 13th 2016
Bayard Johnson
American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City)Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Tom Singer
American newspaper columnist and baseball beat writerDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Pakistani novelistDied on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Norman Hudis
English screenwriter (Carry On)Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Edith Skom
American novelistDied on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Andrew Glaze
American poetDied on Sunday February 7th 2016
Juliette Benzoni
French novelistDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Nida Fazli
Indian poetDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Dan Gerson
American screenwriter (MonstersDied on Saturday February 6th 2016
Margaret Forster
English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographerDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Roger Willemsen
German authorDied on Monday February 8th 2016
David St Vincent
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date)Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Tayeb Saddiki
Moroccan playwrightDied on Friday February 5th 2016
Ruth Rehmann
German writerDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Intizar Hussain
Pakistani writerDied on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Dov Yermiya
Israeli army officer and authorDied on Saturday January 30th 2016
Laurence Lerner
South African born British literary criticDied on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Anthony Simmons
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine ElmsDied on Friday January 22nd 2016
Nayani Krishnakumari
Indian writer and folkloristDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian writerDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Jacques Rivette
French film director and film criticDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Peggy Anderson
American authorDied on Sunday January 17th 2016