A. Veluppillai
Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Lauretta Ngcobo
South African author and activist
Died on Tuesday November 3rd 2015
Derrick Gilbert
American poet
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
André Glucksmann
French philosopher and writer
Died on Tuesday November 10th 2015
Karl-Heinz Jakobs
German author
Died on Wednesday November 4th 2015
Gülten Akın
Turkish poet
Died on Wednesday November 4th 2015
Pajo Kanižaj
Croatian writer
Died on Wednesday November 4th 2015
T. M. Wright
American author
Died on Saturday October 31st 2015
Alex Poinsett
American magazine editor (Ebony) and author
Died on Friday October 23rd 2015
Craig Barnes
American political author
Died on Wednesday November 4th 2015
Melissa Mathison
American screenwriter (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Died on Wednesday November 4th 2015
Franz Thaler
Italian author
Died on Thursday October 29th 2015
Colin Welland
British actor and screenwriter (Chariots of Fire)
Died on Tuesday November 3rd 2015
Antonio Dal Masetto
Italian-born Argentine writer
Died on Monday November 2nd 2015
Thomas Blatt
Polish writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Saturday October 31st 2015
Lowell B. Komie
American lawyer and author
Died on Thursday October 29th 2015
Andy Danziger
American pilot and newspaper columnist (New York Daily News)
Died on Friday October 30th 2015
Julia Jones
British scriptwriter (Quiet as a Nun
Died on Friday October 9th 2015
Charles Boeckman Jr.
American author and jazz clarinetist/saxophonist
Died on Monday October 12th 2015
Penelope Houston
British film critic and editor (Sight & Sound)
Died on Wednesday October 28th 2015
Philip French
British film critic (BBC
Died on Tuesday October 27th 2015
Dick Sharples
British scriptwriter
Died on Monday October 19th 2015
Jerome Kass
American writer for Broadway
Died on Thursday October 22nd 2015
Carlos Bousoño
Spanish poet and literary critic
Died on Saturday October 24th 2015
Çetin Altan
Turkish writer and politician
Died on Thursday October 22nd 2015
Vera Williams
American children's writer
Died on Friday October 16th 2015
Anne Tronche
French art critic
Died on Friday October 16th 2015
Vera B. Williams
American children's writer
Died on Friday October 16th 2015
Morando Morandini
Italian film critic and author
Died on Saturday October 17th 2015
Mario Scheuermann
German author
Died on Friday October 16th 2015
Christopher Wood
English screenwriter
Died on Saturday October 17th 2015
Jamal Al Ghitani
Egyptian author
Died on Sunday October 18th 2015
Eric Wright
Canadian crime writer
Died on Friday October 9th 2015
Robert Leuci
American police detective and writer
Died on Monday October 12th 2015
Dennis Eichhorn
American writer and comic book artist
Died on Thursday October 8th 2015
Hal Hackady
American lyricist and screenwriter
Died on Monday October 12th 2015
Rochunga Pudaite
Indian writer and translator
Died on Saturday October 10th 2015
Sam de Brito
Australian author and columnist
Died on Sunday October 11th 2015
Ales Savitsky
Belarusian writer
Died on Monday October 5th 2015
Sophie el Goulli
Tunisian writer and historian
Died on Saturday October 10th 2015
István Nemeskürty
Hungarian writer and screenwriter.
Died on Thursday October 8th 2015
W R Mitchell
British writer and editor {Dalesman)
Died on Wednesday October 7th 2015
William Taylor
New Zealand children's writer and politician
Died on Saturday October 3rd 2015
Muhammad Nawaz Khan
Pakistani historian and writer
Died on Saturday October 3rd 2015
Harold Drasdo
English rock climber and writer
Died on Thursday September 3rd 2015
Ana Diosdado
Argentinian-Spanish playwright and actress.
Died on Monday October 5th 2015
Árpád Göncz
Hungarian writer and politician
Died on Tuesday October 6th 2015
Jos Vandeloo
Belgian author
Died on Monday October 5th 2015
Henning Mankell
Swedish author
Died on Monday October 5th 2015
José Vilhena
Portuguese writer
Died on Saturday October 3rd 2015
Eduardo Pavlovsky
Argentine actor and playwright
Died on Sunday October 4th 2015
Göran Hägg
Swedish writer and literary critic
Died on Wednesday September 30th 2015
Brian Friel
Irish dramatist
Died on Friday October 2nd 2015
Robert Curvin
American writer and social activist
Died on Tuesday September 29th 2015
Burton Raffel
American translator and writer
Died on Wednesday September 30th 2015
Jean-Marie Drot
French writer and documentary filmmaker
Died on Wednesday September 23rd 2015
Hellmuth Karasek
German literary critic and journalist
Died on Tuesday September 29th 2015
Kallen Pokkudan
Indian environmental activist and writer
Died on Sunday September 27th 2015
W. H. Oliver
New Zealand historian and poet
Died on Wednesday September 16th 2015
David Cregan
British playwright
Died on Monday September 7th 2015
David Cook
British broadcaster and writer
Died on Wednesday September 16th 2015
Phyllis Tickle
American religious author
Died on Tuesday September 22nd 2015
Carlo Schäfer
German author
Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
D. M. Marshman, Jr.
American screenwriter
Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Eraclio Zepeda
Mexican author and politician
Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Jack Larson
American playwright and actor (Adventures of Superman}
Died on Sunday September 20th 2015