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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.

I. A. L. Diamond

(1920-1988) Writer. I. A. L. Diamond was born in Ungheni, Iasi County, Bessarabia, Romania, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was a graduate of Columbia University.

Hal Draper

(1914-1990) Author. Hal Draper was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Berkeley, California.

Stacy Doris

(1962-2012) Poet, translator. Stacy Doris was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and died in San Francisco, California. She taught at several colleges and universities including Hunter College.

Hal David

(1921-2012) Songwriter. Hal David was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was an Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist, best known for his many hits written with composer Burt Bacharach and performed by Dionne Warwick.