Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
Thomas Berger
American novelist (Little Big Man)
Died on Sunday July 13th 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
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
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
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
Žarko Petan
Slovene writer
Died on Friday May 2nd 2014
Christine Daure-Serfaty
French human rights activist and writer
Died on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Charles Marowitz
American playwright
Died on Friday May 2nd 2014
Maya Angelou
American author (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
Died on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Howard Smith
American columnist (The Village Voice) and filmmaker (Marjoe)
Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
Donald Kirkpatrick
American academic and author
Died on Friday May 9th 2014
Peggy O’Shea
American Daytime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (One Life to Live)
Died on Thursday May 1st 2014
John Maginnis
American political writer
Died on Sunday May 25th 2014