Jim Godbolt, died aged 90
British jazz writer and historian Died on Wednesday January 9th 2013
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Benedict Zilliacus has died at age 92
Finnish writer Died on Monday January 28th 2013
Jacques Sadoul death at age 78
French writer and book editor Died on Friday January 18th 2013
Obituary: Watson Parker, dead at age 88
American historian and author Died on Tuesday January 8th 2013
Ceija Stojka, died aged 79
Austrian Romani writer Died on Monday January 28th 2013
John R. death at age 67
American author (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?) Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Harvey Shapiro death at age 88
American poet and newspaper editor (The New York Times) Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Shōtarō Yasuoka, died aged 92
Japanese writer Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Jack McCarthy died at age 73
American poet Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Obituary: Maruša Krese, dead at age 65
Slovene poet Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Frank Keating, died aged 75
English sports writer Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Death of Jakob Arjouni at age 48
German author Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Ada Louise dies at age 91
American architecture critic (Wall Street Journal) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1970) Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Leila Buckley died at age 96
British poet Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Pauline Phillips passed away at age 94
American advice columnist ("Dear Abby") Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
Metin Kaçan has died at age 52
Turkish novelist Died on Sunday January 6th 2013
Lucien Stryk passes away at age 88
American poet and translator Died on Thursday January 24th 2013
Nagisa Oshima passes away at age 80
Japanese director and screenwriter (In the Realm of the Senses) Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Sol Yurick obituary: died at age 87
American author (The Warriors) Died on Saturday January 5th 2013
Tomaž Šalamun dies at 73
Slovene poet Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Franco Bomprezzi passed away at age 62
Italian journalist and writer Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Claudia Emerson died at age 57
American poet Died on Thursday December 4th 2014
Ulises Estrella dies at age 75
Ecuadorian poet Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Oleh Lysheha dies at 65
Ukrainian poet Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Giulio Questi, died aged 90
Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Carl Neumann death at age 93
American historian and author Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Fritz Rudolf passed away at age 79
German writer Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Ann Marcus dies at 93
American television screenwriter (Days of Our Lives Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Stanisław Barańczak dies at 68
Polish poet and academic Died on Friday December 26th 2014
Taitetsu Unno passed away at age 85
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Vicente Leñero obituary: died at age 81
Mexican writer and journalist Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Nand Chaturvedi has died at age 91
Indian poet Died on Thursday December 25th 2014
Joan Barril died at age 62
Spanish writer and journalist Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Obituary: Jeff Truman, dead at age 57
Australian screenwriter and actor (Neighbours Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Alf Næsheim dies at 88
Norwegian artist and writer Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald S. obituary: died at age 81
American author and insurance consultant Died on Friday December 12th 2014
Obituary: Giampaolo Rugarli, dead at age 81
Italian novelist Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Lee Israel obituary: died at age 75
American author and forger Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Norman Bridwell dead at age 86
American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog) Died on Friday December 12th 2014
Obituary: Dominique Aubier, dead at age 92
French author Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Jacqueline Briskin obituary: died at age 87
British-born American writer Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Donald Moffitt passes away at age 83
American science fiction author Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Rocky Wood, died aged 55
New Zealand-born Australian author Died on Monday December 1st 2014
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed death at age 74
Bangladeshi children's writer Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Ralph Giordano dead at age 91
German writer and publicist Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Norm Phelps dies at 75
American author and animal rights activist Died on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Death of Jeremy Lloyd at age 84
British screenwriter (Are You Being Served? Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2014
Sacvan Bercovitch, died aged 81
Canadian literary and cultural critic Died on Tuesday December 9th 2014
Michael Kennedy passes away at age 88
British biographer Died on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Madhavi Sardesai obituary: died at age 52
Indian academic and writer Died on Monday December 22nd 2014
Sobho Gianchandani passes away at age 94
Pakistani writer and social scientist Died on Monday December 8th 2014
Abdullah Hussain has died at age 94
Malaysian novelist (Interlok) Died on Wednesday December 31st 2014
Sitor Situmorang passes away at age 91
Indonesian poet and writer Died on Sunday December 21st 2014
Emma Lou death at age 90
American Mormon poet Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
J. B. dies at age 81
Indian poet and writer Died on Tuesday December 30th 2014
Horacio Ferrer passes away at age 81
Uruguayan poet Died on Sunday December 21st 2014
Obituary: Naphtali Lau-Lavie, dead at age 88
Israeli writer and diplomat Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Robert Conroy passed away at age 76
American science fiction author Died on Tuesday December 30th 2014
Robert D. passed away at age 68
American children's author and screenwriter (Mulan) Died on Friday December 19th 2014
Menis Koumandareas dies at age 83
Greek writer Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Rashid Al has died at age 88
Saudi Arabian poet Died on Monday December 29th 2014
Roberta Leigh passes away at age 87
British author and television producer (Space Patrol) Died on Friday December 19th 2014
Gil Marks passed away at age 62
American food writer and historian Died on Friday December 5th 2014
Velaga Venkatappaiah died at age 82
Indian librarian and author Died on Sunday December 28th 2014
Carleton Mabee passed away at age 99
American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Talât Sait dies at age 83
Turkish poet and academic Died on Thursday December 4th 2014
Luc De dies at 52
Belgian musician (Gorki) and writer Died on Saturday November 29th 2014
Manoel de passed away at age 97
Brazilian poet Died on Thursday November 13th 2014
Anne Cluysenaar death at age 78
Belgian-born Welsh poet and writer Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Chespirito passed away at age 85
Mexican playwright Died on Friday November 28th 2014
Jan Lindhardt dies at 76
Danish theologian and writer Died on Tuesday November 11th 2014
Said Akl death at age 102
Lebanese poet Died on Friday November 28th 2014
Death of Ernest Kinoy at age 89
American writer (Roots Died on Monday November 10th 2014
Frank Yablans dies at age 79
American film producer and screenwriter Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Death of Marianne Alopaeus at age 96
Finnish-born Swedish author Died on Monday November 10th 2014
P. D., died aged 94
English crime novelist (The Children of Men Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
R. A., died aged 78
American author (Choose Your Own Adventure) Died on Sunday November 9th 2014
Célia Bertin dead at age 94
French writer Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Audrey White, died aged 87
English model and author Died on Saturday November 8th 2014
Bernard Heidsieck, died aged 85
French poet Died on Saturday November 22nd 2014
Dwivedula Visalakshi has died at age 85
Indian Telugu language writer Died on Friday November 7th 2014
David Menasche has died at age 41
American teacher and author Died on Thursday November 20th 2014
Kajetan Kovič dies at age 83
Slovene writer Died on Friday November 7th 2014
Elizabeth Young, dies at 91
British journalist and author Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Pepe Eliaschev death at age 69
Argentine journalist and writer Died on Tuesday November 18th 2014
Francis Harvey dead at age 89
Irish poet Died on Friday November 7th 2014
Maurice Saxby died at age 89
Australian academic and author Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Jovan Ćirilov death at age 83
Serbian theatrologist and author Died on Sunday November 16th 2014
Naoki Tanemura dies at age 78
Japanese railway writer Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Ann Paludan dies at age 86
British author Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Charles Champlin dies at age 88
American film critic and writer Died on Sunday November 16th 2014
Sam Mbah dead at age -1
Nigerian author Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Paolo Mosca has died at age 71
Italian writer and television presenter Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Wycliffe Kiyingi death at age 85
Ugandan playwright Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
Abdelwahab Meddeb dies at 68
Tunisian-born French poet Died on Wednesday November 5th 2014
Kent Haruf dies at age 71
American novelist (Plainsong) Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Richard F. dies at 89
American ornithologist and author Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
George Edgar died at age 75
American writer and professor Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Sir Fred has died at age 89
British politician and Christian writer Died on Sunday November 30th 2014