Francesc Nel·lo
Catalan playwright and theatre director
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
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Rita Mensah-Amendah
Togolese teacher and writer
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Vinod Kumar Shukla
Indian writer
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Patricia Montandon
American author and socialite
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
David Pinner British actor and novelist dead at age 85
David Pinner, the British actor and novelist best known for Ritual,
died on December 22, 2025, aged 85. Born in Peterborough, England, on October 6, 1940, he trained at the…
Walter Schultheiß Actor dead at age 101
Walter Schultheiß, the German actor, author and painter known for his role as Der Eugen,
died on December 22, 2025, at the age of 101. Born in Tübingen in 1924,…
Jean Bedford
English-born Australian writer
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Lou Cannon
American journalist (The Washington Post) and biographer
Died on Saturday December 20th 2025
Kevin Arkadie
American television writer and producer (New York Undercover
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Australian poet and academic
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Christian de Chalonge
French film director and screenwriter (The Wedding Ring
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Ahmed Abodehman
Saudi writer and journalist (Al Riyadh)
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
Harouna Coulibaly
Nigerien writer and film director
Died on Thursday December 18th 2025
John Antrobus
British playwright and screenwriter (The Goon Show)
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Victor Grossman
American publicist and author
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Robert Heide American playwright and author dead at age 91
Robert Heide, an American playwright and author,
died on December 17, 2025. He was best known for his play "The Bed" and for working with artist Andy Warhol. His death…
Richard Meier Poet dead at age 55
Richard Meier, an English poet,
died on December 17, 2025, of lung cancer in East Finchley, London, at the age of 55. Born in Great Bookham, Surrey, in 1970, he…
Simona Popescu
Romanian essayist
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Norman Podhoretz
American magazine editor and writer (Commentary)
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Meja Mwangi
Kenyan writer
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Gerald Donaldson Canadian racing journalist dead at age 87
Gerald Donaldson, a Canadian racing journalist and biographer who specialized in covering Formula One,
died on December 14, 2025, at age 87. Born in Almonte, Ontario, on July 18, 1938,…
John Carey
British literary critic
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Peg Kehret
American author
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Magda Umer
Polish singer and author
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Joanna Trollope
English novelist (A Village Affair)
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Nermin Abadan Unat
Turkish academics and author
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
John Varley
American author (Titan
Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Kenneth W. Ford
American theoretical physicist and writer
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025
D. L. Coburn
American playwright (The Gin Game)
Died on Thursday December 11th 2025
Ernest McCarty American bass player dead at age 84
Ernest McCarty, an American bass player, composer and playwright,
died on December 11, 2025, at age 84. Born in Chicago on March 26, 1941, he was an upright bass player…
Mark Jay Mirsky
American writer and professor
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Sophie Kinsella
English novelist (Shopaholic)
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Josh Becker
American director (Xena: Warrior Princess) and screenwriter
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Jean-Pierre Winter
French psychoanalyst and writer
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Tito Topin
French writer and illustrator
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Clara Pinto-Correia
Portuguese novelist and journalist
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Baba Adhav
Indian socialist leader and marathi writer
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
John Noble Wilford
American journalist and author
Died on Monday December 8th 2025
Oľga Feldeková
Slovak writer
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025
David Mulwa
Kenyan writer
Died on Saturday December 6th 2025
Alfonso Ussía
Spanish writer and journalist
Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Hege Newth
Norwegian writer
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…
Charles Norman Shay
American writer
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Barry Dempster
Canadian poet and novelist
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Marianne Larsen
Danish poet and writer
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
Pamela Kola
Kenyan children’s author and educator
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2025
José Ortega Torres
Spanish poet
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
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
Hazel Walford Davies
Welsh academic and author
Died on Friday November 28th 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
Alun Gibbard
Welsh writer
Died on Saturday November 22nd 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
Ian Marchant
British writer
Died on Thursday November 20th 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
Yvonne Keuls
Dutch writer
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Keiichirō Nakano
Japanese screenwriter
Died on Monday November 17th 2025
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese novelist
Died on Sunday November 16th 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
Colin Duriez
English writer
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Eric Preven
American television writer and producer ("Santa Barbara"
Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Jana Štroblová
Czech writer
Died on Tuesday November 11th 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
Binlah Sonkalagiri
Thai writer
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…