Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Liliane Wouters
Belgian author
Died on Sunday February 28th 2016
Sengai Aaliyan dead at age 75
Sengai Aaliyan, a Sri Lankan Tamil author,
died on February 28, 2016, aged 75. Born in Jaffna in 1941, he was also known as Kanthaiya Kunarasa and Senkaiahliyan. He wrote…
Zdeněk Marat
Czech music composer (How the World Is Losing Poets) and conductor
Died on Sunday February 21st 2016
Salman Natour
Israeli Palestinian author
Died 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 writer
Died on Thursday February 25th 2016
Peter Lustig
German television presenter and author
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Chiaki Morosawa
Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Miroslav Nemirov
Russian poet
Died on Sunday February 21st 2016
Bergljot Hobæk Haff
Norwegian novelist
Died 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 writer
Died on Thursday February 18th 2016
Sohrab Rahimi
Iranian-born Swedish poet
Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Harper Lee
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date)
Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos
Peruvian poet
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas
French author
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director and writer
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Akbar Kakkattil
Indian writer
Died 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
Bayard Johnson
American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City)
Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Tom Singer
American newspaper columnist and baseball beat writer
Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Pakistani novelist
Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Norman Hudis
English screenwriter (Carry On)
Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Edith Skom
American novelist
Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Andrew Glaze
American poet
Died on Sunday February 7th 2016
Juliette Benzoni
French novelist
Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Nida Fazli
Indian poet
Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Dan Gerson
American screenwriter (Monsters
Died on Saturday February 6th 2016
Margaret Forster
English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographer
Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Roger Willemsen
German author
Died 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 playwright
Died on Friday February 5th 2016
Dov Yermiya
Israeli army officer and author
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Laurence Lerner
South African born British literary critic
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Anthony Simmons
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016