Takako Takahashi
Japanese novelist and French language translator
Died on Friday July 12th 2013
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Francis Ray
American author
Died on Tuesday July 2nd 2013
Elaine Morgan
Welsh writer
Died on Friday July 12th 2013
Alvarez Guedes
Cuban writer and comedian
Died on Tuesday July 30th 2013
Gokulananda Mahapatra
Indian science fiction and children's author
Died on Wednesday July 10th 2013
Jūgatsu Toi
Japanese travel writer
Died on Sunday July 28th 2013
Ana Emilia Lahitte
91 Argentine writer
Died on Wednesday July 10th 2013
Lafif Lakhdar
Tunisian writer and journalist
Died on Friday July 26th 2013
Gaétan Soucy
Canadian novelist
Died on Tuesday July 9th 2013
Leighton Gage
American crime author
Died on Friday July 26th 2013
Barbara Robinson
American children's author (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)
Died on Tuesday July 9th 2013
Marco Antonio Flores
Guatemalan author
Died on Friday July 26th 2013
Željko Malnar
Croatian writer and documentarist
Died on Tuesday July 9th 2013
Deric Longden
British author and screenwriter
Died on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Zdeněk Rotrekl
Czech poet
Died on Sunday June 9th 2013
Gary David Goldberg
American TV writer (Family Ties
Died on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Walter Jens
German writer and intellectual
Died on Sunday June 9th 2013
Dicky Rutnagur
Indian cricket journalist and author
Died on Thursday June 20th 2013
Iain Banks
Scottish author (The Wasp Factory)
Died on Sunday June 9th 2013
Alexandru Mușina
Romanian poet
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Yoram Kaniuk
Israeli writer
Died on Saturday June 8th 2013
Parke Godwin
American author
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Vince Flynn
American author (Mitch Rapp)
Died on Wednesday June 19th 2013
Rachel Abrams
American writer
Died on Friday June 7th 2013
Atiqul Haque Chowdhury
Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer
Died on Monday June 17th 2013
Tom Sharpe
British author (Porterhouse Blue
Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Michael Baigent
New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail)
Died on Monday June 17th 2013
Nada Inada
Japanese psychiatrist and writer
Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Bernard Sahlins
American comedy writer and theater owner
Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Kampta Karran
Guyanan sociologist and author
Died on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Maurice Nadeau
French writer and editor
Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Bruce Cathie
New Zealand UFO author and theorist
Died on Sunday June 2nd 2013
Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer
Died on Saturday June 29th 2013
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Bangladesh poet and academic
Died on Sunday June 16th 2013
Atle Kittang
Norwegian literary researcher and critic
Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
Charlie L. Russell
American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side)
Died on Friday June 28th 2013
Peride Celal
Turkish author
Died on Saturday June 15th 2013
Bill Gunston
British aviation writer
Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
F.D. Reeve
American academic and author
Died on Friday June 28th 2013
Olwen Wymark
American–born British dramatist
Died on Friday June 14th 2013
Oliver Bernard
English poet and translator
Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
Elroy Schwartz
American television writer (Gilligan's Island
Died on Friday June 14th 2013
Richard Matheson
American author and screenwriter (I Am Legend
Died on Sunday June 23rd 2013
Jaakko Wallenius
Finnish writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday June 11th 2013
Javier Tomeo
Spanish writer
Died on Saturday June 22nd 2013
Ralph Graves
American writer
Died on Monday June 10th 2013
Richard Ballantine
British cycling writer
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Asghar Ali Engineer
Indian writer and activist
Died on Tuesday May 14th 2013
Henry Hope Reed, Jr.
American architecture critic
Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Muttanisseril Koyakutty
Indian Islamic scholar and writer
Died on Monday May 27th 2013
Marianne Ferber
Czech-born American feminist economist and author
Died on Saturday May 11th 2013
Martin Kevan
Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author
Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Jack Vance
American science fiction author
Died on Sunday May 26th 2013
Johnny Bos
American boxer and author
Died on Saturday May 11th 2013
Gene Burns
American political radio broadcaster and food critic
Died on Saturday May 25th 2013
Alan Abelson
American financial writer
Died on Thursday May 9th 2013
Erling Welle-Strand
Norwegian writer and resistance member
Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Dallas Willard
American author and philosopher
Died on Wednesday May 8th 2013
R. T. V. K. Rao
Indian writer
Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Taylor Mead
American writer and actor
Died on Wednesday May 8th 2013
Elsa Bornemann
Argentine children's writer
Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Mairuth Sarsfield
88. Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair)
Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
Herbert Romerstein
American anti–communist writer
Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
William Demby
American writer
Died on Thursday May 23rd 2013
Greg Quill
Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star)
Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Elizabeth Mavor
British writer
Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Sarah Kirsch
German poet
Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
William Douglas Lansford
American writer
Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2013
Jürg Amann
Swiss author and dramatist
Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Charley Reese
American newspaper columnist
Died on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Selma Urfer
Swiss author and actress
Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Eddie Braben
British comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise
Died on Tuesday May 21st 2013
Patrick Henry Omlor
American traditionalist Catholic author
Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Miguel Méndez
American author
Died on Friday May 31st 2013
Ernst Klee
German historian and writer
Died on Saturday May 18th 2013
Dvora Omer
Israeli author
Died on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Frederic Lindsay
Scottish novelist
Died on Friday May 31st 2013
Stuart Wilde
British writer and metaphysical teacher
Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Donald Bevan
American author
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Bernard Waber
American children's author (Lyle
Died on Thursday May 16th 2013
Gregory Rogers
Australian children's book writer
Died on Wednesday May 1st 2013
Peter Kane Dufault
American poet
Died on Saturday April 20th 2013
Mickey Rose
American film and television screenwriter (Bananas
Died on Sunday April 7th 2013
Cortright McMeel
American novelist
Died on Friday April 19th 2013
George Anania
Romanian science-fiction writer and translator
Died on Saturday April 6th 2013
Andrew J. Offutt
American science fiction author
Died 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
Lynne Duke
American journalist (Washington Post) and author
Died on Friday April 19th 2013
David Hunt
American Christian apologist and author
Died on Friday April 5th 2013
Viviane Forrester
French writer
Died on Tuesday April 30th 2013
Goran Švob
Croatian philosopher and author
Died on Thursday April 18th 2013
Noboru Yamaguchi
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero)
Died on Thursday April 4th 2013