Dahl, Roald

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author renowned for his contributions to children’s literature and short stories, as well as...

Danza, Andrés

Andrés Danza, born in Montevideo in 1976, is a notable Uruguayan journalist, editor, professor, and writer. He earned a degree in Social Communication from ...

Darwin, Charles

Charles Robert Darwin, born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, and died on April 19, 1882, in Downe, Kent, was an English naturalist,...

Darío), Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (Rubén

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, more commonly known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modern...

Defoe, Daniel

Daniel Defoe, originally named Daniel Foe, was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy. He was born around 1660 in London, England. Defo...

Denevi, Marco

Marco Denevi (1922-1998) was an Argentine author, lawyer, and journalist known for his original and profound works, often critiquing human incompetence. His...

Descartes, René

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergenc...

Despentes, Virginie

Virginie Despentes, born as Virginie Daget on June 13, 1969, in Nancy, France, is a renowned French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. Her work is an inventor...

Dickens, Charles

Charles John Huffam Dickens (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England—died June 9, 1870, Gad’s Hill, near Chatham, Kent) was an English novelis...

Dolina, Alejandro

Alejandro Ricardo Dolina, born on May 20, 1944, is a renowned Argentine broadcaster who has also achieved fame as a musician, writer, radio host, and televi...

Donoso, José

José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, known as José Donoso, was a renowned Chilean writer, journalist, and professor. Born on October 5, 1924, in Santiago, Chile, he li...

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, also known as Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the dar...

Douglass, Frederick

Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born in February 1818 in Talbot county, Maryland, U.S., and passed away on Fe...

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He is most famous for his creation of the detective Sherlock...

Dreiser, Theodore

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often feat...

Dumas, Alexandre

Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright, born as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie on July 24, 1802. He is one ...

Díaz, Eduardo Acevedo

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (April 20, 1851 – June 18, 1924) was a prominent Uruguayan writer, politician, and journalist. Born in Villa de la Unión, Uruguay, Acev...