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Dos Passos, John Randolph

(Encyclopedia) Dos Passos, John RandolphDos Passos, John Randolphdəs păsˈəs [key], 1844–1917, American lawyer, b. Philadelphia. He was admitted to the bar in 1865 and moved (1867) to New York City,…

Dos Passos, John Roderigo

(Encyclopedia) Dos Passos, John Roderigo, 1896–1970, American novelist, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard, 1916. He subsequently studied in Spain and served as a World War I ambulance driver in France and…

John Dos Passos Biography

John Dos PassosnovelistBorn: 1/14/1896Birthplace: American novelist who wrote the trilogies U.S.A. (completed 1936) and District of Columbia (completed 1949), as well as several other…

Michael Dorris

Michael Dorrisanthropologist, writerBorn: 1/30/1945Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Noted as the founder (1972) of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College, he was also known…

Michael Dorris Biography

Michael Dorrisanthropologist, writerBorn: 1/30/1945Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Noted as the founder (1972) of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College, he was also known…

Kirk Douglas Biography

Kirk Douglas(Issur Danielovitch)actorBorn: 12/9/1916Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York One of the top male stars of post-World War II Hollywood, he is best known for the driving intensity he…

Passos Coelho, Pedro

(Encyclopedia) Passos Coelho, Pedro (Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho)Passos Coelho, Pedropĕˈdrō päˈs&oomacr;sh kwĕlˈ&oomacr; [key], 1964–, Portuguese political leader, grad. Lusíada Univ.,…

translation

(Encyclopedia) translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without…

Entertainment Bios — D

Willem DafoeRoald DahlTimothy DaltonMatt DamonClaire DanesRodney DangerfieldJeff DanielsBlythe DannerTed DansonArthur C. DantoBobby DarinMarion DaviesBette DavisDonald DavisGeena DavisJudy DavisMiles…

Russell Banks Biography

Russell BankswriterBorn: 3/28/1940Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Banks's hardscrabble working-class childhood in New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts has played a major role in shaping his writing. The…