Rakoff, David

LC control no.	n 00043672
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3618.A436
Personal name heading	Rakoff, David *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	19641127
Death date	20120809
Place of birth	Montréal, Québec
Place of death	Manhattan, New York, N.Y.
Profession or occupation	Humorist Essayist Actor
Found in	Rakoff, David. Fraud, 2001: CIP t.p. (David Rakoff) pub. info. (humorist; regular contributor to Salon and NPR's "This American Life") New York times WWW site, Aug. 10, 2012 (David Rakoff; b. David Benjamin Rakoff, Nov. 27, 1964, Montreal; d. Thursday [Aug. 9, 2012], Manhattan, aged 47; humorist) Love, dishonor, marry, die; cherish, perish, 2013: ECIP t.p. (David Rakoff) Wikipedia, July 22, 2013 (David Benjamin Rakoff; born November 27, 1964 in Montreal; died August 9, 2012 in Manhattan; Canadian-born 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)
Associated language	eng