Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Boyd Oxlade
Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick)Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Jacobs
British writerDied on Saturday January 11th 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish authorDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Chin Shunshin
Japanese authorDied on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Robert Scott
American authorDied on Friday January 9th 2015
James Walker
Australian television writer (Neighbours)Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Michel Jeury
French science fiction authorDied on Friday January 9th 2015
Robert Blees
American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana)Died on Saturday January 31st 2015
Gloria D. Miklowitz
American authorDied on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian feminist critic and academicDied on Friday January 9th 2015
Rod McKuen
American poetDied on Thursday January 29th 2015
Grazia Livi
Italian author and journalistDied on Sunday January 18th 2015
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer and filmmakerDied on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (The Thorn Birds)Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Bill Sykes
English author and chaplainDied on Saturday January 17th 2015
Joan Peters
American author (From Time Immemorial)Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Taeko Kono
Japanese writer and criticDied on Thursday January 29th 2015
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese manga author (8 ManDied on Saturday January 17th 2015
Ganesh Patro
Indian playwright and screenwriterDied on Monday January 5th 2015
Bernice Gordon
American crossword writer (The New York Times)Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Miriam Akavia
Israeli writerDied on Friday January 16th 2015
Gunnar Christie Wasberg
Norwegian non-fiction writerDied on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Arnaldo Calveyra
Argentine poet and novelistDied on Thursday January 15th 2015
Ives Roqueta
French Occitian authorDied on Sunday January 4th 2015
Suzette Haden Elgin
American science fiction author and linguistDied on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Mike Marqusee
American-born writer and activistDied on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Juan Isidro Moreno
Dominican Republic poetDied on Sunday January 4th 2015
John Leggett
American writerDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
Mark Juddery
Australian author and journalistDied on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Godfrey Kalimugogo
Ugandan writerDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
Robert Gover
American authorDied on Monday January 12th 2015
Miller Williams
American poetDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Pauline Fisk
66. British authorDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
Bonnie Christensen
American children's book author and illustratorDied on Monday January 12th 2015
Mari Ellis
British writer and women's rights activistDied on Sunday January 25th 2015
John Bayley
British literary critic and writerDied on Monday January 12th 2015
Aisha Choudhary
Indian motivational speaker and authorDied on Saturday January 24th 2015
Robert Stone
American novelist (Dog Soldiers)Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Link Byfield
Canadian conservative columnistDied on Saturday January 24th 2015
Hans Stoiber
Austrian poetDied on Saturday January 10th 2015
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writerDied on Friday January 23rd 2015
Brian Clemens
British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The AvengersDied on Saturday January 10th 2015
Charles E. Rice
American legal scholar and authorDied on Wednesday February 25th 2015
David Carr
American columnist (The New York Times) and authorDied on Thursday February 12th 2015
Stewart Stern
American screenwriter (Rebel Without a CauseDied on Monday February 2nd 2015
Harve Bennett
American producer and writer (Star TrekDied on Wednesday February 25th 2015
Anne Cuneo
Swiss author and film directorDied on Wednesday February 11th 2015
Helena Araújo
Colombian writerDied on Monday February 2nd 2015
Bertrice Small
American authorDied on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Melanie Tem
American horror and dark fantasy authorDied on Monday February 9th 2015
Said Sheikh Samatar
Somali scholar and writerDied on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Debra A. Kemp
American author (The Firebrand)Died on Sunday February 8th 2015
Maurice Hurley
American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next GenerationDied on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Paul E. Toms
American author and pastorDied on Saturday February 7th 2015
Assia Djebar
Algerian novelistDied on Friday February 6th 2015
Ted Roberts
Australian screenwriter and producerDied on Monday February 23rd 2015
André Brink
South African novelist and playwrightDied on Friday February 6th 2015
Govind Pansare
Indian political activist and authorDied on Friday February 20th 2015
Herman Rosenblat
Polish-born American writerDied on Thursday February 5th 2015
Harris Wittels
American television producer and writer (Parks and RecreationDied on Thursday February 19th 2015
Anne Moody
American author and civil rights activistDied on Thursday February 5th 2015
Talus Taylor
American writerDied on Thursday February 19th 2015
Louise Maheux-Forcier
Canadian authorDied on Thursday February 5th 2015
Carol Severance
American fantasy authorDied on Thursday February 19th 2015
Martin Green
British writer and publisherDied on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Gigi Vesigna
Italian journalist and writerDied on Saturday February 28th 2015
John Paul Jackson
American writer and producerDied on Wednesday February 18th 2015
Ernest Ferlita
American playwright and professor of drama and speechDied on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Thomas J. Stanley
American author (The Millionaire Next DoorDied on Saturday February 28th 2015
Uri Orbach
Israeli writerDied on Monday February 16th 2015
Andrew Patner
American art critic and radio hostDied on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Yaşar Kemal
Turkish authorDied on Saturday February 28th 2015
Philip Levine
American Pulitzer Prize-winning poetDied on Saturday February 14th 2015
Carlos Noguera
Venezuelan writer and psychologistDied on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Sarah Foot
British journalist and authorDied on Saturday February 28th 2015
Kesava Reddy
Indian novelistDied on Friday February 13th 2015
Vasu Malali
Indian author and film directorDied on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-American writerDied on Thursday February 26th 2015
Geneviève Dormann
French journalist and writerDied on Friday February 13th 2015
Sir Martin Gilbert
British historian and biographerDied on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Ellen Conford
American children's writerDied on Friday March 20th 2015
Mary Clarke
British dance criticDied on Friday March 20th 2015
Harri Pritchard Jones
Welsh writerDied on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Cocoa Fujiwara
Japanese manga authorDied on Tuesday March 31st 2015
Safet Plakalo
Bosnian playwright and poetDied on Thursday March 19th 2015
Walter Burkert
German academic and author (Homo Necans)Died on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Marilyn Durham
American authorDied on Thursday March 19th 2015
Roger Slifer
American comic book author (Lobo) and writer (Transformers)Died on Monday March 30th 2015
Yosef Ben-Jochannan
American writer and historianDied on Thursday March 19th 2015
Rigoberto Paredes
Honduran poet and essayistDied on Monday March 9th 2015
Lyle E. Schaller
American church consultant and writerDied on Wednesday March 18th 2015