David Rakoff
Writer, Author
1964 – 2012
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Who was David Rakoff?
David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-born American writer based in New York City who was noted for his humorous, sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Rakoff was an essayist, journalist, and actor, and a regular contributor to WBEZ's This American Life. Rakoff described himself as a "New York writer" who also happened to be a "Canadian writer", a "mega Jewish writer", a "gay writer" and an "East Asian Studies major who has forgotten most of his Japanese" writer.
Rakoff died of cancer in Manhattan on August 9, 2012.
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- Born
- Nov 27, 1964
Montreal - Also known as
- David Benjamin Rakoff
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Canadian-American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Toronto
- Montreal
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Died
- Aug 9, 2012
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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