Miriam Akavia
Israeli writer
Died on Friday January 16th 2015
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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
Hans Stoiber
Austrian poet
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writer
Died on Friday January 23rd 2015
Brian Clemens
British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers
Died on Saturday January 10th 2015
Charles E. Rice
American legal scholar and author
Died on Wednesday February 25th 2015
David Carr
American columnist (The New York Times) and author
Died on Thursday February 12th 2015
Stewart Stern
American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause
Died on Monday February 2nd 2015
Harve Bennett
American producer and writer (Star Trek
Died on Wednesday February 25th 2015
Anne Cuneo
Swiss author and film director
Died on Wednesday February 11th 2015
Helena Araújo
Colombian writer
Died on Monday February 2nd 2015
Bertrice Small
American author
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Melanie Tem
American horror and dark fantasy author
Died on Monday February 9th 2015
Said Sheikh Samatar
Somali scholar and writer
Died 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 Generation
Died on Tuesday February 24th 2015
Paul E. Toms
American author and pastor
Died on Saturday February 7th 2015
John Rowlands
Welsh author and novelist
Died on Monday February 23rd 2015
Assia Djebar
Algerian novelist
Died on Friday February 6th 2015
Ted Roberts
Australian screenwriter and producer
Died on Monday February 23rd 2015
André Brink
South African novelist and playwright
Died on Friday February 6th 2015
Govind Pansare
Indian political activist and author
Died on Friday February 20th 2015
Herman Rosenblat
Polish-born American writer
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Harris Wittels
American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Anne Moody
American author and civil rights activist
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Talus Taylor
American writer
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Louise Maheux-Forcier
Canadian author
Died on Thursday February 5th 2015
Carol Severance
American fantasy author
Died on Thursday February 19th 2015
Martin Green
British writer and publisher
Died on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Gigi Vesigna
Italian journalist and writer
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
John Paul Jackson
American writer and producer
Died on Wednesday February 18th 2015
Ernest Ferlita
American playwright and professor of drama and speech
Died on Wednesday February 4th 2015
Thomas J. Stanley
American author (The Millionaire Next Door
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Uri Orbach
Israeli writer
Died on Monday February 16th 2015
Andrew Patner
American art critic and radio host
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Yaşar Kemal
Turkish author
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Philip Levine
American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Died on Saturday February 14th 2015
Carlos Noguera
Venezuelan writer and psychologist
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Sarah Foot
British journalist and author
Died on Saturday February 28th 2015
Kesava Reddy
Indian novelist
Died on Friday February 13th 2015
Vasu Malali
Indian author and film director
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-American writer
Died on Thursday February 26th 2015
Geneviève Dormann
French journalist and writer
Died on Friday February 13th 2015
Sir Martin Gilbert
British historian and biographer
Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2015
Ellen Conford
American children's writer
Died on Friday March 20th 2015
Mary Clarke
British dance critic
Died on Friday March 20th 2015
Harri Pritchard Jones
Welsh writer
Died on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Cocoa Fujiwara
Japanese manga author
Died on Tuesday March 31st 2015
Safet Plakalo
Bosnian playwright and poet
Died on Thursday March 19th 2015
Walter Burkert
German academic and author (Homo Necans)
Died on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Albino Bernardini
Italian author and pedagogue
Died on Tuesday March 31st 2015
Marilyn Durham
American author
Died on Thursday March 19th 2015
Lou Silverstone
American comedy writer (Mad
Died on Monday March 9th 2015
Roger Slifer
American comic book author (Lobo) and writer (Transformers)
Died on Monday March 30th 2015
Yosef Ben-Jochannan
American writer and historian
Died on Thursday March 19th 2015
Rigoberto Paredes
Honduran poet and essayist
Died on Monday March 9th 2015
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet and translator
Died on Thursday March 26th 2015
Lyle E. Schaller
American church consultant and writer
Died on Wednesday March 18th 2015
H. H. ter Balkt
Dutch poet
Died on Monday March 9th 2015
Luís Miguel Rocha
Portuguese author
Died on Thursday March 26th 2015
Grace Ogot
Kenyan writer and politician
Died 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 poet
Died on Wednesday March 18th 2015
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Japanese manga author
Died 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 writer
Died on Monday March 16th 2015
Brian Sutton-Smith
New Zealand writer and play theorist
Died on Saturday March 7th 2015
Nick Peters
American journalist (Sacramento Bee) and baseball beat writer (San Francisco Giants)
Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Kavitha Prasad Rallabandi
Indian poet and civil servant
Died on Sunday March 15th 2015
Ray Hatton
British-born American author
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2015
Herberto Hélder
Portuguese poet
Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Curtis Gans
American activist and writer
Died on Sunday March 15th 2015
Ernest Braun
Austrian-born British academic and author
Died on Tuesday March 3rd 2015
Peter Pišťanek
Slovak writer
Died on Sunday March 22nd 2015
Narayan Desai
Indian Gandhian and writer
Died on Sunday March 15th 2015
George Neel, Jr.
American author and businessman
Died on Sunday March 22nd 2015
Valentin Rasputin
Russian writer
Died on Saturday March 14th 2015