Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Bill Richmond
American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Bill Berkson
American poet and art critic
Died on Thursday June 16th 2016
Fred Caruso
American writer and director (The Big Gay Musical)
Died on Monday June 13th 2016
Maurice Pons
French novelist and short story writer
Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Rezső Keszthelyi
Hungarian writer
Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Achyut Lahkar
Indian actor and playwright
Died on Sunday June 12th 2016
André Warusfel
French Mathematician and writer
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Nicola Tanda
Italian literary critic and philologist
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Adolfo Prieto
Argentinian literary critic
Died on Friday June 3rd 2016
Manuel Maristany
Spanish photographer and writer
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
William Wright
American author
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Theresa Poh Lin Chan
Singaporean writer and actress
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Ayaz Jani
Pakistani Sindhi poet and journalist
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Sir Peter Shaffer
British playwright and screenwriter
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Farid Seiful-Mulyukov
Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Erika Berger
German television presenter and author
Died on Sunday May 15th 2016
Carla Lane
English television writer (The Liver Birds
Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Mathew Mattam
Indian Malayalam author
Died on Sunday May 29th 2016
Daniel Kunene
South African-American poet
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
R. G. Jadhav
Indian literary critic
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Yang Jiang
Chinese playwright
Died on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Robert W. Gutman
American musicologist and biographer of Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2016
Alexandre Astruc
French film critic and director
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Nicholas Fisk
British children's author
Died on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Deddy Dores
Indonesian singer and song writer
Died 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 author
Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Balázs Birtalan
Hungarian author
Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Katherine Dunn
American writer (Geek Love)
Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentator
Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writer
Died on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Philippe Beaussant
French author
Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Lakshmi Holmström
Indian-born British author and translator
Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Nikita Struve
French literary critic and publisher
Died on Saturday May 7th 2016
Fernando Soto Aparicio
Colombian author
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Sakumi Yoshino
Japanese manga writer
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Rudolph Chimelli
German journalist and author
Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Daniel Aaron
American writer and academic
Died on Saturday April 30th 2016
Chen Zhongshi
famous Chinese writer(White Deer Plain)
Died on Friday April 29th 2016
René Hausman
Belgian author and artist
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Jenny Diski
English writer
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Igor Fesunenko
Soviet and Russian journalist - foreign affairs writer
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Maurice Kenny
American poet
Died on Saturday April 16th 2016
Nicolae Esinencu
Moldovan writer and screenwriter (Tunul de lemn)
Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Jacques Perry
French novelist
Died on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Martin Gray
Polish Holocaust survivor and writer
Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Kong Bunchhoeun
Cambodian author and songwriter
Died on Monday April 18th 2016
Frank D Freda
American playwright and actor
Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Michelle McNamara
American writer
Died on Thursday April 21st 2016
Luis Katigbak
Filipino writer and critic
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Scott Nimerfro
American writer and producer (Hannibal
Died on Monday April 18th 2016
Mame Younousse Dieng
Senegalese writer
Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Theodore van Houten
Dutch–British author and journalist
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
Gwyn Thomas
Welsh poet and academic
Died on Wednesday April 13th 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 poet
Died on Thursday April 14th 2016
Arnold Wesker
British playwright
Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Alexander Kanengoni
Zimbabwean writer
Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Adrian Greenwood
British art dealer and author
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
Marcel Dubé
Canadian Playwright
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
E. M. Nathanson
American author of the 1965 novel The Dirty Dozen
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Barbara Turner
American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Rowley Habib
New Zealand writer
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Erik Bauersfeld
American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Return of the Jedi
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
William Rice
American food editor and critic in Washington
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Lars Gustafsson
Swedish writer and scholar.
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016