Alan Surgal dies at 100
American screenwriter (Mickey One) Died on Friday January 13th 2017
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Horacio Guarany has died at age 91
Argentine folkloric singer and writer Died on Friday January 13th 2017
William Peter death at age 89
American novelist and screenwriter (The Exorcist) Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Obituary: Giulio Angioni, dead at age 77
Italian writer and anthropologist Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Conrad Hilberry died at age 88
American poet Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Pierre Arpaillange dead at age 92
French author Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Claude Lebey obituary: died at age 93
French food critic Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Jovanka Nikolić passes away at age 64
Serbian writer Died on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Refik Erduran dies at age 88
Turkish playwright Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Paul Goble passes away at age 83
English-born American author and illustrator (The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses) Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Ricardo Piglia death at age 75
Argentine author Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sam Lovullo passed away at age 88
American television writer and producer (Hee Haw Died on Friday January 6th 2017
René Ballet has died at age 88
French journalist and author Died on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Ivo Brešan death at age 80
Croatian writer Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rita Bertolini died at age 50
Austrian author and publisher Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
John Berger dies at age 90
English art critic and painter Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
Death of David Meltzer at age 79
American poet and musician Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Arthur H. has died at age 94
American academic and biographer Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Death of M. D. at age 71
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald) Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Kamal Mani obituary: died at age 87
Nepalese writer Died on Friday December 30th 2016
M.D. Harmon, died aged 71
American newspaper columnist (Portland Press Herald) Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Heno Magee death at age 77
Irish playwright Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Death of Annelise Hovmand at age 92
Danish director and screenwriter (Be Dear to Me) Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Pierre Barouh dies at 82
French writer-composer-singer Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michel Déon dies at 97
French novelist and literary columnist Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Anthony Cronin passes away at age 88
Irish poet Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Sibylle Boden-Gerstner dies at age 96
German costume designer and fashion writer Died on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Michele Amas died at age 55
New Zealand poet and actress Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Richard Adams, died aged 96
British author Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Elvio Porta has died at age 71
Italian screenwriter and film director (What if Gargiulo Finds Out?) Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Buddha Sayami passed away at age 72
Nepalese politician and poet Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Death of Vasant Sarwate at age 89
Indian cartoonist and author Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Aleksander Shlepyanov dies at 83
Russian film script writer and art expert Died on Sunday December 25th 2016
Meto Jovanovski died at age 88
Macedonian writer Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Felix Krivin death at age 88
Ukrainian-Israeli writer and poet Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Andrés Rivera dies at 88
Argentine writer Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Larry Que dies at -1
Filipino newspaper publisher and columnist Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Philip Saville death at age 86
British television director and screenwriter Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
P. J. dead at age 70
American author Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Obituary: P.J. Lambrecht, dead at age 7
American author Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
David Berry dead at age 73
American playwright (The Whales of August) Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Anne Ranasinghe dies at 91
German-born Sri Lankan poet Died on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Toby Hemenway passed away at age 64
American author and educator Died on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Kevin O’Morrison obituary: died at age 100
American playwright and actor Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Anupam Mishra obituary: died at age 68
Indian author Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Enrique Cirules death at age 78
Cuban writer Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Anique Poitras obituary: died at age 55
Canadian writer Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Obituary: Wade Bourne, dead at age 69
American writer and broadcaster Died on Sunday December 18th 2016
Robert Stiller died at age 88
Polish author and translator Died on Saturday December 17th 2016
Hans-Eric Hellberg passes away at age 89
Swedish author (Kram) and journalist Died on Thursday December 15th 2016
Death of T. Neil at age 84
American geophysicist and writer Died on Wednesday December 14th 2016
Obituary: Shirley Hazzard, dead at age 85
Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon) Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Robert Sumner passes away at age 94
American Baptist pastor and author Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Jean-Claude Deret obituary: died at age 95
French screenwriter Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Death of John Newhouse at age 87
American journalist and author Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
E. R. dead at age 104
Guyanese novelist (To Sir Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Death of Georgia Blain at age 51
Australian writer Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Anne Deveson passed away at age 86
Australian writer and broadcaster Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Fred Secombe passes away at age 98
Welsh priest and writer Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Alice Furlaud, died aged 87
American journalist and essayist (NPR) Died on Sunday December 11th 2016
A. A. dies at 62
British writer and restaurant critic (death announced on this date) Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
John Montague dead at age 87
Irish poet Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
Death of James Reiss at age 75
American poet and novelist Died on Friday December 9th 2016
Jean-Loup Passek obituary: died at age 80
French film critic Died on Friday December 9th 2016
Patricia Robins death at age 95
British novelist Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Bruno Bayen dies at 66
French novelist Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Nancy Mairs death at age 73
American writer Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Marit Kalstad passed away at age 85
Norwegian writer Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Giovanni Orelli dead at age 88
Swiss author Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Inkulab dies at age -1
Indian poet and political activist Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Paul de obituary: died at age 88
Belgian writer Died on Monday December 5th 2016
Gotlib died at age 82
French comics artist/writer and publisher Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Obituary: Tudor Bragă, dead at age 68
Moldovean arts critic Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Ferreira Gullar, died aged 86
Brazilian writer Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Nikola Gigov dead at age 79
Bulgarian author Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Bekal Utsahi, died aged 88
Indian poet and politician Died on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Joe Dever obituary: died at age 60
British author Died on Thursday December 1st 2016
Michael Abbensetts dies at 78
Guyanese-born British playwright Died on Wednesday November 30th 2016
Michael Leonetti has died at age 57
Canadian author Died on Monday November 28th 2016
Anand Yadav has died at age 80
Indian Marathi writer Died on Monday November 28th 2016
Margaret Rhodes passed away at age 91
British writer Died on Sunday November 27th 2016
Jeff Gillenkirk passes away at age 67
American author Died on Saturday November 26th 2016
Tim Heald dies at 72
British author and journalist Died on Friday November 25th 2016
Prabhjot Kaur obituary: died at age 92
Indian author and poet Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Joe Esposito passes away at age 78
American author and publisher Died on Thursday November 24th 2016
Per Simonnæs dies at age 88
Norwegian television presenter and writer Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Georgie Sicking, died aged 95
American rancher and poet Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Death of Viveki Rai at age 92
Indian author Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Gunnar Sandgren passed away at age 87
Swedish novelist Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
André Ruellan death at age 94
French science fiction and horror writer Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
K. Subash dies at -1
Indian director and screenwriter Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Chen Yingzhen death at age 79
Taiwanese writer Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Edward L. death at age 86
American legal scholar and biographer Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Pierre Billard obituary: died at age 94
French film critic Died on Monday November 21st 2016
William Trevor passes away at age 88
Irish writer (Love and Summer Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Jan Sonnergaard dead at age 53
Danish writer Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Roger Hobbs obituary: died at age -1
American author Died on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Melvin Laird passed away at age 94
American politician and writer Died on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Obituary: Sir James, dead at age 85
New Zealand writer Died on Tuesday November 15th 2016