Obituary: Billie Letts, dead at age 76
American novelist (Where the Heart Is) Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
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Peter Stursberg passed away at age 101
Canadian writer and broadcaster Died on Sunday August 31st 2014
Death of Peter Hopkirk at age 83
British journalist and author (The Great Game) Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Dorothy Schwieder passed away at age 80
American biographer and historian Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Jan Roar died at age 40
Norwegian author Died on Friday August 1st 2014
Ann Zwinger dies at 89
American natural history author Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Bohumila Grögerová passes away at age 93
Czech poet Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Fanny Morweiser has died at age 74
German writer Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Obituary: Joseph E., dead at age 84
American writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
U. R. dies at 81
Indian writer Died on Friday August 22nd 2014
Alan Landsburg dies at age 81
American screenwriter Died on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Shlomo Kalo passes away at age 86
Israeli writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Verna Vels obituary: died at age 81
South African screenwriter and programme director Died on Thursday August 21st 2014
Metakse, died aged 88
Armenian poet Died on Sunday August 10th 2014
Mayumi Inaba dies at 64
Japanese writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Peter Handrinos dies at age 42
American author Died on Thursday August 21st 2014
Peter Chippindale passes away at age 69
British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author Died on Sunday August 10th 2014
Charles Bowden, died aged 69
American writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Anton Buslov dies at age 30
Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times) Died on Wednesday August 20th 2014
Macarthur Job dead at age 88
Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Shamim Farooqui dead at age 70
Indian poet Died on Friday August 29th 2014
Maruxa Vilalta dead at age 81
Mexican playwright and theatre director Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Clem Comly died at age 59
American baseball researcher and author Died on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Victor J. death at age 79
American physicist and author Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
David St dead at age 84
English publisher and writer Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Vladimir Orlov death at age 77
Russian novelist Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Benno Pludra passed away at age 88
German children's author Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Candida Lycett passed away at age 71
British author Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Edward Leffingwell obituary: died at age 72
American art critic and curator Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Louise Shivers obituary: died at age 84
American novelist Died on Saturday July 26th 2014
Óscar Acosta, died aged 81
Honduran author Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Tô Hoài dies at 93
Vietnamese writer Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Bel Kaufman passes away at age 103
German-born American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase) Died on Friday July 25th 2014
Pia Gyger died at age 73
Swiss religious author Died on Monday July 14th 2014
Andrew Mango died at age 88
Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk) Died on Sunday July 6th 2014
Hans-Hermann Sprado dies at 58
German journalist and author Died on Thursday July 24th 2014
Hugh Davidson dies at age 84
Canadian music critic and arts administrator Died on Monday July 14th 2014
C. J. death at age 62
American horror and crime author Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Ariano Suassuna has died at age 87
Brazilian writer Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Nadine Gordimer dead at age 90
South African writer (The Conservationist Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Torill Thorstad obituary: died at age 71
Norwegian author Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Gilad Margalit obituary: died at age 55
Israeli historian and writer Died on Wednesday July 23rd 2014
Alfred de died at age 94
American political scientist and author Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Giorgio Faletti has died at age 63
Italian author Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Death of Liv Holtskog at age 79
Norwegian poet and farmer Died on Monday July 21st 2014
Thomas Berger dead at age 89
American novelist (Little Big Man) Died on Sunday July 13th 2014
Val Biro has died at age 92
Hungarian-born English children's author Died on Friday July 4th 2014
Louise Abeita passes away at age 87
American Pueblo writer Died on Monday July 21st 2014
Hullad Moradabadi died at age 72
Indian Hindi language poet Died on Saturday July 12th 2014
Obituary: Peter Whelan, dead at age 82
British playwright (The Herbal Bed Died on Thursday July 3rd 2014
John Fasano death at age 52
American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.) Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Ken Goodwin, died aged 79
Australian academic and author Died on Saturday July 12th 2014
Walter Dean passes away at age 76
American award-winning children's writer (Fallen Angels Died on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Obituary: Jim Frederick, dead at age 42
American author and magazine editor (Time) Died on Thursday July 31st 2014
Rubem Alves passes away at age 80
Brazilian writer Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Obituary: Jamil Ahmad, dead at age 83
Pakistani author Died on Saturday July 12th 2014
Nabarun Bhattacharya passes away at age 66
Indian author Died on Thursday July 31st 2014
João Ubaldo obituary: died at age 73
Brazilian writer Died on Friday July 18th 2014
Obituary: Carin Mannheimer, dead at age 79
Swedish author and screenwriter Died on Friday July 11th 2014
Rick Mittleman, died aged 84
American television writer (Bewitched Died on Wednesday July 30th 2014
Liam Davison passed away at age 56
Australian author Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Curt Gentry died at age 83
American author (Helter Skelter) Died on Thursday July 10th 2014
Thomas R. died at age 94
American author Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
Malaysia Airlines dies at 56
Australian author Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Ken Simpson, died aged 76
Australian ornithologist and writer (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia) Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
L.A. Meyer dies at age 72
American young adult author (Bloody Jack) Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
J. T. has died at age 86
English novelist Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Ahmed Sheikh, died aged -1
Somali politician and poet Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
María Antonia has died at age 69
Spanish writer and journalist Died on Tuesday July 29th 2014
Gerallt Lloyd, died aged 69
Welsh poet Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Sheila K. has died at age 93
English author Died on Monday July 7th 2014
Gerardo Cornejo obituary: died at age 77
Mexican writer and scholar Died on Monday July 28th 2014
Obituary: Abdukadir Osman, dead at age -1
Somali writer Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Duccia Camiciotti death at age 86
Italian poet Died on Monday July 7th 2014
Warren Dibble has died at age 83
New Zealand playwright and poet Died on Sunday July 27th 2014
Sulekha Hussain died at age 85
Indian Urdu novelist Died on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Vicenç Badalona died at age 85
Spanish figurative artist and author Died on Monday July 7th 2014
Dermot Healy dies at age 66
Irish poet Died on Sunday June 29th 2014
Claire Martin dead at age 100
Canadian author Died on Wednesday June 18th 2014
Jurij Gustinčič dies at 92
Slovene journalist and writer Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Obituary: Petter Schramm, dead at age 58
Norwegian poet Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Maria Perosino dies at 52
Italian author and art historian Died on Monday June 16th 2014
Kevin Elyot died at age 62
British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction) and playwright (My Night with Reg) Died on Saturday June 7th 2014
Allen Grossman dies at age 82
American poet (Bollingen Prize) Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Daniel Keyes died at age 86
American author (Flowers for Algernon) Died on Sunday June 15th 2014
Eric Hill obituary: died at age 86
British children's writer and illustrator (Spot the Dog) Died on Friday June 6th 2014
P. N. died at age 94
British writer and literary critic Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Death of Alberto Cañas at age 94
Costa Rican writer Died on Saturday June 14th 2014
Edward Sövik obituary: died at age 95
American architect and author Died on Wednesday June 4th 2014
Mary Rodgers passed away at age 83
American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday) Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Robert Peters has died at age 89
American poet Died on Friday June 13th 2014
Death of Svyatoslav Belza at age 72
Russian music and literary critic Died on Tuesday June 3rd 2014
Barry Cole dies at age 77
British poet Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Pat Rosier passes away at age 72
New Zealand writer Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Tarō Naka dead at age 92
Japanese poet Died on Sunday June 1st 2014
Ana María passed away at age 88
Spanish writer Died on Wednesday June 25th 2014
Shaktipada Rajguru passes away at age 92
Indian Bengali language writer Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Jay Lake death at age 49
American author (Mainspring) Died on Sunday June 1st 2014
Derek Fielding dies at age 84
Australian librarian and author Died on Wednesday June 25th 2014