Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
R. A. Foakes
British author and Shakespearean scholar
Died on Sunday December 22nd 2013
Lloyd Pye
American author and paranormal researcher
Died on Monday December 9th 2013
Sigrid Kahle
French-born Swedish journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday December 31st 2013
Kobus Van Rensburg
South African televangelist and author
Died on Saturday December 21st 2013
Gerald Mortimer
British author and sports journalist (Derby Telegraph)
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Michael Vetter
German composer and novelist
Died on Saturday December 7th 2013
W. Harrison Daniel
American author and history professor
Died on Monday December 30th 2013
Jeff Shannon
American film critic and writer
Died on Friday December 20th 2013
Édouard Molinaro
French film director and screenwriter (La Cage aux Folles)
Died on Saturday December 7th 2013
Jagadish Mohanty
Indian Oriya language writer
Died on Sunday December 29th 2013
Ned Vizzini
American novelist (It's Kind of a Funny Story)
Died on Thursday December 19th 2013
Mickey Knox
American actor and screenwriter (The Good
Died on Friday November 15th 2013
William Stevenson
British-born Canadian writer
Died on Tuesday November 26th 2013
Dena Epstein
American music librarian and author
Died on Thursday November 14th 2013
Seiji Tsutsumi
Japanese writer and businessman
Died on Monday November 25th 2013
Hari Krishna Devsare
Indian author of children's literature and magazine editor (Parag)
Died on Thursday November 14th 2013
Festus Iyayi
Nigerian writer and academic
Died on Tuesday November 12th 2013
Georges Lautner
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday November 22nd 2013
Pushpa Thangadorai
Indian Tamil language author
Died on Sunday November 10th 2013
Wanda Coleman
American poet and screenwriter
Died on Friday November 22nd 2013
Moussa Konaté
Malian author and playwright
Died on Saturday November 30th 2013
John Egerton
American journalist and author
Died on Thursday November 21st 2013
Peter Krummeck
66. South African actor and playwright
Died on Saturday November 9th 2013
Sylvia Browne
American author and self-proclaimed psychic
Died on Wednesday November 20th 2013
Jack Mitchell
American photographer and author
Died on Thursday November 7th 2013
Tarla Dalal
Indian food writer and chef
Died on Wednesday November 6th 2013
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
Austrian-born American Yiddish language poet and folk singer
Died on Thursday November 28th 2013
Doris Lessing
British novelist (The Grass Is Singing
Died on Sunday November 17th 2013
Andro Linklater
Scottish writer and historian
Died on Sunday November 3rd 2013
Ronald Clair Roat
American author and journalist
Died on Thursday November 28th 2013
Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
American writer and publisher
Died on Saturday November 16th 2013
D. Rajendra Babu
Indian film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday November 3rd 2013
Jack Matthews
American book collector and author of philosophical fiction
Died on Thursday November 28th 2013
Clifford Nass
American academic and author (The Media Equation)
Died on Saturday November 2nd 2013
Manuel F. Segura
Filipino army officer and author
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2013
Barbara Park
American author of children's books (Junie B. Jones)
Died on Friday November 15th 2013
William Morris
British Church of Scotland minister and author
Died on Thursday October 31st 2013
Jagadish Ghimire
Nepalese writer and development worker
Died on Thursday October 31st 2013
Khady Sylla
Senegalese writer
Died on Tuesday October 8th 2013
Gérard de Villiers
French thriller writer (Son Altesse Sérénissime)
Died on Thursday October 31st 2013
Norman Geras
British political theorist and author
Died on Friday October 18th 2013
Akong Rinpoche
Tibetan-born British Buddhist teacher and author
Died on Tuesday October 8th 2013
J. R. Salamanca
American author and academic
Died on Wednesday October 30th 2013
Ravuri Bharadhwaja
Indian Telugu language writer
Died on Friday October 18th 2013
Joanna Chmielewska
Polish novelist and screenwriter
Died on Monday October 7th 2013
Govind Purushottam Deshpande
Indian playwright and academic
Died on Wednesday October 16th 2013
Nevill Drury
English-born Australian author and publisher
Died on Tuesday October 15th 2013
Daud Rahbar
Pakistani author and academic
Died on Saturday October 5th 2013
Charles Castle
South African-born British television producer and author
Died on Saturday October 5th 2013
Luigi Magni
Italian screenwriter and film director
Died on Sunday October 27th 2013
Max Cahner
Spanish Catalan politician and writer
Died on Monday October 14th 2013
Jonathan Kaufer
American film and television writer and director
Died on Wednesday October 2nd 2013
Bill Gulick
American author and historian
Died on Friday October 25th 2013
Mann Rubin
American screenwriter (The First Deadly Sin
Died on Saturday October 12th 2013
Shun Akiyama
Japanese literary critic
Died on Wednesday October 2nd 2013
Arthur Danto
American philosopher and art critic
Died on Friday October 25th 2013
Tom Clancy
American author (The Hunt for Red October
Died on Tuesday October 1st 2013
Oscar Hijuelos
American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love)
Died on Saturday October 12th 2013
Bhau Kalchuri
Indian poet and spiritualist
Died on Wednesday October 23rd 2013
William Harrison
American author and screenwriter (Rollerball)
Died on Tuesday October 22nd 2013
Joseph Fielding McConkie
American academic and author
Died on Thursday October 10th 2013
Oscar Yanes
Venezuelan author
Died on Monday October 21st 2013