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Elia Kazan

(1909-2003) Writer, screenwriter. Elia Kazan was born in Constantinople, Turkey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved to Manhattan from Istanbul in 1913 and attended schools in Manhattan, where he lived and died.

Manuel Komroff

(1890-1974) Writer, novelist, editor. Manuel Komroff lived in Woodstock, New York. He is buried in Woodstock Artists’ Cemetery, off Rock City Road, Woodstock, New York.

John F. Kieran

(1892-1981) Columnist, author. John F. Kieran was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was a sports columnist for The New York Times from 1927 to 1943.

Arthur Kober

(1900-1975) Playwright, author, humorist, screenwriter. Arthur Kober was born in the town of Brody in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Jack Kerouac

(1922-1969) Writer. Jack Kerouac attended Horace Mann High School in Riverdale, New York, lived at 149 West 21st Street and 421 West 118th Street, Manhattan, New York and lived at 34 Gilbert Street, Northport, New York from 1958 to 1961, and 7 Judyann Court from 1962 to 1965. In 1943, Kerouac moved into his mother’s … Continued