Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Zaw Zaw Aung
Burmese author and public intellectual
Died on Tuesday January 26th 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
Aristide von Bienefeldt
Dutch writer
Died on Saturday January 16th 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
Francis Seow
Singapore-born American writer and political refugee
Died on Thursday January 21st 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
A. R. Morlan
American horror writer
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
A.R. Morlan
American horror writer
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Marjorie Pizer
Australian poet
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Gunnel Vallquist
Swedish writer and translator
Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Danylo Kulynyak
Ukrainian poet and historian
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Zelimkhan Yaqub
Azerbaijani poet
Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
George Jonas
Hungarian-born Canadian writer
Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
Danilo Kulinyak
Ukrainian poet and historian
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Viktor Gerasin
Russian poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Gianni Rondolino
Italian film critic and historian
Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
Zelimhan Yakup
Azerbaijani poet
Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
Anton Srholec
Czech writer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Florence King
American writer.
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Nivaria Tejera
Cuban poet and novelist
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Labhshankar Thakar
Indian author
Died 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 journalist
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Wesley Burrowes
Irish playwright (Glenroe)
Died on Thursday December 31st 2015
Chris Barnard
South African author
Died on Monday December 28th 2015
Ottavio Jemma
Italian screenwriter.
Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Ignacio Rupérez
Spanish author and diplomat
Died on Friday December 25th 2015
George Clayton Johnson
American science fiction writer
Died on Tuesday December 22nd 2015
Alain Jouffroy
French surrealist poet and art critic
Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi
Pakistani actor and writer
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Mogens Rukov
Danish screenwriter
Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Peter Dickinson
British author
Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Tom Arden
Australian-born British author
Died on Tuesday December 15th 2015
Albert Bontridder
Belgian architect and writer
Died on Sunday December 13th 2015
Peter Ryan
Australian newspaper columnist
Died on Sunday December 13th 2015
Gaston Salvatore
Chilean writer
Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Steve Chimombo
Malawian writer
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Jon Gadsby
British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It)
Died on Saturday December 12th 2015
Phil Pepe dead at age 80
Phil Pepe, an American sportswriter,
died on December 12, 2015, at age 80. Born Philip Francis Pepe in Brooklyn, he spent more than five decades covering sports in New York…
Ian Bell
Scottish journalist and author
Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Sidney Huntington
American indigenous leader and writer
Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Akiyuki Nosaka
Japanese novelist (Grave of the Fireflies
Died on Wednesday December 9th 2015
John Trudell
American Indian activist and poet
Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Chuck Williams
American business executive and author
Died on Sunday December 6th 2015
Rodney Milnes
British opera critic
Died on Friday December 4th 2015
William McIlvanney
Scottish novelist and poet
Died on Saturday December 5th 2015
Vladimir Zheleznikov
Russian children's author
Died on Thursday December 3rd 2015
Takamasa Sakurai
Japanese author
Died on Friday December 4th 2015
Thom Thomas
American playwright
Died on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
Doug Lennox
Canadian actor and writer
Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
Dag Skogheim
Norwegian writer
Died on Friday December 4th 2015
Topazia Alliata
Italian painter and writer
Died on Monday November 23rd 2015
Joseph F. Girzone
American Catholic priest and author
Died on Sunday November 29th 2015
Edwar al-Kharrat
Egyptian novelist
Died on Tuesday December 1st 2015
Ferenc Juhász
Hungarian poet
Died on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
A. Sheriff
Indian screenwriter (Avalude Ravukal)
Died on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
Christopher Middleton
British poet and translator
Died on Sunday November 29th 2015
Pío Caro Baroja
Spanish director and writer
Died on Monday November 30th 2015
Nauro Machado
Brazilian poet
Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
Jean Joubert
French author
Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
Fatema Mernissi
Moroccon feminist writer and sociologist
Died on Monday November 30th 2015
Mark Behr
Tanzanian-born South African author (The Smell of Apples)
Died on Friday November 27th 2015
Shigeru Mizuki
Japanese manga author (GeGeGe no Kitaro
Died on Monday November 30th 2015
José María Mendiluce
Spanish politician and author
Died on Saturday November 28th 2015
Xosé Neira Vilas
Spanish author
Died on Friday November 27th 2015
Hazel Holt
British novelist
Died on Monday November 23rd 2015
Aurora Venturini
Argentine author
Died on Tuesday November 24th 2015
Lex Jacoby
Luxembourgian writer
Died on Friday November 20th 2015