Sarah Kirsch
German poetDied on Sunday May 5th 2013
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a ViewDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Jérôme Louis Heldring
Dutch journalist and columnistDied on Saturday April 27th 2013
Nick Pollotta
American science fiction authorDied on Saturday April 13th 2013
Stan Isaacs
American sports columnistDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Dhoodaan
Ethiopian Somali language writerDied on Saturday April 27th 2013
George Gladir
American comic book writer (ArchieDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Aída Bortnik
Argentine screenwriter (The Official Story)Died on Saturday April 27th 2013
Brennan Manning
American priest and authorDied on Friday April 12th 2013
Basil Copper
British writerDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Eion Scarrow
New Zealand gardening television presenter and authorDied on Thursday April 25th 2013
Michael France
American screenwriter (GoldenEyeDied on Friday April 12th 2013
Jesús Franco
Spanish film director and screenwriter (Count Dracula)Died on Tuesday April 2nd 2013
Larry Felser
American sports journalist and columnist (Sporting NewsDied on Wednesday April 24th 2013
Roger Dobson
British writerDied on Friday April 12th 2013
Kildare Dobbs
Indian-born Canadian short-story and travel writerDied on Monday April 1st 2013
Robert Byrne
American chess grandmaster and columnist (The New York Times)Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Edward de Grazia
American lawyer and writer (Girls Lean Back Everywhere)Died on Thursday April 11th 2013
Daniel Hoffman
American poetDied on Saturday March 30th 2013
Aramais Sahakyan
Armenian writer and politicianDied on Thursday March 14th 2013
Lawrence Auster
American traditionalist conservative author and bloggerDied on Friday March 29th 2013
Cartha DeLoach
American FBI agent and authorDied on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Richard Davey
Australian actor and playwrightDied on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Don Payne
American television writer (The Simpsons) and screenwriter (ThorDied on Tuesday March 26th 2013
Boris Vasilyev
Russian writerDied on Monday March 11th 2013
Ellen Einan
Norwegian poetDied on Monday March 25th 2013
Simón Alberto Consalvi
Venezuelan politician and authorDied on Monday March 11th 2013
Barbara Anderson
New Zealand authorDied on Sunday March 24th 2013
Robert Chrisman
American poetDied on Sunday March 10th 2013
Giancarlo Zagni
Italian director and screenwriter (La bellezza di Ippolita)Died on Thursday March 21st 2013
Freda Linde
South African children's writer and translatorDied on Thursday March 7th 2013
Rick Hautala
American horror authorDied on Thursday March 21st 2013
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian poetDied on Thursday March 21st 2013
Thomas McEvilley
American art critic and academicDied on Saturday March 2nd 2013
James Herbert
English horror writer (The Rats)Died on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Lester Lewis
American television writer and producer (The OfficeDied on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Margaret Johansen
Norwegian novelistDied on Friday March 1st 2013
Khalid Ahmad
Pakistani poet and journalistDied on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Campbell Armstrong
Scottish authorDied on Friday March 1st 2013
Henry Bromell
American screenwriter and producer (HomelandDied on Monday March 18th 2013
A.B.C. Whipple
American journalist and authorDied on Sunday March 17th 2013
W. E. Butts
American poetDied on Sunday March 31st 2013
Edith Schaeffer
American Christian leader and authorDied on Saturday March 30th 2013
Stéphane Hessel
German-born French author and diplomatDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Oswald LeWinter
Austrian-born American writerDied on Wednesday February 13th 2013
Richard E. Geis
American science fiction writerDied on Monday February 4th 2013
Jan Howard Finder
American science fiction writerDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Margaret Frazer
American historical novelistDied on Monday February 4th 2013
Mahmoud Salem
Egyptian authorDied on Sunday February 24th 2013
Barnaby Conrad
American authorDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Sylvia Smith
British writerDied on Saturday February 23rd 2013
D. Vinayachandran
Indian Malayalam poetDied on Monday February 11th 2013
Sirajul Haq Memon
Pakistani authorDied on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Maurice Rosy
Belgian comics writerDied on Saturday February 23rd 2013
W. Watts Biggers
American novelistDied on Sunday February 10th 2013
Chris Kyle
American author and Navy SEAL sniperDied on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Donald Richie
American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic authorDied on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Richard Twiss
American educator and authorDied on Saturday February 9th 2013