Writer Graves & Memorials

Jean Paul

1763–1825 (age 62)

Stadtfriedhof Bayreuth

Jean Paul was a German Romantic writer known for his humorous novels and influential literary works in late 18th and ear...

Michael Holzach

1947–1983 (age 36)

Holzminden

Michael Holzach was a German writer and journalist who died young at age 36.

Erwin Strittmatter

1912–1994 (age 82)

Dollgow Cemetery

Erwin Strittmatter was a prominent German writer known for his novels and stories depicting rural life in East Germany.

Erich Loest

1926–2013 (age 87)

Saxony

Erich Loest was a German writer and dissident who chronicled life in East Germany and spent years in political imprisonm...

Georg Lohmeier

1926–2015 (age 89)

Nordfriedhof

Georg Lohmeier was a German writer, actor, and filmmaker known for his Bavarian-themed works and television productions.

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

1740–1814 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Louis-Sébastien Mercier was a French dramatist, writer, and social commentator best known for his utopian novel and viv...

Stanislas de Boufflers

1738–1815 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Stanislas de Boufflers was a French writer, poet, and military officer known for his wit and literary salons in pre-Revo...

Charles Nodier

1780–1844 (age 64)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Nodier (1780-1844) was a French writer and librarian from Besançon known for his romantic literature and biblio...

Clotilde de Vaux

1815–1846 (age 31)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Clotilde de Vaux was a French woman who lived from 1815 to 1846 on rue Payenne and was buried in France.

Agricol Perdiguier

1805–1875 (age 70)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Agricol Perdiguier was a French writer and compagnon from Morières-lès-Avignon known for his work on trade guilds.

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

1838–1889 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French Symbolist writer known for his philosophical tales and the novel 'L'Ève fu...

Caroline Marbouty

1803–1890 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Caroline Marbouty (1803-1890) was a French writer and novelist from Paris.

Henry Cauvain

1847–1899 (age 52)

Passy Cemetery

Henry Cauvain (1847-1899) was a French writer born in Paris.

René Maizeroy

1856–1918 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

René Maizeroy (1856-1918) was a French novelist and playwright from Metz known for his naturalist works and society dra...

Enrique Gómez Carrillo

1873–1927 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Enrique Gómez Carrillo (1873-1927) was a Guatemalan modernist writer, journalist, and diplomat who spent much of his ca...

Gaston de Pawlowski

1874–1933 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gaston de Pawlowski (1874-1933) was a French writer and humorist from Joigny known for his satirical works and science f...

Gertrude Stein

1874–1946 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gertrude Stein was an American modernist writer and art collector who lived in Paris and became a central figure in the ...

Maurice Leblanc

1864–1941 (age 77)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was a French writer from Rouen, best known as the creator of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, ...

Alice B. Toklas

1877–1967 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alice B. Toklas was an American writer and avant-garde art collector from San Francisco who lived from 1877 to 1967 and ...

Pierre Véry

1900–1960 (age 60)

Passy Cemetery

Pierre Véry was a French writer known for his mystery novels and screenplays that blended detective fiction with fantas...

Shahan Shahnour

1903–1974 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Shahan Shahnour (1903-1974) was an Armenian-French writer born in Üsküdar known for his novels and poetry.

Maurice Dekobra

1883–1973 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Maurice Dekobra was a prolific French writer famous for his exotic adventure novels and cosmopolitan lifestyle tales.

Claire Goll

1891–1977 (age 86)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Claire Goll (1891-1977) was a German-born writer and journalist known for her poetry, novels, and tumultuous relationshi...

Miguel Ángel Asturias

1899–1974 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) was a Guatemalan Nobel Prize-winning novelist and poet known for works exploring indi...

Jeanne Galzy

1883–1977 (age 94)

Montpellier

Jeanne Galzy (1883-1977) was a French writer from Montpellier known for her literary works and buried in the city's Prot...

Elsa Triolet

1896–1970 (age 74)

Moulin de Villeneuve

Elsa Triolet (1896-1970) was a Russian-born French writer and the first woman to win the Prix Goncourt in 1945, known fo...

Paul Vialar

1898–1996 (age 98)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paul Vialar (1898-1996) was a French writer born in Saint-Denis.

Maurice Toesca

1904–1998 (age 94)

Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise

Maurice Toesca (1904-1998) was a French writer and historian known for his works on French history and culture.

Ethel Lina White

1876–1944 (age 68)

Mortlake Crematorium

Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer from Abergavenny whose works inspired several films, cremated at...

Gai Eaton

1921–2010 (age 89)

Brookwood Cemetery

Gai Eaton was a British diplomat and Islamic scholar who converted to Islam and wrote extensively on Islamic spiritualit...