Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
Warren Dibble
New Zealand playwright and poet
Died on Sunday July 27th 2014
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar
Spanish figurative artist and author
Died on Monday July 7th 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
Allen Grossman
American poet (Bollingen Prize)
Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Daniel Keyes
American author (Flowers for Algernon)
Died on Sunday June 15th 2014
Eric Hill
British children's writer and illustrator (Spot the Dog)
Died on Friday June 6th 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
Svyatoslav Belza
Russian music and literary critic
Died on Tuesday June 3rd 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
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
Gerry Conlon
Northern Irish author and human rights activist
Died on Saturday June 21st 2014
Abul Hussain
Bangladeshi poet
Died on Sunday June 29th 2014
Jónas Kristjánsson
Icelandic academic and novelist
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Jurij Gustinčič
Slovene journalist and writer
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Petter Schramm
Norwegian poet
Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Maria Perosino
Italian author and art historian
Died on Monday June 16th 2014
Kevin Elyot
British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction) and playwright (My Night with Reg)
Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Matthew Cowles
American actor and playwright (All My Children
Died on Thursday May 22nd 2014
Arthur Gelb
American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times)
Died on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Farley Mowat
Canadian author (People of the Deer
Died on Tuesday May 6th 2014
Sam Greenlee
American writer and filmmaker (The Spook Who Sat by the Door)
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Bohdan Skaradziński
Polish writer and social activist
Died on Sunday May 4th 2014
Dobrica Ćosić
Serbian writer and politician
Died on Sunday May 18th 2014
Steven H. Scheuer
American film and television historian and critic
Died on Saturday May 31st 2014
Matt Kailey
American author and transgender activist
Died on Saturday May 17th 2014
William Bender
American entertainment critic and magazine editor (Time)
Died on Sunday May 4th 2014
Allan Folsom
American novelist (The Day After Tomorrow)
Died on Friday May 16th 2014
Marilyn Beck
American syndicated entertainment journalist and columnist
Died on Saturday May 31st 2014
Hans Breidbach-Bernau
Austrian Olympic writer 1948
Died on Thursday May 15th 2014
Francisco Icaza
Mexican modernist artist and writer
Died on Saturday May 3rd 2014
Michael Szameit
German science fiction writer
Died on Friday May 30th 2014
Emanuel Raymond Lewis
American librarian and author
Died on Wednesday May 14th 2014
Hienadz Buraukin
Belarusian poet
Died on Friday May 30th 2014