Umberto Eco
Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
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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
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
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
Gunnel Vallquist
Swedish writer and translator · 11 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 11
George Jonas
Hungarian-born Canadian writer · 10 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 10 · Jonáš
Gianni Rondolino
Italian film critic and historian · 09 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 9
Elizabeth Swados
American writer and composer (Runaways) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Frances Cress Welsing
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers) · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Welsing
Fazu Aliyeva
Russian Avar poet and journalist · 01 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 1
Fazu Alijeva
Russian Avar poet · 01 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 1
Wesley Burrowes
Irish playwright (Glenroe) · 31 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 31
George Clayton Johnson
American science fiction writer · 22 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 22 · Johnson
Alain Jouffroy
French surrealist poet and art critic · 20 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 20
Ramashankar Yadav
Indian poet and activist · 08 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 8
Albert Bontridder
Belgian architect and writer · 13 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 13
Peter Ryan
Australian newspaper columnist · 13 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 13 · Writers
Steve Chimombo
Malawian writer · 11 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 11
Jon Gadsby
British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It) · 12 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 12