Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was a famous Japanese journalist and writer for Yomiuri Shinbun.When President Shigeru Okada of Toei

Was a famous Japanese journalist and writer for Yomiuri Shinbun.When President Shigeru Okada of Toei Film Studio got a manuscript from the yakuza Kozo Mino (?????), he asked Iiboshi to rewrite it as a novel. After that, Iiboshi made a lot of novel series about yakuza conflicts and the dark side of the Japanese politics.

Was a novelist active in the Showa period Japan.Kojima was born in the plebian Shitaya district of T

Was a novelist active in the Showa period Japan.Kojima was born in the plebian Shitaya district of Tokyo to a family of clothing merchants. While attending Keio University he studied Edo period Japanese literature and the works of European authors. He was especially attracted to the works of Nagai Kafu and Mori Ogai. His literary career began as a student, when he contributed short stories to the journal of Keio University's literature department, Mita Bungaku.

Was a Georgian poet and the last representative of Georgian Symbolist school. Born and initially edu

Was a Georgian poet and the last representative of Georgian Symbolist school. Born and initially educated at Kutaisi, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire), he studied law at the University of Moscow from 1912 to 1916. Returning to Georgia, his first

Was a noted Japanese writer.

Was a noted Japanese writer.

A Greek-Australian performance poet and teacher.Komninos' poems are a playful combination of social

A Greek-Australian performance poet and teacher.Komninos' poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce. He has performed poetry professionally in pubs, literary festivals, tv, radio, schools, streets, universities and prisons; published poetry in books, literary journals and anthologies; and authored animated and interactive multimedia poems for the internet. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards.

Was a Japanese Noh actor and playwright of the Komparu school. He was the grandson of Komparu Zenchi

Was a Japanese Noh actor and playwright of the Komparu school. He was the grandson of Komparu Zenchiku. Zempo's plays were more popular and dramatic, novel and crowd-pleasing with large casts and more elaborate effects and sets, than the plays of his grandfather's, or his great-grandfather Zeami's, although he did have an appreciation of yugen and wabi (Zempo was a pupil of Shuko and quoted him as saying "The moon not glimpsed through rifts in clouds holds no interest"[3]).

Was a folk-virtuoso who made the traditional pelimanni-style folk music a Finnish cultural phenomeno

Was a folk-virtuoso who made the traditional pelimanni-style folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland.

Was a Russian novelist and poet. Fedin was born in Saratov, Russia. During the 1920s, he belonged to

Was a Russian novelist and poet. Fedin was born in Saratov, Russia. During the 1920s, he belonged to a literary group called the Serapion Brothers, who supported the Revolution but wanted freedom for literature and the arts. His first story, The Orchard,

One of the best-known German singer-songwriters ("Liedermacher"); he also works as a composer, autho

One of the best-known German singer-songwriters ("Liedermacher"); he also works as a composer, author, and actor.

Was an eminent Ukrainian composer and musical teacher. Konstantin Dankevich was born in Odessa, Ukra

Was an eminent Ukrainian composer and musical teacher. Konstantin Dankevich was born in Odessa, Ukraine (then the Russian Empire). He studied at the Odessa Conservatory with Zolotarev and graduated in 1929. He was made the director of Songs and Dance of t

Was a Russian symbolist poet, translator, one of the major figures of the Silver Age of Russian Poet

Was a Russian symbolist poet, translator, one of the major figures of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.

Was a Bulgarian writer, translator and enlightener of the Bulgarian National Revival period. The pub

Was a Bulgarian writer, translator and enlightener of the Bulgarian National Revival period. The publisher of the first Bulgarian-language magazine, he is regarded as the founder of the Bulgarian press.

Was a Russian Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965.

Was a Russian Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965.

Was an important precursor of Alexander Pushkin in the Russian poetry.

Was an important precursor of Alexander Pushkin in the Russian poetry.

Was a Bulgarian screenwriter, author and poet. Pavlov became a prominent intellectual during Burlgar

Was a Bulgarian screenwriter, author and poet. Pavlov became a prominent intellectual during Burlgaria's Communist era, even though he faced censorship and a ten year long publishing ban by the government.

Was a Russian critic and writer, one of the earliest and most notable Slavophiles. He wrote plays, s

Was a Russian critic and writer, one of the earliest and most notable Slavophiles. He wrote plays, social criticism, and histories of the ancient Russian social order.[1] His father Sergey Aksakov was a writer, and his younger brother Ivan Aksakov was a j

Was a Soviet/Russian author. His full name was Konstantin (born Kirill) Mikhailovich Simonov. He was

Was a Soviet/Russian author. His full name was Konstantin (born Kirill) Mikhailovich Simonov. He was a well-known war poet who wrote a popular poem called "Wait for me", about a soldier in the war asking his beloved to wait for his return. The poem was ad

Was a Bulgarian writer and public. Velichkov received his education in the Galatasaray Lisesi in Ist

Was a Bulgarian writer and public. Velichkov received his education in the Galatasaray Lisesi in Istanbul where he studied from 1868 to 1874. After returning to his home town he became a teacher in geography, history, French and Bulgarian as well as chairman of the local Chitalishte (reading club).

Was a Georgian writer and public figure, who, along with Mikheil Javakhishvili, is considered to be

Was a Georgian writer and public figure, who, along with Mikheil Javakhishvili, is considered to be the most influential Georgian novelists of the 20th century. Educated and first published in Germany, he married Western European influences to purely Geor

Was a Greek composer, archeologist, and philologist.

Was a Greek composer, archeologist, and philologist.

Is a Polish journalist and politician; President of Bydgoszcz (since 2002).He worked as journalist f

Is a Polish journalist and politician; President of Bydgoszcz (since 2002).He worked as journalist for Polish Radio in Koszalin (1972) and in Bydgoszcz (1972-1983). Next he worked for TVP 3 Gdansk (1984-1990) and collaborator in Bydgoszcz' local newspapers.He was an Originator, co-author of regional television TVP 3 Bydgoszcz - he was a first Chief of TVP3 Bydgoszcz (1990-1993). Between 1994 and 1999 he worked in City Office as Chief of Bureau of Executive Committee and as Press Spokesperson. In 1999 he was a Chief of Press Bureau and co-originator pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II in Bydgoszcz on June 7.

Was a writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of Belarusian and Lith

Was a writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of Belarusian and Lithuanian national revival and the leader of the January Uprising in the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. His coat of arms was Kalinowa.Kastus Kalinouski was born to an impoverished szlachta family of a manager of the Mostowlany farm and manor (now in Bialystok County. After graduating from a local school in Svislach in 1855 he went to Moscow, where he started studying at private law school. Soon he moved to St. Petersburg, where he continued his studies at the University of St. Petersburg and got involved in several Polish students' conspiracies and secret cultural societies. After graduating in 1860 he returned to the area of Hrodna, where he continued to work as a revolutionary.

Was a Polish literature theoretician and critic.Troczynski worked at the Adam Mickiewicz University

Was a Polish literature theoretician and critic.Troczynski worked at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. During the Second World War and the German occupation of Poland he taught at the so-colled "Secret Universities" in Kraków. He was arrested by the Gestapo and murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

Is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is one of the frontline personalities for ABS-CBN Broadcasti

Is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is one of the frontline personalities for ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, her home network for more than two decades.She attended the private all-girls' school St. Theresa's College, Quezon City for her elementary and secondary education, and then Maryknoll College Foundation (now Miriam College), where she earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts. Her first love was writing, but she was also active in extra-curriculars like singing

Was a Sorbian composer and conductor. He was the composer of the music of the Lusatian national anth

Was a Sorbian composer and conductor. He was the composer of the music of the Lusatian national anthem Rjana Lužica. He has been called the "founding father of secular Sorbian music."[1]