Editing List of German-language authors (section)

==K==
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*[[Franz Kafka]] (1883–1924, f)
*[[Friedrich Kaiser]] (1814–1874, d/f)
*[[Georg Kaiser]] (1878–1945, d)
*[[Max Kalbeck]] (1850–1921, nf)
*[[Mascha Kaléko]] (1907–1975, p)
*[[David Kalisch]] (1820–1872, d/nf)
*[[Wladimir Kaminer]] (born 1967, f/nf)
*[[Hermann Kant]] (1926–2016, f/d)
*[[Immanuel Kant]] (1724–1804, nf)
*[[Franz Xaver Kappus]] (1883–1966, p/f/d)
*[[Hellmuth Karasek]] (1934–2015, nf/f)
*[[Ulrich Karger]] (born 1957, nf/ch)
*[[Marie Luise Kaschnitz]] (1901–1974, f/nf/p)
*[[Abraham Gotthelf Kästner]] (1719–1800, nf)
*[[Erich Kästner]] (1899–1974, ch/p/nf)
*[[Walter Kaufmann (author)|Walter Kaufmann]] (1924–2021, f)
*[[Helmut Käutner]] (1908–1980, d)
*[[Daniel Kehlmann]] (born 1975, f/d)
*[[Ernst Keil]] (1816–1878, nf)
*[[Gottfried Keller]] (1819–1890, p/f/nf)
*[[Hans Peter Keller]] (1915–1988, p)
*[[Werner Keller (writer)|Werner Keller]] (1909–1980, nf)
*[[Friedrich Kellner]] (1885–1970, nf)
*[[Walter Kempowski]] (1929–2007, f/nf)
*[[Johannes Kepler]] (1571–1630, nf)
*[[Justinus Kerner]] (1786–1862, p/nf)
*[[Alfred Kerr]], pseudonym of Alfred Kempner (1867–1948, nf)
*[[Judith Kerr]] (1923–2019, ch)
*[[Irmgard Keun]] (1905–1982, f)
*[[Eduard von Keyserling]] (1855–1918, f/d/nf)
*[[Johann Gottfried Kinkel]] (1815–1882, p/d/nf)
*[[Bodo Kirchhoff]] (born 1948, d/f)
*[[Sarah Kirsch]] (1935–2013, p/nf)
*[[Hans Hellmut Kirst]] (1914–1989, f)
*[[Egon Erwin Kisch]] (1885–1948, f/nf)
*[[Karin Kiwus]] (born 1942, p)
*[[Johann Klaj]] (1616–1656, p/d)
*[[Ewald Christian von Kleist]] (1715–1759, p)
*[[Heinrich von Kleist]] (1777–1811, p/d/f)
*[[Jochen Klepper]] (1903–1942, p/nf)
*[[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann]] (1777–1831, f/d)
*[[Friedrich Maximilian Klinger]] (1752–1831, d/f)
*[[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock]] (1724–1803, p/nf)
*[[Alexander Kluge]] (born 1932, d/f/nf)
*[[Ruth Klüger]] (1931–2020, nf)
*[[Hildegard Knef]] (1925–2002, nf)
*[[Werner Koch]] (1926–1992, nf)
*[[Matthias Koeppel]] (born 1937, p/nf)
*[[Wolfgang Koeppen]] (1906–1996, f/nf)
*[[Gerhard Kofler]] (1949–2005, p/nf)
*[[Michael Köhlmeier]] (born 1949, p/f/nf)
*[[Oskar Kokoschka]] (1886–1980, p/d/nf)
*[[Gertrud Kolmar]] (1894–1943, p/nf), Holocaust victim
*[[Leopold Kompert]] (1822–1886, f/nf)
*[[Konrad von Würzburg]] (c. 1220–1287, p)
*[[Heinz G. Konsalik]], pseudonym of Heinz Günther (1921–1999, f)
*[[August Kopisch]] (1799–1853, p)
*[[Paul Kornfeld (playwright)|Paul Kornfeld]] (1889–1942, d/nf)
*[[August von Kotzebue]] (1761–1819, f/d)
*[[Christian Kracht]] (born 1966, f/nf)
*[[Robert Kraft (writer)|Robert Kraft]] (1869–1916, f)
*[[Karl Kraus (writer)|Karl Kraus]] (1874–1936, nf/d/p)
*[[Helmut Krausser]] (born 1964, f/p/d)
*[[Franz Xaver Kroetz]] (born 1946, d)
*[[Horst Krüger]] (1919–1999, f/nf)
*[[Michael Krüger (writer)|Michael Krüger]] (born 1943, f/nf/p)
*[[Friedrich Adolf Krummacher]] (1767–1845, nf/p)
*[[Max Kruse (author)|Max Kruse]] (1921–2015, ch)
*[[James Krüss]] (1926–1997, ch/p/d)
*[[Alfred Kubin]] (1877–1959, f)
*[[Adam Kuckhoff]] (1887–1943, f/nf)
*[[Johannes Kuen]] (1606–1675, p)
*[[Franz Theodor Kugler]] (1808–1858, nf)
*[[Dayan Kodua]] (born 1980, nf), born in Ghana
*[[Johann Kuhnau]] (1660–1722, f/nf)
*[[Michael Kumpfmüller]] (born 1961, nf/f)
*[[Johann Kunckel]] (1630–1703, nf)
*[[Thor Kunkel]] (born 1963, f)
*[[Reiner Kunze]] (born 1933, p/nf)
*[[Elisar von Kupffer]] (1872–1942, p/nf/d)
*[[Hermann Kurz]] (1813–1873, p/f)
*[[Isolde Kurz]] (1853–1944, p/f)
*[[Kurt Kusenberg]] (1904–1983, f)
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