(1933-2015) Poet, writer. George Dickerson, attended Yale on a science scholarship, but switched majors after reading The Great Gatsby. In 1959, he was featured in a reading of Beat Poets. His fiction appeared in Best American Short Stories, 1963 and 1966. His poetry appeared in The New Yorker and Madmoiselle. Penthouse, Saturday Evening Post, and … Continued
(1923-2015) Author, poet, playwright. Carl Djerassi was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in San Francisco, California. He lived for a time in upstate New York.
(1916-2014) Novelist. Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Palisades, New York.
(1937-2014) Writer. Karen DeCrow was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Jamesville, New York. In addition to her books, Ms. DeCrow wrote for many years for The Syracuse Post-Standard.
(1935-2014) Author. Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known as Ultra Violet, was born in La Tronche, France, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1947-2014) Poet. Felix Dennis was born in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England, and died in Dorsington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. He published eight volumes of poetry.
(1931-2014) Playwright. Phillip Hayes Dean was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California. He lived and worked in New York during the 1950s.
(1933-2014) Critic. Douglas Davis was born in Washington, District Of Columbia, and died in Queens, New York. He moved to New York in the late 1960s and was an art critic for Newsweek.
(1924-2013) Author. Arthur C. Danto was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1976-2010) Poet, translator, novelist, journalist. Aleksey Dayen was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and died in New York.