Arnold Fine
American editor (The Jewish Press) and humor columnist
Died on Friday September 5th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Kazusuke Ogawa
Japanese literary critic
Died on Saturday September 20th 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
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
Lonnie Lynn
American basketball player (Pittsburgh Pipers) and spoken word poet
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
Yoko Yamaguchi
Japanese songwriter and novelist
Died on Saturday September 6th 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
Ann Zwinger
American natural history author
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Fanny Morweiser
German writer
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Joseph E. Persico
American writer
Died on Saturday August 30th 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 Chippindale
British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author
Died on Sunday August 10th 2014
Anton Buslov
Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times)
Died on Wednesday August 20th 2014
Macarthur Job
Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant
Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Maruxa Vilalta
Mexican playwright and theatre director
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Clem Comly
American baseball researcher and author
Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Victor J. Stenger
American physicist and author
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
David St John Thomas
English publisher and writer
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Vladimir Orlov
Russian novelist
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Benno Pludra
German children's author
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Edward Leffingwell
American art critic and curator
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Valeri Petrov
Bulgarian poet
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Scott Ciencin
American adaption novelist (Godzilla
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Herbert Lottman
American biographer
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Simin Behbahani
Iranian writer and poet
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Ruth Sacks Caplin
American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont)
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Al Carrell
American home improvement expert and columnist
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Nadine Gordimer
South African writer (The Conservationist
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Torill Thorstad Hauger
Norwegian author
Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Gilad Margalit
Israeli historian and writer
Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Alfred de Grazia
American political scientist and author
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Giorgio Faletti
Italian author
Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man)
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Peter Whelan
British playwright (The Herbal Bed
Died on Thursday July 3rd 2014
John Fasano
American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.)
Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Ken Goodwin
Australian academic and author
Died on Saturday July 12th 2014
Walter Dean Myers
American award-winning children's writer (Fallen Angels
Died on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Jim Frederick
American author and magazine editor (Time)
Died on Thursday July 31st 2014
