Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Hans-Jürgen Heise
German author and poet
Died on Wednesday November 13th 2013
Gerrit Krol
Dutch author
Died on Sunday November 24th 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
Giorgio Orelli
Swiss poet
Died on Sunday November 10th 2013
Moussa Konaté
Malian author and playwright
Died on Saturday November 30th 2013
Herbert Mitgang
American author
Died on Thursday November 21st 2013
Vijaydan Detha
Indian folk writer
Died on Sunday November 10th 2013
Brian Torrey Scott
American writer
Died on Friday November 29th 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
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
Russian poet
Died on Friday November 29th 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
Clara Cannucciari
American chef and author
Died on Friday November 29th 2013
Charlotte Zolotow
American author and poet
Died on Tuesday November 19th 2013
Tarla Dalal
Indian food writer and chef
Died on Wednesday November 6th 2013
Mohamed Sibari
Moroccan author
Died on Thursday November 28th 2013
Om Prakash Valmiki
Indian writer
Died on Sunday November 17th 2013
Leon Miękina
Polish writer
Died on Monday November 4th 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
Zbyněk Hejda
Czech poet and historian
Died on Saturday November 16th 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
Tato Laviera
American Nuyorican poet
Died on Friday November 1st 2013
Rudolf Lorenzen
German author
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2013
Mickey Knox
American actor and screenwriter (The Good
Died on Friday November 15th 2013
Jagadish Ghimire
Nepalese writer and development worker
Died on Thursday October 31st 2013
Mikihiko Renjō
Japanese novelist
Died on Saturday October 19th 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
Michael Palmer
American novelist
Died on Wednesday October 30th 2013
Govind Purushottam Deshpande
Indian playwright and academic
Died on Wednesday October 16th 2013
Rift Fournier
American writer and producer
Died on Sunday October 6th 2013
Rajendra Yadav
Indian Hindi fiction writer
Died on Monday October 28th 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
Layne Redmond
American drummer and author
Died on Monday October 28th 2013
Kōichi Iijima
Japanese poet
Died on Monday October 14th 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
Arthur Maling
American author
Died on Thursday October 24th 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
Toshio Udō
Japanese writer and critic
Died on Friday October 11th 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
Jay Conrad Levinson
American business writer
Died on Thursday October 10th 2013
Frank Lima
American poet
Died on Monday October 21st 2013
Chopper Read
Australian crime figure and author
Died on Wednesday October 9th 2013
Rune T. Kidde
Danish writer
Died on Monday October 21st 2013
Edmund Niziurski
Polish author
Died on Wednesday October 9th 2013
William Morris
British Church of Scotland minister and author
Died on Thursday October 31st 2013
Yukichi Amano
Japanese columnist
Died on Sunday October 20th 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
American author
Died on Wednesday October 9th 2013
José Montoya
American poet
Died on Wednesday September 25th 2013
Erich Loest
German author and screenwriter (Nikolaikirche)
Died on Thursday September 12th 2013
Frederik Pohl
American science fiction author (Man Plus
Died on Monday September 2nd 2013
Choi In-ho
South Korean writer
Died on Wednesday September 25th 2013
Tom Vernon
British writer and broadcaster (Fat Man series)
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2013
Albert Jacquard
French geneticist and essayist
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2013
Christopher Koch
Australian novelist (The Year of Living Dangerously)
Died on Monday September 23rd 2013
Keith Dunstan
Australian newspaper columnist and writer
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2013
Severiano Álvarez
Spanish writer
Died on Monday September 23rd 2013
Ramachandra Deva
Indian poet
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2013
Luciano Vincenzoni
Italian screenwriter (For a Few Dollars More
Died on Sunday September 22nd 2013
Marshall Berman
American philosopher and writer
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2013
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian poet
Died on Sunday September 22nd 2013
Don Nelson
American screenwriter (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
Died on Tuesday September 10th 2013
Gary Brandner
American horror author (The Howling)
Died on Sunday September 22nd 2013
Shalom Yoran
Polish Jewish partisan and author (The Defiant)
Died on Monday September 9th 2013
Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian poet and diplomat
Died on Saturday September 21st 2013
Alberto Bevilacqua
Italian writer and film director
Died on Monday September 9th 2013
Anthony Hinds
British screenwriter and producer
Died on Monday September 30th 2013