Arthur William John Becker III
American theater criticDied on Sunday September 13th 2015
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Frank D. Gilroy
American playwright and screenwriterDied on Saturday September 12th 2015
Nelson Peery
American political activist and authorDied on Sunday September 6th 2015
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Basil Johnston
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Gabrielle Burton
American novelistDied on Thursday September 3rd 2015
William H. Grier
American psychologist and author (Black Rage)Died on Thursday September 3rd 2015
John Perreault
American art critic and poetDied on Sunday September 6th 2015
Joost Zwagerman
Dutch authorDied on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Harald Norbelie
Swedish writer and journalistDied on Sunday September 6th 2015
Warren Murphy
American authorDied on Friday September 4th 2015
Rhoda Lerman
American novelistDied on Sunday August 30th 2015
Tessa Ransford
British poet and founder of the Scottish Poetry LibraryDied on Wednesday September 2nd 2015
Charlie Carlson
American novelistDied on Sunday August 30th 2015
P. J. Kavanagh
English poetDied on Wednesday August 26th 2015
Wayne Dyer
author and speakerDied on Saturday August 29th 2015
Jean Louvet
Belgian playwrightDied on Saturday August 29th 2015
Utta Danella
German authorDied on Tuesday August 11th 2015
Oliver Sacks
British-born American neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)Died on Sunday August 30th 2015
Endre Fejes
Hungarian writerDied on Tuesday August 25th 2015
Zuzana Brabcová
Czech authorDied on Thursday August 20th 2015
Yosef Goldman
American book dealer and authorDied on Tuesday August 4th 2015
Cynthia Macdonald
American poetDied on Monday August 3rd 2015
Charles Tomlinson
English poetDied on Saturday August 22nd 2015
Stephen Rodefer
American poetDied on Saturday August 22nd 2015
Ibtihal Salem
Egyptian authorDied on Saturday August 15th 2015
Antonio Larreta
Uruguayan writer and actorDied on Wednesday August 19th 2015
William Jay Smith
American poetDied on Tuesday August 18th 2015
Eriek Verpale
Belgian writerDied on Monday August 10th 2015
Ken Barnes
British writer and record producerDied on Tuesday August 4th 2015
Hamida Salim
Indian Urdu authorDied on Sunday August 16th 2015
Rafael Chirbes
Spanish writerDied on Saturday August 15th 2015
Gordon Vette
New Zealand pilot and authorDied on Sunday August 9th 2015
Ann McGovern
American authorDied on Saturday August 8th 2015
Phyllis Grosskurth
Canadian biographerDied on Sunday August 2nd 2015
David Nobbs
British comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). (death announced on this date)Died on Sunday August 9th 2015
Svetlana Boym
Soviet-born American scholar and authorDied on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Ana Hatherly
Portuguese writer and artistDied on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Hiroyuki Agawa
Japanese writer (The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial NavyDied on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Jerzy Płażewski
Polish film historian and criticDied on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Ray Jessel
American television writerDied on Friday July 17th 2015
T. T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholarDied on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Sebastiano Vassalli
Italian novelistDied on Sunday July 26th 2015
T.T. Cloete
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholarDied on Wednesday July 29th 2015
David Faber
Polish holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek)Died on Tuesday July 28th 2015
Sybren Polet
Dutch writerDied on Sunday July 19th 2015
Don Oberdorfer
American journalist and authorDied on Thursday July 23rd 2015
James L. White
American screenwriter (Ray)Died on Thursday July 23rd 2015
Garth George
New Zealand conservative Christian columnist and anti-gay activistDied on Sunday July 26th 2015
Joe Williams
American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)Died on Sunday July 26th 2015
Ed Griffin
Canadian authorDied on Thursday July 23rd 2015
Corsino Fortes
Cape Verdean writer and diplomatDied on Friday July 24th 2015
Ingrid Sischy
South African born magazine editor and criticDied on Friday July 24th 2015
Denis Avey
British World War II veteran and memoiristDied on Thursday July 16th 2015
Raj Wali Shah Khattak
Pakistani poetDied on Monday July 20th 2015
E. L. Doctorow
American authorDied on Tuesday July 21st 2015
Raj Wali Shah Kattak
Pakistani poetDied on Monday July 20th 2015
Bashar Nawaz
Indian Urdu poet and songwriterDied on Thursday July 9th 2015
Douglas S. Cook
American screenwriter (The RockDied on Sunday July 19th 2015
Bisheshar Pradeep
Pakistani-born Indian fiction and children's authorDied on Sunday July 19th 2015
Wolf Gremm
German film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean exiled authorDied on Sunday July 12th 2015
Bill Hunter
British political activist and authorDied on Thursday July 9th 2015
Thomas Piccirilli
American writerDied on Saturday July 11th 2015
Tom Piccirilli
American writerDied on Saturday July 11th 2015
James Tate
Pulitzer Prize winning poetDied on Wednesday July 8th 2015
John A. Williams
American writerDied on Friday July 3rd 2015
Başar Sabuncu
Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası)Died on Wednesday June 17th 2015
Ahmad Ghazi
Iranian Kurdish writer and translatorDied on Sunday June 7th 2015
Dave Godfrey
Canadian novelist and publisherDied on Sunday June 21st 2015
Gustavo Sainz
Mexican writerDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Theodore Weesner
American authorDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Edward Greenfield
English music critic and broadcasterDied on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Sergio Sollima
Italian director and screenwriter (Face to FaceDied on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Hélène Monette
Canadian poetDied on Thursday June 25th 2015
Roger Bordier
French authorDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Ben J. Wattenberg
American author and political commentatorDied on Sunday June 28th 2015
Ron Bisman
New Zealand harness racing journalist and authorDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Chris Thompson
American writer and producer (Laverne & ShirleyDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Gregorio Morales
Spanish authorDied on Monday June 22nd 2015
Alexa Suelzer
American authorDied on Friday June 26th 2015
Frances Kroll
American writerDied on Thursday June 18th 2015