H M Koutoukas
(1937-2010) Author, playwright. H. M. Koutoukas was born in Endicott, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was best known as the author of surrealist plays.
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Karla Kuskin
(1932-2009) Author. Karla Kuskin was born in Manhattan, New York, and lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. She was the author and/or illustrator of many books for young people.
Irving Kristol
(1920-2009) Writer. Irving Kristol was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, and died in Arlington, Virginia, in 2009.
Chester Simon Kallman
(1921-1975) Poet, librettist. Chester Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived most of his life in New York. He was known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.
Weldon Kees
(1914-1955) Poet, novelist, short story writer, critic. Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice, Nebraska. He moved to Manhattan, New York, in 1943.
Sophie Kerr
(1880-1965) Novelist. Sophie Kerr lived most of her adult life in New York City.
Lincoln Edward Kirstein
(1907-1996) Poet. Lincoln Kirstein was born in Rochester, New York, and lived in New York City.
Alfred Kazin
(1915-1998) Writer. Alfred Kazin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in New York, New York.
Millard Kaufman
(1917-2009) Screenwriter. Millard Kaufman worked as a copyboy for the New York Daily News.
Martin J Klein
(1924-2009) Historian. Martin J. Klein was born in the Bronx, New York, and studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.