Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was a Norwegian author, poet and artist. He was the nephew of Olav Aukrust. He is most famous for hi

Was a Norwegian author, poet and artist. He was the nephew of Olav Aukrust. He is most famous for his memoirs of his childhood in Alvdal in the books Simen, Bonden and Bror Min, and his creation of the fictional Norwegian village of Flåklypa and its cast of idiosyncratic characters. This setting was the basis of the 1975 animated film "Flåklypa Grand Prix", directed by Ivo Caprino. The film was the first full length animated feature, became an international success and has been translated into more than seventy languages. In Britain it is known as "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix".

A Finnish author and journalist.In 2006, Westö won the prestigious Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Is a Dutch composer. He is one of the founders of a music style that became known as the Rotterdam S

Is a Dutch composer. He is one of the founders of a music style that became known as the Rotterdam School

Is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the

Is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards Honorary Award[1] Doldinger was born in Berlin, and entered a Düsseldorf conservatory in 1947, originally studying piano and then clarinet[2], graduating in 1957. In his student years, Doldinger gained professional performing experience, starting in 1953 in the German Dixieland band The Feetwarmers, and recording with them in 1955. Later that year he founded Oscar's Trio, modeled on Oscar Peterson's work.

An Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. Born and raised in Vienna, he began writing at a

An Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. Born and raised in Vienna, he began writing at an early age. He started submitting stories to magazines in the 1980s, and published articles and books on software topics after 1989. Ebner's poetry is written in German and Catalan; he also translates French and Catalan literature into German. He is a member of several Austrian writers associations, including the Grazer Autorenversammlung

Is Finnish radio host. He began his radiocareer in YLE, in 1988, as personnel of the Finnish radio c

Is Finnish radio host. He began his radiocareer in YLE, in 1988, as personnel of the Finnish radio channel Radiomafia. He worked there from the channel's founding to its end. From 1990 to 2006 Flaming hosted a radio show on Radiomafia and YleX called "Metal Alliance". He made 772 broadcasts of the program.

A German writer.

A German writer.

Was a German-born composer, conductor, music-educator, and twin brother of Katharina "Katia" Pringsh

Was a German-born composer, conductor, music-educator, and twin brother of Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim, since 1905 wife of Thomas Mann. He was the son of mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage.

Is a pre-eminent German journalist and author, best known as founder, owner, publisher and editor-in

Is a pre-eminent German journalist and author, best known as founder, owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of konkret, the most influential magazine on the German political left from the 1960s to the early 1970s. He has since become critical of communism

Was one of the most outstanding Latin poets of the 16th century.Janicki was above all a writer of ly

Was one of the most outstanding Latin poets of the 16th century.Janicki was above all a writer of lyric verse, which can be proved by the contents of the 1542 volume. Inspired by Ovid, he created elegies developing personal motifs, sometimes giving topographical and personal details. Among these poems there is an autobiographical elegy De se ipso ad posteritatem ("On Myself for Posterity"), which is sometimes seen as a paraphrase of one of the elegies of the Roman master (Tristia IV, 10). With the title of his collection of poems Tristium Liber, the poet clearly refers to Ovid’s elegies written in exile, Tristia.

Was a Czech composer.Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák and Josef Suk. He was inspired by

Was a Czech composer.Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák and Josef Suk. He was inspired by Moravian folk music and the works of Leoš Janácek. The best-known of his works are the double chorus Lidice, Rapsodické variace pro orchestr (Rhapsodic Variations for an Orchestra), the sonata Prátelství (Friendship) for a violin and piano, the dramatic fresco Cesta ke svetlu (The Way Toward the Light), and Symfonietta IV, Pax hominibus in universo orbi, which was dedicated by Slavický to the United Nations for the 40th anniversary of its birth. There is also a song-cycle Oh, My Heart So Wretched, which sets 5 Slovak folk poems and which has recently (2010) been recorded by the soprano Marie Fajtova.

Known by his title as Metropolitan Kliment of Turnovo), was a leading Bulgarian clergyman and politi

Known by his title as Metropolitan Kliment of Turnovo), was a leading Bulgarian clergyman and politician. He was also a writer and one of the founders of the Bulgarian Literature Society (BLS; now known as the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) in 1869.[1]

Was a Finnish YLE radio correspondent until 1983. Möller worked as correspondent in the front durin

Was a Finnish YLE radio correspondent until 1983. Möller worked as correspondent in the front during the Continuation War. After the war he was long time correspondent in Copenhagen.Kaj Möller returned to Denmark in 1907 and married Agnes Birn. They moved to Saint Petersburg where he worked as chef in a hotel. During the Russian Revolution in 1917 they moved to Helsinki.

Was a Danish literary historian, critic, writer, poet & magazine editor.Rahbek quickly became one of

Was a Danish literary historian, critic, writer, poet & magazine editor.Rahbek quickly became one of the most prominent speakers on cultural matters, and with his work as publisher and editor the journals Minerva and The Danish Spectator ("Den danske Tilskuer") he was one of the main voices of the Danish moderate Enlightenment.

A Norwegian author. He was considered by Isaac Bashevis Singer to be the "father of modern literatur

A Norwegian author. He was considered by Isaac Bashevis Singer to be the "father of modern literature". In 1920, the Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil".

In Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian ho

In Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life. His major compositions for choir and vocal soloists are mainly based on texts from the Bible or sacred themes. Old church music, especially Palestrina and Gregorian chants, have had a major influence on his compositions.

A Japanese author, punk rock singer, poet and actor.Machida formed a punk rock band called Inu (mean

A Japanese author, punk rock singer, poet and actor.Machida formed a punk rock band called Inu (meaning a dog in Japanese) in 1978. His stage name was Machida Machizo (????). Inu released their first album Meshi Kuuna! (literary "Don't eat food!") in 1981. The band split shortly after the album release. He went on to form a number of bands and released several albums. His albums earned reasonable critical acclaims but the commercial success was limited.

Is a Korean poet.The Korean war emotionally and physically traumatized Ko and caused the death of ma

Is a Korean poet.The Korean war emotionally and physically traumatized Ko and caused the death of many of his relatives and friends. Ko's hearing suffered from acid that he poured into his ears during an acute crisis in this time and it was further harmed

Japanese poet and Buddhist priest known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of t

Japanese poet and Buddhist priest known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Basho, Buson and Shiki. Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa o

Was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, grew up in

Was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, grew up in Mukden (now Shen-yang) in Manchuria. His father was a physician who taught at the medical college. Abe returned to Japan in 1941 and began studies at Tokyo Imperial University in 1943. He graduated in 1948 with a medical degree, on the condition that he would not practice. He was first published as a poet with Mumei Shishu ("Poems of an unknown poet") in 1947. The next year he published his first novel, Owarishi michi no shirube ni ("The Road Sign at the End of the Street") which established his reputation. He worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it was not until he published The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.

Was a Macedonian poet who is considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature.On observing the s

Was a Macedonian poet who is considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature.On observing the social injustice of work and the workplace he came to the conclusion that those who work hardest gain least. He joined the workers' movement and became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). Before long he was one of the most prominent Communists in the Republic of Macedonia in the period between the two world wars. In 1928 Racin participated at the Fourth Congress of the KPJ in Dresden as the only delegate from Macedonia. In the second half of 1933 he became a member of the Land Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Macedonia. In the beginning of 1934 he was captured by the police and imprisoned in Sremska Mitrovica for nearly two years.

Was a Japanese author. He wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Ele

Was a Japanese author. He wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889.A house (Kagyu-an or "snail cottage") in which Koda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the Meiji Mura museum.

Was a prolific Telugu writer. He believed that literature which criticizes and enriches human life a

Was a prolific Telugu writer. He believed that literature which criticizes and enriches human life and ultimately reforms the human thought of its time is the only relevant form of literature.His elder brother Venkatasubbiah (out of touch since 1921) was a poet-writer and Ko Ku was introduced to the literary community early through him. He was introduced to western literature too during this time. His early experiments, at the age of thirteen, included an unfinished thriller and poetry, which he would soon abandon. He married eleven-year-old Padmavathy in 1925, before he graduated from high school.

Was born in the 1950s at Sagyimase in the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Area of Ghana where he also began

Was born in the 1950s at Sagyimase in the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Area of Ghana where he also began his Elementary Education at Asikwa. The first of nine children born to a senior touring officer at the Ghana Prisons Services; his interests in writing began at a very tender age writing short stories on his escapades with his father around the country.

Is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists. He

Is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists. He was educated in Ghana and the U.S., gaining his Ph.D. at the University of Texas. He is currently Professor of Literature at the University of Ghana.