Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John PiRoman
American screenwriter and playwrightDied on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Ahmet Yorulmaz
Turkish writerDied on Monday March 31st 2014
Khushwant Singh
Indian journalist and author (Train to Pakistan)Died on Thursday March 20th 2014
Marilyn Butler
British literary critic and academicDied on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Martin Gottfried
American drama critic and biographerDied on Thursday March 6th 2014
Bob Larbey
British comedy scriptwriter (Please Sir!Died on Monday March 31st 2014
Judy Harrow
American author and Wiccan priestessDied on Thursday March 20th 2014
Brett Borgen
Norwegian writerDied on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Luis Villoro
Spanish-born Mexican philosopher and writerDied on Wednesday March 5th 2014
David McKinney
New Zealand author and journalistDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Federico Campbell
Mexican writerDied on Saturday February 15th 2014
Isaac de Vega
Spanish Canarian writerDied on Monday February 3rd 2014
Bhob Stewart
American cartoonist and writerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Marshall Browne
Australian banking executive and crime novelistDied on Friday February 14th 2014
Rene Ricard
American poetDied on Saturday February 1st 2014
Harold Ramis
American writerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Uanhenga Xitu
Angolan writer and politicianDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Orlanda Amarílis
Cape Verdean authorDied on Saturday February 1st 2014
Juan José Plans
Spanish writerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Ken’ichi Yamamoto
Japanese novelistDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
John Grant
Scottish children's authorDied on Sunday February 23rd 2014
John Bagonzi
American authorDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Giancarlo Livraghi
Italian authorDied on Saturday February 22nd 2014
Maggie Estep
American poet and writer (Love is a Dog From Hell)Died on Wednesday February 12th 2014
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka
Russian-born Latvian author of children's booksDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Peter Desbarats
Canadian authorDied on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Gregory Kane
American newspaper columnist (Baltimore Sun)Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Fazal Shahabuddin
Bangladeshi poet and journalistDied on Sunday February 9th 2014
James Tague
American writerDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Mavis Gallant
Canadian writerDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Ana María Moix
Spanish writerDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Ounsi el-Hajj
Lebanese poetDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Eric Bercovici
American screenwriter and producer (Shōgun)Died on Sunday February 9th 2014
Michio Mado
Japanese poetDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Don Safran
American screenwriter (Happy Days) and producerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Peter Philipp
German writer and comedianDied on Thursday February 6th 2014
Hugo Brandt Corstius
Dutch authorDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Alison Jolly
American primatologist and authorDied on Thursday February 6th 2014
Michael Shea
American science fiction author (Polyphemus)Died on Sunday February 16th 2014
Mirkka Rekola
Finnish writerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Aaron Allston
American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons) and sci-fi author (X-Wing)Died on Thursday February 27th 2014
Mbulelo Mzamane
South African writer and academicDied on Sunday February 16th 2014
Eugenio Corti
Italian writer (The Red Horse)Died on Tuesday February 4th 2014
Phyllis Krasilovsky
American children's authorDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Robert J. Conley
American Cherokee authorDied on Sunday February 16th 2014
Barry Rubin
American-born Israeli academic and writerDied on Monday February 3rd 2014
Aguinaldo Fonseca
Cape Verdean poetDied on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Hemmingson
American writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Katsuyo Kobayashi
Japanese food critic (Iron Chef)Died on Thursday January 23rd 2014
Bill Conlin
American sports columnist (Philadelphia Daily News)Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Traian T. Coșovei
Romanian poetDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Dhirubhai Thaker
Indian Gujarati writerDied on Wednesday January 22nd 2014
Josep Maria Castellet
Spanish writerDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian director and screenwriterDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Gordon Hessler
British film director (Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park) and screen writerDied on Sunday January 19th 2014
Rynn Berry
American vegetarian activist and authorDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Sebastian Barker
British poetDied on Friday January 31st 2014
Aslan Gahramanly
Azerbaijani playwrightDied on Sunday January 19th 2014
Amiri Baraka
American poetDied on Thursday January 9th 2014
Levon Khechoyan
Armenian writerDied on Wednesday January 8th 2014
François Cavanna
French author and satirical newspaper editorDied on Wednesday January 29th 2014
Douglas Davis
American art critic and artistDied on Thursday January 16th 2014
Madeline Gins
American poetDied on Wednesday January 8th 2014
Barry Spacks
American poetDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Gary Arlington
American authorDied on Thursday January 16th 2014
Alvin Aubert
American poetDied on Tuesday January 7th 2014
Kenneth Rose
British journalist and authorDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Hiroshi Yoshino
Japanese poetDied on Wednesday January 15th 2014
Annamária Kinde
Romanian poetDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Nigel Jenkins
Welsh poetDied on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Tor Milde
Norwegian journalist and writer (Verdens Gang)Died on Wednesday January 15th 2014
M’hamed Benguettaf
Algerian actor and playwrightDied on Sunday January 5th 2014
Stepan Chapman
American author (The Troika)Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Jean Metellus
Haitian poet and writerDied on Saturday January 4th 2014
Masako Bandō
Japanese novelistDied on Monday January 27th 2014
Juan Gelman
Argentine poetDied on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Ahmad A’zam
Uzbek writerDied on Saturday January 4th 2014
Patrick D. Smith
American author (A Land Remembered)Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal
Cuban theologian and writerDied on Friday January 3rd 2014
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican poetDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Alan Burns
English authorDied on Monday January 13th 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poetDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Paula Gruden
Australian poet and translatorDied on Sunday January 26th 2014
Neal Barrett, Jr.
American authorDied on Sunday January 12th 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014