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Carl Djerassi

(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.

Karen DeCrow

(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.

Felix Dennis

(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.

Phillip Hayes Dean

(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.

Douglas Davis

(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.

Aleksey Dayen

(1976-2010) Poet, translator, novelist, journalist. Aleksey Dayen was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and died in New York.

William Demby

(1922-2013) Author, novelist. William Demby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.