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 critic
Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Yang Jiang
Chinese playwright
Died on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Vera Henriksen
Norwegian writer
Died on Monday May 23rd 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
John Bradshaw
American self-help writer
Died on Sunday May 8th 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
Michael S. Harper
American poet
Died on Saturday May 7th 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
Mel Bartholomew
American gardener and author
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Fernando Soto Aparicio
Colombian author
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Tomohiro Matsu
Japanese manga writer
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
Jackie Carter
American children's author
Died on Wednesday April 13th 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
Errikos Belies
Greek translator and poet
Died on Tuesday April 19th 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
James Cross Giblin
American author
Died on Sunday April 10th 2016
Sir David J. C. MacKay
British author
Died on Thursday April 14th 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
Agha Saleem
Pakistani writer
Died on Tuesday April 12th 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
Bob Ellis
Australian writer and journalist
Died 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 critic
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Nil Hilevich
Belarusian poet
Died on Tuesday March 29th 2016
Howard Berk
American novelist
Died on Sunday March 27th 2016
Jim Harrison
American writer
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016
Theodor Cazaban
French writer
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Tom Whedon
American television writer (The Golden Girls
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Earl Hamner, Jr.
American television writer and producer (Falcon Crest
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
D. G. Jones
Canadian poet
Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
Morton Hunt
American psychologist and science writer
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Magsud Ibrahimbeyov
Azerbaijani writer and member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
Died on Tuesday March 22nd 2016
Jan-Öjvind Swahn
Swedish etnologist and writer.
Died on Tuesday March 22nd 2016
Tomas de Mattos
Uruguayan author
Died on Monday March 21st 2016
Shizuko Natsuki
Japanese author
Died on Monday March 21st 2016
Geoffrey Hartman
German-born American literary critic
Died 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 critic
Died on Friday March 18th 2016
Tita Kovač Artemis
Slovene-born Greek chemist and writer
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
Georges Tarabichi
Syrian writer and translator
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Alexander Esenin-Volpin
Soviet-born American poet and mathematician
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Marion Patrick Jones
Trinidadian writer
Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Anita Brookner
British novelist and art historian
Died on Monday March 14th 2016
Nicolau Breyner
Portuguese playwright
Died on Monday March 14th 2016
Rafiq Azad
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Kostas Koutsomytis
Greek film director and screenwriter
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Rafael Squirru
Argentine author
Died on Saturday March 5th 2016
Jerry Bridges
an evangelical Christian author
Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
Ramón Palomares
Venezuelan poet
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Pat Conroy
American author (The Prince of Tides
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Taka Chiba
Japanese manga writer
Died 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 Sun
Died on Thursday February 4th 2016
Vid Pečjak
Slovene psychologist and writer
Died on Tuesday March 1st 2016
Alice Arlen
American screenwriter (Silkwood)
Died on Monday February 29th 2016
Louise Rennison
British author (Angus
Died on Monday February 29th 2016