Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
William Y. Thompson
American historian and author
Died on Friday April 12th 2013
George Gladir
American comic book writer (Archie
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Khalid Ahmad
Pakistani poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Campbell Armstrong
Scottish author
Died on Friday March 1st 2013
Henry Bromell
American screenwriter and producer (Homeland
Died on Monday March 18th 2013
A.B.C. Whipple
American journalist and author
Died on Sunday March 17th 2013
W. E. Butts
American poet
Died on Sunday March 31st 2013
Blaster Al Ackerman
American writer and artist
Died on Sunday March 17th 2013
Edith Schaeffer
American Christian leader and author
Died on Saturday March 30th 2013
Trond Brænne
Norwegian actor and author
Died on Saturday March 16th 2013
Daniel Hoffman
American poet
Died on Saturday March 30th 2013
Aramais Sahakyan
Armenian writer and politician
Died on Thursday March 14th 2013
Lawrence Auster
American traditionalist conservative author and blogger
Died on Friday March 29th 2013
Cartha DeLoach
American FBI agent and author
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Richard Davey
Australian actor and playwright
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Boris Vasilyev
Russian writer
Died on Monday March 11th 2013
Ellen Einan
Norwegian poet
Died on Monday March 25th 2013
Simón Alberto Consalvi
Venezuelan politician and author
Died on Monday March 11th 2013
Barbara Anderson
New Zealand author
Died on Sunday March 24th 2013
Robert Chrisman
American poet
Died 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 translator
Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
Rick Hautala
American horror author
Died on Thursday March 21st 2013
Shabnam Shakeel
Pakistani poet and author
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2013
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian poet
Died on Thursday March 21st 2013
Thomas McEvilley
American art critic and academic
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2013
James Herbert
English horror writer (The Rats)
Died on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Ric Menello
American writer (Two Lovers)
Died on Friday March 1st 2013
Lester Lewis
American television writer and producer (The Office
Died on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Margaret Johansen
Norwegian novelist
Died on Friday March 1st 2013
T. L. Osborn
American televangelist and author
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Krsto Papić
Croatian screenwriter and film director (My Uncle's Legacy)
Died on Thursday February 7th 2013
Nancy Cooke de Herrera
American socialite and author
Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Friedrich Neznansky
Russian writer
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Niki Marangou
Cypriot writer and painter
Died on Thursday February 7th 2013
Imants Ziedonis
Latvian poet
Died on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Richard J. Collins
American screenwriter (Bonanza
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Shelby Whitfield
American sports announcer and author
Died on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Molly Lefebure
British writer
Died on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Mary Brave Bird
American Lakota writer and activist
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Leda Mileva
Bulgarian writer
Died on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Sung Chan-gyeong
South Korean poet
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Glenn Boyer
American author and Wyatt Earp historian
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Marshall Miles
American bridge player and author
Died on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Stéphane Hessel
German-born French author and diplomat
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Oswald LeWinter
Austrian-born American writer
Died on Wednesday February 13th 2013
Richard E. Geis
American science fiction writer
Died on Monday February 4th 2013
Jan Howard Finder
American science fiction writer
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Margaret Frazer
American historical novelist
Died on Monday February 4th 2013
Mahmoud Salem
Egyptian author
Died on Sunday February 24th 2013
Barnaby Conrad
American author
Died on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Robert Anthony Welch
Irish author and academic
Died on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Sylvia Smith
British writer
Died on Saturday February 23rd 2013
D. Vinayachandran
Indian Malayalam poet
Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Sirajul Haq Memon
Pakistani author
Died on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Maurice Rosy
Belgian comics writer
Died on Saturday February 23rd 2013
W. Watts Biggers
American novelist
Died on Sunday February 10th 2013
Chris Kyle
American author and Navy SEAL sniper
Died on Saturday February 2nd 2013
Donald Richie
American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic author
Died on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Richard Twiss
American educator and author
Died on Saturday February 9th 2013
Otfried Preußler
German children's book author (The Robber Hotzenplotz)
Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Debbie Ford
American author
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Alan Sharp
Scottish screenwriter (Rob Roy
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Manoranjan Das
Indian playwright
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Renato Olivieri
Italian giallo novelist
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
William Bridges
American author and business consultant
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
American academic and author
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Glenn Snyder
88. American author and political scientist
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Maureen Dragone
American journalist and author
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Ceija Stojka
Austrian Romani writer
Died on Monday January 28th 2013
John R. Powers
American author (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?)
Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Harvey Shapiro
American poet and newspaper editor (The New York Times)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Shōtarō Yasuoka
Japanese writer
Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Jack McCarthy
American poet
Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Maruša Krese
Slovene poet
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Frank Keating
English sports writer
Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Jakob Arjouni
German author
Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Ada Louise Huxtable
American architecture critic (Wall Street Journal) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1970)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Leila Buckley
British poet
Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Pauline Phillips
American advice columnist ("Dear Abby")
Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
Metin Kaçan
Turkish novelist
Died on Sunday January 6th 2013
Lucien Stryk
American poet and translator
Died on Thursday January 24th 2013
Nagisa Oshima
Japanese director and screenwriter (In the Realm of the Senses)
Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Sol Yurick
American author (The Warriors)
Died on Saturday January 5th 2013
Richard G. Stern
American writer
Died on Thursday January 24th 2013
Jennings Michael Burch
American writer
Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
T. S. Cook
American screenwriter (The China Syndrome)
Died on Saturday January 5th 2013
Yemi Ajibade
Nigerian–born British playwright and actor
Died on Thursday January 24th 2013
Tony Conran
Welsh poet and translator
Died on Monday January 14th 2013
Gwendoline Butler
British author
Died on Saturday January 5th 2013
Jonathan Rendall
English author
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2013
Katie Stewart
British cookery writer
Died on Sunday January 13th 2013
Richard A. Long
American author and historian
Died on Friday January 4th 2013
Tom Jankiewicz
American screenwriter (Grosse Pointe Blank)
Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2013