Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Christopher H. Bidmead
English screenwriterDied on Sunday August 31st 2025
Alfred Hilsberg
German journalist and music criticDied on Sunday August 31st 2025
A. K. Best
American fly fisher and angling writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Attila Mizser
Czech-born Hungarian-Slovak writer and poetDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Thelma Admon
Israeli writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Yves Cuau
French writer and journalist (Le FigaroDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Luis Fernando Veríssimo
Brazilian writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Michael Bywater
British writerDied on Saturday August 30th 2025
Juliet Ace
Welsh dramatist and screenwriter (EastEndersDied on Friday August 29th 2025
Léo Gantelet
French poetDied on Friday August 29th 2025
Franklin Domínguez
Dominican playwrightDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Stéphane Bouquet
French writerDied on Monday August 25th 2025
Luis Alberto Lamata
Venezuelan film director and screenwriter (Desnudo con NaranjasDied on Sunday August 24th 2025
Evelyn Osagie
Nigerian journalist and poetDied on Sunday August 24th 2025
David Dale
Australian author and journalistDied on Sunday August 24th 2025
Mammad Ismayil
Azerbaijani poetDied on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Viktor Vabishchevich
Belarusian poet and historianDied on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Japanese playwright and directorDied on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Mariana Gándara Salazar
Mexican playwright and theater directorDied on Friday August 22nd 2025
Jacques Poulin
Canadian novelistDied on Thursday August 21st 2025
Malcolm Margolin
American author and publisher (Heyday Books)Died on Thursday August 21st 2025
Vivian Ayers Allen
American poet and playwright. Died on Thursday August 21st 2025
Gérard Chaliand
Belgian-French geopolitics expert and poetDied on Wednesday August 20th 2025
Gregory H. Williams
American author and academicDied on Wednesday August 20th 2025
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin
French screenwriter (MaigretDied on Wednesday August 20th 2025
Derry O’Sullivan
Irish poetDied on Monday August 18th 2025
Jorge Maestro
Argentine screenwriter and playwrightDied on Monday August 18th 2025
Karl-Rudolf Hornberger
German photographer and writerDied on Monday August 18th 2025
Oldo Hlaváček
Slovak actor and screenwriterDied on Sunday August 17th 2025
Berel Wein
American-Jordanian rabbi and writerDied on Sunday August 17th 2025
René Escudié
French writerDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Johannes Rørtveit
Norwegian writerDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Valdemir de Castro
Brazilian radio personality and sports columnistDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Vügar Tapdiqli
Azerbaijani writer and journalistDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Osken Danikeev
Kyrgyz writer and philosopherDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Vüqar Tapdiqli
Azerbaijani writer and journalistDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Vidadi Babanli
Azerbaijani writerDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Boualem Rabia
Algerian Kabyle writerDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Michael Sloan
American television writer and producer (The EqualizerDied on Friday August 15th 2025
David Stratton
Australian film criticDied on Thursday August 14th 2025
Margaret W. Rossiter
American historian and writer (Isis)Died on Wednesday August 13th 2025
Sonallah Ibrahim
Egyptian novelistDied on Wednesday August 13th 2025
Marc Estrin
American writer and political activistDied on Wednesday August 13th 2025
John Laband
South African historian and writerDied on Tuesday August 12th 2025
Aino Pervik
Estonian writerDied on Tuesday August 12th 2025
Yevgeny Chizhov
Russian writer and journalistDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Amnon Barzel
Israeli art criticDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Hemanta Dutta
Indian dramatistDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Eric Midwinter
English authorDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Jean-Louis Riguet
French writerDied on Sunday August 10th 2025
Juan Chavetta
Argentine illustrator and writerDied on Saturday August 9th 2025
Maria Kuzhuget
Russian poetDied on Saturday August 9th 2025
Oleksandr Mukhin
Ukrainian cinematographer and writerDied on Saturday August 9th 2025
Anatoliy Tomkiv
Ukrainian writer and journalistDied on Friday August 8th 2025
Anatoly Tomkiv
Ukrainian writer and journalistDied on Friday August 8th 2025
Sallie Bingham
American authorDied on Thursday August 7th 2025
Leonid Yandakov
Russian journalist and playwrightDied on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Krastyo Ralenkov
Bulgarian poetDied on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Itamar Prat
Israeli poetDied on Monday August 4th 2025
Tor Åge Bringsværd
Norwegian writerDied on Monday August 4th 2025
Eldar Shengelaia
Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriterDied on Monday August 4th 2025
Satyapal Anand
Indian-American poet and writerDied on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Léandre Bergeron
Canadian writerDied on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Elchin Afandiyev
Azerbaijani writer and politicianDied on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Oleksandr Berestianyi
Ukrainian poetDied on Saturday August 2nd 2025
Oleksandr Berestiany
Ukrainian poetDied on Saturday August 2nd 2025
Andrei Polonsky
Russian poetDied on Saturday August 2nd 2025
M. K. Sanu
Indian writer and literary criticDied on Saturday August 2nd 2025
Dieter Strand
Swedish journalist and writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Errol Trzebinski
British writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Erman Zaruddin Usman
Indonesian writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Maryam Hosseinian
Iranian writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Ira Lember
Estonian writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Stuart Symington Jr.
American writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Viktor Ledenev
Belarusian writerDied on Friday August 1st 2025
Nicholas Clapp
American filmmaker and writerDied on Thursday July 31st 2025
Allan Ahlberg
British children’s authorDied on Thursday July 31st 2025
Marina Donato
Italian television producer and authorDied on Thursday July 31st 2025
Doris Gercke
German writerDied on Tuesday July 29th 2025
Okello Oculi
Ugandan poetDied on Tuesday July 29th 2025
Edgar Allan García
Ecuadorian writerDied on Monday July 28th 2025
Thomas Sayers Ellis
American poetDied on Monday July 28th 2025
Jane Greer
American poetDied on Thursday July 24th 2025
Ratan Thiyam
Indian playwrightDied on Wednesday July 23rd 2025
Rose Leiman Goldemberg
American playwright and screenwriter (The Burning Bed)Died on Tuesday July 22nd 2025