List of authors by name: K

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with K:

Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

Ka
• Aminata Maïga Ka (1940–2005, Senegal, nf)

• Maung Thaw Ka (1928–1991, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Keri Kaa (1942–2020, N Zealand, nf)

• Maguy Kabamba (born 1960, Democratic R of Congo, f)

• Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964, Uganda/S Africa, nf/p)

• Maati Kabbal (born 1954, Morocco, nf)

• Kabir (1398/1440—1448/1518, India, p)

• Kabubi Herman (living, Uganda, p)

• Busingye Kabumba (born 1982, Uganda, p)

• Metin Kaçan (1961–2013, Turkey, f)

• Inaam Kachachi (born 1952, Iraq, f/nf)

• Aubrey Kachingwe (born 1926, Nyasaland/Malawi, f)

• Ismail Kadare (1936–2024, Albania, f/p/d)

• Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885–1944, Russian E/Poland, nf/f)

• Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854, Malaya/Ottoman E, nf)

• Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956, US, ch)

• Eiko Kadono (角野栄子, born 1935, Japan, ch/nf)

• Jacques de Kadt (1897–1988, Netherlands, nf)

• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary, p/f/nf)

• Franz Kafka (1883–1924, Austria E/Czechoslovakia, f)

• Otohiko Kaga (加賀乙彦, 1929–2023, Japan, f)

• Alexis Kagame (1912–1981, Rwanda, nf/p)

• Julie Kagawa (born 1982, US, f)

• Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川豊彦, 1888–1960, Japan, nf)

• Peter Kagayi (living, Uganda, p)

• Apollo Kaggwa (1864–1927, Uganda, nf)

• Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001, Morocco, d/nf)

• Prince Kagwema (born 1931, Tanzania, f/nf)

• Wanuri Kahiu (born 1980, Kenya, d)

• Gustave Kahn (1859–1936, France, p/nf)

• Joan Kahn (1914–1994, US, f/ch)

• Takeshi Kaikō (開高健, 1930–1989, Japan, f/nf)

• Bairagi Kainla (born 1939, Nepal, p/nf), pseudonym of Til Bikram Nembang Limbu

• Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan, f), pseudonym of Tōsaku Suetomi (末富東作)

• Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874, Austria, df)

• Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany/Switzerland, d)

• Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland, p/f)

• Shahidullah Kaiser (1927 – post-1971, India/Bangladesh, f)

• Motojirō Kajii (梶井基次郎, 1901–1932, Japan, p)

• Shinji Kajio (梶尾真治, born 1947, Japan, f)

• Ikki Kajiwara (高森朝樹, 1936–1987, Japan, f), pseudonym of Asaki Takamori

• Toshiyuki Kajiyama (梶山季之, 1930–1975, Japan/Hong Kong, f)

• Faizullah Kakar (born 1950, Afghanistan, nf)

• Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂, c. 653/655–707/710, Japan, p)

• Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006, USSR/France, nf)

• Dragoš Kalajić (1943–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997, India/Bangladesh, f)

• Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008, USSR/Georgia, p)

• Paul Kalanithi (1977–2015, US, nf)

• Max Kalbeck (1850–1921, Germany/Austria, nf)

• Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975, Austrian E/Switzerland, p)

• Kālidāsa (fl. 4th – 5th c. CE, India. p)

• David Kalisch (1820–1872, Germany, d/nf), pseudonym D. J. Schalk

• Aino Kallas (1878–1956, Finland/Estonia, f)

• Mons Kallentoft (born 1968, Sweden, f)

• Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938, Greece/Sweden, p/f)

• Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US, p)

• Yann-Ber Kalloc'h (1888–1917, France, p), born Jean-Pierre Calloc'h

• Maira Kalman (born 1949, Israel/US, ch)

• Harry Kalmer (1956–2019, S Africa, f/nf/d)

• László Kálnoky (1912–1985, Hungary, p/nf)

• Sophie Heidi Kam (born 1968, Burkina Faso, p/d/f)

• Sufia Kamal 1911–1999, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Keturah Kamugasa (1967–2017, Uganda, nf)

• Kama Sywor Kamanda (born 1952, Congo/DRC, p/f/d)

• Esther Kamatari (born 1951, Burundi, nf)

• Samson Kambalu (born 1965, Malawi, nf)

• Guðmundur Kamban (1888–1945, Iceland, d/f)

• Kambar (1180–1250, India, p)

• Ariake Kambara (蒲原有明, 1876–1952, Japan, p/f)

• Chōhei Kambayashi (神林長平, born 1953, Japan, f)

• Ezzat el Kamhawi (born 1961, Egypt, f/nf)

• Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986, Poland, p/nf/ch)

• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967, Soviet Union/Germany, f/nf)

• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, USSR/US, p)

• William Kamkwamba (born 1987, Malawi, nf)

• Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira (born c. 1966, Malawi, d)

• Kamo no Chōmei (鴨長明, 1153/1155–1216, Japan, nf/p)

• Whyghtone Kamthunzi (1956–2000, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/d)

• Toni Kan (born 1971, Nigeria, f)

• Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文, 1829–1894, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Nozaki Bunzō (野崎文蔵)

• Mieko Kanai (金井美恵子, born 1947, Japan, f/p)

• Amy Kane (1879–1979, N Zealand, nf)

• Cheikh Hamidou Kane (born 1928, Senegal, f)

• Musashi Kanbe (かんべむさし, born 1948, Japan, f)

• Nataša Kandić (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden, f/nf/ch)

• Andrea Kane (living, US, f)

• Julia Kane (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins

• Kathleen Kane (born 1951, US), pseudonym of Maureen Child

• Ndèye Fatou Kane (born 1986, Senegal, f/nf)

• Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England, d)

• Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, born 1983, Japan, f)

• Amita Kanekar (born 1965, Goa/India, f/nf)

• Misuzu Kaneko (金子みすゞ, 1903–1930, Japan, p)

• Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子光晴, 1895–1975, Japan, p/nf)

• Kang Youwei (康有為, 1858–1927, China, nf)

• Orhan Veli Kanık (1914–1950, Ottoman E/Turkey, p)

• Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2019, Palestine/Israel, f/nf/ch)

• Chibamba Kanyama (born 1965, Zambia, nf)

• John Christoffel Kannemeyer (1939–2011, S Africa, nf)

• Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991, Morocco, p)

• Fabienne Kanor (born 1970, France, f/ch)

• Hermann Kant (1926–2016, Germany, f)

• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany, nf)

• Sándor Kányádi (1929–2018, Romania/Hungary, p/ch)

• Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021, USSR/Estonia, p/nf/f)

• Momo Kapor (1937–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Colin Kapp (1928–2007, England, f)

• Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p/f/d)

• S. Avdo Karabegović (1878–1908, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)

• Mina Karadžić (1828–1894, Austria, nf)

• Radovan Karadžić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864, Ottoman E/Austrian E, nf)

• Veli Karahoda (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/nf)

• Karai Senryū (柄井川柳, 1718–1790, Japan, p)

• Angel Karaliychev (1902–1972, Bulgaria, ch)

• Aco Karamanov (1927–1944, Yugoslavia, p)

• Sadegh Karamyar (born 1959, Iran, f/nf/d)

• Einar Kárason (born 1955, Iceland, f/p)

• Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f)

• Srđan Karanović (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)

• Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015, Czechoslovakia/Germany, nf/f)

• Adeena Karasick (born 1965, Canada, nf/p)

• Georgi Karaslavov (1904–1980, Bulgaria, f)

• Hristo Karastoyanov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf/p)

• Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930–1984, USSR, p/f/nf)

• Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f)

• Ulrich Karger (born 1957, Germany, f/nf/ch)

• Jozef Karika (born 1978, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)

• Janet Karim (born 1954, Malawi, nf)

• Rashid Karim (1925–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936, India, f/p)

• Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, Hungary, f/d/nf)

• Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, f/d/p)

• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931, Sweden, p)

• Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)

• Bjarki Karlsson (born 1965, Iceland, p/nf)

• Kristján Karlsson (1922–2014, Iceland, p/f/nf)

• Mette Karlsvik (born 1978, Norway, f/nf/ch)

• József Kármán (1769–1795, Hungary, f/nf)

• Farida Karodia (born 1942, S Africa, f)

• György Károly (1953–2018, Hungary, p/nf)

• Jan Karon (born 1937, US, f/nf/ch)

• Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825, Poland, p)

• Mary Karr (born 1955, US, p/nf)

• Zurab Karumidze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/nf)

• Zenzō Kasai (葛西善蔵, 1887–1928, Japan, f)

• Milan Kašanin (1895–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany/Italy, f/p/nf)

• Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US, p)

• Anna Kashina (living, USSR/US, f)

• Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975, India/Pakistan, p/nf)

• Nikola T. Kašiković (1861–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Stoja Kašiković (1865 – post-1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US, f/p)

• Christopher Kasparek (born 1945, Scotland/US, nf/f)

• Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1026, Prussia/Poland, p/d/nf)

• Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, Hungary, p/f/nf)

• Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800, Germany, nf/p)

• Erich Kästner (1899–1974, Germany, f/p/ch)

• Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia, f/d), pseudonym of Elizabeth Colina Katayama

• Noburu Katagami (片上伸, 1884–1928, Japan, nf)

• Olivera Katarina (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Kyoichi Katayama (片山恭一, born 1959, Japan, f)

• Faiz Muhammad Kateb (1860–1931, Afghanistan, nf)

• Katip Çelebi (1609–1657, Ottoman E, nf)

• Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)

• Masato Katō (加藤正人, born 1963, Japan, d)

• József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary, d/p)

• John Katzenbach (born 1950, US, f)

• Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US, p)

• Jonathan Kaufman (born 1956, US, nf)

• Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US/Israel, p)

• Walter Kaufmann (1924–2021, Germany/Australia, f)

• Kenneth Kaunda (1924–2021, Zambia, nf)

• Rupi Kaur (born 1992, India/Canada, p)

• Helmut Käutner (1908–1980, Germany/Italy, d)

• Alex Kava (born 1960, US, f)

• Anna Kavan (1901–1968, France/England, f)

• Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ireland, p/f)

• Joanna Kavenna (born 1974, England, f/nf)

• Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, p/nf)

• Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979, India, f)

• Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960, Uganda, f)

• Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975, Greece, p/f/nf)

• Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, 1899–1972, Japan, f)

• Jun Kawada (川田順, 1882–1966, Japan, p)

• Matsutarō Kawaguchi (川口松太郎, 1899–1985, Japan, f/d)

• Ryuko Kawaji (川路柳虹, 1888–1959, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kawaki Makoto (川路柳虹)

• Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, born 1958, Japan, f/p/nf)

• Kikuko Kawakami (川上喜久子, 1904–1985, Japan, f/p)

• Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上清, 1873–1949, Japan, nf)

• Chiaki Kawamata (川又千秋, born 1948, Japan, f/nf)

• Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥, 1816–1893, Japan, d), pseudonym of Yoshimura Yoshisaburō (吉村芳三郎)

• Merata Kawharu (living, N Zealand, nf)

• Elizabeth Kay (born 1949, England, ch)

• Karen Kay (living, US), pseudonym of Karen Kay Wilson Elstner

• Simone Kaya (1937–2007, Ivory Coast, f)

• M. M. Kaye (1908–2004, England, f/ch/d)

• Legson Kayira (c. 1942–2012, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)

• Kaykobad (c. 1857–1951, India, p)

• Susanna Kaysen (born 1948, US, nf)

• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957, Greece/Germany, f/d/nf)

• Judith Kazantzis (1940–2018, England, p)

• Alexander Kazbegi (1848–1893, Russian E, f/d)

• Kazem Kazemi (born 1968, Afghanistan/Iran, nf)

• Mihajlo Kažić (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Germany, f)

• Hélène Kaziende (born 1967, Niger/Togo, f)

• Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, Hungary, nf/p)

• Kazuki Sakuraba (桜庭一樹, born 1971, Japan, f)

Ke–Kh
• Ke Yan (柯岩, 1929–2011, China, d/f/p)

• Ke Zhao (柯召, 1910–2002, China, nf)

• Jayne Fenton Keane (living, Australia, p)

• John Fryer Thomas Keane (1854–1937, England, nf)

• Janet Kear (1933–2004, England, nf)

• Martha Kearney (born 1957, Ireland/England, d)

• Annie Keary (1825–1879, England, f/p/ch)

• Charles Francis Keary (1848–1917, England, nf/f)

• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983, US, ch)

• John Keats (1795–1821, England/Italy, p)

• Moges Kebede (living, Ethiopia/US, f/nf)

• Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907, US, nf)

• Rod Kedward (born 1937–2023, England, nf)

• Carolyn Keene (20th c., US, f), collective pseudonym

• Charles Keeping (1924–1988, England, ch)

• Weldon Kees (1914 – disappeared 1955, US, p/f/d)

• Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)

• Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, Australia, p/nf)

• Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975, Germany/US, f/d)

• Thomas Keightley (1789–1872, Ireland/England, nf)

• Ernst Keil (1816–1878, Germany, nf)

• Aoua Kéita (1912–1980, French Sudan/Mali, nf)

• Fatou Keïta (born 1969, Ivory Coast, ch/f)

• Fatoumata Keïta (born 1977, Mali, f/p/nf)

• Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969, Guinea, p/f/d)

• China Keitetsi (born 1976, Uganda, nf)

• Harold Keith (1903–1998, US, ch/f)

• Sheridan Keith (born 1942, N Zealand, f)

• Christopher Kelen (born 1958, Australia, p/f/nf)

• S. K. Kelen (born 1956, Australia, p)

• Stephen Kelen (1912–2003, Hungary/Australia, f/d/nf), born István Kelen)

• Anne Kellas (living, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)

• Emma Gilbey Keller (born c. 1961, England/US, nf)

• Gottfried Keller (1819–1890, Switzerland, p/f)

• Hans Peter Keller (1815–1888, Germany, p)

• Helen Keller (1880–1968, US, nf)

• Werner Keller (1909–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)

• Kitty Kelley (born 1942, US, nf)

• Johan Henric Kellgren (1751–1795, Sweden, p/nf)

• Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970, Germany, nf)

• Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert

• Carla Kelly (born 1947, US)

• Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960, US, nf/ch)

• George Kelly (1887–1974, US, d)

• Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia, f/p/nf)

• Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, nf)

• Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, Scotland/England, f/p)

• John Kelly (1750–1809, Isle of Man, nf)

• Lindy Kelly (born 1952, N Zealand, ch/f/d)

• Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948, England, f)

• James Kelman (born 1946, Scotland, f/d/nf)

• Stephen Kelman (born 1976, England, f)

• Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967, N Zealand, nf)

• Arthur Kelton (d. 1549/1550, Wales, p)

• Elmer Kelton (1926–2009, US, f)

• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f)

• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015, Turkey, f)

• Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, Hungary, nf/f)

• Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England, ch)

• Mark Kemp (born 1960, US, nf)

• Richard Kemp (born 1959, England, nf)

• Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – post-1438, England, nf)

• Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471, Germany/England, nf)

• Walter Kempowski (1929–2007, Germany, f/nf)

• Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988, Somalia/Italy, nf)

• Randall Kenan (1963–2020, US, f)

• Stanley Onjezani Kenani (born 1976, Malawi, p/f)

• Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842, England, nf/f)

• Henry Kendall (1839–1882, Australia, p)

• Kaur Kender (born 1971, USSR/Estonia, f)

• Sharon Kendrick (living, England, f)

• Francis Kenna (1865–1932, Australia, p/nf)

• Anne Kennedy (born 1959, N Zealand, f/d/p)

• Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889, England, nf)

• Cate Kennedy (born 1963, England/Australia, p/f)

• Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867, England, nf/f)

• Dennis Kennedy (born 1940, US, nf/d/f)

• Elle Kennedy (living, Canada, f)

• Emma Kennedy (born 1967, England, nf)

• Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929, England, nf/p)

• Hubert Kennedy (born 1931, US, nf/f)

• John F. Kennedy (1917–1963, US, Washington DC)

• Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England, f/nf)

• Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England, f/d)

• Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US, nf)

• Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968, US)

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954, US)

• Ted Kennedy (1932–2009, US, Boston)

• Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, Scotland, p)

• X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US, p/nf/ch)

• Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960, N Zealand, p/f)

• Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952, Australia, nf)

• Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England, f), pseudonym of Douglas Reeman

• Hannah Kent (born 1985, Australia, f)

• Jacqueline Kent (born 1947, Australia, nf/ch), pseudonym Frances Cook

• Jean Kent (born 1951, Australia, p)

• Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969, US, ch/nf)

• Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978, Kenya, nf)

• Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US, p)

• Michael Kenyon (1931–2005, England/US, f)

• Sherrilyn Kenyon (born 1965, US, f)

• Géza Képes (1909–1989, Hungary, p)

• Angela Kepler (born 1943, N Zealand, nf)

• Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Germany, nf)

• Rivka Keren (born 1946, Hungary/Israel, ch/f), born Katalin Friedländer

• Frank Kermode (1919–2010, Isle of Man/England, nf)

• Josephine Kermode (1852–1937, Isle of Man/England, p/d), pseudonym Cushag

• Justinus Kerner (1786–1862, Germany, p/nf)

• Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US, f/nf)

• Jan Kerouac (1952–1996, US, f/nf)

• Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, US, nf)

• Alfred Kerr (1867–1948, Germany, nf)

• Bob Kerr (born 1951, N Zealand, ch)

• Judith Kerr (1923–2019, Germany/England, ch)

• Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906, England, f/nf)

• Philip Kerr (1956–2018, Scotland/England, f)

• Tom Kerridge (born 1973, England, nf)

• Ian Kershaw (born 1943, England, nf)

• Janko Kersnik (1852–1897, Austrian E, p/f/nf)

• Imre Kertész (1929–2016, Hungary, nf)

• Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973, Mauritius, p)

• Ken Kesey (1935–2001, US, f/nf)

• David Kessler (born 1957, England, f)

• Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937, France/Germany, nf

• Liz Kessler (born 1966, England, ch)

• George Kettmann (1898–1970, Netherlands, p/f/nf)

• Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany, f)

• Alexander Key (1904–1979, US, f/ch)

• Daniel Keyes (1927–2014, US, f/nf)

• Marian Keyes (born 1963, Ireland, f/nf)

• Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, England/Tunisia, p)

• Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936, US, f/nf)

• Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918, Russian E/Germany, f/d/nf)

• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020, Tanzania, f/p/nf)

• Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, S Africa, p/nf), pseudonym Bra Willie

• Qiamuddin Khadim (1901–1979, Afghanistan, nf/p)

• Yasmina Khadra (born 1955, Algeria/France, f), pseudonym of Mohammed Moulessehoul

• Mi Mi Khaing (1916–1990, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Hafizullah Khaled (living, Afghanistan/Austria, p/nf)

• Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995, Morocco, nf)

• 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012, Basutoland/Lesotho, p/nf)

• Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406, Hafsid Sultanate/Egypt, nf)

• Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987, Afghanistan, p/nf)

• Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, Iran/England, p)

• Ahmad Al-Khamisi (born 1948, Egypt, f/nf)

• Dilwar Khan (1937–2013, India/Bangladesh, p)

• Mahmona Khan (born 1973, Norway, nf/f)

• Naseem Khan (1939–2017, England, nf)

• Rahat Khan (1940–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Razia Khan (c. 1936–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Uzma Aslam Khan (living, Pakistan, f/nf)

• Dalal Khario (born c. 1997, Iraq/Germany, nf)

• Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Soviet Union, p/ch/nf)

• Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015, Egypt, f/nf)

• Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009, Morocco, f/d/p)

• Ajmal Khattak (1925–1970, India/Pakistan, nf/p)

• Khushal Khattak (1613–1689, Mughal Empire, p)

• Rita El Khayat (born 1944, Morocco, nf)

• Omar Khayyam (1048–1131, Persia, nf/p)

• Aïssa Khelladi (born 1953, Algeria, f/d/p)

• Khoo Kheng-Hor (born 1956, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)

• Myint Myint Khin (1923–2014, Burma/Myanmar, nf/p)

• Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)

• Esmail Khoi (1938–2021, Iran/England, p)

• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957, Mozambique, f/nf)

• Reza Khoshnazar (living, Iran/Sweden, f)

• Khosrov of Andzev (died 964, Armenia, nf)

• Driss El Khouri (living, Mozambique, f)

• Elias Khoury (born 1948, Lebanon, f/d/nf)

• Raymond Khoury (born 1960, Lebanon, d/f)

• Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937, Lebanon, p/f)

• Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983, Tunisia, f)

• Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907, Ottoman E/Russian E, nf)

• Johannes Khuen (1606–1675, Germany, p)

• Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011, India, p)

• Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, India, p/nf), full name Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau

• Mariam Khutsurauli (born 1960, USSR/Georgia, p)

• Gharzai Khwakhuzhi (born 1962, Afghanistan, p/nf)

• Mohammad Ibraheem Khwakhuzhi (1920–1992, Afghanistan, p/f/nf)

Ki–Kn
• Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之, 872–945, Japan, nf/p)

• Leo Kiacheli (1884–1963, Russian E/USSR, f)

• Saba Kidane (born 1978, Eritrea, p/nf)

• Kathryn H. Kidd (1950–2015, US, nf/f)

• Fiona Kidman (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/d)

• Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (1935–2002, Argentina, f/d/ch)

• Alexander Kielland (1849–1906, Norway, f/d/nf)

• Gustava Kielland (1800–1889, Norway, p/nf)

• Benedict Kiely (1919–2007, Ireland, nf)

• Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, nf/p)

• Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 1969, Uganda, p/nf)

• Emelihter Kihleng (living, Micronesia, p)

• Wanjiru Kihoro (1953–2006, Kenya, nf)

• Andrzej Kijowski (1928–1985, Poland, nf/d)

• Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 1954, Poland, nf/p)

• Lali Kiknavelidze (born 1969, USSR/Georgia, d)

• Kan Kikuchi (菊池寛, 1888–1948, Japan, f/nf)

• Kuri Kikuoka (菊岡久利, 1909–1970, Japan, p/f)

• Yejide Kilanko (born 1975, Nigeria, p/f/ch)

• Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945, Morocco, nf)

• Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England, d)

• Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US, p/nf)

• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England, ch), pseudonyms M. P. and Mary Pelham

• Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831, England, ch)

• Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England, f)

• Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012, England/Uganda, ch)

• Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949, Antigua/US, f/nf)

• Clive King (1924–2018, England, f/d/ch)

• Dorothy King (born 1975, US/England, nf)

• Edward King (1612–1637, Ireland/England, p)

• Francis King (1923–2011, Switzerland/England, f/nf)

• Henry King (1592–1669, England, p)

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968, US, nf)

• Michael King (1945–2004, N Zealand, nf)

• Owen King (born 1977, US, f)

• Rachael King (born 1970, N Zealand, f)

• Stephen King (born 1947, US, f)

• Susan King (born 1951, US, f)

• Tabitha King (born 1949, US, f/nf)

• William King (1663–1712, England, p)

• Karen King-Aribisala (living, Guyana/Nigeria, f)

• Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891, England, nf)

• Thomas Kingo (1634–1703, Denmark, p)

• Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England, f/nf/p)

• George Kingsley (1826–1892, England, nf)

• Henry Kingsley (1830–1876, England, f/nf)

• Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England/S Africa, nf)

• Dick King-Smith (1922–2011, England, ch)

• Maxine Hong Kingston (湯亭亭, born 1940, China/US, f/nf)

• William Henry Giles Kingston (1814–1880, England, f/ch)

• Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926, Norway, f/d/nf)

• Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882, Germany/Switzerland p/d/nf)

• Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US, p)

• Jeff Kinney (born 1971, US, ch)

• Junji Kinoshita (木下順二, 1914–2006, Japan, d)

• Mokutaro Kinoshita (木下杢太郎, 1885–1945, Japan, nf)

• Kinoshita Rigen (木下利玄, 1886–1925, Japan, p)

• John Kinsella (born 1963, Australia, p/f/nf)

• Sophie Kinsella (born 1969, England, f), pseudonym of Madeleine Sophie Wickham

• Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, Ireland, p)

• W. P. Kinsella (1935–2016, Canada, f)

• Leonard Kip (1826–1906, US, nf)

• Paul Kipchumba (born 1983, Kenya, f/nf)

• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England, f/p/nf)

• Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812, Morocco, nf)

• Robert Kirby (1936–2007, S Africa, d/f/nf)

• Bodo Kirchhoff (born 1948, Germany/Italy, f/d)

• John Kiriamiti (born 1950, Kenya, nf/f)

• Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生, born 1951, Japan, f), pseudonym of Mariko Hashioka

• Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002, Greece/N Macedonia, nf)

• Russell Kirk (1918–1994, US, nf)

• Russell Kirkpatrick (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf)

• Lucy Kirkwood (born 1983, England/Scotland, d)

• Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany, p)

• Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989, Germany, f)

• Danilo Kiš (1935–1989, Yugoslavia, f/p)

• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/f/d)

• Egon Kisch (1885–1948, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, nf)

• Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911, Hungary, p)

• Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, Hungary, d/p)

• Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d)

• Yusuke Kishi (貴志祐介, born 1959, Japan, f)

• Kyōko Kishida (岸田今日子, 1930–2006, Japan, ch)

• Rio Kishida (岸田理生, 1946–2003, Japan, d)

• Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005, Hungary/Switzerland, nf/ch/d)

• John Van der Kiste (born 1954, England, nf)

• Stefan Kisyov (born 1963, Bulgaria/Cuba, f/nf/d)

• Ikki Kita (北一輝, 1883–1937, Japan, nf)

• Morio Kita (北杜夫, 1927–2011, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Sōkichi Saitō (斎藤宗吉)

• Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房, 1293–1354, Japan, nf)

• Yao Kitabatake (北畠八穂, 1903–1982, Japan, p/ch)

• Hakushū Kitahara (北原白秋, 1885–1942, Japan, p), pseudonym of Ryūkichi Kitahara (北原隆吉)

• Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三, born 1947, Japan, f)

• Kaoru Kitamura (北村薫, born 1949, Japan, f), pseudonym of Kazuo Miyamoto (宮本和男)

• Kitamura Tōkoku (北村透谷, 1868–1894, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎)

• Fred Kitchen (1890–1969, England, nf)

• C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967, England, f)

• William Kitchiner (1775–1827, England, nf)

• Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981, Tanzania, f)

• Marvin Kitman (1929–2023, US, nf)

• Sandra Kitt (living, US, f)

• Kazuhiro Kiuchi (木内一裕, born 1960, Japan, f/ch)

• Iya Kiva (born 1984, Ukraine, p/f/nf)

• Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872, Finland, f/d)

• Albert Kivikas (1898–1978, Estonia, nf)

• Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004, Finland, p), pseudonym of Eila Sylvia Sammalkorpi

• Andrus Kivirähk (born 1970, USSR/Estonia, f/nf/d)

• Karin Kiwus (born 1942, Germany/US, p)

• Wycliffe Kiyingi (1929–2014, Uganda, d)

• Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947, US, nf)

• Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014, US, p)

• Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006, Burkina Faso, nf)

• Nils Kjær (1870–1924, Norway, d/f/nf)

• Jan Kjærstad (born 1953, Norway, f/nf)

• Magnús Kjartansson (1919–1981, Iceland, nf)

• Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959, US, f/ch)

• Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974, Faroe Is, f/p/d)

• Johann Klaj (1616–1656, Germany, p)

• Ivan Klajn (1937–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Jon Klassen (born 1981, Canada, ch)

• Sarah Klassen (born 1932, Canada, f/p)

• Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953, England/US, ch/nf)

• David Kldiashvili (1862–1931, Russian E/USSR, f/d)

• Sergo Kldiashvili (1893–1986, Russian E/USSR, d)

• Edward Klein (born 1937, US, nf)

• Robin Klein (born 1936, Australia, ch)

• Lois Kleinsasser (living, US, f), pseudonym Cait London

• August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US, p/nf)

• Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759, Germany, p)

• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany, p/d/f)

• Jochen Klepper (1903–1942, Germany, nf/p)

• Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US, f)

• Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831, Germany, f/d)

• Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831, Germany/Russian E, d/f)

• Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966, France, p/nf), pseudonym of Léon Leclère

• Richard Klinkhamer (1937–2016, Netherlands, nf)

• Kate Klise (born 1963, US, ch)

• Willem Kloos (1859–1938, Netherlands, p/nf)

• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803, Germany, p/d/nf)

• Chuck Klosterman (born 1972, US, nf/f)

• Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany, f/nf)

• Ruth Klüger (1931–2020, Austria/US, nf), Holocaust survivor

• Richard A. Knaak (born 1961, US, f)

• Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968, Norway, f)

• Matthew Kneale (born 1960, England, f)

• Nigel Kneale (1922–2006, Isle of Man/England, d/f)

• Hildegard Knef (1925–2002, Germany, nf)

• John Knewstub (1544–1624, England, nf)

• Boban Knežević (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Marija Knežević (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/nf)

• Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807, Poland, p)

• Anne Knight (1786–1862, England/France, nf)

• Anne Knight (1792–1860, England, ch)

• Damon Knight (1922–2002, US, f/nf)

• Eric Knight (1897–1943, England, f/d)

• Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US, p)

• Henry Gally Knight (1786–1846, England, f)

• India Knight (born 1965, Belgium/England, f/nf/ch)

• Vivien Knight (1953–2009, England, nf)

• James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862, Ireland, d)

• John Knowles (1926–2001, US, f)

• Marion Knowles (1865–1949, p/f)

• Elizabeth Knox (born 1959, N Zealand, f)

• John Knox (c. 1514–1572, Scotland, nf)

• Ronald Knox (1888–1957, England, nf)

• Jan Knudsen (born 1957, Norway, f)

• Ingar Knudtsen (born 1944, Norway, f/p)

• Per Knutsen (born 1951, Norway, f/ch/d)

• Svavar Knútur (living, Iceland, p)

Ko–Ks
• Hideo Kobayashi (小林秀雄, 1902–1983, Japan, nf)

• Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶, 1763–1828, Japan, p)

• Takiji Kobayashi (小林多喜二, 1903–1933, Japan, f)

• Peter Kocan (born 1947, Australia, p/f), born Peter Raymond Douglas

• Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)

• Herman Koch (born 1953, Netherlands, f/nf)

• Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US, p/d)

• Martin Koch (1882–1940, Sweden, f)

• Werner Koch (born 1961, Germany, nf)

• Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584, Poland, p)

• Petar Kočić (1877–1916, Ottoman E/Serbia, f/nf)

• Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871, France, f)

• Aya Kōda (幸田文, 1904–1990, Japan, nf/f)

• Kōda Rohan (幸田成行, 1867–1947, Japan, f)

• Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, f/p)

• János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary, f/d/nf)

• Dayan Kodua (born 1980, Ghana/Germany, nf/ch)

• Shonagh Koea (born 1939, N Zealand, f)

• Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996, Germany, f)

• Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England, f/d/nf)

• Gerhard Kofler (1949–2005, Italy/Austria, p/nf)

• Izuki Kogyoku (紅玉いづき, born 1984, Japan, f)

• István Koháry (1649–1731, Hungary, p)

• Michael Köhlmeier (born 1949, Austria, nf)

• Leopold Kohr (1909–1994, Austria/England, nf)

• Youssof Kohzad (1935–2019, Afghanistan/US, d/p/nf)

• Saradha Koirala (born 1980, N Zealand, p/ch)

• B. P. Koirala (1914–1982, Nepal, f/nf)

• Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲, 1850–1904, Greece/Japan, nf)

• Miodrag Kojadinović (妙谠, born 1961, Serbia/China, nf)

• Masajirō Kojima (小島政二郎, 1894–1994, Japan, f)

• Nobuo Kojima (小島信夫, 1915–2006, Japan, f/nf)

• Usui Kojima (小島烏水, 1873–1948, Japan, nf)

• Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, S Africa, p/nf)

• Kokan Shiren (虎関師錬, 1278–1347, Japan, nf/p)

• Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria/Switzerland, p/d)

• Yakub Kolas (1882–1956, USSR, p/f/d), pseudonym of Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich

• Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)

• Þórðr Kolbeinsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland, p)

• Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, Hungary, nf)

• Nikola Koljević (1936–1997, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Adam František Kollár (1718–1783, Austria-Hungary, nf)

• Ján Kollár (1793–1852, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)

• Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany, p), pseudonym of Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, Holocaust victim

• Anise Koltz (1928–2023, Luxembourg, p/ch)

• Liv Køltzow (born 1945, Norway, f/d/nf)

• Ōmi Komaki (小牧近江, 1894–1978, Japan, nf)

• Siré Komara (born 1991, Guinea/Egypt, nf/ch)

• Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909, Ottoman E/Serbia, f)

• Sakyo Komatsu (小松左京, 1931–2011, Japan, f)

• Kinyanjui Kombani (born 1981, Kenya, f/d/nf)

• Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927–1972, Ghana/England, f/p)

• Aladár Komját (1891–1937, Hungary, p/nf)

• Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantine E, nf)

• Milan Komnenić (1940–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• Komninos Zervos (born 1950, Australia, p)

• Leopold Kompert (1822–1886, Austrian E, f)

• Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012, Netherlands, p/f/d)

• Manuel Komroff (1890–1974, US, d/f/nf)

• Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941, US, p), birth name James William Brown

• Hidemi Kon (今日出海, 1903–1984, Japan, nf)

• Prakash Kona (born 1967, India, f/nf/p)

• Asare Konadu (1932–1994, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf)

• Chiaki J. Konaka (小中千昭, born 1961, Japan, f)

• Venance Konan (born 1958, Ivory Coast, nf/f)

• Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947, Mali, nf/f)

• Moussa Konaté (1951–2013, Mali/France, f/nf/d)

• Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, born 1984, Japan, nf)

• Yoji Kondo (近藤陽次, 1933–2017, Japan, f)

• Béla Kondor (1931–1972, Hungary, p/nf)

• Amadou Koné (living, Burkina Faso, nf)

• Blaže Koneski (1921–1993, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)

• Fatos Kongoli (born 1944, Albania, f)

• Faik Konica (1875–1942, Albania, nf)

• E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013, US, ch)

• Hans Koning (1921–2007, Netherlands, f/nf)

• Tensei Kono (河野典生, 1935–2012, Japan, f)

• Halina Konopacka (1900–1989, Russian E/US, p)

• Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/f/ch)

• Konrad von Würzburg (died 1287, Germany, p)

• György Konrád (1933–2019, Hungary, f/nf), pseudonym George Konrad

• Heinz G. Konsalik (1921–1999, Germany, f), pseudonym of Heinz Günther

• Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f)

• Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940–2019, Bulgaria, f/nf)

• Radomir Konstantinović (1928–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)

• Dorothy Koomson (born 1971, England, f)

• Dean Koontz (born 1945, US, f)

• Robin Koontz (born 1954, US, ch)

• Ted Kooser (born 1939, US, p)

• August Kopisch (1799–1853, Germany, p)

• Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876–1901, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p)

• Morten Korch (1876–1954, Denmark, f)

• Janusz Korczak (1878 or 1879–1942, Russian E/Poland, ch), Holocaust victim

• Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (born 1968, USSR/Georgia, f)

• Christiane Koren (1764–1815, Denmark/Norway, p/d)

• Koriun (5th c. CE, Armenia, nf)

• Gordon Korman (born 1963, Canada/US, f/ch)

• Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, Hungary/US, f)

• M. F. Korn (living, US, f)

• Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958, US, f)

• Paul Kornfeld (1889–1942, Austrian E/Germany, d), Holocaust victim

• Julian Kornhauser (born 1946, Poland, p/f/nf)

• Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022, US, p)

• Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1889, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/d)

• Erih Koš (1913–2010, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/nf)

• Károly Kós (1883–1977, Hungary, f)

• Heinrich Köselitz (1854–1918, Germany, d), pseudonym Peter Gast

• Hiroshi Koshiba (小柴博, 1884–1925, Japan, nf)

• Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), Ukraine) non-f. wr.

• Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991, Poland/US, f)

• Ciril Kosmač (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/d)

• Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926, Austria-Hungary/Italy

• József Kossics (1788–1867, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, 1788–1867, nf/p), also written Jožef Košič

• Laza Kostić (1841–1910, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)

• Conor Kostick (born 1964, Ireland, nf/f)

• Kosugi Tengai (小杉天外, 1865–1952, Japan, f)

• Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936, Hungary, p/f)

• Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899–1972, Iceland, p/ch)

• August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany, d/nf)

• Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964, Ivory Coast, f)

• Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (born 1943, Togo/Germany, nf)

• Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957, Chad, f)

• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003, Ivory Coast, f)

• Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/nf)

• Kōshun Takami (高見広春, born 1969, Japan, f)

• Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928–2018, French Sudan/Mali, f/p)

• Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch)

• Kajetan Kovič (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf/ch)

• Shih-Li Kow (born 1968, Malaysia, f)

• Alicia Kozameh (born 1953, Argentina, f/p/nf)

• Daniel Koziarski (born 1949, Poland, f)

• Urszula Kozioł (born 1931, Poland, p)

• Farooq Kperogi (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)

• Tété-Michel Kpomassie (born 1941, Togo, nf)

• Tim Krabbé (born 1943, Netherlands, f)

• Christian Kracht (born 1966, Switzerland, f/nf)

• Erik P. Kraft (living, US, ch)

• Robert Kraft (1869–1916, Germany, f)

• Thomas Krag (1868–1913, Norway, f/d)

• Vilhelm Krag (1871–1933, Norway, p/nf)

• Petr Král (1941–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, f/nf)

• Lado Kralj (1938–2022, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f)

• Taja Kramberger (born 1970, Yugoslavia, p/nf)

• Miško Kranjec (1908–1983, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f)

• Judith Krantz (1928–2019, US, f/nf)

• Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801, Germany, p/d/nf)

• Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, France, p/d)

• Ivan Krasko (1876–1958, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf)

• Zlatko Krasni (1951–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Krastyo Krastev (1866–1919, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)

• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Duchy of Warsaw/Switzerland, f/nf)

• László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, Hungary, f/d)

• Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austrian E/Austria, nf/d/p)

• Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, Austria/Australia, d/p)

• Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US, ch/p)

• Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany, f/p/d)

• Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)

• Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf)

• Peter Kreeft (born 1937, US, nf)

• Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US, p)

• Esther Kreitman (1891–1954, Russian E/England, f)

• Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948, US, f), also as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle

• Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953, Poland, f/p/nf)

• Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f)

• Adrienne Kress (living, Canada, f/ch/nf)

• Nancy Kress (born 1948, US, f)

• Michelle de Kretser (born 1957, Ceylon/Australia, f)

• Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f/d)

• Jean Krier (1949–2013, Luxembourg, p)

• Léon Krier (born 1946, Luxembourg, nf)

• Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956, India, ch)

• Giles Kristian (born 1975, England, f)

• Kristian Kristiansen (1909–1980, f/d/ch)

• Tomm Kristiansen (born 1950, Norway, nf)

• Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (born 1978, Iceland, d)

• Jónas Kristjánsson (1924–2014, Iceland, nf/f)

• Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson (born 1974, Iceland/Scotland, f)

• Gerður Kristný (born 1970, Iceland, p/f/ch)

• Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland, p/d/f)

• Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972, Sweden, nf)

• Susan Krinard (living, US, f)

• Risto Krle (1900–1975, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)

• Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)

• Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)

• Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany, d/nf)

• Antjie Krog (born 1952, S Africa, p/ch/nf)

• Helge Krog (1889–1962, Norway, nf/d)

• Niklas Krog (born 1965, Sweden, f/ch)

• Christian Krohg (1852–1925, Norway, nf)

• Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel, nf)

• Inge Krokann (1893–1962, Norway, f)

• Gerrit Krol (1934–2013, Netherlands, f/nf/p)

• Piet J. Kroonenberg (1927–2016, Netherlands, nf)

• Jarrett J. Krosoczka (born 1977, US, ch)

• Jaan Kross (1920–2007, USSR/Estonia, f)

• Zdravko Krstanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d/f)

• Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary, f/nf)

• William Kent Krueger (born 1950, US, f)

• Erwin Krüger (1915–1973, Nicaragua, p)

• Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980, US, f/nf/ch)

• Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845, Germany, nf/p)

• Józef Krupiński (1930–1998, Poland, p)

• Edwin C. Krupp (born 1944, US, nf)

• Max Kruse (1921–2015, Germany, ch)

• Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden, f/nf)

• Christina Krüsi (born 1968, Switzerland, nf)

• James Krüss (1926–1997, Germany/Spain, ch/d)

• Ryszard Krynicki (born 1943, Austria, p)

• Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US, f/p)

• Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950, Russian E/Soviet Union, f/nf)

• Andrzej Krzycki (1482–1537, Poland, p/nf)

• Ramesh Kshitij (born 1969, Nepal, p/f)

• Driss Ksikes (born 1968, Morocco, nf)

Ku–Ky
• Alfred Kubin (1877–1959, Austrian E/Austria, f)

• Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th c., Hungary), also as Žsofia Kubinyi

• Paweł Kubisz (1907–1968, Poland, p/nf)

• August Kubizek (1888–1956, Austria, nf)

• Mantarō Kubota (久保田万太郎, 1889–1963, Japan, d/f/p)

• Tamara Kučan (born 1989, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Nahapet Kuchak (died 1592, Armenia, p)

• Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943, Germany, f/nf)

• Péter Kuczka (1923–1999, Hungary, p/f)

• Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, USSR/Ireland, nf/p)

• Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)

• Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898, Germany, nf)

• Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858, Germany, nf)

• Julius Kugy (1858–1944, Austrian E/Italy, nf)

• Ken Kuhlken (born 1945, US, f)

• Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722, Germany, f/nf)

• Gordana Kuić (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/ch)

• Endre Kukorelly (born 1951, Hungary, nf/f/p)

• Martin Kukučín (1860–1928, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf/d)

• Michael Kulikowski (born 1970, US, nf)

• Ayşe Kulin (born 1941, Turkey, f/d)

• Nicholas Kulish (born 1975, US, nf/f)

• Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962, Mexico, f)

• Abhay Kumar (born 1980, India, p/nf)

• Masao Kume (久米正雄, 1891–1952, Japan, d/f/p)

• Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)

• Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US, p/f/ch)

• Michael Kumpfmüller (born 1961, Germany, f/nf)

• Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)

• Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, f/p)

• Milan Kundera (1929–2023, Czechoslovakia/France, f/p/nf)

• Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, S Africa, p)

• Ibrahim Kuni (born 1948, Libya/Poland, f)

• Doppo Kunikida (国木田獨歩, 1871–1908, Japan, f/p)

• Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US, p)

• Thor Kunkel (born 1963, Germany/Switzerland, f)

• Leo Kunnas (born 1967, USSR/Estonia, f/nf)

• Reiner Kunze (born 1933, Germany, p/nf)

• Richard Kunzmann (born 1976, Namibia/S Africa, f)

• Yanka Kupala (1882–1942, Russian E/USSR, p/d), pseudonym of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič

• Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US, p/nf)

• Elisar von Kupffer (1872–1942, Russian E/Germany, p/nf/d), pseudonym Elisarion

• Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Pate Sultanate (Kenya), p)

• Yumiko Kurahashi (倉橋由美子, 1935–2005, Japan, f)

• Hyakuzō Kurata (倉田百三, 1891–1943, Japan, nf/d)

• Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England, d/f)

• Jalu Kurek (1904–1983, Poland, p/nf/f)

• Shushanik Kurghinian (1876–1927, Russian E/USSR)

• Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本薫, 1953–2009, Japan, f/d)

• Kuriyagawa Hakuson (廚川白村, 1880–1923, Japan, nf), pseudonym of Kuriyagawa Tatsuo

• Andrey Kurkov (born 1961, USSR/Ukraine, f/d/ch)

• Lynn Kurland (living, US, f)

• Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, 1938–2023, Japan, p/nf)

• Kuroda Seiki (黒田清輝, 1866–1924, Japan, nf)

• Ken Kuronuma (黒沼健), 1902–1985, Japan, f)

• Denji Kuroshima (黒島伝治, 1898–1943, Japan, f)

• Seyhan Kurt (born 1971, France, f)

• Jane Kurtz (born 1952, US, ch/nf)

• Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US, f)

• Koshi Kurumizawa (胡桃沢耕史, 1925–1994, Japan, f)

• Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany, p/f)

• Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany, p/f)

• Mira Kuś (born 1958, Poland, p)

• Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Sweden/Germany, f)

• Burhanuddin Kushkaki (1894–1953, Afghanistan, nf)

• Rachel Kushner (born 1968, US, f/nf)

• Abdi Kusow (living, Somalia/US, nf)

• Onat Kutlar (1936–1995, Turkey, p/f/d)

• Henry Kuttner (1915–1958, US, f)

• Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US, p/nf)

• Kuvempu (1904–1994, India, p/d/f), pseudonym of Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa

• Eric de Kuyper (born 1942, Belgium/Netherlands, f)

• Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006, S Africa, nf)

• Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938, Iceland, f/p/d)

• Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran (1920–2012, Iceland/US, nf)

• Zofka Kveder (1878–1926, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)

• Nestan Kvinikadze (born 1980, USSR/Georgia, d/f)

• Benjamin Kwakye (born 1967, Ghana, f)

• Phoe Kyar (1891–1942, Burma, f/nf/ch)

• James Hla Kyaw (1866–1919, Burma, f)

• Henry Kyemba (1939–2023, Uganda, nf)

• Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, Wales, p)

• Susan S. Kyle (born 1946, US, f), also as Diana Palmer

• Natsuhiko Kyōgoku (京極夏彦, born 1963, Japan, f)

• Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, England, p)

• Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴, 1767–1848, Japan, f/p)

• Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965, Uganda/England, f)

• Kyoshi Takahama (高浜虚子, 1874–1959, Japan, p)

• Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009, Finland/Sweden, f/nf)

• Myoma Myint Kywe (born 1960, Burma/Myanmar, nf)