Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Giulio Questi
Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
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
Dwivedula Visalakshi
Indian Telugu language writer
Died on Friday November 7th 2014
David Menasche
American teacher and author
Died on Thursday November 20th 2014
Kajetan Kovič
Slovene writer
Died on Friday November 7th 2014
Elizabeth Young, Lady Kennet
British journalist and author
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Pepe Eliaschev
Argentine journalist and writer
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2014
Maurice Saxby
Australian academic and author
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Jovan Ćirilov
Serbian theatrologist and author
Died on Sunday November 16th 2014
Naoki Tanemura
Japanese railway writer
Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Ann Paludan
British author
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Charles Champlin
American film critic and writer
Died on Sunday November 16th 2014
Paolo Mosca
Italian writer and television presenter
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Wycliffe Kiyingi
Ugandan playwright
Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
Abdelwahab Meddeb
Tunisian-born French poet
Died on Wednesday November 5th 2014
Kent Haruf
American novelist (Plainsong)
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Richard F. Johnston
American ornithologist and author
Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
George Edgar Slusser
American writer and professor
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Sir Fred Catherwood
British politician and Christian writer
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Leslie Feinberg
American transgender activist and author
Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
Gerard W. Hughes
English Jesuit priest and writer
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Radwa Ashour
Egyptian writer and academic
Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Glen A. Larson
American writer and producer (Battlestar Galactica
Died on Friday November 14th 2014
Leigh Chapman
American actress (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and screenwriter (Dirty Mary
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Mark Strand
Canadian-born American poet and writer
Died on Saturday November 29th 2014
Edward Summer
American writer and director
Died on Thursday November 13th 2014
Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.
Canadian political activist and author
Died on Sunday November 2nd 2014
Luc De Vos
Belgian musician (Gorki) and writer
Died on Saturday November 29th 2014
Anne Cluysenaar
Belgian-born Welsh poet and writer
Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Chespirito
Mexican playwright
Died on Friday November 28th 2014
Jan Lindhardt
Danish theologian and writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2014
Frank Yablans
American film producer and screenwriter
Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Marianne Alopaeus
Finnish-born Swedish author
Died on Monday November 10th 2014
P. D. James
English crime novelist (The Children of Men
Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
R. A. Montgomery
American author (Choose Your Own Adventure)
Died on Sunday November 9th 2014
Oscar Orefici
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
David Chavchavadze
British-born American author and CIA officer
Died on Sunday October 5th 2014
Ron Loewinsohn
American poet
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
Konrad Boehmer
German-born Dutch composer and writer
Died on Saturday October 4th 2014
Raleigh Trevelyan
British author
Died on Thursday October 23rd 2014
Leonard Liggio
American libertarian author
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
Christopher van Wyk
South African writer
Died on Friday October 3rd 2014
John Postgate
British microbiologist and writer
Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Agnes Owens
Scottish author
Died on Monday October 13th 2014
Ward Ruyslinck
Belgian author
Died on Friday October 3rd 2014
John-Roger Hinkins
American author and public speaker
Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Patricia Carson
British historian and author
Died on Monday October 13th 2014
The Spaceape
British poet and disc jockey
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Elizabeth Forbes
British writer and musicologist
Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Ali Mazrui
Kenyan professor and political writer
Died on Sunday October 12th 2014
Michael Goldberg
American screenwriter (Cool Runnings
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Seth Gaaikema
Dutch comedian and writer
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2014
Ed Nimmervoll
Australian music journalist and author
Died on Friday October 10th 2014
L. M. Kit Carson
American screenwriter and actor (Paris
Died on Monday October 20th 2014
Damiana Eugenio
Filipino author and professor
Died on Friday October 10th 2014
Raphael Ravenscroft
British saxophonist ("Baker Street") and author
Died on Sunday October 19th 2014
Carolyn Kizer
American poet
Died on Thursday October 9th 2014
Sidney Shapiro
American-born Chinese author and translator
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Morris Lurie
Australian writer
Died on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
Dominican author and academic
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Frans De Bruyn
Belgian Flemish writer
Died on Wednesday October 29th 2014
Claude Ollier
French nouveau roman author
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
American writer (The Egypt Game)
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Robert Barbour
Scottish minister and author
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Siegfried Lenz
German writer
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Romualdas Granauskas
Lithuanian writer
Died on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Daniel Boulanger
French actor and screenwriter
Died on Monday October 27th 2014
Walter Bockmayer
German writer and film director
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014