Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
E. L. Doctorow
American author
Died on Tuesday July 21st 2015
Raj Wali Shah Kattak
Pakistani poet
Died on Monday July 20th 2015
Bashar Nawaz
Indian Urdu poet and songwriter
Died on Thursday July 9th 2015
Douglas S. Cook
American screenwriter (The Rock
Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Bisheshar Pradeep
Pakistani-born Indian fiction and children's author
Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Wolf Gremm
German film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Gerhard Zwerenz
German writer and politician
Died on Monday July 13th 2015
Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean exiled author
Died on Sunday July 12th 2015
Bill Hunter
British political activist and author
Died on Thursday July 9th 2015
Thomas Piccirilli
American writer
Died on Saturday July 11th 2015
Tom Piccirilli
American writer
Died on Saturday July 11th 2015
James Tate
Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Died on Wednesday July 8th 2015
John A. Williams
American writer
Died 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 translator
Died on Sunday June 7th 2015
Dave Godfrey
Canadian novelist and publisher
Died on Sunday June 21st 2015
Edward Greenfield
English music critic and broadcaster
Died on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Sergio Sollima
Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face
Died on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Roger Bordier
French author
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Ben J. Wattenberg
American author and political commentator
Died on Sunday June 28th 2015
Ron Bisman
New Zealand harness racing journalist and author
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Chris Thompson
American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Gregorio Morales
Spanish author
Died on Monday June 22nd 2015
Alexa Suelzer
American author
Died on Friday June 26th 2015
Frances Kroll
American writer
Died on Thursday June 18th 2015
Judith St. George
American author (So You Want to Be President?)
Died on Wednesday June 10th 2015
Nicola Badalucco
Italian screenwriter and journalist
Died on Wednesday June 17th 2015
Aryeh Sivan
Israeli poet
Died on Friday June 19th 2015
Jill Hyem
British scriptwriter and actress
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Alan Caruba
American writer and public relations counselor
Died on Monday June 15th 2015
Graham Lord
British biographer and novelist
Died on Saturday June 13th 2015
Fernando Brant
Brazilian writer
Died on Friday June 12th 2015
Callisto Cosulich
Italian film critic
Died on Saturday June 6th 2015
Giuseppe Casarrubea
Italian historian and author
Died on Monday June 8th 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 Control
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Marguerite Patten
British cookery writer
Died on Thursday June 4th 2015
Vincent Musetto
American film critic (New York Post)
Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Dasaradhi Rangacharya
Indian writer and politician
Died on Monday June 8th 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
Ludvík Vaculík
Czech writer and journalist
Died on Saturday June 6th 2015
Paolo Tullio
Michelin Star-winning chef and resident food critic on The Restaurant
Died on Friday June 5th 2015
Anne Duguël
Belgian author
Died on Thursday May 21st 2015
Zhang Jieqing
Chinese politician and writer
Died on Wednesday May 27th 2015
Michael Collins Piper
American political writer
Died 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 jeweler
Died on Tuesday June 2nd 2015
Christina Reid
Irish playwright
Died on Sunday May 31st 2015
Wallace Sampson
American critic of alternative medicine
Died on Monday May 25th 2015
Joël Champetier
Canadian author
Died on Saturday May 30th 2015
Carole Seymour-Jones
Welsh biographer
Died on Saturday May 23rd 2015
Jean Pliya
Beninese playwright and short story writer
Died on Thursday May 14th 2015
Claudio Caligari
Italian screenwriter and director (Toxic Love
Died on Tuesday May 26th 2015
Hugh Ambrose
American author (The Pacific)
Died on Saturday May 23rd 2015
Franciszek Bernaś
Polish writer
Died on Saturday May 16th 2015
Tanith Lee
British writer
Died on Sunday May 24th 2015
Ebba Hentze
Faroese writer
Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Óscar Collazos
Columbian writer
Died on Sunday May 17th 2015
Georges Blin
French literary critic and academic
Died 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
Donald Neff
American journalist and author
Died on Sunday May 10th 2015
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Indian novelist
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Jim Morrison
American singer, songwriter and poet best remembered as the lead singer of The Doors
Died on Saturday July 3rd 1971
José María Castiñeira de Dios
Argentine poet
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Alexis Márquez Rodríguez
Venezuelan writer
Died on Sunday May 10th 2015
Ninad Bedekar
Indian historian and writer
Died on Sunday May 10th 2015
Martin Nag
Norwegian writer
Died on Friday May 8th 2015
William Bast
American screenwriter and author
Died on Monday May 4th 2015
Peter Dobkin Hall
American author and historian
Died on Thursday April 30th 2015
Joshua Ozersky
American food writer
Died on Monday May 4th 2015
Norman Thaddeus Vane
American screenwriter and film director (Frightmare)
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015
Konstantyn K. Kuzminsky
Russian performance poet
Died on Saturday May 2nd 2015