Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, short story writer, and formerly communist politi

Is a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, short story writer, and formerly communist politician. A former member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party (1979-1980), he is a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union.

Is an author of essays, plays, and chronicles.

Is an author of essays, plays, and chronicles.

Is a contemporary Romanian novelist, essayist, short story writer and translator, who currently resi

Is a contemporary Romanian novelist, essayist, short story writer and translator, who currently resides in France. He was one of the founding members of the Oniric group, and a theoretician of the Onirist trend in Romanian literature, while becoming noted for his activities as a dissident. In 1975, the Communist regime stripped him of his citizenship. He settled down in Paris, where he was a leading figure of the Romanian exile.

Is a television journalist and producer.She has interviewed Salma Hayek, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vice

Is a television journalist and producer.She has interviewed Salma Hayek, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vicente Fox, Tony Saca, former US treasurer Rosario Marin, former President of Honduras Ricardo Maduro and his ex-wife Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro, current Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales and first Lady Xiomara de Zelaya, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

An United States-based poet who was born in Iraq.[1] Mikhail worked as Literary Editor for The Baghd

An United States-based poet who was born in Iraq.[1] Mikhail worked as Literary Editor for The Baghdad Observer. Facing increasing threats and harassment from the Iraqi authorities for her writings, she fled Iraq in the late 1990s and studied Near Eastern

Commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the D

Commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called "Commedia" and later called "Divina" (divine) by Boccaccio hence "Divina Commedia"), is often considered the greatest lit

Was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for his Indian and Bengali patriotic p

Was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for his Indian and Bengali patriotic plays and songs, as well as his Hindu devotional lyrics. His songs, which number over 500, like those of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam are consi

Is a tennis player who attained a tennis world ranking of 200 plus.[2] She was the Philippines premi

Is a tennis player who attained a tennis world ranking of 200 plus.[2] She was the Philippines premiere tennis player and a counterpart of Felix Barrientos. She was the first Asian to defeat a Top 20 player in the person of Hannah Menlekova in 1987. [citation needed] She is more popularly known as the ABS-CBN sports interviewer of Manny Pacquiao and his Mexican opponents with whom she (Dyan) communicated with in Spanish. She is also a popular TV host for a number of programs such as The World Tonight, Gym Team, MBA-Beat, TV Patrol and Sports Unlimited.[3]

Was a Welsh poet. In addition to poetry he wrote short stories, and scripts for film and radio which

Was a Welsh poet. In addition to poetry he wrote short stories, and scripts for film and radio which he often performed himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his booming, at times ostentatious, voice with a subtle Welsh lilt, became almost as famous as his works. His best known works include Under Milk Wood and Do not go gentle into that good night, a poem written in 1951 about his dying father.

Was an Australian author.Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), seven plays,

Was an Australian author.Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), seven plays,[2] three travel books, two children's books and one non-fiction book. Her collaborative novels were Pioneers on Parade (1939) with Miles Franklin, and Come In Spinner (1951) with Florence James.[3]The drama Red Sky at Morning was filmed in 1944, staring Peter Finch.[4] The biography Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid, to which Cusack wrote an introduction and helped the author write, was produced as the film Caddie in 1976, starring Helen Morse and Jack Thompson. The novel Come In Spinner was produced as a television series by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989.

Was a French composer and organist. At first his studies in Paris were pursued with hard work, but o

Was a French composer and organist. At first his studies in Paris were pursued with hard work, but once finally freed from his father's stifling education, he soon began to frequent anarchist groups (Louise Michel, Prince Kropotkine, Jean Grave, Charles Malato). He continued none-the-less his musical studies at the conservatory, where his fellow students nicknamed him "Dynam", probably both because of the dynamic way he played and because of the way he lived.