Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Gokulananda Mahapatra
Indian science fiction and children's authorDied on Wednesday July 10th 2013
Jūgatsu Toi
Japanese travel writerDied on Sunday July 28th 2013
Ana Emilia Lahitte
91 Argentine writerDied on Wednesday July 10th 2013
Gaétan Soucy
Canadian novelistDied on Tuesday July 9th 2013
Richard Matheson
American author and screenwriter (I Am LegendDied on Sunday June 23rd 2013
Javier Tomeo
Spanish writerDied on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Ralph Graves
American writerDied on Monday June 10th 2013
Deric Longden
British author and screenwriterDied on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Zdeněk Rotrekl
Czech poetDied on Sunday June 9th 2013
Gary David Goldberg
American TV writer (Family TiesDied on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Dicky Rutnagur
Indian cricket journalist and authorDied on Thursday June 20th 2013
Iain Banks
Scottish author (The Wasp Factory)Died on Sunday June 9th 2013
Alexandru Mușina
Romanian poetDied on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Yoram Kaniuk
Israeli writerDied on Saturday June 8th 2013
Parke Godwin
American authorDied on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Vince Flynn
American author (Mitch Rapp)Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Rachel Abrams
American writerDied on Friday June 7th 2013
Atiqul Haque Chowdhury
Bangladeshi playwright and TV producerDied on Monday June 17th 2013
Tom Sharpe
British author (Porterhouse BlueDied on Thursday June 6th 2013
Michael Baigent
New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail)Died on Monday June 17th 2013
Nada Inada
Japanese psychiatrist and writerDied on Thursday June 6th 2013
Bernard Sahlins
American comedy writer and theater ownerDied on Sunday June 16th 2013
Kampta Karran
Guyanan sociologist and authorDied on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Bruce Cathie
New Zealand UFO author and theoristDied on Sunday June 2nd 2013
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writerDied on Saturday June 29th 2013
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Bangladesh poet and academicDied on Sunday June 16th 2013
Atle Kittang
Norwegian literary researcher and criticDied on Saturday June 1st 2013
Charlie L. Russell
American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side)Died on Friday June 28th 2013
Peride Celal
Turkish authorDied on Saturday June 15th 2013
Bill Gunston
British aviation writerDied on Saturday June 1st 2013
Olwen Wymark
American–born British dramatistDied on Friday June 14th 2013
Elroy Schwartz
American television writer (Gilligan's IslandDied on Friday June 14th 2013
Frederic Lindsay
Scottish novelistDied on Friday May 31st 2013
Stuart Wilde
British writer and metaphysical teacherDied on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Donald Bevan
American authorDied on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Bernard Waber
American children's author (LyleDied on Thursday May 16th 2013
Gregory Rogers
Australian children's book writerDied on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Richard Ballantine
British cycling writerDied on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Henry Hope Reed, Jr.
American architecture criticDied on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Muttanisseril Koyakutty
Indian Islamic scholar and writerDied on Monday May 27th 2013
Marianne Ferber
Czech-born American feminist economist and authorDied on Saturday May 11th 2013
Martin Kevan
Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and authorDied on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Jack Vance
American science fiction authorDied on Sunday May 26th 2013
Gene Burns
American political radio broadcaster and food criticDied on Saturday May 25th 2013
Alan Abelson
American financial writerDied on Thursday May 9th 2013
Erling Welle-Strand
Norwegian writer and resistance memberDied on Friday May 24th 2013
Dallas Willard
American author and philosopherDied on Wednesday May 8th 2013
R. T. V. K. Rao
Indian writerDied on Friday May 24th 2013
Elsa Bornemann
Argentine children's writerDied on Friday May 24th 2013
Mairuth Sarsfield
88. Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair)Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
Herbert Romerstein
American anti–communist writerDied on Tuesday May 7th 2013
William Demby
American writerDied on Thursday May 23rd 2013
Greg Quill
Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star)Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Elizabeth Mavor
British writerDied on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Sarah Kirsch
German poetDied on Sunday May 5th 2013
William Douglas Lansford
American writerDied on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Charley Reese
American newspaper columnistDied on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Eddie Braben
British comedy writer (Morecambe and WiseDied on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Patrick Henry Omlor
American traditionalist Catholic authorDied on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Miguel Méndez
American authorDied on Friday May 31st 2013
Dvora Omer
Israeli authorDied on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Norman Borisoff
American film producer and novelistDied on Sunday April 21st 2013
Jocasta Innes
British non-fiction writer and businesswomanDied on Saturday April 20th 2013
Peter Kane Dufault
American poetDied on Saturday April 20th 2013
Mickey Rose
American film and television screenwriter (BananasDied on Sunday April 7th 2013
Cortright McMeel
American novelistDied on Friday April 19th 2013
George Anania
Romanian science-fiction writer and translatorDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Andrew J. Offutt
American science fiction authorDied on Tuesday April 30th 2013
E. L. Konigsburg
American children's novelist and illustrator(From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler)Died on Friday April 19th 2013
Mike Gray
American screenwriter (The China SyndromeDied on Tuesday April 30th 2013
Lynne Duke
American journalist (Washington Post) and authorDied on Friday April 19th 2013
David Hunt
American Christian apologist and authorDied on Friday April 5th 2013
Viviane Forrester
French writerDied on Tuesday April 30th 2013
Goran Švob
Croatian philosopher and authorDied on Thursday April 18th 2013
Noboru Yamaguchi
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero)Died on Thursday April 4th 2013
Bernie Wood
New Zealand sport author and journalistDied on Sunday April 28th 2013
George Horse-Capture
American Gros Ventre authorDied on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Roger Ebert
American film critic (Chicago Sun-TimesDied on Thursday April 4th 2013
Fredrick McKissack
American children's book writerDied on Sunday April 28th 2013