Frank Kuenstler
(1928-1996) Poet, film maker. “In Which” (1994), lived in Manhattan.
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Helen Keller
(1880-1968) Public speaker, writer. “The Story of My Life” (1902), lived in Forest Hills with her companion and teacher, Annie Sullivan.
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.
(Alfred) Joyce Kilmer
(1886-1918) Poet. Joyce Kilmer lived in Larchmont, New York, and was educated at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.
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.
Berthe Kling
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.
Stanley Kubrick
(1928-1999) Screenwriter, director. Stanley Kubrick was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in England.
Clarence Knapp
Knapp wrote “Sob Ballads” and from 1925-1943 many stories for the New Yorker.