Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Charles Norman Shay
American writerDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Barry Dempster
Canadian poet and novelistDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Pamela Kola
Kenyan children’s author and educatorDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
José Ortega Torres
Spanish poetDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Arne Birkenstock
German film director and screenwriterDied on Monday December 1st 2025
Daniel Woodrell
American novelist (Winter's Bone)Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Dave Hewitt
Scottish writer (The Angry Corrie)Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Gondoo U Thein Naing
Burmese writer and educatorDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi
Burmese poetDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ram Loevy
Israeli film director and screenwriterDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
DeWitt S. Williams
American temperance lobbyist and authorDied on Sunday November 30th 2025
Sir Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in LoveDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Fern Michaels
American authorDied on Saturday November 29th 2025
Paul Tremmel
German poetDied on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Stephen Downing
American screenwriter (MacGyverDied on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Jeanette Winter
American author and illustratorDied on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Alun Gibbard
Welsh writerDied on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Tamilanban
Indian poetDied on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Leonardo Fróes
Brazilian poetDied on Friday November 21st 2025
David Hanly
Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland)Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Helme Heine
German writerDied on Friday November 21st 2025
Ian Marchant
British writerDied on Thursday November 20th 2025
Gavin Petrie
British writer and producerDied on Thursday November 20th 2025
Jean-Louis Trudel
Canadian science-fiction authorDied on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Charlotte Bingham
British authorDied on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Sören Sommelius
Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad)Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Yvonne Keuls
Dutch writerDied on Monday November 17th 2025
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriterDied on Monday November 17th 2025
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese novelistDied on Sunday November 16th 2025
Dan McGrath
American television writer (The SimpsonsDied on Saturday November 15th 2025
Rachel Cooke
British journalist (The Observer) and writerDied on Saturday November 15th 2025
Maurice Denuzière
French journalist and writerDied on Saturday November 15th 2025
Michèle Audin
French mathematician and writerDied on Friday November 14th 2025
Anka Ptaszkowska
Polish art critic and art historianDied on Thursday November 13th 2025
Marina Lewycka
British writerDied on Thursday November 13th 2025
Colin Duriez
English writerDied on Thursday November 13th 2025
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara"Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Manuel Pérez
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu)Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Binlah Sonkalagiri
Thai writerDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
James Stevens Curl
British architectural historian and authorDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Francine Christophe
French writer and Holocaust survivorDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Anna Sandor
Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In)Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Dejan Ristanović
Serbian writer and computer publicistDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Jana Štroblová
Czech writerDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
French writerDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Daya Prakash Sinha
Indian director and writerDied on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor, died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived…
Karomatullohi Mirzo
Tajik writerDied on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Alison Rose
American model and writer (The New Yorker)Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Hal Sirowitz
American poetDied on Monday October 20th 2025
Murray Mednick
American playwrightDied on Monday October 20th 2025
Ed Moloney
Irish journalist and authorDied on Sunday October 19th 2025
István Ágh
Hungarian poetDied on Sunday October 19th 2025
Roy Jacobsen
Norwegian novelistDied on Saturday October 18th 2025
Ra’ouf Mus’ad
Egyptian playwrightDied on Saturday October 18th 2025
Sakineh (Simin) M. Redjali
Iranian-American psychologist and authorDied on Friday October 17th 2025
Baek Se-hee
South Korean author (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki)Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Baron Wormser
American poetDied on Thursday October 16th 2025
Yolonda Lawrence
American television producer and writer (EmpireDied on Thursday October 16th 2025
Zoë Wicomb
South African writer (You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town)Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Nasser Taghvai
Iranian film director and screenwriterDied on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Gurney Norman
American writer and poet laureateDied on Monday October 13th 2025
Liv Køltzow
Norwegian writerDied on Monday October 13th 2025
Desire Moyo
Zimbabwean politician and poetDied on Saturday October 11th 2025
Gillian Tindall
British writer and historianDied on Saturday October 11th 2025
Syed Manzoorul Islam
Bangladeshi literary criticDied on Friday October 10th 2025
P. Stanley
Indian writerDied on Friday October 10th 2025
Eve Zaremba
Canadian mystery writerDied on Thursday October 9th 2025
Sri Owen
Indonesian cooking teacher and food writerDied on Wednesday October 8th 2025
Franz Josef Wagner
German journalist (Bild) and writerDied on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Lin Arison
American writer and art patronDied on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Erin Pizzey
British men's rights activist and novelistDied on Monday October 6th 2025
Xavier Durringer
French playwrightDied on Sunday October 5th 2025
Gianfranco Sanguinetti
Italian writerDied on Sunday October 5th 2025
Ivan Klíma
Czech writerDied on Saturday October 4th 2025
T. J. S. George
Indian biographerDied on Friday October 3rd 2025
Manchán Magan
Irish authorDied on Friday October 3rd 2025
Douglas Laux
American CIA officer and author (Left of Boom)Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Ahmed Rafiq
Bangladeshi language movement activist and writerDied on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
American novelistDied on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Michael B. Druxman
American screenwriter (Dillinger and CaponeDied on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Yavuz Bülent Bâkiler
Turkish poetDied on Wednesday October 1st 2025
Nigel Latta
New Zealand psychologist and authorDied on Tuesday September 30th 2025
Aleksandr Bushkov
Russian writerDied on Monday September 29th 2025
Tess Johnston
American diplomat and authorDied on Monday September 29th 2025
Anne Baker
British historical writer (Wings over Kabul: The First Airlift)Died on Monday September 29th 2025
Ashleigh Brilliant
American cartoonist and authorDied on Monday September 29th 2025