Ken Barnes
British writer and record producerDied on Tuesday August 4th 2015
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
Ana Hatherly dead at age 86, writer, artist
Ana Hatherly, a Portuguese writer and artist, died on August 5, 2015, at age 86. Born in Porto on May 8, 1929, she built a career that spanned writing, visual…
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
Gordon Stuart dead at age 91, artist
Gordon Stuart, a Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist, died on July 22, 2015. Born Gordon Thomas Stuart in Toronto on May 30, 1924, he studied at the Ontario College of Art…
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
Judith St. George
American author (So You Want to Be President?)Died on Wednesday June 10th 2015
Gabriele Wohmann
German authorDied on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Nicola Badalucco
Italian screenwriter and journalistDied on Wednesday June 17th 2015
Veijo Meri
Finnish authorDied on Sunday June 21st 2015
Aryeh Sivan
Israeli poetDied on Friday June 19th 2015
James Salter
American novelistDied on Friday June 19th 2015
Jean Vautrin
French filmmaker and criticDied on Tuesday June 16th 2015
Hilary Masters
American authorDied on Sunday June 14th 2015
Jill Hyem
British scriptwriter and actressDied on Friday June 5th 2015
Alan Caruba
American writer and public relations counselorDied on Monday June 15th 2015
Josef Topol
Czech poetDied on Monday June 15th 2015
Harry Rowohlt
German authorDied on Monday June 15th 2015
Elisabeth Elliot
American missionary and authorDied on Monday June 15th 2015
Graham Lord
British biographer and novelistDied on Saturday June 13th 2015
Fernando Brant
Brazilian writerDied on Friday June 12th 2015
Callisto Cosulich
Italian film criticDied on Saturday June 6th 2015
Wolfgang Jeschke
German science-fiction author (The Last Day of Creation)Died on Wednesday June 10th 2015
Seth Winston
American screenwriter and director (She's Out of ControlDied on Friday June 5th 2015
Marguerite Patten
British cookery writerDied on Thursday June 4th 2015
Vincent Musetto
American film critic (New York Post)Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Jean Gruault
French screenwriter and actor. Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Vincent Bugliosi
American attorney and author (Helter Skelter)Died on Saturday June 6th 2015
Paolo Tullio
Michelin Star-winning chef and resident food critic on The RestaurantDied on Friday June 5th 2015
Anne Duguël
Belgian authorDied on Thursday May 21st 2015
Will Holt
American songwriter and playwrightDied on Sunday May 31st 2015
Zhang Jieqing
Chinese politician and writerDied on Wednesday May 27th 2015