Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
R. G. Jadhav
Indian literary criticDied on Friday May 27th 2016
Yang Jiang
Chinese playwrightDied on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Vera Henriksen
Norwegian writerDied on Monday May 23rd 2016
Robert W. Gutman
American musicologist and biographer of Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDied on Wednesday May 18th 2016
Alexandre Astruc
French film critic and directorDied on Thursday May 19th 2016
Nicholas Fisk
British children's authorDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Deddy Dores
Indonesian singer and song writerDied on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Bill MacIlwraith
British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company)Died on Monday May 9th 2016
Alvise Zorzi
Italian journalist and authorDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Balázs Birtalan
Hungarian authorDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
John Bradshaw
American self-help writerDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentatorDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writerDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Michael S. Harper
American poetDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Philippe Beaussant
French authorDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Lakshmi Holmström
Indian-born British author and translatorDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Nikita Struve
French literary critic and publisherDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Mel Bartholomew
American gardener and authorDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Fernando Soto Aparicio
Colombian authorDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Tomohiro Matsu
Japanese manga writerDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Sakumi Yoshino
Japanese manga writerDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Rudolph Chimelli
German journalist and authorDied on Friday April 22nd 2016
Daniel Aaron
American writer and academicDied on Saturday April 30th 2016
Chen Zhongshi
famous Chinese writer(White Deer Plain)Died on Friday April 29th 2016
Jenny Diski
English writerDied on Thursday April 28th 2016
Igor Fesunenko
Soviet and Russian journalist - foreign affairs writerDied on Thursday April 28th 2016
Maurice Kenny
American poetDied on Saturday April 16th 2016
Nicolae Esinencu
Moldovan writer and screenwriter (Tunul de lemn)Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Jacques Perry
French novelistDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Martin Gray
Polish Holocaust survivor and writerDied on Monday April 25th 2016
Jackie Carter
American children's authorDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Kong Bunchhoeun
Cambodian author and songwriterDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Frank D Freda
American playwright and actorDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Michelle McNamara
American writerDied on Thursday April 21st 2016
Errikos Belies
Greek translator and poetDied on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Scott Nimerfro
American writer and producer (HannibalDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Mame Younousse Dieng
Senegalese writerDied on Friday April 1st 2016
James Cross Giblin
American authorDied on Sunday April 10th 2016
Sir David J. C. MacKay
British authorDied on Thursday April 14th 2016
Theodore van Houten
Dutch–British author and journalistDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Julio García Espinosa
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin)Died on Thursday April 14th 2016
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