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- Maurice Kenny (b. 1929), Native American poet
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), American author, wrote On the Road (1957), The Subterraneans (1958)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), Prussian author
- Larry Kramer (b. 1935), American author, wrote Faggots (1978), The Normal Heart (1986)
- Ellen Kushner, American writer
- Tony Kushner (b. 1956), American author, wrote Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991–92)
- Mikhail Kuzmin (187?-1936), Russian writer
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