Rashid Al has died at age 88
Saudi Arabian poet Died on Monday December 29th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
Death of Leslie Feinberg at age 65
American transgender activist and author Died on Saturday November 15th 2014
Gerard W. passed away at age 90
English Jesuit priest and writer Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Radwa Ashour dies at 68
Egyptian writer and academic Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Obituary: Glen A., dead at age 77
American writer and producer (Battlestar Galactica Died on Friday November 14th 2014
Leigh Chapman dead at age 75
American actress (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and screenwriter (Dirty Mary Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Mark Strand passed away at age 80
Canadian-born American poet and writer Died on Saturday November 29th 2014
Edward Summer obituary: died at age -1
American writer and director Died on Thursday November 13th 2014
Alan Milliken, died aged 86
Canadian political activist and author Died on Sunday November 2nd 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
Romualdas Granauskas dead at age 75
Lithuanian writer Died on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Obituary: Lawrence J., dead at age 91
American writer Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Ugo Carrega has died at age 79
Italian artist and poet Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Daniel Boulanger dies at 92
French actor and screenwriter Died on Monday October 27th 2014
Masaru Emoto dies at 71
Japanese author Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Walter Bockmayer passed away at age 66
German writer and film director Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014
Oscar Orefici dead at age 68
Italian journalist and writer Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Oriel Malet passed away at age 91
British novelist Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
David Chavchavadze died at age 90
British-born American author and CIA officer Died on Sunday October 5th 2014
Genpei Akasegawa dies at 77
Japanese author and artist Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Ron Loewinsohn dead at age 76
American poet Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
Konrad Boehmer dies at 73
German-born Dutch composer and writer Died on Saturday October 4th 2014
Raleigh Trevelyan has died at age 91
British author Died on Thursday October 23rd 2014
Death of Leonard Liggio at age 81
American libertarian author Died on Tuesday October 14th 2014
Christopher van passes away at age 57
South African writer Died on Friday October 3rd 2014
John Postgate passes away at age 93
British microbiologist and writer Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Agnes Owens, died aged 88
Scottish author Died on Monday October 13th 2014
Ward Ruyslinck passes away at age 85
Belgian author Died on Friday October 3rd 2014
John-Roger Hinkins passes away at age 80
American author and public speaker Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Patricia Carson obituary: died at age 85
British historian and author Died on Monday October 13th 2014
Death of The Spaceape at age 44
British poet and disc jockey Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Elizabeth Forbes dies at age 90
British writer and musicologist Died on Wednesday October 22nd 2014
Ali Mazrui death at age 81
Kenyan professor and political writer Died on Sunday October 12th 2014
Michael Goldberg died at age 55
American screenwriter (Cool Runnings Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Seth Gaaikema death at age 75
Dutch comedian and writer Died on Tuesday October 21st 2014
Margaret Hillert dead at age 94
American author Died on Saturday October 11th 2014
Rajam Krishnan obituary: died at age 89
Indian writer Died on Monday October 20th 2014
Ed Nimmervoll dead at age 67
Australian music journalist and author Died on Friday October 10th 2014
L. M. died at age 73
American screenwriter and actor (Paris Died on Monday October 20th 2014
Damiana Eugenio dead at age 93
Filipino author and professor Died on Friday October 10th 2014
Raphael Ravenscroft passes away at age 60
British saxophonist ("Baker Street") and author Died on Sunday October 19th 2014
Carolyn Kizer dead at age 89
American poet Died on Thursday October 9th 2014
Sidney Shapiro obituary: died at age 98
American-born Chinese author and translator Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Morris Lurie dies at age 75
Australian writer Died on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Amin Kamil passed away at age 90
Indian poet Died on Thursday October 30th 2014
Mariano Lebrón, died aged 92
Dominican author and academic Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Shon Harris dead at age 46
American author Died on Wednesday October 8th 2014
Frans De obituary: died at age 90
Belgian Flemish writer Died on Wednesday October 29th 2014
Claude Ollier dies at 91
French nouveau roman author Died on Saturday October 18th 2014
Zilpha Keatley dies at 87
American writer (The Egypt Game) Died on Tuesday October 7th 2014