Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Michael Collins Piper
American political writerDied on Monday June 1st 2015
Morris Beckman
English writer and anti-fascist activist (43 Group)Died on Sunday May 24th 2015
Marbeth Schon
American picture book author and jewelerDied on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Christina Reid
Irish playwrightDied on Sunday May 31st 2015
Wallace Sampson
American critic of alternative medicineDied on Monday May 25th 2015
Joël Champetier
Canadian authorDied on Saturday May 30th 2015
Carole Seymour-Jones
Welsh biographerDied on Saturday May 23rd 2015
Jean Pliya
Beninese playwright and short story writerDied on Thursday May 14th 2015
Claudio Caligari
Italian screenwriter and director (Toxic LoveDied on Tuesday May 26th 2015
Franciszek Bernaś
Polish writerDied on Saturday May 16th 2015
Tanith Lee
British writerDied on Sunday May 24th 2015
Ebba Hentze
Faroese writerDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Óscar Collazos
Columbian writerDied on Sunday May 17th 2015
Georges Blin
French literary critic and academicDied on Thursday May 14th 2015
Carlos Maggi
Uruguayan writer (Generación del 45)Died on Friday May 15th 2015
Gill Dennis
American screenwriter (Walk the Line)Died on Friday May 15th 2015
Franz Wright
American poetDied on Thursday May 14th 2015
Donald Neff
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday May 10th 2015
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Indian novelistDied on Tuesday May 12th 2015
William Zinsser
American writerDied on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou
Iranian poetDied on Monday May 11th 2015
Jim Morrison
American singer, songwriter and poet best remembered as the lead singer of The DoorsDied on Saturday July 3rd 1971
Jef Geeraerts
Belgian authorDied on Monday May 11th 2015
José María Castiñeira de Dios
Argentine poetDied on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Alexis Márquez Rodríguez
Venezuelan writerDied on Sunday May 10th 2015
Martin Nag
Norwegian writerDied on Friday May 8th 2015