Tag: Biography
Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine, (1621-95). French poet and writer of fables. He was employed for a time as master of waters and forests in Chateau-Thierry …
Akira Kuropawa Akira Kuropawa, (1910- ). Japanese film director, whose work fuses Western and Eastern traditions. After some years working as an editor and screenwriter, Kurosawa made his debut …
Milan Kundera Milan Kundera, (1929- ). Czech novelist and writer, From the late 1950s Kundera taught literature at the Prague Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, while also publishing …
Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick, (1928- ). US film director and scriptwriter. He worked as a magazine photographer and made documentary films before writing and directing Paths of Glory (1958), …
Kublai Khan Kublai Khan (1215-94). Mongol emperor of China, grandson of Genghis Khan. He succeeded his brother Mangu in 1259 and by 1279 had conquered the whole of China, …
Paul Kruger Paul Kruger, (1825-1904). Boer statesman. Of Dutch descent, he went with his parents and other families on the great trek’ from Cape Colony to settle north of …
Helmut Kohl Helmut Kohl, (1930- ). German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1982-90) and of Germany (1990- ). The son of a conservative Roman Catholic family, Kohl joined the …
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916). British field marshal. His victory over the Mahdi at Omdurman (1898) ended the war in the Sudan. He …
