dmitri petrovich savitski (; 25 january 1944 – 11 april 2019) was a soviet-born russian-french writer and poet. he was well known for his novels "waltz for k" and "from nowhere with love". his books were written in russian, and translated into languages such as french, english and italian. he also hosted the radio program "49 minutes of jazz". he hosted the radio liberty jazz review was from 1989 to 2004. he was born in moscow.