Rosario Ferré, died aged 77
Puerto Rican writer Died on Thursday February 18th 2016
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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Sohrab Rahimi passes away at age 53
Iranian-born Swedish poet Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Harper Lee dies at 89
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date) Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Death of Mildred Shapley at age 100
American science writer Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos dies at age 55
Peruvian poet Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas, died aged 66
French author Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Death of Yūko Tsushima at age 68
Japanese author Died on Thursday February 18th 2016
Andrzej Żuławski dies at 75
Polish film director and writer Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Obituary: Akbar Kakkattil, dead at age 62
Indian writer Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Bud Webster, died aged 63
American science fiction and fantasy writer. Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Warren Manzi died at age 60
American playwright (Perfect Crime) Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
O. N. dies at 84
Indian poet Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Bayard Johnson dead at age 63
American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City) Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Tom Singer passes away at age 67
American newspaper columnist and baseball beat writer Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Fatima Surayya death at age 85
Pakistani novelist Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Norman Hudis obituary: died at age 93
English screenwriter (Carry On) Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Edith Skom death at age -1
American novelist Died on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Andrew Glaze dies at 95
American poet Died on Sunday February 7th 2016
Juliette Benzoni has died at age 95
French novelist Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Nida Fazli obituary: died at age 78
Indian poet Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Death of Dan Gerson at age 49
American screenwriter (Monsters Died on Saturday February 6th 2016
Margaret Forster obituary: died at age 77
English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographer Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Roger Willemsen died at age 60
German author Died on Monday February 8th 2016
Bodil Malmsten passes away at age 71
Swedish poet and novelist Died on Friday February 5th 2016
David St obituary: died at age 48
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date) Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Tayeb Saddiki death at age 77
Moroccan playwright Died on Friday February 5th 2016
Ruth Rehmann passed away at age 93
German writer Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Death of Intizar Hussain at age 92
Pakistani writer Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Dov Yermiya died at age 101
Israeli army officer and author Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Obituary: Laurence Lerner, dead at age 90
South African born British literary critic Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Anthony Simmons passes away at age 93
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Don Marks dies at age 62
Canadian writer and indigenous rights advocate Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Nayani Krishnakumari dies at 86
Indian writer and folklorist Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Aleš Debeljak obituary: died at age 54
Slovenian writer Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Jacques Rivette has died at age 87
French film director and film critic Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Peggy Anderson, died aged 77
American author Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Carles Hac dies at 75
Spanish Catalan writer Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Zaw Zaw dead at age 79
Burmese author and public intellectual Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Constance Beresford-Howe has died at age 93
Canadian novelist Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Richard Klinkhamer, died aged 78
Dutch writer Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Joseph Ritz dead at age 86
American author and playwright Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Nikolay Abramov died at age 54
Russian Vepsian writer and translator Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Tahsin Yücel dies at 83
Turkish writer Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Aristide von passed away at age 56
Dutch writer Died on Saturday January 16th 2016
Ludovic Janvier dead at age 82
French writer Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Stanley Mann death at age 87
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector) Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Abolhassan Najafi obituary: died at age 86
Iranian writer and translator Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Stephen Levine dies at age 78
American poet Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Francis Seow dies at 88
Singapore-born American writer and political refugee Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Edmonde Charles-Roux dead at age 95
French writer Died on Wednesday January 20th 2016
Alexander Giese, died aged 94
Austrian author Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Obituary: Pierre DesRuisseaux, dead at age 70
Canadian poet Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Michel Tournier died at age 91
French writer Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Francisco X. death at age 61
American poet Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Vladimír Binar death at age 74
Czech author Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Death of Robert Banks at age 84
Scottish television writer (Bergerac Died on Thursday January 14th 2016
Obituary: Carolyn D., dead at age 67
American poet Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Sylvan Barnet dies at age 89
American literary critic Died on Monday January 11th 2016
A. R. dies at 58
American horror writer Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
A.R. Morlan death at age 58
American horror writer Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Marjorie Pizer dead at age 95
Australian poet Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Gunnel Vallquist dies at age 97
Swedish writer and translator Died on Monday January 11th 2016
Danylo Kulynyak has died at age 67
Ukrainian poet and historian Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Zelimkhan Yaqub obituary: died at age 66
Azerbaijani poet Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
George Jonas passed away at age 80
Hungarian-born Canadian writer Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
Danilo Kulinyak dies at 67
Ukrainian poet and historian Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Death of Viktor Gerasin at age 75
Russian poet and journalist Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Gianni Rondolino has died at age 83
Italian film critic and historian Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
Zelimhan Yakup dies at 66
Azerbaijani poet Died on Saturday January 9th 2016
Anton Srholec passed away at age 86
Czech writer Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Obituary: Florence King, dead at age 80
American writer. Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Nivaria Tejera dies at 86
Cuban poet and novelist Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Labhshankar Thakar dies at 80
Indian author Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Elizabeth Swados died at age 64
American writer and composer (Runaways) Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Obituary: Frances Cress, dead at age 80
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers) Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Obituary: Fazu Aliyeva, dead at age 83
Russian Avar poet and journalist Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Fazu Alijeva obituary: died at age 83
Russian Avar poet Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Wesley Burrowes died at age 85
Irish playwright (Glenroe) Died on Thursday December 31st 2015
Mangesh Padgaonkar dies at 86
Indian poet Died on Wednesday December 30th 2015
Obituary: Aidan Higgins, dead at age 88
Irish writer Died on Sunday December 27th 2015
Death of Chris Barnard at age 76
South African author Died on Monday December 28th 2015
Ottavio Jemma, died aged 90
Italian screenwriter. Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
Death of Ignacio Rupérez at age 72
Spanish author and diplomat Died on Friday December 25th 2015
Justin Chin dead at age 46
American poet Died on Thursday December 24th 2015
George Clayton dies at 86
American science fiction writer Died on Tuesday December 22nd 2015
Alain Jouffroy died at age 87
French surrealist poet and art critic Died on Sunday December 20th 2015
Kamal Ahmed dies at 85
Pakistani actor and writer Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Mogens Rukov, died aged 72
Danish screenwriter Died on Friday December 18th 2015
Ramashankar Yadav dies at age 58
Indian poet and activist Died on Tuesday December 8th 2015
Peter Dickinson obituary: died at age 88
British author Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Tom Arden dies at 54
Australian-born British author Died on Tuesday December 15th 2015
Albert Bontridder, died aged 94
Belgian architect and writer Died on Sunday December 13th 2015
Death of Peter Ryan at age 92
Australian newspaper columnist Died on Sunday December 13th 2015
Gaston Salvatore dies at age 74
Chilean writer Died on Thursday December 10th 2015
Steve Chimombo dies at age 70
Malawian writer Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Federico Kirbus died at age 84
Argentine author Died on Saturday December 12th 2015
Obituary: Jon Gadsby, dead at age 62
British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It) Died on Saturday December 12th 2015
Death of Phil Pepe 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…
Obituary: Ian Bell, dead at age 59
Scottish journalist and author Died on Friday December 11th 2015