Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a German singer, composer and producer. Between 1984 and 2000 he collaborated with Dieter Bohlen

Is a German singer, composer and producer. Between 1984 and 2000 he collaborated with Dieter Bohlen for which he sang in the Modern Talking and Blue System choruses. Since 2003 he works on his music group, Systems in Blue.

Best known as Detrick Hughes, (c 1966 – present) is an American Poet, spoken word artist, and auth

Best known as Detrick Hughes, (c 1966 – present) is an American Poet, spoken word artist, and author. Hughes is known for urban commentary and life expressions offered via the genre of poetry.

Was the first author of mystery novels in Hindi. He wrote Chandrakanta, Chandrakanta Santati, Kajar

Was the first author of mystery novels in Hindi. He wrote Chandrakanta, Chandrakanta Santati, Kajar ki Kothari, Narendra-Mohini, Kusum Kumari, Virendra Veer, Gupt Godna,Katora Bhar Khoon and Bhootnath. He is also known as Babu Devakinandan Khatri. Bhootnath was incomplete and completed by his son, Durga Prasad Khatri, who also wrote the concluding volumes of Bhootnath saga as Rohtasmath

An Telugu poet, novelist and short story writer.Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak is best known for h

An Telugu poet, novelist and short story writer.Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak is best known for his collection of poems Amrutham Kurisina Rathri which was published in 1969.[1] This book won the Andhra Pradesh state Sahitaya Akademy Award and Central Government Sahitaya Akademy Award in 1970. His collection of short stories include Sundari-SubbaRavu, Vuri Chivara Illu and Tilak Kadhalu.

Was a Telugu poet and was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born on 18

Was a Telugu poet and was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born on 1897 November 1 in Ramachandrapuram and was brought up in Pitapuram in a family of court-poets. [1] He grew interest in English literature while he was in his high school. He started writing poetry from a very young age. Krishnasastri's works changed significantly after he met Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1929.

She was born in a rich family, her father being a prosperous Barrister. Devyani was a film gossip jo

She was born in a rich family, her father being a prosperous Barrister. Devyani was a film gossip journalist, and among the first in Indian film journalism to have a poison pen and insinuate a lot in her columns. Till her, Indian film journalism had been nice and proper with no hints of scandal. She wrote in a then renown film magazine called Star and Style. She had a lot of credibility and her "gossip" ( delivered in a column called Frankly Speaking) was always researched and had credible sources. The column was also carried in Eve's Weekly. She was once threatened to be beaten up by a "he man" star whose second marriage was made public by her. [1]

Is one of the most reputed contemporary Bulgarian writers. He is one of the big names in the Bulgari

Is one of the most reputed contemporary Bulgarian writers. He is one of the big names in the Bulgarian literature since 1989, although he is virtually unknown among the Bulgarian general public.

Was a famous Hungarian poet and prose-writer.Kosztolányi was born in Szabadka (Subotica) in 1885, t

Was a famous Hungarian poet and prose-writer.Kosztolányi was born in Szabadka (Subotica) in 1885, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but which now lies in northern Serbia. The city serves as a model for the fictional town of Sárszeg, in which he se

Was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and winner of Newbery Medal 1928

Was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and winner of Newbery Medal 1928 . He studied at Duff School (now known as Scottish Church Collegiate School, a constituent unit of Scottish Church College, Calcutta), the University of Calcutta, in India, Tokyo University in Japan and at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University in the U.S.

Is considered the founder of modern Punjabi poetry.[1]He worked all his life to lift the status of t

Is considered the founder of modern Punjabi poetry.[1]He worked all his life to lift the status of the Punjabi language. He was the founding president of Punjabi Sabha (a Punjabi Literary Society). He worked relentlessly to get Punjabi its due status amongst people as well as government.He was the first person to standardize the type set for Gurmukhi script, publish Guru Granth Sahib and Bhai Kahn Singh’s Mahan Kosh, the first Punjabi dictionary by using modern technique at his Sudarshan Printing Press.

Is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she sh

Is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.Di Brandt was born Diana Ruth Janzen in Winkler, Manitoba. She was raised in Reinland, a conservative, separati

Is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses.

Is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. Her writing style, referring to her best-selling natural history books, can best be described as a blend of poetry, colloquial history, and easy-reading science. She has taught at various universities, including Columbia and Cornell, and her essays regularly appear in distinguished popular and literary journals.

Is an American poet.Di Prima was born in Brooklyn and attended Swarthmore College before dropping ou

Is an American poet.Di Prima was born in Brooklyn and attended Swarthmore College before dropping out to be a poet in Manhattan. Her official online biography notes that she is "a second generation American of Italian descent" and that "Her maternal grand

Is a Canadian journalist and author, and the editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper.Francis

Is a Canadian journalist and author, and the editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper.Francis is also a broadcaster and a best-selling author of eight books on a variety of socio-economic subjects for Canadians[1]. Her book titled Fighting for Canada was published in the French language as Ma

An Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives

An Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives in the Barwon Heads area, near Geelong.A winner of the 1985 Mattara Poetry Prize and many other awards, Fahey has been widely published in Australian and internationally and received writing grants from the Australia Council, Arts Victoria and Arts South Australia. She has been writer in residence at Ormond College, University of Melbourne and the University of Adelaide.Her main creative concerns are nature writing, Greek myths, visual art, fairy tales and literary mystery novels. Her most recent collection Sea Wall and River Light (Five Islands Press) is a series of sonnets about Barwon Heads, tracing the year at that place.

Is an American poet who is associated with the "deep image" poets, and to a lesser degree, the "conf

Is an American poet who is associated with the "deep image" poets, and to a lesser degree, the "confessional" and Beat poets of the 1960s.

He started doing theater but later wrote soap operas. He was also a writer of numerous Brazilian TV

He started doing theater but later wrote soap operas. He was also a writer of numerous Brazilian TV shows, miniseries, and a few movies. In 1950 he married the Brazilian telenovelist Janete Clair and in their 33 years of marriage they had three children. She died in 1983 and six years later he remarried, with Bernadeth Lyzio. With her he had two daughters, Mayra, a writer, and Luana, an actress.

Is an author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer.

Is an author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer.

Is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. While continuing his writing,

Is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).

Is a French composer and musician. He is one of the pioneers in the Electronic music genre. Didier s

Is a French composer and musician. He is one of the pioneers in the Electronic music genre. Didier started his career as a pop singer and made his first album with Etienne Roda-Gil as lyricist, he's done concerts tour with Johnny Hallyday, Claude François and Joe Dassin. In 1977,

Is a French pianist and composer. His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jaz

Is a French pianist and composer. His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jazz improvisation and classical romanticism and has added the piano to the repertoire of modern Breton music. He has been influenced by Duke Ellington, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans as well as Debussy, Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Schönberg and Glenn Gould. In 1993, he worked as the accompanying pianist for the Breton singer Yann-Fañch Kemener in the acclaimed live show "L'Héritage des Celtes" (The Heritage of the Celts) and thereby got closer in touch with the music of his home region Brittany. In 1997, on the island of his ancestors, Molène, he recorded his first Breton solo piano album: "Molène".

Is a Belgian composer and conductor.Some of his notable compositions are l'Adagio to Europe (Adagio

Is a Belgian composer and conductor.Some of his notable compositions are l'Adagio to Europe (Adagio à l'Europe) (1970), and Concerto de la Reine (Queen's Concerto)(1960), on the occasion of the wedding of King Baudouin of Belgium to Queen Fabiola.

Was a German pianist and composer. He was born in Hamburg and studied under Jakob Schmitt. He wrote

Was a German pianist and composer. He was born in Hamburg and studied under Jakob Schmitt. He wrote a large number of pieces for piano, around 350 in all, which were popular with amateur pianists. Typical examples are gathered in the Pianoforte-Album which appeared as No. 1220 in the Collection Litolff; it contains eight works: Chant d'Adieu (Op. 307), Le petit Chevalier (Op. 312 No. 2), Einsames Haideblümchen (Op. 329, No. 2), La petite Coquette (Op. 306), Minnelied (Op. 289), Tyrolienne (Op. 308, No. 1), Der Wachtelruf (Op. 317 No. 2), and Impromptu-Romance (Op. 286).

Is a French conductor, composer, and percussionist. In addition to conducting specialist new-music g

Is a French conductor, composer, and percussionist. In addition to conducting specialist new-music groups like the Asko Ensemble, Xenakis Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Alternance, Ensemble Modern, and Musik Fabrik, he has worked with major orchestras including all the BBC Orchestras, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,

Was a German composer.[1]

Was a German composer.[1]