Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Liliane Wouters
Belgian authorDied on Sunday February 28th 2016
Sengai Aaliyan dead at age 75
Sengai Aaliyan, a Sri Lankan Tamil author and writer, died on February 28, 2016, at the age of 75. Born in Jaffna in 1941, he emerged as a writer after…
Zdeněk Marat
Czech music composer (How the World Is Losing Poets) and conductorDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Salman Natour
Israeli Palestinian authorDied on Monday February 15th 2016
François Dupeyron
French film director and screenwriter (The Officers' Ward)Died on Thursday February 25th 2016
John Chilton
British jazz musician and writerDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
Peter Lustig
German television presenter and authorDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Chiaki Morosawa
Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Miroslav Nemirov
Russian poetDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Bergljot Hobæk Haff
Norwegian novelistDied on Friday February 12th 2016
Umberto Eco
Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Rosario Ferré
Puerto Rican writerDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Sohrab Rahimi
Iranian-born Swedish poetDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Harper Lee
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date)Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Mildred Shapley Matthews
American science writerDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos
Peruvian poetDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas
French authorDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese authorDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director and writerDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Akbar Kakkattil
Indian writerDied on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Bud Webster
American science fiction and fantasy writer. Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Warren Manzi
American playwright (Perfect Crime)Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
O. N. V. Kurup
Indian poetDied on Saturday February 13th 2016
Bayard Johnson
American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City)Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Tom Singer
American newspaper columnist and baseball beat writerDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Pakistani novelistDied on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Norman Hudis
English screenwriter (Carry On)Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Edith Skom
American novelistDied on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Andrew Glaze
American poetDied on Sunday February 7th 2016
Juliette Benzoni
French novelistDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Nida Fazli
Indian poetDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Dan Gerson
American screenwriter (MonstersDied on Saturday February 6th 2016
Margaret Forster
English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographerDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Roger Willemsen
German authorDied on Monday February 8th 2016
David St Vincent
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date)Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Tayeb Saddiki
Moroccan playwrightDied on Friday February 5th 2016
Ruth Rehmann
German writerDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Intizar Hussain
Pakistani writerDied on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Dov Yermiya
Israeli army officer and authorDied on Saturday January 30th 2016
Laurence Lerner
South African born British literary criticDied on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Anthony Simmons
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine ElmsDied on Friday January 22nd 2016
Nayani Krishnakumari
Indian writer and folkloristDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian writerDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Jacques Rivette
French film director and film criticDied on Friday January 29th 2016
Peggy Anderson
American authorDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Carles Hac Mor
Spanish Catalan writerDied on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Zaw Zaw Aung
Burmese author and public intellectualDied on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Constance Beresford-Howe
Canadian novelistDied on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Richard Klinkhamer
Dutch writerDied on Thursday January 21st 2016
Joseph Ritz
American author and playwrightDied on Monday January 4th 2016
Nikolay Abramov
Russian Vepsian writer and translatorDied on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Tahsin Yücel
Turkish writerDied on Friday January 22nd 2016
Aristide von Bienefeldt
Dutch writerDied on Saturday January 16th 2016
Ludovic Janvier
French writerDied on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Stanley Mann
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector)Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Abolhassan Najafi
Iranian writer and translatorDied on Friday January 22nd 2016
Stephen Levine
American poetDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Francis Seow
Singapore-born American writer and political refugeeDied on Thursday January 21st 2016
Edmonde Charles-Roux
French writerDied on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Alexander Giese
Austrian authorDied on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Pierre DesRuisseaux
Canadian poetDied on Monday January 18th 2016
Michel Tournier
French writerDied on Monday January 18th 2016
Francisco X. Alarcón
American poetDied on Friday January 15th 2016
Vladimír Binar
Czech authorDied on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Robert Banks Stewart
Scottish television writer (BergeracDied on Thursday January 14th 2016
Carolyn D. Wright
American poetDied on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Sylvan Barnet
American literary criticDied on Monday January 11th 2016
A. R. Morlan
American horror writerDied on Wednesday January 6th 2016
A.R. Morlan
American horror writerDied on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Marjorie Pizer
Australian poetDied on Monday January 4th 2016
Gunnel Vallquist
Swedish writer and translatorDied on Monday January 11th 2016
Danylo Kulynyak
Ukrainian poet and historianDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Zelimkhan Yaqub
Azerbaijani poetDied on Saturday January 9th 2016
George Jonas
Hungarian-born Canadian writerDied on Sunday January 10th 2016
Danilo Kulinyak
Ukrainian poet and historianDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Gianni Rondolino
Italian film critic and historianDied on Saturday January 9th 2016
Zelimhan Yakup
Azerbaijani poetDied on Saturday January 9th 2016
Anton Srholec
Czech writerDied on Thursday January 7th 2016
Labhshankar Thakar
Indian authorDied on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Elizabeth Swados
American writer and composer (Runaways)Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Frances Cress Welsing
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers)Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Fazu Aliyeva
Russian Avar poet and journalistDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Fazu Alijeva
Russian Avar poetDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Wesley Burrowes
Irish playwright (Glenroe)Died on Thursday December 31st 2015
Mangesh Padgaonkar
Indian poetDied on Wednesday December 30th 2015
Aidan Higgins
Irish writerDied on Sunday December 27th 2015
Chris Barnard
South African authorDied on Monday December 28th 2015
Ottavio Jemma
Italian screenwriter. Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Ignacio Rupérez
Spanish author and diplomatDied on Friday December 25th 2015
Justin Chin
American poetDied on Thursday December 24th 2015
George Clayton Johnson
American science fiction writerDied on Tuesday December 22nd 2015
Alain Jouffroy
French surrealist poet and art criticDied on Sunday December 20th 2015