Written in Stone - The Literary Cemetery

Keep up to date with deaths in the literary world.
Whether someone is a playwright, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner or Pulp fiction writer their passing will be recorded here.

For more information on writers deaths please see the Literary Cemetery website where you can also find out where departed authors are buried, plus view photos of their graves.

Struggling with trying to decide what to read next? Why not pay tribute to an author who has recently died by reading one of their works.

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Deaths in April - 202445 unread / 45varielle, Today 1:01pm
Deaths in May - 202414 unread / 14jldarden, Today 12:24pm
Deaths in February - 202458 unread / 58varielle, Yesterday 12:12pm
Deaths in March - 202455 unread / 55varielle, Wednesday 2:51pm
Deaths in December - 202361 unread / 61karenb, April 29
Deaths in November - 202379 unread / 79varielle, April 17
Deaths in January - 202462 unread / 62varielle, April 11
Deaths in October - 202351 unread / 51varielle, January 10
Deaths in September - 202344 unread / 44karenb, January 2
Written in Stone Message Board78 unread / 78varielle, December 2023
Deaths in August - 202351 unread / 51varielle, November 2023
Deaths in February - 202345 unread / 45karenb, November 2023
Deaths in May - 202361 unread / 61varielle, October 2023
Deaths in July - 202366 unread / 66varielle, October 2023
Deaths in June - 202355 unread / 55varielle, September 2023
Deaths in March - 202357 unread / 57varielle, September 2023
Deaths in April - 202359 unread / 59varielle, August 2023
Deaths in December - 202250 unread / 50varielle, May 2023
Deaths in January - 202356 unread / 56varielle, April 2023
Deaths in November - 202260 unread / 60varielle, April 2023
Deaths in October - 202243 unread / 43Crypto-Willobie, March 2023
Deaths in August - 202250 unread / 50varielle, February 2023
Deaths in September - 202242 unread / 42varielle, January 2023
Deaths in June - 202247 unread / 47varielle, December 2022
Deaths in July - 202157 unread / 57varielle, November 2022
Deaths in April - 202245 unread / 45varielle, October 2022
Deaths in July - 202261 unread / 61varielle, September 2022
Deaths in May - 202245 unread / 45varielle, September 2022
Deaths in June - 201834 unread / 34PossMan, July 2022
Deaths in March - 202240 unread / 40varielle, June 2022
Deaths in June - 202139 unread / 39varielle, May 2022
Deaths in February - 202250 unread / 50aspirit, May 2022
Deaths in January- 202252 unread / 52varielle, April 2022
Deaths in December - 202157 unread / 57varielle, March 2022
Deaths in November - 202147 unread / 47varielle, February 2022
Deaths in October - 202148 unread / 48varielle, January 2022
Deaths in September - 202142 unread / 42varielle, December 2021
Deaths in August - 202146 unread / 46varielle, November 2021
Deaths in March - 202147 unread / 47varielle, September 2021
Deaths in May - 202139 unread / 39varielle, August 2021
Deaths in February - 201944 unread / 44Crypto-Willobie, August 2021
Deaths in December - 202059 unread / 59varielle, August 2021
Deaths in April - 202159 unread / 59varielle, June 2021
Deaths in October - 202047 unread / 47varielle, May 2021
Deaths in February - 202152 unread / 52varielle, May 2021
Deaths in January - 202164 unread / 64varielle, April 2021
Deaths in August - 202044 unread / 44varielle, March 2021
Deaths in June - 201929 unread / 29varielle, February 2021
Deaths in November- 202041 unread / 41varielle, February 2021
Deaths in February - 20223 unread / 3varielle, February 2021
Deaths in November - 201840 unread / 40varielle, January 2021
Deaths in September - 202047 unread / 47varielle, December 2020
Deaths in July - 202056 unread / 56PossMan, October 2020
Deaths in March - 202051 unread / 51varielle, October 2020
Written in Stone - June 202065 unread / 65varielle, October 2020
Deaths in May -202044 unread / 44varielle, September 2020
Deaths in April - 202055 unread / 55varielle, July 2020
Deaths in December - 201945 unread / 45Crypto-Willobie, May 2020
Deaths in February - 202042 unread / 42PossMan, March 2020
Deaths in January - 202037 unread / 37varielle, March 2020
Deaths in September - 201935 unread / 35varielle, January 2020
Deaths in November - 201937 unread / 37varielle, December 2019
Deaths in October - 201934 unread / 34varielle, December 2019
Deaths in August - 201928 unread / 28varielle, October 2019
Deaths in August - 201845 unread / 45varielle, October 2019
Deaths in April - 201934 unread / 34Crypto-Willobie, September 2019
Deaths in May - 201939 unread / 39varielle, September 2019
Deaths in July - 201938 unread / 38varielle, August 2019
Deaths in March - 201932 unread / 32PossMan, April 2019
Deaths in January - 201928 unread / 28PossMan, April 2019
Deaths in December - 201831 unread / 31varielle, February 2019
Deaths in December - 201735 unread / 35varielle, December 2018
Deaths in October - 201835 unread / 35varielle, December 2018
Deaths in September - 201833 unread / 33Crypto-Willobie, November 2018
Deaths in July - 201825 unread / 25PossMan, September 2018
Deaths in March - 201847 unread / 47Lyndatrue, September 2018
Deaths in January - 201635 unread / 35Crypto-Willobie, September 2018
Deaths in - May 201834 unread / 34Crypto-Willobie, August 2018
Deaths in April - 201837 unread / 37varielle, May 2018
Deaths in September - 201731 unread / 31varielle, March 2018
Deaths in February - 201830 unread / 30Crypto-Willobie, March 2018
Deaths in January - 201850 unread / 50varielle, March 2018
Deaths in November - 201732 unread / 32varielle, December 2017
Deaths in October - 201728 unread / 28PossMan, December 2017
Deaths in August - 201740 unread / 40PossMan, October 2017
Deaths in July - 201741 unread / 41varielle, October 2017
Deaths in March - 201737 unread / 37varielle, September 2017
Deaths in January - 201743 unread / 43Crypto-Willobie, July 2017
Deaths in May - 201744 unread / 44varielle, July 2017
Deaths in June - 201735 unread / 35varielle, July 2017
Deaths in April - 201735 unread / 35varielle, May 2017
Deaths in July - 201623 unread / 23varielle, March 2017
Deaths in February - 201732 unread / 32varielle, March 2017
Deaths in December - 201638 unread / 38varielle, February 2017
Deaths in October - 201638 unread / 38varielle, January 2017
Deaths in November - 201635 unread / 35varielle, December 2016
Deaths in September - 201633 unread / 33varielle, November 2016
Deaths in August - 201625 unread / 25varielle, September 2016
Deaths in June - 201633 unread / 33varielle, July 2016
Deaths in May - 201621 unread / 21elkiedee, June 2016
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