Valeri Petrov
Bulgarian poet
Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Richard Dauenhauer
American poet
Died on Tuesday August 19th 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
Elfriede Brüning
German writer
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Ariano Suassuna
Brazilian writer
Died on Wednesday July 23rd 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
Liv Holtskog
Norwegian poet and farmer
Died on Monday July 21st 2014
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man)
Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Louise Abeita
American Pueblo writer
Died on Monday July 21st 2014
Hullad Moradabadi
Indian Hindi language poet
Died on Saturday July 12th 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
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Brazilian writer
Died on Friday July 18th 2014
Carin Mannheimer
Swedish author and screenwriter
Died on Friday July 11th 2014
Rick Mittleman
American television writer (Bewitched
Died on Wednesday July 30th 2014
Liam Davison
Australian author
Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Curt Gentry
American author (Helter Skelter)
Died on Thursday July 10th 2014
Thomas R. St. George
American author
Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Australian author
Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Ken Simpson
Australian ornithologist and writer (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia)
Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
L.A. Meyer
American young adult author (Bloody Jack)
Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
J. T. Edson
English novelist
Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Ahmed Sheikh Jama
Somali politician and poet
Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
María Antonia Iglesias
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
Gerallt Lloyd Owen
Welsh poet
Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Gerardo Cornejo Murrieta
Mexican writer and scholar
Died on Monday July 28th 2014
Abdukadir Osman
Somali writer
Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Warren Dibble
New Zealand playwright and poet
Died on Sunday July 27th 2014
Sulekha Hussain
Indian Urdu novelist
Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar
Spanish figurative artist and author
Died on Monday July 7th 2014
Louise Shivers
American novelist
Died on Saturday July 26th 2014
Óscar Acosta
Honduran author
Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Tô Hoài
Vietnamese writer
Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Bel Kaufman
German-born American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase)
Died on Friday July 25th 2014
Andrew Mango
Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)
Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Hans-Hermann Sprado
German journalist and author
Died on Thursday July 24th 2014
Hugh Davidson
Canadian music critic and arts administrator
Died on Monday July 14th 2014
C. J. Henderson
American horror and crime author
Died on Friday July 4th 2014
P. N. Furbank
British writer and literary critic
Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Alberto Cañas Escalante
Costa Rican writer
Died on Saturday June 14th 2014
Edward Sövik
American architect and author
Died on Wednesday June 4th 2014
Mary Rodgers
American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday)
Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Robert Peters
American poet
Died on Friday June 13th 2014
Svyatoslav Belza
Russian music and literary critic
Died on Tuesday June 3rd 2014
Barry Cole
British poet
Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Pat Rosier
New Zealand writer
Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Shaktipada Rajguru
Indian Bengali language writer
Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Derek Fielding
Australian librarian and author
Died on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Hasan Tawfiq
Egyptian poet and journalist
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Nigel Calder
British science writer (New Scientist) and television screenwriter
Died on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Dan Jacobson
South African writer and academic
Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Maria Luisa Spaziani
Italian poet
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Steve Viksten
American television writer and voice actor (Hey Arnold!)
Died on Monday June 23rd 2014
Ernest Tursunov
Kyrgyzstani poet and translator
Died on Wednesday June 11th 2014
Frank M. Robinson
American science fiction writer (The Power) and speechwriter (Harvey Milk)
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Nancy Garden
American writer (Annie on My Mind) and LGBT activist
Died on Monday June 23rd 2014
Gilles Ségal
French actor and playwright
Died on Wednesday June 11th 2014
Jean-Pierre Renouard
French writer
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Felix Dennis
British poet and publisher
Died on Sunday June 22nd 2014
Keshav Malik
Indian poet and critic
Died on Wednesday June 11th 2014
Paul Mazursky
American film director and screenwriter (An Unmarried Woman
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Fouad Ajami
Lebanese-born American political scientist and author
Died on Sunday June 22nd 2014
Robert Arthur Alexie
Canadian Gwich'in politician and novelist
Died on Tuesday June 10th 2014
Pierre Bec
French Occitan language poet and linguist
Died on Monday June 30th 2014
Roland Hill
German-born British journalist and biographer
Died on Saturday June 21st 2014
Gerd Zacher
German composer and author
Died on Monday June 9th 2014
Gerry Conlon
Northern Irish author and human rights activist
Died on Saturday June 21st 2014
James McNair
American writer and comedian
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Abul Hussain
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Sunday June 29th 2014
Charlotte Greig
British novelist and singer
Died on Thursday June 19th 2014
Jónas Kristjánsson
Icelandic academic and novelist
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Dermot Healy
Irish poet
Died on Sunday June 29th 2014
Claire Martin
Canadian author
Died on Wednesday June 18th 2014
Jurij Gustinčič
Slovene journalist and writer
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Petter Schramm
Norwegian poet
Died on Friday June 27th 2014