Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Alfonso Ussía
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Naĭden Vŭlchev
Bulgarian poet and translator
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Nihal Fernando Sri Lankan actor dead at age 71
Nihal Fernando, a Sri Lankan actor known for Kalpanthe Sihinayak, Maya 3D and Aloko Udapadi,
died on December 4, 2025, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, aged 71. Born in Colombo on…
Barry Dempster
Canadian poet and novelist
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Pamela Kola
Kenyan children’s author and educator
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Arne Birkenstock
German film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday December 1st 2025
Daniel Woodrell
American novelist (Winter's Bone)
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Dave Hewitt
Scottish writer (The Angry Corrie)
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Gondoo U Thein Naing
Burmese writer and educator
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi
Burmese poet
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Ram Loevy
Israeli film director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
DeWitt S. Williams
American temperance lobbyist and author
Died on Sunday November 30th 2025
Sir Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in Love
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Fern Michaels
American author
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Wang Huo
Chinese novelist and journalist
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Paul Tremmel
German poet
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Stephen Downing
American screenwriter (MacGyver
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Jeanette Winter
American author and illustrator
Died on Sunday November 23rd 2025
Tamilanban
Indian poet
Died on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Leonardo Fróes
Brazilian poet
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
David Hanly
Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland)
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Helme Heine
German writer
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Gavin Petrie
British writer and producer
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Jean-Louis Trudel
Canadian science-fiction author
Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Charlotte Bingham
British author
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Sören Sommelius
Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad)
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriter
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Dan McGrath
American television writer (The Simpsons
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Rachel Cooke
British journalist (The Observer) and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Maurice Denuzière
French journalist and writer
Died on Saturday November 15th 2025
Michèle Audin
French mathematician and writer
Died on Friday November 14th 2025
Anka Ptaszkowska
Polish art critic and art historian
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Marina Lewycka
British writer
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara"
Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
French writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Daya Prakash Sinha
Indian director and writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Manuel Pérez
Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
James Stevens Curl
British architectural historian and author
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Francine Christophe
French writer and Holocaust survivor
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Anna Sandor
Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In)
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Dejan Ristanović
Serbian writer and computer publicist
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Sara Banerji British author and artist dead at age 93
Sara Banerji, the British author, artist and sculptor,
died on November 2, 2025, aged 93. Born Sara Ann Mostyn in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 6, 1932, she lived…
Karomatullohi Mirzo
Tajik writer
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Alison Rose
American model and writer (The New Yorker)
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Hal Sirowitz
American poet
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Murray Mednick
American playwright
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Ed Moloney
Irish journalist and author
Died on Sunday October 19th 2025
Ra’ouf Mus’ad
Egyptian playwright
Died on Saturday October 18th 2025
Sakineh M. Redjali
Iranian-American psychologist and author
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Baek Se-hee
South Korean author (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki)
Died on Friday October 17th 2025
Yolonda Lawrence
American television producer and writer (Empire
Died on Thursday October 16th 2025
Zoë Wicomb
South African writer (You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town)
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Nasser Taghvai
Iranian film director and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Gurney Norman
American writer and poet laureate
Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Desire Moyo
Zimbabwean politician and poet
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025
Gillian Tindall
British writer and historian
Died on Saturday October 11th 2025
Syed Manzoorul Islam
Bangladeshi literary critic
Died on Friday October 10th 2025
Sri Owen
Indonesian cooking teacher and food writer
Died on Wednesday October 8th 2025
Franz Josef Wagner
German journalist (Bild) and writer
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Lin Arison
American writer and art patron
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Erin Pizzey
British men's rights activist and novelist
Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Dame Jilly Cooper
English novelist (Emily
Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Xavier Durringer
French playwright
Died on Sunday October 5th 2025
Gianfranco Sanguinetti
Italian writer
Died on Sunday October 5th 2025
T. J. S. George
Indian biographer
Died on Friday October 3rd 2025
Manchán Magan
Irish author
Died on Friday October 3rd 2025
Douglas Laux
American CIA officer and author (Left of Boom)
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Ahmed Rafiq
Bangladeshi language movement activist and writer
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
American novelist
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
Michael B. Druxman
American screenwriter (Dillinger and Capone
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2025
