Death of Leon Root at age 86
American orthopedic surgeon and author Died on Monday September 21st 2015
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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Phyllis Tickle obituary: died at age 81
American religious author Died on Tuesday September 22nd 2015
Carlo Schäfer died at age 51
German author Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Ali Salem died at age 79
Egyptian writer Died on Tuesday September 22nd 2015
D. M. has died at age 92
American screenwriter Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Eraclio Zepeda dead at age 79
Mexican author and politician Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Jack Larson passes away at age 87
American playwright and actor (Adventures of Superman} Died on Sunday September 20th 2015
C. K. passes away at age 78
American poet Died on Sunday September 20th 2015
C.K. Williams passed away at age 78
American poet Died on Sunday September 20th 2015
Herschel Silverman dead at age 89
American poet Died on Saturday September 19th 2015
Dorothy Butler died at age 90
New Zealand children's author Died on Sunday September 20th 2015
Jackie Collins, died aged 77
English novelist Died on Saturday September 19th 2015
Jørgen Sonne has died at age 89
Danish writer Died on Wednesday September 16th 2015
Brian Sewell, died aged 84
British art critic Died on Saturday September 19th 2015
Nelo Risi, died aged 95
Italian poet and film director Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Jaswant Singh, died aged 90
Indian academic and poet Died on Friday September 11th 2015
Frederick Winship death at age 90
American theater critic Died on Thursday September 3rd 2015
Corneliu Vadim dead at age 65
Romanian politician and writer Died on Monday September 14th 2015
Miroslav Josić passed away at age 69
Serbian writer Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Annemarie Bostroem dies at age 93
German writer Died on Wednesday September 9th 2015
Death of Rezo Cheishvili at age 82
Georgian writer Died on Friday September 11th 2015
William J. passed away at age 88
American theater critic and film studio executive (Janus Films) Died on Sunday September 13th 2015
Arthur J. obituary: died at age 88
American theater critic and film studio executive (Janus Films) Died on Sunday September 13th 2015
Arthur Becker died at age 88
American theater critic Died on Sunday September 13th 2015
Arthur William obituary: died at age 88
American theater critic Died on Sunday September 13th 2015
Frank D., died aged 89
American playwright and screenwriter Died on Saturday September 12th 2015
Nelson Peery obituary: died at age 92
American political activist and author Died on Sunday September 6th 2015
Death of Basil H. at age 86
Canadian writer Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Basil Johnston died at age 86
Canadian writer Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Gabrielle Burton dead at age 76
American novelist Died on Thursday September 3rd 2015
William H. passed away at age 89
American psychologist and author (Black Rage) Died on Thursday September 3rd 2015
John Perreault passed away at age 78
American art critic and poet Died on Sunday September 6th 2015
Joost Zwagerman death at age 51
Dutch author Died on Tuesday September 8th 2015
Harald Norbelie dead at age 70
Swedish writer and journalist Died on Sunday September 6th 2015
Max Kruse died at age 93
German novelist Died on Friday September 4th 2015
Rainer Kirsch dies at age 81
German author and poet Died on Friday September 4th 2015
Warren Murphy died at age 81
American author Died on Friday September 4th 2015
Death of Rhoda Lerman at age 79
American novelist Died on Sunday August 30th 2015
Tessa Ransford dies at 77
British poet and founder of the Scottish Poetry Library Died on Wednesday September 2nd 2015
Obituary: Charlie Carlson, dead at age 71
American novelist Died on Sunday August 30th 2015
P. J. dies at age 84
English poet Died on Wednesday August 26th 2015
Wayne Dyer dies at age 75
author and speaker Died on Saturday August 29th 2015
Jean Louvet dies at age 81
Belgian playwright Died on Saturday August 29th 2015
Utta Danella passed away at age 95
German author Died on Tuesday August 11th 2015
Oliver Sacks died at age 82
British-born American neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat) Died on Sunday August 30th 2015
Luo Lan died at age 96
Taiwanese writer and radio personality Died on Saturday August 29th 2015
Endre Fejes dead at age 91
Hungarian writer Died on Tuesday August 25th 2015
Zuzana Brabcová, died aged 56
Czech author Died on Thursday August 20th 2015
Yosef Goldman passed away at age 73
American book dealer and author Died on Tuesday August 4th 2015
Obituary: Cynthia Macdonald, dead at age 87
American poet Died on Monday August 3rd 2015
Charles Tomlinson died at age 88
English poet Died on Saturday August 22nd 2015
Stephen Rodefer death at age 74
American poet Died on Saturday August 22nd 2015
Ibtihal Salem died at age 66
Egyptian author Died on Saturday August 15th 2015
Liz Perle dies at 59
American writer Died on Thursday August 20th 2015
Antonio Larreta obituary: died at age 92
Uruguayan writer and actor Died on Wednesday August 19th 2015
William Jay has died at age 97
American poet Died on Tuesday August 18th 2015
Eriek Verpale passed away at age 63
Belgian writer Died on Monday August 10th 2015
Ken Barnes has died at age 82
British writer and record producer Died on Tuesday August 4th 2015
Hamida Salim death at age 93
Indian Urdu author Died on Sunday August 16th 2015
Rafael Chirbes dead at age 66
Spanish writer Died on Saturday August 15th 2015
Anne Strieber died at age -1
American author and editor Died on Tuesday August 11th 2015
Gordon Vette obituary: died at age 82
New Zealand pilot and author Died on Sunday August 9th 2015
Ann McGovern obituary: died at age 85
American author Died on Saturday August 8th 2015
Phyllis Grosskurth dies at age 91
Canadian biographer Died on Sunday August 2nd 2015
David Nobbs obituary: died at age 80
British comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). (death announced on this date) Died on Sunday August 9th 2015
Death of Svetlana Boym at age 49
Soviet-born American scholar and author Died on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Hiroyuki Agawa dies at age 94
Japanese writer (The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy Died on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Jerzy Płażewski death at age 90
Polish film historian and critic Died on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Ray Jessel death at age 85
American television writer Died on Friday July 17th 2015
Ana Hatherly dies at 86
Ana Hatherly, the Portuguese writer and artist who helped pioneer experimental poetry and experimental literature in Portugal, died on August 5, 2015, aged 86. Born in Porto on May 8,…
T. T., died aged 91
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Rosemary Dinnage has died at age 87
British author and reviewer Died on Friday July 10th 2015
Obituary: Sebastiano Vassalli, dead at age 73
Italian novelist Died on Sunday July 26th 2015
T.T. Cloete obituary: died at age 91
South African Afrikaans poet and literary scholar Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Alan Cheuse dead at age 75
American writer and critic Died on Friday July 31st 2015
David Faber passed away at age 86
Polish holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek) Died on Tuesday July 28th 2015
Sybren Polet passed away at age 91
Dutch writer Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Don Oberdorfer dies at age 84
American journalist and author Died on Thursday July 23rd 2015
James L. died at age 67
American screenwriter (Ray) Died on Thursday July 23rd 2015
Garth George died at age 75
New Zealand conservative Christian columnist and anti-gay activist Died on Sunday July 26th 2015
Rogi Wieg passed away at age 52
Dutch writer and musician Died on Wednesday July 15th 2015
Ann Rule has died at age 79
American true crime author known for her friendship with Ted Bundy and subsequent best-selling novel The Stranger Beside Me Died on Monday July 20th 2015
Joe Williams death at age 56
American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Died on Sunday July 26th 2015
Peg Lynch passes away at age 98
American comedy writer and actress (Ethel and Albert) Died on Saturday July 25th 2015
Franco Scaglia has died at age 71
Italian writer and journalist Died on Monday July 6th 2015
Sara Laing dead at age 74
American author and illustrator Died on Monday July 6th 2015
Death of Ed Griffin at age 78
Canadian author Died on Thursday July 23rd 2015
Corsino Fortes has died at age 82
Cape Verdean writer and diplomat Died on Friday July 24th 2015
Ingrid Sischy dead at age 63
South African born magazine editor and critic Died on Friday July 24th 2015
Denis Avey passed away at age 96
British World War II veteran and memoirist Died on Thursday July 16th 2015
Raj Wali death at age 63
Pakistani poet Died on Monday July 20th 2015
Obituary: Vera Chapman, dead at age 92
British author and historian Died on Thursday July 2nd 2015
E. L. dead at age 84
American author Died on Tuesday July 21st 2015
Raj Wali death at age 63
Pakistani poet Died on Monday July 20th 2015
Raj Wali has died at age 63
Pakistani poet Died on Monday July 20th 2015
Bashar Nawaz passes away at age 79
Indian Urdu poet and songwriter Died on Thursday July 9th 2015
Douglas S. passes away at age 56
American screenwriter (The Rock Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Death of Bisheshar Pradeep at age 80
Pakistani-born Indian fiction and children's author Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Olaf Pooley died at age 101
English actor and writer Died on Tuesday July 14th 2015