Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
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Afghan novelist
Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan and American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician.
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Austrian writer
Klaus Ebner
Klaus Ebner is an Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator.
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Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
Klemens von Metternich
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire.
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Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
Kōbō Abe
Kimifusa Abe, known by his pen name Kōbō Abe, was a Japanese writer, playwright and director.
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Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
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German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman.
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Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics.
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