Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a composer, pianist, singer, known with her sister Siggie as The Nordstrom Sisters.With the exce

Was a composer, pianist, singer, known with her sister Siggie as The Nordstrom Sisters.With the exception of their October in Bad Gastein for the baths, they regularly performed either in clubs in New York City or on board transatlantic ocean liners. Dagmar loved to drive and their automobile, first out of the hold of the ship would be packed with everything they needed on the continent. During the Second World War they took provisions in their car to Norway and Sweden. During the 1940s they were often on the radio and through the 1960s when they were not otherwise engaged as a team, Dagmar would at times take an assignment alone playing in a club.

Was an Israeli poet and peace activist best known for the freedom of expression in her romantic poet

Was an Israeli poet and peace activist best known for the freedom of expression in her romantic poetry and her principled engagement with current events.Her first poems appeared in the Hebrew language poetry journal Orlogin (Hourglass), edited by Avraham Shlonsky, and it was Shlonsky who encouraged her to pursue writing as a career.

Was an Israeli radio broadcaster, journalist, playwright, and author, as well as a former Palmah mem

Was an Israeli radio broadcaster, journalist, playwright, and author, as well as a former Palmah member. Despite having immigrated from Poland in 1938, he was often considered the epitome of the "Sabra", a native born Israeli Jew.

Was a Chinese poet, essayist and translator active from the late 1920s to the end of the 1940s. A na

Was a Chinese poet, essayist and translator active from the late 1920s to the end of the 1940s. A native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, he graduated from the Aurora University, Shanghai in 1926, majoring in French.

Was a poet and translator of French literature in Taisho and Showa period Japan.Even prior to enteri

Was a poet and translator of French literature in Taisho and Showa period Japan.Even prior to entering the university, he was a member of the Shinshisha (The New Poetry Society) and contributing tanka poetry to Subaru (The Pleiades) and other literary magazines. Under the encouragement of Yosano Tekkan and his wife Yosano Akiko he also began to write other types of verse.

Is a Cuban writer.She is considered one of the three most important fantasy and science fiction writ

Is a Cuban writer.She is considered one of the three most important fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Angélica Gorodischer (Argentina) and Elia Barceló (Spain), forming the so-called “feminine trinity of science fiction in Latin America.”[2]

Was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in

Was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship in a Japanese Buddhist university, Otani.

A well-known Japanese IT and music journalist and writer originally from Kita, Tokyo. He graduated f

A well-known Japanese IT and music journalist and writer originally from Kita, Tokyo. He graduated from the Social Sciences Department of Waseda University.

A scenario writer from Yokohama, Kanagawa who is currently working for Square Enix. He is well known

A scenario writer from Yokohama, Kanagawa who is currently working for Square Enix. He is well known for working on the scenario of Threads of Fate, Final Fantasy XII with Miwa Shoda, Kingdom Hearts with Jun Akiyama and Kazushige Nojima and Final Fantasy X-2 with Kazushige Nojima and the scenario planner on Final Fantasy X. Daisuke Watanabe is not to be confused by a game designer of the same name who happens to work at Nintendo.

An Iraqi writer, poet and novelist.[1] She is author of The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of

An Iraqi writer, poet and novelist.[1] She is author of The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation has renowned her as one of the leading female writers of Iraq.Daisy al-Amir was born in Basra, Iraq in 1935. After earning her Bachelor’s Degree from the Teachers’ Training College of Baghdad, Daisy al-Amir went to Cambridge to study and write her thesis on Arabic Literature. Her father refused to pay tuition, however, and on her trip home, she stopped in Beirut where she found a job as a secretary in the Iraqi embassy. She chose to remain in Beirut

Is economics editor for ITV News.After the 2001 general election, Daisy decided to develop a career

Is economics editor for ITV News.After the 2001 general election, Daisy decided to develop a career in broadcasting, offering regular contributions across television and radio, and before long she was presenting Channel 4's lunchtime political programme,

Is a Cuban narrator, editor, and poet.She directed the children's radio program Ensayo in Cuba, broa

Is a Cuban narrator, editor, and poet.She directed the children's radio program Ensayo in Cuba, broadcasted by CMKC from 1967 to 1968.Daisy Valls has published various articles. In Cuba, they appeared on Letras Cubanas, Revista de Literatura Cubana, and Casa de las Américas. Her works have also been published in other coutries, such as Revista de la Universidad de Cuernavaca in Mexico and Exu in Brazil.

Was a famous Japanese haiku poet from Yamanashi, Japan. His real name was Takeji Iida (?? ???). He i

Was a famous Japanese haiku poet from Yamanashi, Japan. His real name was Takeji Iida (?? ???). He is commonly referred to as Dakotsu. He trained under Takahama Kyoshi, and was a frequent contributor to such haiku journals as Hototogisu and Unmo. He was chief editor of Unmo.Collections of Dakotsu include Sanro shû (The Mountain Hat Collection, 1932), Reishi (The Ten-Thousand-Year Mushroom, 1940), Shinzô (The Mind’s Eye, 1947), Sekkyô (Snow Gorge, 1951), and Kakyô no kiri (Fog and My Native Land, 1956).

Was an Australian writer.After serving in the army during the war, from 1944 to 1949, Stivens was on

Was an Australian writer.After serving in the army during the war, from 1944 to 1949, Stivens was on the staff of the Australian Department of Information. He served in the press office at Australia House in London until 1950. He was Foundation President of the Australian Society of Authors, in 1963[1] and was involved in the creation of the Public Lending Right in 1975.[1]

Was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fo

Was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fourteen other languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic.A descendant of Sir Walter Scott, she was born Dalene Sco

Was one of the most popular contemporary Czech composers, renowned throughout Czechoslovakia.Vackár

Was one of the most popular contemporary Czech composers, renowned throughout Czechoslovakia.Vackár studied composition with Josef Suk (a pupil of Antonín Dvorák), and violin with Karel Hoffman at the Prague Conservatory of Music and Master school, and graduated in 1931. His early compositions reflect the influence of his teacher Josef Suk. They are lyrical, heartfelt and contemplative, and express new formations of harmony and timbre.

Was an Indian poet writing in the Gujarati language. He was the father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi.He

Was an Indian poet writing in the Gujarati language. He was the father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi.He was encouraged to pursue literature by Alexander Kinlock Forbes, the magestrate in Ahmedabad who wanted to see Gujarati literature develop, and who had hel

Was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.

Was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relativ

Was an English author. Cookson became Britain's most widely read novelist, while remaining a relatively low-profile figure in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in North East England, the setting for her novels.

Was a famous British author of plays, novels and short stories. Many of her works were adapted into

Was a famous British author of plays, novels and short stories. Many of her works were adapted into films,

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the be

Is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s and 1960s. One of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by La Fenice audience in 1960 after an Alcina performance. She possessed a voice of great beauty and considerable power, combining extraordinary agility, flawless intonation, a phenomenal trill and amazing upper register. Luciano Pavarotti once described Dame Joan as the Voice of the Century while Montserrat Caballé once described her voice as heaven.

Is an investigative reporter and non-fiction author. He is currently an editor of agency DyN.He star

Is an investigative reporter and non-fiction author. He is currently an editor of agency DyN.He started at the Clarin newspaper in 1994 as a freelancer reporter. Clarín is the major newspaper in Argentina, founded by Roberto Noble on August 28, 1945. Nabot joined DyN news agency in 1996.[2]. He also teaches Investigative Journalism in the Catolic University of Buenos Aires.[3] In 2008, Nabot and his colleague David Cox interviewed Licio Gelli, Grand Master of the Lodge Propaganda Due. This documentary, called "The Grand Puppetmaster", was broadcast by Channel 13 of Argentina. Channel 13, also known as El Trece, is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Nabot and Cox have also investigated the robbery of the hands of Perón and revealed a plot behind the theft.

Is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer

Is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer

Is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, i

Is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors", "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I," "My Fair Lady" and "Guys and Dolls".