Carolyn Kizer
American poet
Died on Thursday October 9th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Sidney Shapiro
American-born Chinese author and translator
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Morris Lurie
Australian writer
Died on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Amin Kamil
Indian poet
Died on Thursday October 30th 2014
Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
Dominican author and academic
Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Shon Harris
American author
Died on Wednesday October 8th 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
Galway Kinnell
American poet
Died on Tuesday October 28th 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
Lawrence J. Quirk
American writer
Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Ugo Carrega
Italian artist and poet
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Daniel Boulanger
French actor and screenwriter
Died on Monday October 27th 2014
Masaru Emoto
Japanese author
Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Walter Bockmayer
German writer and film director
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Oscar Orefici
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Oriel Malet
British novelist
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
David Chavchavadze
British-born American author and CIA officer
Died on Sunday October 5th 2014
Genpei Akasegawa
Japanese author and artist
Died on Sunday October 26th 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
Nikita Larionov
Russian writer
Died on Monday September 22nd 2014
Yoko Yamaguchi
Japanese songwriter and novelist
Died on Saturday September 6th 2014
Alastair Reid
Scottish poet and scholar
Died on Sunday September 21st 2014
Martin Harrison
British-born Australian poet
Died on Saturday September 6th 2014
Stan Monteith
American author and radio host
Died on Monday September 29th 2014
Linda Griffiths
Canadian actress and playwright
Died on Sunday September 21st 2014
Arnold Fine
American editor (The Jewish Press) and humor columnist
Died on Friday September 5th 2014
Mary Cadogan
British writer
Died on Monday September 29th 2014
Kazusuke Ogawa
Japanese literary critic
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Jacqueline Risset
French poet
Died on Thursday September 4th 2014
Dannie Abse
British doctor and poet
Died on Sunday September 28th 2014
Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar
Indian linguist and writer
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Gerrit Kouwenaar
Dutch poet
Died on Thursday September 4th 2014
Zhang Xianliang
Chinese author and poet
Died on Saturday September 27th 2014
J. California Cooper
American playwright and author
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Ayesha Foyez
Bangladeshi writer
Died on Saturday September 27th 2014
Eugie Foster
American science fiction author
Died on Saturday September 27th 2014
Wayne Tefs
Canadian writer
Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Takamaro Shigaraki dead at age 87
Takamaro Shigaraki, a Japanese Buddhist philosopher,
died on September 26, 2014, at age 87. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1926, he studied at Ryukoku University and went on to spend…
Jürg Schubiger
Swiss psychotherapist and children's author
Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Hugh C. Rae
Scottish author
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Lonnie Lynn
American basketball player (Pittsburgh Pipers) and spoken word poet
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Madis Kõiv
Estonian author
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Henrik Have
Danish artist and writer
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Theodore J. Flicker
American writer and director (Barney Miller
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
British writer and socialite
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Graham Joyce
British speculative fantasy author
Died on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Fred Branfman
American author and anti-war activist
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Montserrat Abelló i Soler
Spanish poet and translator
Died on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Shankar Vaidya
Indian Marathi poet and writer
Died on Tuesday September 23rd 2014
Jane Baker
British television writer (Doctor Who
Died on Monday September 8th 2014
Alaviyya Babayeva
Azerbaijani writer and translator
Died on Tuesday September 23rd 2014
Frederic Mullally
British journalist and novelist
Died on Sunday September 7th 2014
Al Carrell
American home improvement expert and columnist
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Elaine M. Alphin
American author
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Elfriede Brüning
German writer
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Eduardo White
Mozambican writer
Died on Sunday August 24th 2014
Samih al-Qasim
Palestinian Druze poet and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Diann Blakely
American poet
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan
Turkish poet and songwriter
Died on Sunday August 24th 2014
Miodrag Pavlović
Serbian poet
Died on Sunday August 17th 2014
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
American crime fiction writer
Died on Sunday August 3rd 2014
Elsa Wiezell
Paraguayan poet
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Vsevolod Nestayko
Ukrainian children's writer
Died on Saturday August 16th 2014
James Thompson
American-born Finnish crime writer
Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jack Shallcrass
New Zealand author
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Billie Letts
American novelist (Where the Heart Is)
Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Peter Stursberg
Canadian writer and broadcaster
Died 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 historian
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Jan Roar Leikvoll
Norwegian author
Died on Friday August 1st 2014
Ann Zwinger
American natural history author
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Bohumila Grögerová
Czech poet
Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Fanny Morweiser
German writer
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Joseph E. Persico
American writer
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
U. R. Ananthamurthy
Indian writer
Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Alan Landsburg
American screenwriter
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Shlomo Kalo
Israeli writer
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Verna Vels
South African screenwriter and programme director
Died on Thursday August 21st 2014
Mayumi Inaba
Japanese writer
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Peter Handrinos
American author
Died on Thursday August 21st 2014