Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Tomaž Šalamun
Slovene poetDied on Saturday December 27th 2014
Franco Bomprezzi
Italian journalist and writerDied on Thursday December 18th 2014
Claudia Emerson
American poetDied on Thursday December 4th 2014
Ulises Estrella
Ecuadorian poetDied on Saturday December 27th 2014
Oleh Lysheha
Ukrainian poetDied on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Giulio Questi
Italian director and screenwriter (Django KillDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Carl Neumann Degler
American historian and authorDied on Saturday December 27th 2014
Fritz Rudolf Fries
German writerDied on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Ann Marcus
American television screenwriter (Days of Our LivesDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Taitetsu Unno
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and authorDied on Saturday December 13th 2014
Vicente Leñero
Mexican writer and journalistDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Nand Chaturvedi
Indian poetDied on Thursday December 25th 2014
Joan Barril
Spanish writer and journalistDied on Saturday December 13th 2014
Jeff Truman
Australian screenwriter and actor (NeighboursDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Alf Næsheim
Norwegian artist and writerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald S. Malecki
American author and insurance consultantDied on Friday December 12th 2014
Giampaolo Rugarli
Italian novelistDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Lee Israel
American author and forgerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Norman Bridwell
American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog)Died on Friday December 12th 2014
Dominique Aubier
French authorDied on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Jacqueline Briskin
British-born American writerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald Moffitt
American science fiction authorDied on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Rocky Wood
New Zealand-born Australian authorDied on Monday December 1st 2014
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
Bangladeshi children's writerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Ralph Giordano
German writer and publicistDied on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Norm Phelps
American author and animal rights activistDied on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Jeremy Lloyd
British screenwriter (Are You Being Served?Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2014
Sacvan Bercovitch
Canadian literary and cultural criticDied on Tuesday December 9th 2014
Ann Paludan
British authorDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Charles Champlin
American film critic and writerDied on Sunday November 16th 2014
Paolo Mosca
Italian writer and television presenterDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Wycliffe Kiyingi
Ugandan playwrightDied on Saturday November 15th 2014
Abdelwahab Meddeb
Tunisian-born French poetDied on Wednesday November 5th 2014
Kent Haruf
American novelist (Plainsong)Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Richard F. Johnston
American ornithologist and authorDied on Saturday November 15th 2014
George Edgar Slusser
American writer and professorDied on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Sir Fred Catherwood
British politician and Christian writerDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Leslie Feinberg
American transgender activist and authorDied on Saturday November 15th 2014
Gerard W. Hughes
English Jesuit priest and writerDied on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Radwa Ashour
Egyptian writer and academicDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Glen A. Larson
American writer and producer (Battlestar GalacticaDied on Friday November 14th 2014
Leigh Chapman
American actress (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and screenwriter (Dirty MaryDied on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Mark Strand
Canadian-born American poet and writerDied on Saturday November 29th 2014
Edward Summer
American writer and directorDied on Thursday November 13th 2014
Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.
Canadian political activist and authorDied on Sunday November 2nd 2014
Luc De Vos
Belgian musician (Gorki) and writerDied on Saturday November 29th 2014
Manoel de Barros
Brazilian poetDied on Thursday November 13th 2014
Anne Cluysenaar
Belgian-born Welsh poet and writerDied on Saturday November 1st 2014
Chespirito
Mexican playwrightDied on Friday November 28th 2014
Jan Lindhardt
Danish theologian and writerDied on Tuesday November 11th 2014
Frank Yablans
American film producer and screenwriterDied on Thursday November 27th 2014
Marianne Alopaeus
Finnish-born Swedish authorDied on Monday November 10th 2014
P. D. James
English crime novelist (The Children of MenDied on Thursday November 27th 2014
R. A. Montgomery
American author (Choose Your Own Adventure)Died on Sunday November 9th 2014
Célia Bertin
French writerDied on Thursday November 27th 2014
Audrey White
English model and authorDied on Saturday November 8th 2014
Bernard Heidsieck
French poetDied on Saturday November 22nd 2014
Dwivedula Visalakshi
Indian Telugu language writerDied on Friday November 7th 2014
David Menasche
American teacher and authorDied on Thursday November 20th 2014
Kajetan Kovič
Slovene writerDied on Friday November 7th 2014
Elizabeth Young, Lady Kennet
British journalist and authorDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Pepe Eliaschev
Argentine journalist and writerDied on Tuesday November 18th 2014
Francis Harvey
Irish poetDied on Friday November 7th 2014
Maurice Saxby
Australian academic and authorDied on Sunday November 30th 2014
Jovan Ćirilov
Serbian theatrologist and authorDied on Sunday November 16th 2014
Naoki Tanemura
Japanese railway writerDied on Thursday November 6th 2014
John-Roger Hinkins
American author and public speakerDied on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Patricia Carson
British historian and authorDied on Monday October 13th 2014
The Spaceape
British poet and disc jockeyDied on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Elizabeth Forbes
British writer and musicologistDied on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Ali Mazrui
Kenyan professor and political writerDied on Sunday October 12th 2014
Michael Goldberg
American screenwriter (Cool RunningsDied on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Margaret Hillert
American authorDied on Saturday October 11th 2014
Rajam Krishnan
Indian writerDied on Monday October 20th 2014
Ed Nimmervoll
Australian music journalist and authorDied on Friday October 10th 2014
L. M. Kit Carson
American screenwriter and actor (ParisDied on Monday October 20th 2014
Damiana Eugenio
Filipino author and professorDied on Friday October 10th 2014
Raphael Ravenscroft
British saxophonist ("Baker Street") and authorDied on Sunday October 19th 2014
Carolyn Kizer
American poetDied on Thursday October 9th 2014
Sidney Shapiro
American-born Chinese author and translatorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Morris Lurie
Australian writerDied on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Amin Kamil
Indian poetDied on Thursday October 30th 2014
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
Dominican author and academicDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Shon Harris
American authorDied on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Frans De Bruyn
Belgian Flemish writerDied on Wednesday October 29th 2014
Claude Ollier
French nouveau roman authorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
American writer (The Egypt Game)Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Galway Kinnell
American poetDied on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Robert Barbour
Scottish minister and authorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Siegfried Lenz
German writerDied on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Romualdas Granauskas
Lithuanian writerDied on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Lawrence J. Quirk
American writerDied on Friday October 17th 2014