Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the be

Was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the best-selling statistics book of the second half of the twentieth century.Huff was born in Gowrie, Iowa, and educated at the University of Iowa, (BA 1938, MA

Was a French musician and actor.A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not s

Was a French musician and actor.A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not stretch his acting ability. He explained this by noting he did not read the script (or, on occasion, know the title) of the work in which he was to act.

Started writing verse under the impulse of the Indian Freedom Struggle in the early 1920's. The tone

Started writing verse under the impulse of the Indian Freedom Struggle in the early 1920's. The tone and diction of these poems were nationalist revolutionary and they were first published in a volume named Bijii di Tarak (The Lap of Lightning). It was confiscated by the British Government. A second volume was published many years later in 1940 under the title Bhaghawat (Rebellion), followed in 1941 by Main Baghi Han (I am a Rebel). The rebellion at this state has gone from mere political defiance of the British rulers to the more fundamental spiritual rebellion against the belief in an all-pervading divinity and the principles and tactics of institutional religion. Awara saw the variety of religions in India as obstacles in the way not only of the National struggle for freedom but also of basic humanity. He died in 1982.

Is an American television journalist working for KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, the CBS west coast flagship st

Is an American television journalist working for KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, the CBS west coast flagship stations based in Los Angeles, California.Malkoff is currently a reporter with KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, California. He joined the CBS-owned duopol

Is a Georgian poet and politician. He is the author of lyrics of the current National Anthem of Geor

Is a Georgian poet and politician. He is the author of lyrics of the current National Anthem of Georgia (2004).He debuted in the 1980s and edited the leading Georgian literary journal Tsiskari for several years. Under Eduard Shevardnadze, he served as Minister of Culture of Georgia from 1992 to 1995 and was elected to the Parliament of Georgia from 1999 until he resigned his position in the legislature in 2001.

Is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for

Is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity

Has thus far built his reputation as an historical novelist

Has thus far built his reputation as an historical novelist

Is an American writer. His most acclaimed work is his second novel, The Chaneysville Incident (1981)

Is an American writer. His most acclaimed work is his second novel, The Chaneysville Incident (1981). He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Oregon.

Is a Swiss-born German songwriter and producer. Brandes has written and produced for many artists, i

Is a Swiss-born German songwriter and producer. Brandes has written and produced for many artists, including E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue, Chris Norman, Indiggo, Lemon Ice and Vanilla Ninja. He also had two hits in Europe personally during 1994, with "Heartbreak Angel" and "Heartless Dancer". In 2005 it was revealed that Brandes had bought hundreds of his own CDs (Gracia, Vanilla Ninja, Virus Incorporation) to manipulate the charts.[1] The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months. In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes.

The visual poet. He made words out of pictures and pictures out of words for over 60 years. Visual P

The visual poet. He made words out of pictures and pictures out of words for over 60 years. Visual Poetry: The Shape Poem: Shapes tell the words what to say and words tell the shapes what to form. David Daniels lived in Berkeley, California and died at ho

Was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.

Was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.

Is an American writer and former producer.

Is an American writer and former producer.

Is a writer who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community with the publication of

Is a writer who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community with the publication of his book The Machinery of Freedom (1973, revised 1989). He has also authored the books Price Theory: An Intermediate Text (1986), Law's Order (2000) and Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (1996).

Is an American composer and conductor who has been the music director of the New York City Symphony

Is an American composer and conductor who has been the music director of the New York City Symphony since 1985. He has also been an active composer and arranger with 40 original compositions and over 600 arrangements and original songs to his credit.

Demonstrating early on a creative and quirky bent, in his junior year at Princeton, Kelley submitted

Demonstrating early on a creative and quirky bent, in his junior year at Princeton, Kelley submitted a paper for a political science class about John F. Kennedy's plot to kill Fidel Castro as a poem. For his senior thesis, he turned the Bill of Rights into a play. "I made each amendment into a character," he said. "The First Amendment is a loudmouth guy who won't shut up. The Second Amendment guy, all he wanted to talk about was his gun collection. Then the 10th Amendment, the one where they say leave the rest for the states to decide, he was a guy with no self-esteem." Also while at Princeton, he was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club.

A contemporary Australian novelist, poet and writer of non-fiction.David Foster was born in Katoomba

A contemporary Australian novelist, poet and writer of non-fiction.David Foster was born in Katoomba, New South Wales and grew up in the Blue Mountains.[1] He studied science at University of Sydney and took a doctorate from Australian National University. He has worked as a research scientist, truck driver, postie and on a prawn trawler as well as writing. The subjects of his novels range from rock music to ancient mythology, with some characters like D'Arcy D'Oliveres, the comic post-man of several novels, taking something from his previous employment. He has been a University of New South Wales Literary Fellow.

Was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement.His first book, Roman Balcony and Other

Was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement.His first book, Roman Balcony and Other Poems, was published in 1932, when he was sixteen. A novel, Opening Day, was published the following year. However, it was Man's Life is This Meat (1936),

Is an American author, narrator, and lecturer.His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in

Is an American author, narrator, and lecturer.His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968; he has written seven more since including topics such as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, and the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; he also hosted American Experience for twelve years. Two of McCullough's books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into TV mini-series by HBO. McCullough's next work, about Americans in Paris, is due out in 2010.[5]

An Australian author. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Aliso

An Australian author. He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Alison Summers in 1975. Brooks and Summers then studied abroad and received their M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto. Brooks completed his Ph.D from the University of Toronto after returning to Australia in 1981 while teaching at the Royal Military College, Duntroon located in Canberra. In 1982 he began teaching at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia, where he met the poet Nicolette Stasko, who became his partner for the next twenty years. In 1986 he returned to the Australian National University as a lecturer, a post he held for the next four years. Brooks currently is an associate professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. He married the Slovenian translator and photographer Teja Pribac in 2005.

Is an Israeli author of fiction, nonfiction, and youth and children's literature. His books have bee

Is an Israeli author of fiction, nonfiction, and youth and children's literature. His books have been translated into numerous languages. The Yellow Wind, his nonfiction study of the Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip met with acclaim abroad but sparked controversy at home.

He is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which won the 1995 PEN/Fa

He is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date it has sold nearly four million copies. It was adapted for a 1999 film of the same title, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Ethan Hawke. The film received an Academy Award nomination for cinematography. Guterson's subsequent novels are East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003), and The Other (2008). He is also the author of a short story collection, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) and of a book of essays on education called Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992).

Was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, mo

Was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally-tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave.[1] He is best known as the director of the films 491 (1964), I Am Curious (Yellow) (in Swedish, "Jag är nyfiken - gul") (1967), and I Am Curious (Blue) ("Jag är nyfiken - blå") (1968), which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film, deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner.

Is an American screenwriter. His most well known movie scripts include: King Arthur, Gladiator, Amis

Is an American screenwriter. His most well known movie scripts include: King Arthur, Gladiator, Amistad, and Jumpin' Jack Flash.When he graduated from the University of Vermont in the 1970's he took a motorcycle trip across the world, going from New York, to Europe to the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and South America.

Is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American d

Is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.

Is the current Editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post.In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the paper in

Is the current Editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post.In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the paper in this position, having worked for the Post from 1983 to 1990. After leaving the newspaper, he worked at The Jerusalem Report, where he was the editor from 1998 and publisher from 2001.