Teresa de Lauretis, died aged 87
Teresa de Lauretis, an Italian activist, author and academic, died on February 9, 2026. She was a Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California,…
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Enrico Benzing, died aged 93
Enrico Benzing, the Italian journalist and engineer, died on February 9, 2026. He was 93. Benzing wrote for La Gazzetta dello Sport as motoring editor and Formula One race reporter,…
Assad Ali died at age 88
Assad Ali, a Syrian literary critic and academic, died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, a prolific writer of contemporary…
Philippe Gaulier passed away at age 82
Philippe Gaulier, the French clown, died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of theatre, dramatic theorist, pedagogue and master clown, and founded École Philippe Gaulier, a theatre school…
Don Nigro dead at age 76
Don Nigro, an American playwright, died on February 9, 2026. Born on September 30, 1949, in Canton, Ohio, he wrote plays including Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the…
Milon Kanti Dey dies at age 78
Milon Kanti Dey, a Bangladeshi Jatra actor, director, writer and cultural activist, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on July 15, 1947, in Chhanhara, Bengal…
Daniel Boyd dies at 69
Daniel Boyd, an American filmmaker and academic, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on September 14, 1956, he was also an…
Jeffrey Carver dead at age 76
Jeffrey Carver, an American science fiction author, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Cleveland on August 25, 1949, he graduated from Brown University and…
Sondra Gotlieb obituary: died at age 89
Sondra Gotlieb, a Canadian journalist and novelist, died on February 6, 2026. Born Sondra Kaufman in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 30, 1936, she lived in Toronto, Ontario. She married Allan…
Dabirul Islam passed away at age 106
British-Bangladeshi community leader and poet Died on Thursday February 5th 2026
Death of Alan Trustman at age 95
Alan Trustman, an American screenwriter best known for The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, died on February 5, 2026, at age 95. Born in Brookline,…
Lorenza Trucchi passed away at age 104
Lorenza Trucchi, an Italian journalist, art critic and curator, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 104. Born in Monaco on January 11, 1922, she moved with her…
Death of Thuraya Qabil at age 85
Thuraya Qabil, a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist, died on February 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Jeddah in 1940, she earned a degree from the National College in Beirut.…
Zohar Shavit passed away at age 74
Zohar Shavit, an Israeli scholar, author and translator, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Jaffa on April 14, 1951, she was a professor at…
Fernand Ouellette dies at 95
Fernand Ouellette, a Canadian writer, died on February 4, 2026. He was a Quebecois writer who wrote in French and was born in Montreal, Quebec, on September 24, 1930. Ouellette…
Jorge Ruffinelli, died aged 82
Jorge Ruffinelli, a Uruguayan literary critic and academic, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Montevideo on December 16, 1943, he was an associate professor…
Mario Merlino passes away at age 81
Mario Merlino, an Italian neo-fascist activist, historian and writer associated with National Vanguard, died on February 4, 2026. Born Mario Michele Merlino in Rome on June 2, 1944, he was…
Suzanne Bjerrehuus dies at 77
Danish author and actor Died on Tuesday February 3rd 2026
Allan Massie passes away at age 87
Allan Massie, a British journalist, died on February 3, 2026, aged 87. Massie was a Scottish journalist, columnist and sports writer who worked for several newspapers in England and Scotland.…
André Beteille has died at age 91
André Beteille, an Indian sociologist, writer and academician, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 91. He was known for his studies of the caste system in South…
Daryl Hoole died at age 91
Daryl Hoole, an American author and public speaker, died on February 2, 2026, at age 91. Born Daryl Van Dam in Salt Lake City, Utah, she wrote on home management…
Gabor Boritt death at age 86
Gabor Boritt, an American historian and the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, died on February 2, 2026. Hungarian-born…
Josefina Castellví death at age 90
Josefina Castellví, a Spanish oceanographer, died on February 2, 2026. She was also a biologist and writer. Castellví received her bachelor's degree in 1957 and a PhD in biological sciences…
Death of Maria Rita Parsi at age 78
Maria Rita Parsi, an Italian psychotherapist, writer and television commentator, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Rome on August 5, 1947, she worked as a teacher, educational psychologist and…
Miroslav Košuta has died at age 89
Miroslav Košuta, a Slovenian poet, playwright and translator, died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on March 11, 1936, in Križ by Trieste, he was a…
Myra MacPherson died at age -1
Myra MacPherson, an American journalist, died on February 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C., at age 91. Born Myra Lea MacPherson in Marquette, Michigan, and raised in Belleville, Michigan, she graduated…
Bud Moore dead at age 86
Robert W. "Bud" Moore, an American college football player and coach, died on February 2, 2026, at age 86. Moore played at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant from…
Nobuhiko Ochiai has died at age 84
Nobuhiko Ochiai, a Japanese journalist and novelist, died on February 1, 2026. He was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, on January 8, 1942. Ochiai wrote works reporting on international affairs…
Vicki Abt death at age 83
Vicki Abt, an American sociologist, died on February 1, 2026, at age 83. She was a professor of sociology and American studies at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington College. Born Isleen…
X. J., died aged 96
American poet Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Demond Wilson, died aged 79
American actor (Me and the Kid) and author Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Burt Wolf, died aged 87
Burt Wolf, an American journalist and writer, died on January 31, 2026. Born Burton R. Wolf in New York City on September 28, 1938, he was also a businessman, chef…
Paolo Cristoni passed away at age 81
Paolo Cristoni, an Italian socialist politician, public administrator and author, died on January 31, 2026. Born in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy, on September 9, 1945, he began his political career in…
Chet Raymo dead at age 89
American writer Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Raimonds Staprans has died at age 99
Latvian-American artist and playwright Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Diana Ferrus died at age 72
South African writer Died on Friday January 30th 2026
James Sallis dead at age 81
American writer Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Chip Berlet passes away at age 76
Chip Berlet, an American investigative journalist and author, died on January 30, 2026, of leukemia. Born John Foster Berlet on November 22, 1949, he was known for his work as…
Christa Lang has died at age 82
Christa Lang, the German-American actress and screenwriter known for films including What’s Up, Doc?, Alphaville and The Big Red One, died on January 30, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Roland Huntford, died aged 98
British polar historian and biographer Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Gordon L. died at age 78
American author and military historian Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Vénus Khoury-Ghata passes away at age 88
French-Lebanese poet and writer Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Peter Ransley died at age 94
Peter Ransley, the British screenwriter, playwright and novelist known for work on Tales of the Unexpected, died on January 29, 2026, of bronchopneumonia. Born in Yorkshire on December 10, 1931,…
Suzannah Lessard obituary: died at age 81
Suzannah Lessard, an American writer, died on January 29, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer. She was 81. Lessard was a staff writer for The New Yorker and one of…
Eric Cameron dies at 90
Eric Cameron, a Canadian artist known for his conceptual art work, died on January 29, 2026. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, and was also a writer and educator. Born in…
Death of Graham E. Fuller at age 89
Graham E. Fuller, an American political analyst and author, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He specialized in Islamic extremism and formerly served as vice-chair of the National…
Obituary: Maggie Van, dead at age 92
American writer and columnist Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Hudson Talbott died at age 76
American children’s author and illustrator (We're Back! A Dinosaur Story) Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Richard Larn died at age 94
British businessman and maritime history writer Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Antoine Bangui passes away at age 92
Chadian political figure and author Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Death of Parviz Nouri at age 87
Iranian movie critic Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Souâd Guellouz dead at age -1
Tunisian novelist and poet Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Josef Dvorak dies at age 91
Josef Dvorak, an Austrian therapist, Catholic theologian and author, died on January 28, 2026. Born in Vienna on January 28, 1934, he was also a scholar of Karl Rahner and…
Obituary: Dan McQuade, dead at age 43
Dan McQuade, an American journalist and writer, died on January 28, 2026. He was 43. A Philadelphia-based writer and community figure, McQuade was best known for recording and reporting on…
Obituary: Peter Hargitai, dead at age 79
Peter Hargitai, a Hungarian-born American poet, novelist and translator of Hungarian literature, died on January 28, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 28, 1947,…
Death of Gloria Wade-Gayles at age 88
American educator and author Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Iain Sharp dies at age -1
British-born New Zealand poet Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Frederick King Keller death at age 75
Frederick King Keller, an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter, died on January 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. He was 75. Born in Buffalo, New York, on…
Aniceto Núñez died at age 85
Spanish politician and writer Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Sia Figiel, died aged 59
Samoan writer Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Marie Rouanet died at age 89
French singer and writer Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Mark Tully passes away at age 90
British journalist and writer Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Joël Schmidt, died aged 88
French novelist Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Kalin Terziyski has died at age 55
Bulgarian writer Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Paul Larivaille passed away at age 93
French literary critic and academic Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Maria Alzira death at age 84
Portuguese writer and literary critic Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Death of Halina Filek-Marszałek at age 86
Polish film director and screenwriter Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Death of Karl Riha at age 90
German poet Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Patrick Corrigan dies at 69
American psychologist and writer Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Vitalie Zagaievschi has died at age 81
Moldovan writer and journalist Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Yury Yemelyanov passes away at age 88
Russian historian and author Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Robert Macklin has died at age 84
Australian journalist and author Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Hermann Peter passed away at age 90
German writer Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Mark Jones obituary: died at age 72
Mark Robert Jones, an American screenwriter, film director and producer, died on January 16, 2026. He wrote and directed the 1993 film Leprechaun, which launched the horror franchise of the…
Blanche Marvin death at age 100
American-born British theatre critic Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Kim Sin-yong passed away at age 80
South Korean writer Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Clay Iles dies at age 83
Clay Iles, an English tennis player and coach, died on January 15, 2026, aged 83. A British player and LTA-licensed tennis coach, he also worked as a sports writer and…
Jan Mårtenson, died aged 92
Swedish author and diplomat Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Aroha Awarau obituary: died at age -1
New Zealand playwright Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Indira Devi death at age 95
Indian poet and socialite Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Scott Adams passes away at age 68
Scott Adams, the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and…
Nellie Wong obituary: died at age 91
American poet Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Ralph L. dies at age 86
Brazilian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Franz Herre obituary: died at age 99
German journalist and biographer Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Obituary: Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, dead at age 96
British occult writer Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Erich von death at age 90
Swiss author and ufologist Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Manoel Carlos, died aged 92
Brazilian television writer (Por Amor Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Robert Wolgemuth obituary: died at age 77
American author Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Kjersti Scheen dead at age 82
Norwegian journalist and writer Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zeno Bianu passed away at age 75
French writer Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Robert K. dies at age 83
American trial attorney and novelist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Astrid Roemer passed away at age 78
Surinamese-Dutch writer and teacher Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Heloísa de passes away at age 56
Brazilian writer and left-wing activist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Chiara Valentini dies at 84
Italian journalist and writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Chiara Valentini dies at 84
Italian Journalist and writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Death of Murad Wahba at age 100
Egyptian writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Mourad Wahba, died aged 99
Egyptian writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Obituary: Renee Nicole, dead at age 37
American poet and writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Raj Kumar Pathria died at age 92
Raj Kumar Pathria, an Indian-American physicist and Urdu poet, died on January 7, 2026, at the age of 92. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo…