Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Native American author of novels, poetry, and children's books. She is an enrolled member of th

Is a Native American author of novels, poetry, and children's books. She is an enrolled member of the Anishinaabe nation (also known as Ojibway and Chippewa). She is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant Native writers of the second wave of what

An Argentine journalist and producer. As international correspondent specialized in armed conflicts

An Argentine journalist and producer. As international correspondent specialized in armed conflicts and international politics she has covered conflicts in the Middle East]], Latin America, Persian Gulf include the most dangerous places of the world as Iraq, Lebanon, Colombia and the Palestinian israeli conflict from the Second Intifada up to Israel's military offensive on Gaza Strip in 2009.Marón is an Argentine journalist specialized in the coverage of armed conflicts and international politics. She continues to carry out her work as a freelance correspondent from Iraq, since April 2004 up to the present, for NBC-Telemundo (United States), BBC World (United Kingdom), Radio France International, El Universal (Mexico), El Tiempo, El Espectador, Caracol Radio (Colombia), Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), El Mercurio (Chile), Perfil weekly magazine, and Télam of Argentina. Besides, she has contributed to Radio Cooperativa (Chile), Espectador Radio (Uruguay) and Azteca Television (Mexico).

Was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish an

Was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed motion pictures. In Denmark she is best known for her works Out of Africa (Danish: Den Afrikanske farm) and Seven Gothic Tales (Syv fantastiske fortællinger).

Was an Iranian-Kurdish writer. He was born in the village of Beyrem near Mahabad. His real name was

Was an Iranian-Kurdish writer. He was born in the village of Beyrem near Mahabad. His real name was Karimi Mirza Hamed. Karim Hisami was his pen-name. At early age, he became involved in politics, and was registered as the 18th member of Komeley Jiyanewey Kurd party. He was a member of political bureau of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran until 1984. He lived most of his life in exile. In 1958, he fled to Iraq.

Was a Swedish poet and novelist.Boye was born in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, and moved with her

Was a Swedish poet and novelist.Boye was born in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, and moved with her family to Stockholm in 1909. She studied at Uppsala University from 1921 to 1926 and debuted in 1922 with a collection of poems, "Clouds" (Sw. "Moln"). During her time in Uppsala and until 1930, Boye was a member of the socialist group Clarté.

Was a German composer. Some have lauded him as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, a

Was a German composer. Some have lauded him as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, although he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.The son of Friedrich Richard Hartmann, well known in Munich for his flower paintings, and the youngest of four brothers of whom the elder three also became painters, Hartmann was himself torn, early in his career, between music and the visual arts. He was much affected in his early political development by the events of the unsuccessful Workers’ Revolution in Bavaria that followed the collapse of the German monarchy at the end of World War I (see Bavarian Soviet Republic), and he remained an idealistic socialist all his life. He studied composition at the Munich Academy in the 1920s with Joseph Haas, a pupil of Max Reger, and later he received enormous intellectual stimulus and encouragement from the conductor Hermann Scherchen, an ally of the Schoenberg school, with whom he had a nearly lifelong mentor-protegé relationship. He voluntarily withdrew completely from musical life in Germany during the Nazi era, while remaining in Germany, and refused to allow his works to be played there. An early symphonic poem, Miserae (1933–1934, first performed in Prague, 1935) was condemned by the Nazi regime; but his work continued to be performed, and his fame grew, abroad.

Was a Czech composer.He studied at the organ school, where he met and befriended Antonín Dvorák on

Was a Czech composer.He studied at the organ school, where he met and befriended Antonín Dvorák one year before graduating with honors in 1858. By then he had already composed a number of small choral works. In 1861 his Poletuje holubice won a prize and at once became a favorite with the local choral societies. In 1864 Bendl went to Brussels, where for a short time he held the post of second conductor of the opera. After visiting Amsterdam and Paris. In Paris, he became influenced by the stage works of Charles Gounod and Ambrose Thomas and especially by Giacomo Meyerbeer.

Was a German organist and composer. Agthe served as court organist to Frederick Albrecht, Prince of

Was a German organist and composer. Agthe served as court organist to Frederick Albrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Among his compositions are six Singspiele, a ballet, and piano sonatas. He died in Ballenstedt; a son, Albrecht Agthe, was a music teacher.

Was a German composer, cantor, and music director. Adam was born in Constappel (now a part of Klipph

Was a German composer, cantor, and music director. Adam was born in Constappel (now a part of Klipphausen, Saxony). He moved to Leisnig, where he served as cantor and music director. He composed popular choruses and quartets for men's voices, as well as songs and piano pieces. He died in Leisnig.

One of the best selling German writers of all time, noted mainly for books set in the American Old W

One of the best selling German writers of all time, noted mainly for books set in the American Old West and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East;

Was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig B

Was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. Büchner's talent is generally held in great esteem in Germany. It is widely believed that, but for his early death, he might have attained the sign

A Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize i

A Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He belonged to the Modern Break-Through. He used the pseudonym Epigon

Was a Hungarian composer.

Was a Hungarian composer.

Is a German composer and music philosopher, particularly noted for his contributions to church music

Is a German composer and music philosopher, particularly noted for his contributions to church music. Brunotte finished school in Bad Homburg (Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium). He studied music sociology, music psychology, ancient languages, aesthetics, piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, viola, recorder, singing, conducting, and musical composition, as well as electronic music, with (amongst others) Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Hans Peter Haller, Gottfried Michael Koenig, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Was a German composer. Then, he was musical director of the Kiel University for ten years. In 1851 h

Was a German composer. Then, he was musical director of the Kiel University for ten years. In 1851 he founded a singing school in Hamburg, which he directed until 1861. From 1862 to 1865 he taught singing and music theory at the Vienna Conservatory and then at the Hamburg Conservatory until his death.

Was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei"

Was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" ("German Workers' Party", DAP) in 1919, the party that soon would become the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). Harrer was also a mem

Was a German composer of the late Romantic tradition. His compositions are characterized by polyphon

Was a German composer of the late Romantic tradition. His compositions are characterized by polyphony and colourful, impressionistic harmony.[5] They are redolent of Paul Hindemith, Hans Pfitzner, Max Reger and the French 20th century school. He wrote in a tonal idiom regardless of the prevailing fashions, which meant that he was initially criticised as modernist, and later as a reactionary.[6] His music has been recorded by such artists as Eugen Jochum (Symphonic Fantasy and Sweelinck Variations[7]), Wilhelm Furtwängler (Cello Concerto No. 2, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra[8]) and others.

Was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Karl Shapiro wrote poetry in the Pacific Theater while he served

Was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Karl Shapiro wrote poetry in the Pacific Theater while he served there during World War II. His collection V-Letter and Other Poems, written while Shapiro was stationed in New Guinea, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for P

Was a Danish journalist and best-selling author who wrote primarily in English. His first book, My C

Was a Danish journalist and best-selling author who wrote primarily in English. His first book, My Chinese Wife (1945), describes his courtship of and marriage to Chi-Yun Fei, his lifetime companion. Eskelund depicts their lives during the Japanese invasion of China [1] and behind the American lines in China during World War II. [2] [3] [4] [5] His second book, My Danish Father, is an "as told to" biography of his father, Neils Eskelund, dentist to Prajadhipok, King of Siam.

Was a German composer, conductor and violinist and music publisher, born at Hanover. For a time Klin

Was a German composer, conductor and violinist and music publisher, born at Hanover. For a time Klindworth conducted a traveling opera troupe, but settled in Hanover as a teacher and composer. From there he went to Weimar, 1852, and studied the piano under Franz Liszt. He also became on friendly terms with Richard Wagner. Among his fellow pupils were Hans von Bülow and William Mason. In 1854 he went to London, where he remained for fourteen years, studying, teaching and occasionally appearing in public. From London Klindworth went to Moscow, in 1868, to take up the position of professor of the pianoforte at the Conservatorium.

Was a German poet, journalist, and revolutionary. Some of Ludwig Pfau's poetry has been used in the

Was a German poet, journalist, and revolutionary. Some of Ludwig Pfau's poetry has been used in the composition of Kunstlieder (or more popularly in English, Lieder). The German texts of fifteen of these works, most composed by Schoenberg, have been colle

Was a German composer. He joined the Nazi Party in 1932.[1][2]

Was a German composer. He joined the Nazi Party in 1932.[1][2]

Was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry (his mother was German), and a violin, viola and vio

Was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry (his mother was German), and a violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim School.He was the first composer to specify a left hand pizzicato (an important virtuoso device) in a composition.[1] This occurs in his famous viola concerto in D major where the passage in question is designated by an "0" above the notes. This happened decades before Paganini would designate the same effect with an "X" above the notes.

Was a German composer and organist. Piutti studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. He taught at his alm

Was a German composer and organist. Piutti studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. He taught at his alma mater from 1875 onwards, and also became the organist at the Thomaskirche after 1880. His compositions comprised some two hundred preludes, a Trauungsonate (Wedding Sonata), and a piece titled Die Pfingstfeier (Pentecostal Celebration), all for organ; motets; settings of Psalms; lieder; and pieces for piano.

Was an Estonian writer. He is among the best Estonian writers for his historical novels. Although he

Was an Estonian writer. He is among the best Estonian writers for his historical novels. Although he published only one collection of poems during his life, The Journey of a Man or A Man's Journey, he is considered among the best Estonian poets beside Gus