Nonfiction Authors A-K, KEY-ṬāH
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Keyserling, Hermann Alexander, Graf von
Hermann Alexander, Graf von Keyserling was a German social philosopher whose ideas enjoyed considerable popularity......
Khatibi, Abdelkebir
Abdelkebir Khatibi was a Moroccan educator, literary critic, and novelist. He was a member of the angry young generation......
Khrapovitsky, Antony
Antony Khrapovitsky was a Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev, antipapal polemicist, and controversialist in......
Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki was a court noble, government official, and noted man of letters in Japan during the Heian period......
Killens, John Oliver
John Oliver Killens was an American writer and activist known for his politically charged novels—particularly Youngblood......
Kilmer, Joyce
Joyce Kilmer was an American poet known chiefly for his 12-line verse entitled “Trees.” He was educated at Rutgers......
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, writer, and plant ecologist perhaps best known for her book of essays Braiding......
Kincaid, Jamaica
Jamaica Kincaid is a Caribbean American writer whose essays, stories, and novels are lyrical, evocative portrayals......
Kinck, Hans E.
Hans E. Kinck was a prolific Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, dramatist, essayist, and Neoromanticist whose......
King, B.B.
B.B. King was an American guitarist and singer who was a principal figure in the development of blues and from......
King, Thomas
Thomas King is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, screenwriter, and photographer who is a Member of the......
Kingsolver, Barbara
Barbara Kingsolver is an American writer and political activist whose best-known novels concern the endurance of......
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston is an American writer, much of whose work is rooted in her experience as a first-generation......
Kipling, Rudyard
Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of......
Kirby, William
William Kirby was a writer whose historical novel The Golden Dog (1877, authorized version 1896) is a classic of......
Kissinger, Henry
Henry Kissinger was an American political scientist, who, as adviser for national security affairs and as secretary......
Kitano Takeshi
Kitano Takeshi is a Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality who is known for his dexterity......
Klein, Naomi
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and activist whose debut book, No Logo (2000), made her one of the most prominent......
Klíma, Ivan
Ivan Klíma was a Czech author whose fiction and plays were long banned by his country’s communist rulers. Klíma......
Knausgaard, Karl Ove
Karl Ove Knausgaard is a Norwegian writer whose six-volume autobiographical novel, Min kamp (2009–11; My Struggle,......
Knight, Sarah Kemble
Sarah Kemble Knight was an American colonial teacher and businesswoman whose vivid and often humorous travel diary......
Knighton, Henry
Henry Knighton was an English chronicler and an Austin (Augustinian) canon at the Abbey of St. Mary of the Meadows......
Knowles, John
John Knowles was an American author, who was best known for his first published novel, A Separate Peace (1959;......
Koch, Martin
Martin Koch was a Swedish novelist who was first among the “proletarian authors” to make a deep impression on Swedish......
Kochno, Boris
Boris Kochno was a Russian-born writer and ballet librettist who collaborated with ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev......
Koestler, Arthur
Arthur Koestler was a Hungarian-born British novelist, journalist, and critic, best known for his novel Darkness......
Kogălniceanu, Mihail
Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Romanian statesman and reformer, one of the founders of modern Romanian historiography,......
Kokoschka, Oskar
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian painter and writer who was one of the leading exponents of Expressionism. In his......
Kolodny, Annette
Annette Kolodny was an American literary critic, one of the first to use feminist criticism to interpret American......
Konwicki, Tadeusz
Tadeusz Konwicki was a Polish writer, screenwriter, and film director known for his bitter novels about the devastations......
Kooser, Ted
Ted Kooser is an American poet, whose verse is noted for its tender wisdom and its depiction of homespun America.......
Koppel, Ted
Ted Koppel is a British-born American journalist and news broadcaster who is best known for his 25-year career......
Kosinski, Jerzy
Jerzy Kosinski was a Polish-born American writer whose novels were sociological studies of individuals in controlling......
Kostelanetz, Richard
Richard Kostelanetz is an American writer, artist, critic, and editor of the avant-garde whose work spans many......
Kovalevskaya, Sofya Vasilyevna
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was a mathematician and writer who made a valuable contribution to the theory of......
Kovic, Ron
Ron Kovic is a Vietnam War veteran, activist, and author who became a leading antiwar figure in the 1970s. Kovic......
Krafft-Ebing, Richard, Freiherr von
Richard, baron von Krafft-Ebing was a German neuropsychiatrist who was a pioneering student of sexual psychopathology.......
Kraus, Karl
Karl Kraus was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan......
Krishnamurti, Jiddu
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual leader. He was educated in theosophy by the British social reformer......
Kristensen, Tom
Tom Kristensen was a Danish poet, novelist, and critic who was one of the central literary figures of the disillusioned......
Kristeva, Julia
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-born French psychoanalyst, critic, novelist, and educator, best known for her writings......
Kristol, Irving
Irving Kristol was an American essayist, editor, and publisher, best known as an intellectual founder and leader......
Križanić, Juraj
Juraj Križanić was a Roman Catholic priest and scholar who became an early advocate of Pan-Slavism and of a program......
Krock, Arthur B.
Arthur B. Krock was the principal political writer and analyst for The New York Times for a generation (1932–66).......
Krueger, Walter
Walter Krueger was a U.S. Army officer whose 6th Army helped free Japanese-held islands in the Pacific Ocean during......
Krumbacher, Karl
Karl Krumbacher was a German scholar who developed the modern study of Byzantine culture. His writings and seminars......
Krutch, Joseph Wood
Joseph Wood Krutch was an American naturalist, conservationist, writer, and critic. Krutch attended the University......
Kumin, Maxine
Maxine Kumin was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist, essayist, and children’s author. Kumin’s novels......
Kuncewiczowa, Maria
Maria Kuncewiczowa was a Polish writer of novels, essays, plays, and short stories who was particularly important......
Kunikida Doppo
Kunikida Doppo was a writer whose short stories, deeply imbued with a Wordsworthian awareness of nature, brought......
Kuralt, Charles
Charles Kuralt was an American broadcast journalist and author who chronicled everyday life in the "On the Road"......
Kushner, Tony
Tony Kushner is an American dramatist who became one of the most highly acclaimed playwrights of his generation......
Kuznetsov, Anatoly Vasilyevich
Anatoly Vasilyevich Kuznetsov was a Soviet writer noted for the autobiographical novel Babi Yar, one of the most......
Kämpfer, Engelbert
Engelbert Kämpfer was a German traveler whose writings are a valuable source of information on 17th-century Iran......
Kürnberger, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Kürnberger was an Austrian writer known for his participation in the Austrian revolution of 1848 and......
Rhenanus, Beatus
Beatus Rhenanus was a German humanist, writer, and advocate of Christian reform whose editorial work helped to......
Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson is the former wife (1986–96) of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York).......
Ólafsson, Eggert
Eggert Ólafsson was an Icelandic poet and antiquarian, an outstanding figure in the history of Iceland’s fight......
Ćosić, Dobrica
Dobrica Ćosić was a Serbian novelist, essayist, and politician, who wrote historical novels about the tribulations......
Ōoka Makoto
Ōoka Makoto was a prolific Japanese poet and literary critic who was largely responsible for bringing contemporary......
Ōoka Shōhei
Ōoka Shōhei was a Japanese novelist famous for his depiction of the fate of Japanese soldiers during World War......
ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī
ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī was a Syrian mystic prose and verse writer on the cultural and religious thought of his......
ʿUmarī, al-
al-ʿUmarī was a scholar and writer whose works on the administration of the Mamlūk dominions of Egypt and Syria......
Ḥakīm, Tawfīq al-
Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm was the founder of contemporary Egyptian drama and a leading figure in modern Arabic literature.......
Ḥalabī, al-
al-Ḥalabī was a jurist who maintained the traditions of Islamic jurisprudence in the 16th century. Personal details......
Ṣāliḥ, al-Ṭayyib
al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ was an Arabic-language novelist and short-story writer whose works explore the intersections of......
Ṭāhā Ḥusayn
Ṭāhā Ḥusayn was an outstanding figure of the modernist movement in Egyptian literature whose writings, in Arabic,......