Deaths Famous Dead Writers
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
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
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
Gunilla Wolde
Swedish writer and illustrator. Died on Thursday April 16th 2015
Klaus Bednarz
German journalist and writerDied on Wednesday April 15th 2015
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
American author and historianDied on Tuesday April 14th 2015
Günter Grass
German novelistDied on Tuesday April 14th 2015
Jayakanthan
Indian Tamil authorDied on Thursday April 9th 2015
Patrick H. Adkins
American fantasy authorDied on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Naomi Wilzig
American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami)Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Jehan Rajab
Kuwaiti authorDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas
Lithuanian politician and poetDied on Saturday April 4th 2015
Andrew Porter
British music criticDied on Saturday April 4th 2015
Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director and screenwriterDied on Friday April 3rd 2015
Stanisław Pestka
Polish Kashubian poetDied on Friday April 3rd 2015
Barbara Sass
Polish film director and screenwriterDied on Friday April 3rd 2015
Cynthia Lennon
British authorDied on Thursday April 2nd 2015