David Rakoff
David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian‑American essayist and humorist, born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, who spent his professional career in New York City. Rakoff was an essayist, journalist, and actor, and a regular contributor to WBEZ's This American Life. He 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.
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- Born in
- Montreal
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityForest Hill Collegiate Institute
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- 🏆 Lambda Literary Award
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1964
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