Alfred de Grazia
American political scientist and authorDied on Sunday July 13th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Giorgio Faletti
Italian authorDied on Friday July 4th 2014
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man)Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Louise Abeita
American Pueblo writerDied on Monday July 21st 2014
Hullad Moradabadi
Indian Hindi language poetDied on Saturday July 12th 2014
Peter Whelan
British playwright (The Herbal BedDied on Thursday July 3rd 2014
John Fasano
American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.)Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Ken Goodwin
Australian academic and authorDied on Saturday July 12th 2014
Walter Dean Myers
American award-winning children's writer (Fallen AngelsDied on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Nigel Calder
British science writer (New Scientist) and television screenwriterDied on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Dan Jacobson
South African writer and academicDied on Thursday June 12th 2014
Maria Luisa Spaziani
Italian poetDied on Monday June 30th 2014
Steve Viksten
American television writer and voice actor (Hey Arnold!)Died on Monday June 23rd 2014
Ernest Tursunov
Kyrgyzstani poet and translatorDied on Wednesday June 11th 2014
Frank M. Robinson
American science fiction writer (The Power) and speechwriter (Harvey Milk)Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Nancy Garden
American writer (Annie on My Mind) and LGBT activistDied on Monday June 23rd 2014
Jean-Pierre Renouard
French writerDied on Monday June 30th 2014
Paul Mazursky
American film director and screenwriter (An Unmarried WomanDied on Monday June 30th 2014
Fouad Ajami
Lebanese-born American political scientist and authorDied on Sunday June 22nd 2014
Robert Arthur Alexie
Canadian Gwich'in politician and novelistDied on Tuesday June 10th 2014
Pierre Bec
French Occitan language poet and linguistDied on Monday June 30th 2014
Roland Hill
German-born British journalist and biographerDied on Saturday June 21st 2014
Gerry Conlon
Northern Irish author and human rights activistDied on Saturday June 21st 2014
Abul Hussain
Bangladeshi poetDied on Sunday June 29th 2014
Jónas Kristjánsson
Icelandic academic and novelistDied on Saturday June 7th 2014
Dermot Healy
Irish poetDied on Sunday June 29th 2014
Claire Martin
Canadian authorDied on Wednesday June 18th 2014
Jurij Gustinčič
Slovene journalist and writerDied on Saturday June 7th 2014
Petter Schramm
Norwegian poetDied on Friday June 27th 2014
Maria Perosino
Italian author and art historianDied on Monday June 16th 2014
Kevin Elyot
British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction) and playwright (My Night with Reg)Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Allen Grossman
American poet (Bollingen Prize)Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Daniel Keyes
American author (Flowers for Algernon)Died on Sunday June 15th 2014
Eric Hill
British children's writer and illustrator (Spot the Dog)Died on Friday June 6th 2014
P. N. Furbank
British writer and literary criticDied on Friday June 27th 2014
Alberto Cañas Escalante
Costa Rican writerDied on Saturday June 14th 2014
Edward Sövik
American architect and authorDied on Wednesday June 4th 2014
Mary Rodgers
American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday)Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Robert Peters
American poetDied on Friday June 13th 2014
Svyatoslav Belza
Russian music and literary criticDied on Tuesday June 3rd 2014
Barry Cole
British poetDied on Thursday June 26th 2014
Pat Rosier
New Zealand writerDied on Thursday June 12th 2014
Ana María Matute
Spanish writerDied on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Shaktipada Rajguru
Indian Bengali language writerDied on Thursday June 12th 2014
Derek Fielding
Australian librarian and authorDied on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Gunnel Linde
Swedish authorDied on Thursday June 12th 2014
Brajanath Ratha
Indian Oriya poetDied on Saturday May 31st 2014
Allan Folsom
American novelist (The Day After Tomorrow)Died on Friday May 16th 2014
John Hartley Williams
British poetDied on Saturday May 3rd 2014
Marilyn Beck
American syndicated entertainment journalist and columnistDied on Saturday May 31st 2014
Francisco Icaza
Mexican modernist artist and writerDied on Saturday May 3rd 2014
Michael Szameit
German science fiction writerDied on Friday May 30th 2014
Emanuel Raymond Lewis
American librarian and authorDied on Wednesday May 14th 2014
Hienadz Buraukin
Belarusian poetDied on Friday May 30th 2014
Miguel Brascó
Argentine writerDied on Saturday May 10th 2014
Žarko Petan
Slovene writerDied on Friday May 2nd 2014
Christine Daure-Serfaty
French human rights activist and writerDied on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Carmen Alardín
Mexican poetDied on Saturday May 10th 2014
Charles Marowitz
American playwrightDied on Friday May 2nd 2014
Maya Angelou
American author (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)Died on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Howard Smith
American columnist (The Village Voice) and filmmaker (Marjoe)Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
Malcolm MacDonald
Scottish music criticDied on Tuesday May 27th 2014
Peggy O’Shea
American Daytime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (One Life to Live)Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
John Maginnis
American political writerDied on Sunday May 25th 2014
Mercedes Salisachs
Spanish writerDied on Thursday May 8th 2014
Richard Percival Lister
English authorDied on Thursday May 1st 2014
Leslie Thomas
Welsh author (The Virgin Soldiers)Died on Tuesday May 6th 2014
Mark Elvins
British priest and authorDied on Thursday May 1st 2014
Michael Gottlieb
American director and screenwriter (MannequinDied on Friday May 23rd 2014
Matthew Cowles
American actor and playwright (All My ChildrenDied on Thursday May 22nd 2014
Arthur Gelb
American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times)Died on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Farley Mowat
Canadian author (People of the DeerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2014
Amik Kasoruho
Albanian author and publicistDied on Monday May 5th 2014
Sam Greenlee
American writer and filmmaker (The Spook Who Sat by the Door)Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Bohdan Skaradziński
Polish writer and social activistDied on Sunday May 4th 2014
Steven H. Scheuer
American film and television historian and criticDied on Saturday May 31st 2014