Deaths Famous Dead Writers
Atiqul Haque Chowdhury
Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer · 17 June 2013 · Chowdhury · June 2013 · June 17
Tom Sharpe
British author (Porterhouse Blue · 06 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 6
Michael Baigent
New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) · 17 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 17
Nada Inada
Japanese psychiatrist and writer · 06 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 6
Bernard Sahlins
American comedy writer and theater owner · 16 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 16
Kampta Karran
Guyanan sociologist and author · 05 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 5
Maurice Nadeau
French writer and editor · 16 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 16
Bruce Cathie
New Zealand UFO author and theorist · 02 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 2
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer · 29 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 29
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Bangladesh poet and academic · 16 June 2013 · June 2013 · Hossain · June 16
Atle Kittang
Norwegian literary researcher and critic · 01 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 1
Charlie L. Russell
American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side) · 28 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 28 · Russell
Bill Gunston
British aviation writer · 01 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 1
F.D. Reeve
American academic and author · 28 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 28
Olwen Wymark
American–born British dramatist · 14 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 14
Oliver Bernard
English poet and translator · 01 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 1
Dumitru Matcovschi
Romanian-born Moldovan poet · 26 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 26
Elroy Schwartz
American television writer (Gilligan's Island · 14 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 14
Richard Matheson
American author and screenwriter (I Am Legend · 23 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 23
Gary David Goldberg
American TV writer (Family Ties · 22 June 2013 · June 2013 · Goldberg · June 22
Walter Jens
German writer and intellectual · 09 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 9
Dicky Rutnagur
Indian cricket journalist and author · 20 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 20
Iain Banks
Scottish author (The Wasp Factory) · 09 June 2013 · June 2013 · June 9
Gene Burns
American political radio broadcaster and food critic · 25 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 25
Alan Abelson
American financial writer · 09 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 9
Erling Welle-Strand
Norwegian writer and resistance member · 24 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 24
Dallas Willard
American author and philosopher · 08 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 8
Mairuth Sarsfield
88. Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair) · 07 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 7
Michael Lev
Ukrainian-born Israeli writer · 23 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 23
Herbert Romerstein
American anti–communist writer · 07 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 7
Greg Quill
Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star) · 05 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 5
Charley Reese
American newspaper columnist · 21 May 2013 · May 2013 · Writers · May 21
Eddie Braben
British comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise · 21 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 21
Patrick Henry Omlor
American traditionalist Catholic author · 02 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 2 · Omlor
Ernst Klee
German historian and writer · 18 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 18
Jo Benkow
Norwegian writer and politician · 18 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 18
Stuart Wilde
British writer and metaphysical teacher · 01 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 1
Bernard Waber
American children's author (Lyle · 16 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 16
Gregory Rogers
Australian children's book writer · 01 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 1
Richard Ballantine
British cycling writer · 29 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 29
Asghar Ali Engineer
Indian writer and activist · 14 May 2013 · engineer) · May 2013 · May 14
Henry Hope Reed, Jr.
American architecture critic · 01 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 1 · Reed
Muttanisseril Koyakutty
Indian Islamic scholar and writer · 27 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 27
Marianne Ferber
Czech-born American feminist economist and author · 11 May 2013 · Marianne, · May 2013 · May 11
Martin Kevan
Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author · 01 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 1
Jack Vance
American science fiction author · 26 May 2013 · May 2013 · May 26
Mike Gray
American screenwriter (The China Syndrome · 30 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 30
Lynne Duke
American journalist (Washington Post) and author · 19 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 19
David Hunt
American Christian apologist and author · 05 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 5
Goran Švob
Croatian philosopher and author · 18 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 18 · Göran
Noboru Yamaguchi
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero) · 04 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 4
Bernie Wood
New Zealand sport author and journalist · 28 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 28
George Horse-Capture
American Gros Ventre author · 16 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 16
Roger Ebert
American film critic (Chicago Sun-Times · 04 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 4
Fredrick McKissack
American children's book writer · 28 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 28
A. S. A. Harrison
Canadian writer and artist · 14 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 14 · Harrison
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a View · 03 April 2013 · April 2013 · Jhabvala · April 3
Nick Pollotta
American science fiction author · 13 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 13
Stan Isaacs
American sports columnist · 03 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 3 · Writers
Dhoodaan
Ethiopian Somali language writer · 27 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 27
George Gladir
American comic book writer (Archie · 03 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 3
Aída Bortnik
Argentine screenwriter (The Official Story) · 27 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 27 · Aida
Brennan Manning
American priest and author · 12 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 12
Eion Scarrow
New Zealand gardening television presenter and author · 25 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 25
Michael France
American screenwriter (GoldenEye · 12 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 12
Jesús Franco
Spanish film director and screenwriter (Count Dracula) · 02 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 2
Larry Felser
American sports journalist and columnist (Sporting News · 24 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 24 · Writers
Kildare Dobbs
Indian-born Canadian short-story and travel writer · 01 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 1
Norbert Blei
American author and writer · 23 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 23
Robert Byrne
American chess grandmaster and columnist (The New York Times) · 12 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 12 · Writers
Clément Marchand
Canadian poet and journalist · 22 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 22 · Clement
Edward de Grazia
American lawyer and writer (Girls Lean Back Everywhere) · 11 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 11 · Grazia