Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Maxine Kumin
American poet and author
Died on Thursday February 6th 2014
Frank Farmer
American writer and author
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Alison Jolly
American primatologist and author
Died on Thursday February 6th 2014
Michael Shea
American science fiction author (Polyphemus)
Died on Sunday February 16th 2014
Mirkka Rekola
Finnish writer
Died on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Aaron Allston
American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons) and sci-fi author (X-Wing)
Died on Thursday February 27th 2014
Mbulelo Mzamane
South African writer and academic
Died on Sunday February 16th 2014
Eugenio Corti
Italian writer (The Red Horse)
Died on Tuesday February 4th 2014
Phyllis Krasilovsky
American children's author
Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Robert J. Conley
American Cherokee author
Died on Sunday February 16th 2014
Barry Rubin
American-born Israeli academic and writer
Died on Monday February 3rd 2014
Aguinaldo Fonseca
Cape Verdean poet
Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Hemmingson
American writer
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Katsuyo Kobayashi
Japanese food critic (Iron Chef)
Died on Thursday January 23rd 2014
Bill Conlin
American sports columnist (Philadelphia Daily News)
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Traian T. Coșovei
Romanian poet
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Dhirubhai Thaker
Indian Gujarati writer
Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2014
Josep Maria Castellet
Spanish writer
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian director and screenwriter
Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Gordon Hessler
British film director (Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park) and screen writer
Died on Sunday January 19th 2014
Rynn Berry
American vegetarian activist and author
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Sebastian Barker
British poet
Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Aslan Gahramanly
Azerbaijani playwright
Died on Sunday January 19th 2014
Amiri Baraka
American poet
Died on Thursday January 9th 2014
Nina Andrycz
Polish actress and poet
Died on Friday January 31st 2014
Eugenio Cruz Vargas
Chilean poet and painter
Died on Saturday January 18th 2014
Levon Khechoyan
Armenian writer
Died on Wednesday January 8th 2014
François Cavanna
French author and satirical newspaper editor
Died on Wednesday January 29th 2014
Douglas Davis
American art critic and artist
Died on Thursday January 16th 2014
Madeline Gins
American poet
Died on Wednesday January 8th 2014
Barry Spacks
American poet
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Gary Arlington
American author
Died on Thursday January 16th 2014
Alvin Aubert
American poet
Died on Tuesday January 7th 2014
Kenneth Rose
British journalist and author
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Hiroshi Yoshino
Japanese poet
Died on Wednesday January 15th 2014
Annamária Kinde
Romanian poet
Died on Sunday January 5th 2014
Nigel Jenkins
Welsh poet
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
M’hamed Benguettaf
Algerian actor and playwright
Died on Sunday January 5th 2014
Stepan Chapman
American author (The Troika)
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Namdeo Dhasal
Indian poet and activist
Died on Wednesday January 15th 2014
Jean Metellus
Haitian poet and writer
Died on Saturday January 4th 2014
Masako Bandō
Japanese novelist
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Juan Gelman
Argentine poet
Died on Tuesday January 14th 2014
Ahmad A’zam
Uzbek writer
Died on Saturday January 4th 2014
Patrick D. Smith
American author (A Land Remembered)
Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal
Cuban theologian and writer
Died on Friday January 3rd 2014
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican poet
Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Alan Burns
English author
Died on Monday January 13th 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poet
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Paula Gruden
Australian poet and translator
Died on Sunday January 26th 2014
Neal Barrett, Jr.
American author
Died on Sunday January 12th 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Boyd Oxlade
Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick)
Died on Friday January 24th 2014
Michael Jacobs
British writer
Died on Saturday January 11th 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish author
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Chin Shunshin
Japanese author
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2015
Robert Scott
American author
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
James Walker
Australian television writer (Neighbours)
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Michel Jeury
French science fiction author
Died 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 author
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2015
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian feminist critic and academic
Died on Friday January 9th 2015
Rod McKuen
American poet
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Grazia Livi
Italian author and journalist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2015
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer and filmmaker
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2015
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (The Thorn Birds)
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Bill Sykes
English author and chaplain
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Joan Peters
American author (From Time Immemorial)
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Taeko Kono
Japanese writer and critic
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese manga author (8 Man
Died on Saturday January 17th 2015
Ganesh Patro
Indian playwright and screenwriter
Died on Monday January 5th 2015
Bernice Gordon
American crossword writer (The New York Times)
Died on Thursday January 29th 2015
Miriam Akavia
Israeli writer
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Michele Serros
American novelist and poet
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
Gunnar Christie Wasberg
Norwegian non-fiction writer
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Arnaldo Calveyra
Argentine poet and novelist
Died on Thursday January 15th 2015
Ives Roqueta
French Occitian author
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
Suzette Haden Elgin
American science fiction author and linguist
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2015
Mike Marqusee
American-born writer and activist
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Juan Isidro Moreno
Dominican Republic poet
Died on Sunday January 4th 2015
John Leggett
American writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Mark Juddery
Australian author and journalist
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2015
Godfrey Kalimugogo
Ugandan writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Robert Gover
American author
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Miller Williams
American poet
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Pauline Fisk
66. British author
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
Bonnie Christensen
American children's book author and illustrator
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Mari Ellis
British writer and women's rights activist
Died on Sunday January 25th 2015
John Bayley
British literary critic and writer
Died on Monday January 12th 2015
Aisha Choudhary
Indian motivational speaker and author
Died on Saturday January 24th 2015
Robert Stone
American novelist (Dog Soldiers)
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Link Byfield
Canadian conservative columnist
Died on Saturday January 24th 2015