Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Tessa Ransford
British poet and founder of the Scottish Poetry Library · 02 September 2015 · September 2015 · September 2
Wayne Dyer
author and speaker · 29 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 29
Oliver Sacks
British-born American neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat) · 30 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 30
Luo Lan
Taiwanese writer and radio personality · 29 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 29
Yosef Goldman
American book dealer and author · 04 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 4
Hamida Salim
Indian Urdu author · 16 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 16
Gordon Vette
New Zealand pilot and author · 09 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 9
David Nobbs
British comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). (death announced on this date) · 09 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 9
Svetlana Boym
Soviet-born American scholar and author · 05 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 5
Hiroyuki Agawa
Japanese writer (The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy · 05 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 5
Jerzy Płażewski
Polish film historian and critic · 05 August 2015 · August 2015 · August 5
Ray Jessel
American television writer · 17 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 17
T. T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar · 29 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 29 · Cloete
Rosemary Dinnage
British author and reviewer · 10 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 10
T.T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar · 29 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 29
Alan Cheuse
American writer and critic · 31 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 31
David Faber
Polish holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek) · 28 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 28
James L. White
American screenwriter (Ray) · 23 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 23 · White
Garth George
New Zealand conservative Christian columnist and anti-gay activist · 26 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 26 · Writers
Joe Williams
American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) · 26 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 26
Franco Scaglia
Italian writer and journalist · 06 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 6
Sara Laing
American author and illustrator · 06 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 6
Corsino Fortes
Cape Verdean writer and diplomat · 24 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 24
Ingrid Sischy
South African born magazine editor and critic · 24 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 24
Denis Avey
British World War II veteran and memoirist · 16 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 16
Vera Chapman
British author and historian · 02 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 2
Bashar Nawaz
Indian Urdu poet and songwriter · 09 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 9
Douglas S. Cook
American screenwriter (The Rock · 19 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 19 · Cook
Bisheshar Pradeep
Pakistani-born Indian fiction and children's author · 19 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 19
Olaf Pooley
English actor and writer · 14 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 14
Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean exiled author · 12 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 12
Bill Hunter
British political activist and author · 09 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 9
James Tate
Pulitzer Prize winning poet · 08 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 8
Başar Sabuncu
Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası) · 17 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 17
Ahmad Ghazi
Iranian Kurdish writer and translator · 07 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 7
Edward Greenfield
English music critic and broadcaster · 01 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 1
Sergio Sollima
Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face · 01 July 2015 · July 2015 · July 1
Ben J. Wattenberg
American author and political commentator · 28 June 2015 · Wattenberg · June 2015 · June 28
Ron Bisman
New Zealand harness racing journalist and author · 26 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 26
Chris Thompson
American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley · 26 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 26
Judith St. George
American author (So You Want to Be President?) · 10 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 10 · George
Alain Nadaud
French author and diplomat · 12 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 12
Jean Vautrin
French filmmaker and critic · 16 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 16
Jill Hyem
British scriptwriter and actress · 05 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 5
Alan Caruba
American writer and public relations counselor · 15 June 2015 · June 2015 · June 15