Alistair MacLeod dies at age 77
Canadian author Died on Sunday April 20th 2014
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Doris Pilkington passed away at age 76
Australian author (Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence) Died on Thursday April 10th 2014
Glyn Jones, died aged 82
South African writer and actor Died on Wednesday April 2nd 2014
Daphne Pochin dies at 93
British author and photographer Died on Tuesday April 29th 2014
Erik Schmidt dies at age 88
Estonian painter and writer Died on Saturday April 19th 2014
Richard Hoggart dead at age 95
British academic and author (The Uses of Literacy) Died on Thursday April 10th 2014
Harris Goldsmith death at age 77
American pianist and critic Died on Wednesday April 2nd 2014
Al Feldstein dead at age 88
American writer and editor (Mad Died on Tuesday April 29th 2014
Sanford Jay passes away at age 59
American television comedy writer (Late Night with David Letterman) Died on Friday April 18th 2014
Obituary: Svetlana Velmar-Janković, dead at age 80
Serbian writer Died on Wednesday April 9th 2014
Everett De passes away at age 67
Australian screenwriter Died on Wednesday April 2nd 2014
William Honan dies at age 83
American journalist and author Died on Monday April 28th 2014
Death of Anthony Marriott at age 83
British actor and playwright Died on Thursday April 17th 2014
Karlheinz Deschner death at age 89
German writer and activist Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Gerard Benson death at age 83
British poet Died on Monday April 28th 2014
Gabriel García passed away at age 87
Colombian author (One Hundred Years of Solitude Died on Thursday April 17th 2014
Čedo Vuković, died aged 93
Montenegrin writer Died on Monday April 7th 2014
Philip Sugden death at age 67
English historian and true crime writer (Jack the Ripper) Died on Saturday April 26th 2014
Brock Brower, died aged 82
American writer Died on Wednesday April 16th 2014
Peter Matthiessen died at age 86
American author (At Play in the Fields of the Lord Died on Saturday April 5th 2014
Paul Robeson, dies at age 86
American archivist and author Died on Saturday April 26th 2014
Rosemary Tonks passed away at age 85
British poet Died on Tuesday April 15th 2014
Muhammad Qutb dies at 95
Egyptian Islamist author and academic Died on Friday April 4th 2014
Seth Roberts dies at age 61
American psychologist and self-help author Died on Saturday April 26th 2014
Albert Manent obituary: died at age 83
Spanish writer and activist Died on Monday April 14th 2014
Curtis Bill dies at 96
American journalist (Newsweek) and author Died on Friday April 4th 2014
Judith Pinsker, died aged 74
American television writer Died on Saturday April 26th 2014
Crad Kilodney passes away at age 66
Canadian writer Died on Monday April 14th 2014
Prince Michael death at age 74
German author Died on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Warren Forma passed away at age 90
American documentary filmmaker and author Died on Wednesday March 26th 2014
Obituary: Donald Michael, dead at age 62
American occultist author and practitioner Died on Monday March 17th 2014
Valentin Fortunov passed away at age 56
Bulgarian writer Died on Sunday March 9th 2014
Justin Kaplan dead at age 88
American biographer Died on Sunday March 2nd 2014
Death of Thi. Ka. at age 88
Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author and literary critic Died on Tuesday March 25th 2014
Gene Feist passes away at age 91
American playwright and theatre director Died on Monday March 17th 2014
Alan Rodgers has died at age 54
American author and poet Died on Saturday March 8th 2014
Ryhor Baradulin passes away at age 79
Belarusian poet Died on Sunday March 2nd 2014
Jonathan Schell has died at age 70
American author Died on Tuesday March 25th 2014
Steve Moore dead at age 64
British cartoonist and writer Died on Sunday March 16th 2014
William Guarnere, died aged 90
American World War II non-commissioned officer and author Died on Saturday March 8th 2014
Werner Uebelmann has died at age 92
Swiss entrepreneur and writer Died on Saturday March 1st 2014
Mohammad Ebrahim has died at age 89
Iranian historian and author Died on Tuesday March 25th 2014
Yulisa Pat obituary: died at age 77
Sierra Leonean poet Died on Sunday March 16th 2014
Uwe Timm dead at age 82
German writer Died on Friday March 7th 2014
Philippe Ebly, died aged 93
Belgian science fiction and fantasy writer Died on Saturday March 1st 2014
Lorna Arnold dies at age 98
British nuclear historian and author Died on Tuesday March 25th 2014
Bob Thomas dies at 92
American journalist (Associated Press) and biographer Died on Friday March 14th 2014
Ned O’Gorman, died aged 84
American poet Died on Friday March 7th 2014
Obituary: John Rowe, dead at age 81
British children's author (The Intruder) Died on Monday March 24th 2014
Death of Icchokas Meras at age 79
Lithuanian-born Israeli writer Died on Thursday March 13th 2014
Obituary: Sir Thomas, dead at age 88
British novelist Died on Friday March 7th 2014
Death of Roy Peter at age 83
British author Died on Sunday March 23rd 2014
Bill Knott obituary: died at age 73
American poet Died on Wednesday March 12th 2014
Musa Geshaev passes away at age 73
Chechen poet Died on Friday March 7th 2014
Death of Yashwant Vithoba at age 85
Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author (The Boy who Talked to Trees) Died on Saturday March 22nd 2014
David Yeagley passes away at age 62
American Comanche political writer Died on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Manlio Sgalambro obituary: died at age 89
Italian philosopher and writer Died on Thursday March 6th 2014
Nenad Petrović dies at 88
Serbian writer Died on Friday March 21st 2014
Marga Spiegel died at age 101
German writer Died on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Peter Ruber has died at age 73
American author and editor Died on Thursday March 6th 2014
Kostis Papagiorgis dies at 66
Greek writer and translator Died on Friday March 21st 2014
John PiRoman dies at age 62
American screenwriter and playwright Died on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Jagat Singh passed away at age 91
Indian diplomat and author Died on Thursday March 6th 2014
Ahmet Yorulmaz passed away at age -1
Turkish writer Died on Monday March 31st 2014
Khushwant Singh obituary: died at age 99
Indian journalist and author (Train to Pakistan) Died on Thursday March 20th 2014
Marilyn Butler died at age 77
British literary critic and academic Died on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Martin Gottfried died at age 80
American drama critic and biographer Died on Thursday March 6th 2014
Bob Larbey dies at age 79
British comedy scriptwriter (Please Sir! Died on Monday March 31st 2014
Judy Harrow dies at age 69
American author and Wiccan priestess Died on Thursday March 20th 2014
Death of Brett Borgen at age 79
Norwegian writer Died on Tuesday March 11th 2014
Death of Luis Villoro at age 91
Spanish-born Mexican philosopher and writer Died on Wednesday March 5th 2014
Noel Sheppard obituary: died at age 53
American media critic and blogger (NewsBusters) Died on Friday March 28th 2014
Hennie Aucamp passed away at age 80
South African poet Died on Thursday March 20th 2014
Joe McGinniss, died aged 71
American author and political journalist Died on Monday March 10th 2014
Leopoldo María dead at age 65
Spanish poet Died on Wednesday March 5th 2014
Lorenzo Semple, passed away at age 91
American screenwriter (Batman Died on Friday March 28th 2014
Hank Utley has died at age 89
American author and historian Died on Wednesday March 19th 2014
Juan Balboa has died at age 75
Equatorial Guinean politician and writer Died on Monday March 10th 2014
Death of Nigel Groom at age 89
British author and perfume connoisseur Died on Wednesday March 5th 2014
Sam McAughtry, died aged 91
Northern Irish writer and broadcaster Died on Friday March 28th 2014
Heather Robertson passed away at age 72
Canadian journalist (Winnipeg Free Press) and author Died on Wednesday March 19th 2014
Justus Pfaue has died at age 72
German author and screenwriter Died on Sunday March 9th 2014
Mark Freidkin dies at age 60
Russian writer Died on Tuesday March 4th 2014
Obituary: Barbara Halloran, dead at age 80
American cookbook author and columnist Died on Wednesday March 26th 2014
Lucius Shepard has died at age 70
American science fiction author Died on Tuesday March 18th 2014
Richard Liboff, died aged 82
American physicist and author Died on Sunday March 9th 2014
Sherwin B. dead at age 83
American National Book Award-winning author and surgeon Died on Monday March 3rd 2014
Death of John Grant at age 83
Scottish children's author Died on Sunday February 23rd 2014
John Bagonzi passed away at age 83
American author Died on Thursday February 13th 2014
Giancarlo Livraghi passes away at age 86
Italian author Died on Saturday February 22nd 2014
Maggie Estep died at age 50
American poet and writer (Love is a Dog From Hell) Died on Wednesday February 12th 2014
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka, died aged 100
Russian-born Latvian author of children's books Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Peter Desbarats, died aged 80
Canadian author Died on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Gregory Kane obituary: died at age 62
American newspaper columnist (Baltimore Sun) Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Fazal Shahabuddin passes away at age 78
Bangladeshi poet and journalist Died on Sunday February 9th 2014
James Tague, died aged 77
American writer Died on Friday February 28th 2014
Mavis Gallant passes away at age 91
Canadian writer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Joseph Harb dies at 70
Lebanese writer and poet Died on Sunday February 9th 2014
Ana María obituary: died at age 66
Spanish writer Died on Friday February 28th 2014