Letter: D

(1927-2016) Writer. Alice Denham was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and died in Manhattan, New York. She moved to New York in the early 1950s.

(1932-2015) Author. Lewis M. Dabney was born in Dallas, Texas, and died in Easton, Maryland.

(1903-1977) Writer. Moshe Dluznowsky was born in Poland and died in Manhattan, New York.

(1923-2015) Author. Diana Douglas was born in Bermuda and died in Los Angeles, California. She lived in New York and while studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she met Kirk Douglas whom she later married.

(1923-1992) Writer. William Darrid was born in New York City and died in Santa Monica, California.

(1936-2015) Novelist, writer, filmmaker. Assia Djebar was born in Cherchell, Algiers, and died in Paris, France. She had been a professor of French and Francophone studies at New York University.

(1921-2014) Author, historian. Carl Neumann Degler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Palo Alto, California. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in American history from Columbia University. He taught at City College of New York, Hunter College, Adelphi University, New York University, and Vassar College, before joining the faculty at Stanford University. … Continued