Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Margaret Hillert
American authorDied on Saturday October 11th 2014
Rajam Krishnan
Indian writerDied on Monday October 20th 2014
Ed Nimmervoll
Australian music journalist and authorDied on Friday October 10th 2014
L. M. Kit Carson
American screenwriter and actor (ParisDied on Monday October 20th 2014
Damiana Eugenio
Filipino author and professorDied on Friday October 10th 2014
Raphael Ravenscroft
British saxophonist ("Baker Street") and authorDied on Sunday October 19th 2014
Carolyn Kizer
American poetDied on Thursday October 9th 2014
Sidney Shapiro
American-born Chinese author and translatorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Morris Lurie
Australian writerDied on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Amin Kamil
Indian poetDied on Thursday October 30th 2014
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
Dominican author and academicDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Shon Harris
American authorDied on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Frans De Bruyn
Belgian Flemish writerDied on Wednesday October 29th 2014
Claude Ollier
French nouveau roman authorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
American writer (The Egypt Game)Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Galway Kinnell
American poetDied on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Robert Barbour
Scottish minister and authorDied on Saturday October 18th 2014
Siegfried Lenz
German writerDied on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Romualdas Granauskas
Lithuanian writerDied on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Lawrence J. Quirk
American writerDied on Friday October 17th 2014
Daniel Boulanger
French actor and screenwriterDied on Monday October 27th 2014
Masaru Emoto
Japanese authorDied on Friday October 17th 2014
Walter Bockmayer
German writer and film directorDied on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Oscar Orefici
Italian journalist and writerDied on Sunday October 26th 2014
Oriel Malet
British novelistDied on Tuesday October 14th 2014
David Chavchavadze
British-born American author and CIA officerDied on Sunday October 5th 2014
Ron Loewinsohn
American poetDied on Tuesday October 14th 2014
Konrad Boehmer
German-born Dutch composer and writerDied on Saturday October 4th 2014
Shankar Vaidya
Indian Marathi poet and writerDied on Tuesday September 23rd 2014
Jane Baker
British television writer (Doctor WhoDied on Monday September 8th 2014
Alaviyya Babayeva
Azerbaijani writer and translatorDied on Tuesday September 23rd 2014
Frederic Mullally
British journalist and novelistDied on Sunday September 7th 2014
Nikita Larionov
Russian writerDied on Monday September 22nd 2014
Yoko Yamaguchi
Japanese songwriter and novelistDied on Saturday September 6th 2014
Martin Harrison
British-born Australian poetDied on Saturday September 6th 2014
Linda Griffiths
Canadian actress and playwrightDied on Sunday September 21st 2014
Arnold Fine
American editor (The Jewish Press) and humor columnistDied on Friday September 5th 2014
Stan Monteith
American author and radio hostDied on Monday September 29th 2014
Kazusuke Ogawa
Japanese literary criticDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Jacqueline Risset
French poetDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
Mary Cadogan
British writerDied on Monday September 29th 2014
Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar
Indian linguist and writerDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Gerrit Kouwenaar
Dutch poetDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
J. California Cooper
American playwright and authorDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Ayesha Foyez
Bangladeshi writerDied on Saturday September 27th 2014
Wayne Tefs
Canadian writerDied on Monday September 15th 2014
Eugie Foster
American science fiction authorDied on Saturday September 27th 2014
Jürg Schubiger
Swiss psychotherapist and children's authorDied on Monday September 15th 2014
Hugh C. Rae
Scottish authorDied on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Lonnie Lynn
American basketball player (Pittsburgh Pipers) and spoken word poetDied on Friday September 12th 2014
Madis Kõiv
Estonian authorDied on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Theodore J. Flicker
American writer and director (Barney MillerDied on Friday September 12th 2014
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
British writer and socialiteDied on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Graham Joyce
British speculative fantasy authorDied on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Fred Branfman
American author and anti-war activistDied on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Montserrat Abelló i Soler
Spanish poet and translatorDied on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Valeri Petrov
Bulgarian poetDied on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Richard Dauenhauer
American poetDied on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Scott Ciencin
American adaption novelist (GodzillaDied on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Herbert Lottman
American biographerDied on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Ruth Sacks Caplin
American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont)Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Al Carrell
American home improvement expert and columnistDied on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Elaine M. Alphin
American authorDied on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Elfriede Brüning
German writerDied on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Eduardo White
Mozambican writerDied on Sunday August 24th 2014
Samih al-Qasim
Palestinian Druze poet and journalistDied on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Diann Blakely
American poetDied on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Miodrag Pavlović
Serbian poetDied on Sunday August 17th 2014
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
American crime fiction writerDied on Sunday August 3rd 2014
Elsa Wiezell
Paraguayan poetDied on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Vsevolod Nestayko
Ukrainian children's writerDied on Saturday August 16th 2014
James Thompson
American-born Finnish crime writerDied on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish authorDied on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jack Shallcrass
New Zealand authorDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Billie Letts
American novelist (Where the Heart Is)Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Peter Stursberg
Canadian writer and broadcasterDied on Sunday August 31st 2014
Peter Hopkirk
British journalist and author (The Great Game)Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Dorothy Schwieder
American biographer and historianDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Jan Roar Leikvoll
Norwegian authorDied on Friday August 1st 2014
Ann Zwinger
American natural history authorDied on Saturday August 30th 2014
Bohumila Grögerová
Czech poetDied on Friday August 22nd 2014
Fanny Morweiser
German writerDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Joseph E. Persico
American writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2014
U. R. Ananthamurthy
Indian writerDied on Friday August 22nd 2014
Alan Landsburg
American screenwriterDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Shlomo Kalo
Israeli writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2014
Verna Vels
South African screenwriter and programme directorDied on Thursday August 21st 2014