Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Margaret Frazer
American historical novelist
Died on Monday February 4th 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
Steven Utley
American science-fiction writer
Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
Salik Lucknawi
Indian Urdu poet
Died on Friday January 4th 2013
Michael Winner
British film director (Death Wish) and food critic
Died on Monday January 21st 2013
Jean Krier
Luxembourgian poet
Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
Teresa Torańska
Polish journalist (Gazeta Wyborcza) and writer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
Mexican poet and classicist
Died on Thursday January 31st 2013
M.S. Udayamurthy
Indian Tamil language writer
Died on Monday January 21st 2013
Gregory Victor Babic
Australian writer
Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
Alexei Rudeanu
Romanian writer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Harvey Einbinder
American physicist and author
Died on Wednesday January 30th 2013
Toyo Shibata
Japanese poet
Died on Sunday January 20th 2013
Robert Kee
British writer
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
American psychologist and author
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Gamal al-Banna
Egyptian author and scholar
Died on Wednesday January 30th 2013
Dolores Prida
Cuban-born American advice columnist (Latina)
Died on Sunday January 20th 2013
Claude Fredericks
American playwright and memoirist
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Charles Chilton
British BBC Radio writer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Ferrol Sams
American author and physician
Died on Tuesday January 29th 2013
Pavlos Matesis
Greek writer
Died on Sunday January 20th 2013
Evan S. Connell
American novelist
Died on Thursday January 10th 2013
Slobodan Rakitić
Serbian writer and politician
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Anselm Hollo
Finnish poet and translator
Died on Tuesday January 29th 2013
Hans Massaquoi
German-born American journalist and author
Died on Saturday January 19th 2013
Jim Godbolt
British jazz writer and historian
Died on Wednesday January 9th 2013
Benedict Zilliacus
Finnish writer
Died on Monday January 28th 2013
Jacques Sadoul
French writer and book editor
Died on Friday January 18th 2013
Watson Parker
American historian and author
Died on Tuesday January 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
Carl Neumann Degler
American historian and author
Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Fritz Rudolf Fries
German writer
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Ann Marcus
American television screenwriter (Days of Our Lives
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Stanisław Barańczak
Polish poet and academic
Died on Friday December 26th 2014
Taitetsu Unno
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author
Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Vicente Leñero
Mexican writer and journalist
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Nand Chaturvedi
Indian poet
Died on Thursday December 25th 2014
Joan Barril
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Jeff Truman
Australian screenwriter and actor (Neighbours
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Alf Næsheim
Norwegian artist and writer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald S. Malecki
American author and insurance consultant
Died on Friday December 12th 2014
Giampaolo Rugarli
Italian novelist
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Lee Israel
American author and forger
Died 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 author
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Jacqueline Briskin
British-born American writer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald Moffitt
American science fiction author
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Rocky Wood
New Zealand-born Australian author
Died on Monday December 1st 2014
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
Bangladeshi children's writer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Ralph Giordano
German writer and publicist
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Norm Phelps
American author and animal rights activist
Died 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 critic
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2014
Michael Kennedy
British biographer
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Madhavi Sardesai
Indian academic and writer
Died on Monday December 22nd 2014
Sobho Gianchandani
Pakistani writer and social scientist
Died on Monday December 8th 2014
Abdullah Hussain
Malaysian novelist (Interlok)
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Sitor Situmorang
Indonesian poet and writer
Died on Sunday December 21st 2014
Emma Lou Thayne
American Mormon poet
Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
J. B. Moraes
Indian poet and writer
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2014
Horacio Ferrer
Uruguayan poet
Died on Sunday December 21st 2014
Naphtali Lau-Lavie
Israeli writer and diplomat
Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Robert Conroy
American science fiction author
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2014
Robert D. San Souci
American children's author and screenwriter (Mulan)
Died on Friday December 19th 2014
Menis Koumandareas
Greek writer
Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Rashid Al Zlami
Saudi Arabian poet
Died on Monday December 29th 2014
Roberta Leigh
British author and television producer (Space Patrol)
Died on Friday December 19th 2014
Velaga Venkatappaiah
Indian librarian and author
Died on Sunday December 28th 2014
Carleton Mabee
American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Talât Sait Halman
Turkish poet and academic
Died on Thursday December 4th 2014
Tomaž Šalamun
Slovene poet
Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Franco Bomprezzi
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Claudia Emerson
American poet
Died on Thursday December 4th 2014
Ulises Estrella
Ecuadorian poet
Died on Saturday December 27th 2014