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K Dick,
Jennifer
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Jennifer K Dick, (born 1970- ) American poet, translator and educator/scholar born in Minnesota, raised in Iowa and currently living in Mulhouse, France. Jennifer K Dick has been classified as a post-L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school poet with a strong background in lyric and narrative tradition.. American Poet
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Kabir,
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Kacian,
Jim
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James Michael Kacian, an American haiku poet, editor, publisher, and public speaker was born on July 26, 1953, in Worcester, Massachusetts, then adopted and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts. He has lived in London, Nashville, Bridgton (Maine) and now resides in Winchester, Virginia. Kacian wrote his first mainstream poems in his teens, and published them in small poetry magazines beginning in 1970. He also wrote, recorded, and sold songs during his time in Nashville in the 1980s. Upon his return to Virginia in 1985 he discovered English-language haiku, for which he is best known.. American haiku poet editor publisher and public speaker
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Kailas,
Uuno
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Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.. Finnish poet author and translator
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Kalidasa,
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Kalocsay,
Kálmán
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Kálmán Kalocsay (October 6, 1891 - February 27, 1976), in Hungarian name order Kalocsay Kálmán (pronounced ) is one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature. He left a rich legacy to the language and culture of Esperanto in his original poetry and his translations of literary works from his native Hungarian and other languages of Europe.. Hungarian poet; one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature
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Kambar,
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Kamil Baczynski,
Krzysztof
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Kamil Norwid,
Cyprian
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Kaminsky,
Ilya
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Ilya Kaminsky (born April 18, 1977 in Odessa, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a Russian-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He began to write poetry seriously as a teenager in Odessa, publishing a chapbook in Russian entitled The Blessed City. His first published poetry collection in English was a chapbook, Musica Humana (Chapiteau Press, 2002). His second collection in English, Dancing in Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004), earned him a 2005 Whiting Writers' Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Metcalf Award, the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and the Dorset Prize, and was named the 2005 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year in Poetry. In 2008, he was awarded a Lannan Literary Fellowship. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Kenyon Review, New Republic, Harvard Review, Poetry.. Russian-American poet critic translator and professor
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Kaplinski,
Jaan
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Jaan Kaplinski (born January 22, 1941, in Tartu) is an Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic. Kaplinski is known for his independent mind, focus on global issues and support for left-wing/liberal thinking. He has been influenced by Eastern philosophical schools (taoism and especially buddhism).. Estonian poet philosopher and culture critic
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Karavis,
Andreas
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Kasdorf,
Julia
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Julia Kasdorf (born December 6, 1962) is an American poet.. American poet
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Kasischke,
Laura
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Laura Kasischke (born 1961) is an American fiction writer and American poet with poetry awards and multiple well reviewed works of fiction. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers, and the Beatrice Hawley Award. She is the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as several Pushcart Prizes.. American poet fiction writer
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Kästner,
Erich
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Emil Erich Kästner (German pronunciation: ) (23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.. German author poet screenwriter and satirist
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Kaufman,
Bob
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. American Beat poet and surrealist; coined the term "beatnik"
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Kaufman,
Shirley
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Shirley Kaufman (born June 5, 1923 Seattle) is an American poet and translator.. American poet and translator
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Kavanagh,
Patrick
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. Irish poet and novelist
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Kavvadias,
Nikos
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Nikos Kavvadias (Greek: aßßada; January 11, 1910, Nikolsk-Ussuriysky – February 10, 1975, Athens) was a Greek poet and writer; currently one of the most popular poets in Greece, who used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.. Greek poet
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Kay,
Jackie
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Keats,
John
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One of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.. English Romantic poet.
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Keenaghan,
Edward
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Kees,
Weldon
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. American poet painter literary critic novelist playwright jazz pianist short story writer and filmmaker
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Kelton,
Arthur
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Arthur Kelton (d. 1549/1550) was an author who wrote in rhyme about Welsh history.. author who wrote in rhyme about Welsh history
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Kennedy,
X J
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Kenyon,
Jane
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Kerouac,
Jack
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. American novelist and poet
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Kesner,
Frederick
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Key,
Francis Scott
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Kgositsile,
Keorapetse
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Keorapetse William Kgositsile (b. September 19, 1938 in Johannesburg) is a South African poet and political activist, and was an influential member of the African National Congress in the 1960s and 1970s. He lived in exile in the United States from 1962 until 1975, the peak of his literary career. Kgositsile made extensive study of African-American literature and culture, becoming particularly interested in jazz. During the 1970s he was a central figure among African-American poets, encouraging interest in Africa as well as the practice of poetry as a performance art; Kgositsile was known for his readings in New York City jazz clubs. He was one of the first to bridge the gap between African poetry and Black poetry in the United States, and thus one of the first and most significant poets in the Pan-African movement.. South African poet and political activist
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Khan Ghalib,
Asadulla
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Khan Khattak,
Khushal
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Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689) (Pashto: ) was a prominent Pashtun poet, warrior, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote a huge collection of Pashto poems during the Mughal Empire in the 17th century, and admonished Afghans (Pashtuns or Pakhtuns) to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite against the Mughal Army. Promoting Afghan nationalism through poetry, he was a renowned military fighter who became known as the "Afghan Warrior Poet". Khushal Khan lived in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.. Pashtun Afghan poet warrior charismatic personality and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe
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Khayyam,
Omar
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Omar Khayyám (Persian: , Early New Persian. pronunciation /'om xæj'jm/, English pronunciation /'omr ka'jm/) (18 May 1048–1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, and music.. Persian polymath: philosopher mathematician astronomer and poet
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Khlebnikov,
Velemir
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Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian: ´ ´; first name also spelled Velemir; last name also spelled Chlebnikov, Hlebnikov, Xlebnikov), pseudonym of Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov (9 November 1885 (28 October 1885 (O.S.)) – 28 June 1922), was a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far beyond it.. Russian poet and playwright; part of the Russian Futurist movement
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Khodasevich,
Vladislav
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Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (Russian: ) (May 16, 1886 - June 14, 1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre litterateurs.. Russian poet and literary critic
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Khosrow,
Amir
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Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow (1253–1325 CE) (Urdu: ابوالحسن یمینالدین خسرو; Hindi: अबुल हसन यमीनुद्दीन ख़ुसरौ), better known as Amīr Khusrow (also Khusrau, Khusro) Dehlawī (meaning Amir Khusrow of Delhi) (امیر خسرو دہلوی; अमीर ख़ुसरौ दहलवी), was an Indian musician, scholar and poet. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. A Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, Amīr Khusrow was not only a notable poet but also a prolific and seminal musician. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi. He compiled the oldest known printed dictionary (Khaliq-e-bari) in 1320 which mainly dealt with Hindvi (Hindi) and Persian words.
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Kikaku,
Takarai
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Takarai Kikaku, (1661-1707) also known as Enomoto Kikaku, was a Japanese haikai poet and among the most accomplished disciples of Matsuo Basho.. His father was an Edo doctor, but Kikaku chose to become a professional haikai poet rather than follow in his footsteps.. Japanese haikai poet and a disciple of Matsuo Bash?
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Killigrew,
Anne
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Kilmer,
Joyce
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. American writer and poet
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King,
Amy
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King,
Henry
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Henry King (1592 – 30 September 1669) was an English poet and bishop.. English poet and bishop
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King,
William
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William King (1663–1712) was an English poet.. English poet
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Kingsley,
Charles
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Kinkel,
Gottfried
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Johann Gottfried Kinkel (August 11, 1815 - November 13, 1882) was a German poet also noted for his revolutionary activities and his escape from a Prussian prison in Spandau with the help of his friend Carl Schurz.. German poet and revolutionary
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Kinnell,
Galway
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Galway Kinnell is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century. An admitted follower of Walt Whitman, Kinnell rejects the idea of seeking fulfillment by escaping into the imaginary world. His best-loved and most anthologized poems are "St. Francis and the Sow" and "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps".. American poet; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1982
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Kinsella,
John
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John Kinsella (born 1963) is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, essayist and editor. His writing is strongly influenced by landscape, and he espouses an 'international regionalism' in his approach to place. He has also frequently worked in collaboration with other writers, artists and musicians.. Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor
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Kinsella,
Thomas
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Thomas Kinsella (born 4 May 1928) is an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher.. Irish poet translator editor and publisher
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Kipling,
Rudyard
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A British author and poet, born in India.. English short-story writer poet and novelist
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Kivikk'aho,
Eila
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Eila Sylvia Kivikk'aho, originally Sammalkorpi (February 8, 1921 – June 21, 2004) was a Finnish poet.. Finnish poet
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Kizer,
Carolyn
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. American poet; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1985
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Knight,
Etheridge
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Etheridge Knight was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. The book recalls in verse his eight-year-long sentence after his arrest for robbery in 1960
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Koch,
Kenneth
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. American poet playwright and professor; New York School
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Kochanowski,
Jan
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Jan Kochanowski (Polish pronunciation: ; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language.. Polish Renaissance poet
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Komunyakaa,
Yusef
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. American poet and teacher; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1994
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Konica,
Faik
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Faik Konica (March 15, 1875 – December 15, 1942), born in Konitsa, was one of the greatest figures of Albanian culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his literary review, Albania, became the focal publication of Albanian writers living abroad. Faik Konica wrote little in the way of literature, but as a stylist, critic, publicist and political figure he had a tremendous impact on Albanian writing and on Albanian culture at the time.. Albanian poet
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Kooser,
Ted
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. American poet; US Poet Laureate 2004–2006
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Kosovel,
Srecko
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Kosztolányi,
Dezso
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Kowit,
Steve
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Kramberger,
Taja
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Taja Kramberger (1970), a poet, an essayist, a translator and an activist. She is a university teacher and reseaecher (she has PhD from history and historical anthropology). After the illegal (neoliberal) university purge of critical intellectuals under the name of “rationalisation of the personnel” at the University of Primorska in Koper in 2010 and futher socio-political pressures on her and her husband Drago Braco Rotar in Slovenia, she has left the country and now lives in exile in Paris. She distances herself of Slovenian literary field and its passes-partout representatives (detractors), but keeps good relationships with rare poets from Slovenia who care for people and do their work honestly.
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Kraniotis,
Dimitris P
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Krasicki,
Ignacy
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Ignacy Krasicki (February 3, 1735 – March 14, 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek.. Poland's leading Enlightenment poet; critic of the clergy author of the first Polish novel playwright journalist encyclopedist and translator
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Krauss,
Ruth
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Ruth Krauss (b. July 25, 1901, Baltimore, Maryland d. July 10, 1993, Westport, Connecticut) was an author of children's books, one of the most well known being The Carrot Seed, and an author of theatrical poems for an adult audience. Many of her books are still in print.. American poet and children's books author
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Krayem,
Awad
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Krleža,
Miroslav
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Miroslav Krleža (Croatian pronunciation: ) (July 7, 1893 - December 29, 1981) was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom (1918–1941) and the Republic (1945 until his death in 1981). He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.. Croatian and Yugoslav poet novelist
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Krysl,
Marilyn
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Marilyn Krysl (born 1942) is an American award-winning writer of short stories and poetry who is known for her quirky and witty storytelling. She has published four short story collections along with seven collections of poetry. She has worn several awards for her work, including the 2008 Richard Sullivan Prize for short fiction for her collection of short stories, Dinner With Osama, which is a sociopolitical satire of post-9/11 America. Krysl also submits work to The Atlantic journal, The Nation journal, and The New Republic journal, as well as being an editor of Many Mountains Moving: A Literary Journal of Diverse, Contemporary Voices along with Naomi Horii.. American poet short story writer
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Kudryavitsky,
Anatoly
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Anthony Kudryavitsky born in Moscow in 1954, better known by his pen name Anatoly Kudryavitsky (Russian ), is a Russian-Irish novelist, poet and literary translator.. Russian Irish novelist poet and literary translator
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Kumin,
Maxine
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. American poet; US Poet Laureate 1981–1982
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Kunitz,
Stanley
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A noted American poet of Lithuanian descent.. American poet; twice US Poet Laureate
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Kupferberg,
Tuli
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Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg (September 28, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was an American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs.. American counterculture poet author cartoonist pacifist anarchist
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Kusumagraj,
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Kutlar,
Onat
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Mehmet Arif Onat Kutlar (January 25, 1936 – January 11, 1995), also known as Onat Kutlar, was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and one of the founders of the Istanbul International Film Festival.. prominent Turkish writer film producer/actor and poet
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Kuusisto,
Stephen
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Stephen Kuusisto is an American poet.. American poet
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