Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

An Australian poet and journalist.He attended Toowoomba Grammar School and studied at the University

An Australian poet and journalist.He attended Toowoomba Grammar School and studied at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney.[2] He served in the Second World War on the Pacific front, and later worked as a journalist for the Brisbane Courier-Mail (1955-64). He lectured in English at the University of Queensland (1965-1969), and became the literary critic of the Brisbane Courier-Mail (1969-1980), and its literary editor (1980-1987).[3] A friend and mentor to many other Australian writers, Rowbotham also maintained extensive international connections, travelling frequently to the United States. Though lyrical in form, Rowbotham's poems are often concerned with history.

Author, journalist, storyteller and Colombian diplomat. Sánchez Juliao was ambassador to India duri

Author, journalist, storyteller and Colombian diplomat. Sánchez Juliao was ambassador to India during the César Gaviria administration and ambassador to Egypt during the Ernesto Samper administration. Among his most important works are: El pachanga, El flecha, El flecha II el retorno (2006), Abraham al humor, Fosforito, Historias de Racamandaca y Dulce Veneno Moreno.His works have been translated into 15 languages and received a number of literary prizes[1]. Sánchez Juliao's works provide an outline of the culture of Colombia's North Coast, and the Córdoba region specifically.

An Israeli fiction writer.His first book "The Grass and the Sand" (Hebrew: ???? ??????) was publishe

An Israeli fiction writer.His first book "The Grass and the Sand" (Hebrew: ???? ??????) was published in 1978. The book was translated into French (L'herbe et le sable : roman) and into German (Gras und Sand : roman ).

Bestselling author and radio contributor. Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when Nationa

Bestselling author and radio contributor. Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. Each of his five subsequent essay collections, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008), have become New York Times Best Sellers.[

Is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent.Solway

Is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent.Solway is renowned[by whom?] for his work both as a poet and as a teacher, as well as for his polemical outspokenness, especially in defence of Zionism, George W

Is an English film, television and stage actor, as well as a writer.

Is an English film, television and stage actor, as well as a writer.

Is a Georgian fiction writer. In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action takin

Is a Georgian fiction writer. In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action taking place at the Davidgareja monasteries in eastern Georgia, whose territory was exploited by the Soviet Union military as a training ground. His first novel

Is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular as well as classical music.Bed

Is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular as well as classical music.Bedford studied music at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, and later in Venice under Luigi Nono

Is an American writer of novels and short stories.

Is an American writer of novels and short stories.

Was a Georgian poet who authored the finest pieces of pre-Romantic Georgian literature. His poetic t

Was a Georgian poet who authored the finest pieces of pre-Romantic Georgian literature. His poetic talents thrived far from his motherland, being forced by personal misfortunes and turmoil in Georgia to spend several years in the Russian military service

Also spelled Dawood Hosni, Dawoud Housni,Dawood Hosny, was an Egyptian musician and composer born in

Also spelled Dawood Hosni, Dawoud Housni,Dawood Hosny, was an Egyptian musician and composer born in 1870 in Cairo to a Karaite Jewish family. He composed the first Operetta in the Arabic language.Dawood's father, Khidr Hossnei, was a jeweler; his mother

Was a Marathi author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the at

Was a Marathi author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the attrocities experienced by the dalits or untouchables under the Indian caste system.[2]He gained fame for his autobiographical novel Baluta (1978) written as a story by Dagdu Pawar being told to the more literate Daya Pawar, with both being personas of the author.[3] The novel recounts the "experiences of an untouchable struggling for a peaceful existence, mentally tormented but incapable of retaliation in word and deed."[4] The book shook Marathi society and was a critical success in both Marathi and in its Hindi translation, but received considerable anti-Dalit blowback for its frank exposition.[4][5]

A Mexican writer.Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" part of his nom-de-plume (normally so written,

A Mexican writer.Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" part of his nom-de-plume (normally so written, without punctuation) stands for "Dirty But Clean". "Pierre" was a nickname bestowed on him by childhood friends after a cartoon character of that name.Pierre was awarded the Booker Prize for fiction on 14 October 2003 for his novel Vernon God Little. He is the third Australian to be so honoured, although he has told the British press that he prefers to consider himself a Mexican.

Is an American author.Best known for his novels that could broadly be described as suspense thriller

Is an American author.Best known for his novels that could broadly be described as suspense thrillers, Koontz also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Several of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with ten hardcovers and fourteen paperbacks reaching the number one slot.

Was a prolific American film and television writer.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked pr

Was a prolific American film and television writer.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for Rawhide and the "Tourist Attraction" episode of The Outer Limits, although he occasionally contributed to feature films like The Helen Morgan Story. In 1968 he landed a job working on the Clint Eastwood action film Coogan's Bluff, and this in turn would lead to him writing several other Eastwood features throughout the 1970s. Riesner helped pen the screenplays for two Eastwood films in 1971, Play Misty for Me and the original Dirty Harry. In 1973 he provided an uncredited rewrite for High Plains Drifter, and in 1976 he was one of the writers to draft The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry thriller. That same year he provided the teleplay for NBC's highly rated miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, starring Nick Nolte. In 1979 he wrote an early draft screenplay for The Godfather Part III, but his script was discarded when Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo finally agreed to collaborate on a third entry in the series.

Was a Latin poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala (Bordeaux).Decimius Magnus Ausonius was born in

Was a Latin poet and rhetorician, born at Burdigala (Bordeaux).Decimius Magnus Ausonius was born in Bordeaux in ca. 310. His father was a noted physician of Greek ancestry [1] [2] and his mother was descended on both sides from long-established aristocrat

An Indian historian and philosopher of science who is Professor of History of Science and Education,

An Indian historian and philosopher of science who is Professor of History of Science and Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has sought to demonstrate in several of his books that British colonialism in India played a major role in how European scientific fields developed.

Is an internationally acclaimed Serbian composer, music theoretician, writer and pedagogue. He studi

Is an internationally acclaimed Serbian composer, music theoretician, writer and pedagogue. He studied composition with Marko Tajcevic and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragovic at the Belgrade Music Academy (1950-1955), where he later became a professor (19

Was a neofigurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter

Was a neofigurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter, an illustrator and an engraver. His father, Napoleón Berni, was an immigrant tailor from Italy. His mother, Margarita Picco, was an Argentinian, daughter of Italians settled in Roldán, a nearby town.

The best-selling author of The Service of Clouds and The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers. She has been des

The best-selling author of The Service of Clouds and The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers. She has been described by Australian critic Peter Craven, in Best Australian Stories 1999, as “the young Australian writer who has arguably done most to put her signature on the literature of this country”. Falconer lives in Sydney. She frequently publishes reviews in newspapers and journals.Falconer studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney. She was an editor of the literary magazine Hermes in 1986 and lived at Women's College. She completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne.

Was an American poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first published work was the short story "In Dream

Was an American poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first published work was the short story "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities," which was published in 1937 in the Partisan Review. This and other short stories and poems were collected and released in his first book, under the same name (1938). (The story was later republished in the collection In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories (1978) (ISBN 0-8112-0680-7).) This first work was well received, and made him a well-known figure in New York intellectual circles. There he became known as a democratic Socialist and an associate of Irving Howe.

Was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. The first that is known

Was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. The first that is known of him is in 1630, when he became organist of the Marienkirche in Wolfenbüttel; this was followed by an appointment at the court in Celle from 1632 to 1637. In May 1637, he moved to Brunswick, where he was to remain until his death, to take up the post of organist of the Marienkirche; he also played at other local churches.

Was a French soprano, After studies with her mother and Moreau-Sainti in Paris, she made her debut a

Was a French soprano, After studies with her mother and Moreau-Sainti in Paris, she made her debut at the Opéra Comique in 1848 as Angèle in Auber’s Le domino noir, followed by L'ambassadrice, going on to create roles in several popular operas of the time: the title role in Galathée by Massé on 14 April 1852, Virginie in Le caïd by Thomas on 3 January 1849 and Coraline in Le Toréador on 18 May 1849. After a break she returned for Psyché (Eros) by Thomas on 26 January 1857.[2]

Was a German pianist and composer. Delphine von Schauroth was born in Magdeburg, the daughter of Lou

Was a German pianist and composer. Delphine von Schauroth was born in Magdeburg, the daughter of Louise von Teltz. She began piano studies at an early age with Friedrich Kalkbrenner in Paris, and in 1822 made her debut in Frankfurt am Main at a concert organized by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Guhr. This was followed by a European tour the next year, including appearances in Paris and London, and later by additional tours.[1]

Was a Greek poet, essayist and critic. Resident in the United Kingdom from 1939, he wrote some poetr

Was a Greek poet, essayist and critic. Resident in the United Kingdom from 1939, he wrote some poetry in English[1]. He was a graduate of Athens University, where he was taught by Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, whom he would encounter again in the Greek government in exile in London, and held a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. In 1939 with a scholarship from the British Council he came to the University of Cambridge, studying under Dadie Rylands.