Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Anthony Read
British screenwriter (Doctor Who)
Died on Saturday November 21st 2015
Richard Russell
American finance writer
Died on Saturday November 21st 2015
Hazel Adair
British television writer
Died on Sunday November 22nd 2015
Jamiluddin Aali
Pakistani Urdu poet
Died on Monday November 23rd 2015
Mario Cervi
Italian essayist and journalist
Died on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Korrie Layun Rampan
Indonesian author and politician
Died on Thursday November 19th 2015
Ehud Havazelet
American author
Died on Thursday November 5th 2015
James Prideaux
American playwright and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday November 18th 2015
Betty Groff
American chef and cookbook author
Died on Sunday November 8th 2015
Stephen Birmingham
American author
Died on Sunday November 15th 2015
Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi
Iranian poet
Died on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Ishtiaq Ahmad
Pakistani author
Died on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Georges-Hébert Germain
Canadian journalist and author
Died on Friday November 13th 2015
November 2015 Paris attacks
music critic and journalist (Les Inrockuptibles)
Died on Friday November 13th 2015
Guillaume B. Decherf
French music critic and journalist (Les Inrockuptibles)
Died on Friday November 13th 2015
Robert Craft
American conductor and writer
Died on Tuesday November 10th 2015
A. Veluppillai
Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Madeline DeFrees
American poet
Died on Wednesday November 11th 2015
Tage Skou-Hansen
Danish writer
Died on Wednesday November 11th 2015
Lauretta Ngcobo
South African author and activist
Died on Tuesday November 3rd 2015
Derrick Gilbert
American poet
Died on Sunday November 1st 2015
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Indian director and poet
Died on Saturday November 7th 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
Üstün Akmen
Turkish theatre critic
Died on Saturday October 31st 2015
James Sites
American novelist
Died on Saturday October 10th 2015
Ryūzō Saki
Japanese writer
Died on Saturday October 31st 2015
Andy Danziger
American pilot and newspaper columnist (New York Daily News)
Died on Friday October 30th 2015
Stella Sutherland
Scottish poet
Died on Thursday October 15th 2015
Julia Jones
British scriptwriter (Quiet as a Nun
Died on Friday October 9th 2015
Christopher Chapman
Canadian writer
Died on Saturday October 24th 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
Yuri Mamleev
Russian author
Died on Sunday October 25th 2015
Dick Sharples
British scriptwriter
Died on Monday October 19th 2015
Margarita Hemlin
Russian author
Died on Friday October 23rd 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
Zdzisław Jaskuła
Polish poet
Died on Saturday October 24th 2015
Diana Pullein-Thompson
British writer
Died on Wednesday October 21st 2015
Çetin Altan
Turkish writer and politician
Died on Thursday October 22nd 2015
Gilles Marcotte
Canadian author
Died on Tuesday October 20th 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
Rosa Tschudi
Swiss chef and author
Died on Saturday October 17th 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
Gamal El-Ghitani
Egyptian author
Died on Sunday October 18th 2015
Gamal Al Ghitani
Egyptian author
Died on Sunday October 18th 2015
Jamal Al Ghitani
Egyptian author
Died on Sunday October 18th 2015
Eric Wright
Canadian crime writer
Died on Friday October 9th 2015
Manuel Fernández Mota
Spanish poet
Died on Monday October 12th 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
Sennur Sezer
Turkish writer
Died on Wednesday October 7th 2015
Arthur A. Small
American lawyer and poet
Died on Saturday October 3rd 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
Naim Araidi
Israeli writer and diplomat
Died on Friday October 2nd 2015
Frans Pointl
Dutch writer
Died on Thursday October 1st 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