John Gregory Dunne
(1932-2003) Screenwriter, writer. “Panic in Needle Park” (1971), John Gregory Dunne died in Manhattan, New York.
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Evert Augustus Duyckinck
(1816-1878) Editor, publisher, biographer. From 1848 to 1853, he and his brother George Long Duyckinck (1823-63) owned and edited the “Literary World,” the best literary weekly of the period. With George he also edited and prepared much of the copy for the “Cyclopedia of American Literature” (2 vols., 1855), which was a standard work for … Continued
Fielding Dawson
(1930-2002) Writer, novelist, short story writer, word-and-image artist. Guy Fielding Lewis Dawson was born in Manhattan, New York and lived in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York for 38 years.
Margot De Silva
(1900?-1984) Writer. “Geography of the Erotic Body,” lived on First Avenue, on the Lower East Side.
Lorenzo Da Ponte
(1749-1838) Italian poet, librettist. Lorenzo da Ponte worked in Vienna with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the librettos for Le Nozzi Di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte. He emigrated to New York and attempted to establish opera there, with little success. He became a professor and lecturer at Columbia University in Italian literature, the … Continued
Charles Anderson Dana
(1819-1897) Editor, newspaperman. He and his associates bought the New York Sun in 1868 and made the paper famous for its literary quality and editorials. At the age of 24 he joined the staff of the New York Tribune and later became its managing editor. He resigned in 1862 because he disagreed with HORACE GREELEY … Continued
Richard Davidson
(1930-1993) Poet. Richard Davidson lived in Manhattan, New York.
Julia De Burgos
(1914-1953) Poet. Julia De Burgos was born in Puerto Rico. She was a militant member of the Nationalist Party. She published two collections of poems: “Poema En Veinte Zurcos” and “Cancion De La Verdad Sencilla.” She lived in New York City for a short time in 1940 and then went to Cuba. She moved to … Continued
Dorothy Day
(1897-1980) Writer, social activist, editor. “The Catholic Worker,” lived on Staten Island and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery.
A. Elizabeth Delany
(1891-1995) Writer. Along with her sister, Sarah “Sadie” Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany lived in the Bronx, New York, and published an autobiography entitled “Having Our Say” (1993), which narrates their lives as African-American sisters and spans a one hundred year period. The two of them then published “The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom” in … Continued