Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Mildred Shapley Matthews
American science writer
Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos
Peruvian poet
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas
French author
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese author
Died on Thursday February 18th 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
O. N. V. Kurup
Indian poet
Died 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 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
Bodil Malmsten
Swedish poet and novelist
Died on Friday February 5th 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
Ruth Rehmann
German writer
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Intizar Hussain
Pakistani writer
Died on Tuesday February 2nd 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
Nayani Krishnakumari
Indian writer and folklorist
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian writer
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Jacques Rivette
French film director and film critic
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Peggy Anderson
American author
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Carles Hac Mor
Spanish Catalan writer
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Zaw Zaw Aung
Burmese author and public intellectual
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Constance Beresford-Howe
Canadian novelist
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Richard Klinkhamer
Dutch writer
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Joseph Ritz
American author and playwright
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Nikolay Abramov
Russian Vepsian writer and translator
Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Tahsin Yücel
Turkish writer
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Aristide von Bienefeldt
Dutch writer
Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Ludovic Janvier
French writer
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Stanley Mann
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector)
Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Abolhassan Najafi
Iranian writer and translator
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Stephen Levine
American poet
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Francis Seow
Singapore-born American writer and political refugee
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Edmonde Charles-Roux
French writer
Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Alexander Giese
Austrian author
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Pierre DesRuisseaux
Canadian poet
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Michel Tournier
French writer
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Francisco X. Alarcón
American poet
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Vladimír Binar
Czech author
Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Robert Banks Stewart
Scottish television writer (Bergerac
Died on Thursday January 14th 2016
Carolyn D. Wright
American poet
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Sylvan Barnet
American literary critic
Died on Monday January 11th 2016