Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
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
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
H. H. ter Balkt
Dutch poetDied on Monday March 9th 2015
Luís Miguel Rocha
Portuguese authorDied on Thursday March 26th 2015
Grace Ogot
Kenyan writer and politicianDied on Wednesday March 18th 2015
Richard O. Moore
American poet and filmmaker (Louisiana Diary)Died on Wednesday March 25th 2015
Ramesh Chandra Bhanja
Indian Oriya poetDied on Wednesday March 18th 2015
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Japanese manga authorDied on Saturday March 7th 2015
Alan Seymour
Australian playwright (The One Day of the Year)Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Miguel Donoso Pareja
Ecuadorian writerDied on Monday March 16th 2015
Brian Sutton-Smith
New Zealand writer and play theoristDied on Saturday March 7th 2015
Nick Peters
American journalist (Sacramento Bee) and baseball beat writer (San Francisco Giants)Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Ray Hatton
British-born American authorDied on Wednesday March 4th 2015
Herberto Hélder
Portuguese poetDied on Monday March 23rd 2015
Curtis Gans
American activist and writerDied on Sunday March 15th 2015
Ernest Braun
Austrian-born British academic and authorDied on Tuesday March 3rd 2015
Peter Pišťanek
Slovak writerDied on Sunday March 22nd 2015
Narayan Desai
Indian Gandhian and writerDied on Sunday March 15th 2015
George Neel, Jr.
American author and businessmanDied on Sunday March 22nd 2015
Valentin Rasputin
Russian writerDied on Saturday March 14th 2015
Jenna McMahon
American television writer (The Carol Burnett ShowDied on Monday March 2nd 2015
Ib Melchior
Danish-born American author and screenwriter (Death Race 2000Died on Saturday March 14th 2015
Francisco González Ledesma
Spanish novelistDied on Monday March 2nd 2015
Yusufali Kechery
Indian poet and film producerDied on Saturday March 21st 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
Carlos Calderón Fajardo
Peruvian journalist and novelistDied on Thursday April 30th 2015
Don Mankiewicz
American screenwriter (I Want to Live!)Died on Sunday April 26th 2015
Richard West
British journalist and authorDied on Sunday April 26th 2015
Wang Guozhen
Chinese poetDied on Monday April 27th 2015
Richard Corliss
American film criticDied on Friday April 24th 2015
Kathrine Sorley Walker
English ballet criticDied on Wednesday April 15th 2015
Yoichi Funado
Japanese novelistDied on Thursday April 23rd 2015
M. H. Abrams
American literary criticDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2015
Pat Dowell
American film criticDied on Monday April 20th 2015
Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi
Egyptian poetDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2015
Vilas Sarang
Indian authorDied on Wednesday April 15th 2015
Chris Plumridge
British golf writerDied on Saturday April 4th 2015
Frederic Morton
Austrian-born American writerDied on Tuesday April 21st 2015
William Price Fox
American novelistDied on Monday April 20th 2015
Sandra Mackey
American writerDied on Monday April 20th 2015
Barbara Strauch
American author and reporter (The New York Times)Died on Thursday April 16th 2015
Ronald Hambleton
English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star)Died on Saturday April 11th 2015
Ira Lewis
American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee)Died on Sunday April 5th 2015