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How to pronounce author names starting with K

Author Pronunciations

38 last names beginning with "K"

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Ismail Kadare
IS-mail ka-DA-reh
Cynthia Kadohata
ca-do-HAR-ta
Daniel Kahneman
KAH-neh-mun
Paul Kalanithi
kull-AHN-uh-thee
Lisa Kaltenegger
KAL-ten-egg-er
Soniah Kamal
SOHN-yuh kuh-MAHL
Marjan Kamali
"In the U.S. my name is pronounced very close to 'mahjong' so with a soft 'j' and the final syllable rhyming with barn." - Marjan Kamali
Paula Kamen
kay-min
William Kamkwamba
kam-kwarmba (the word means a piece of fabric in Malawi)
Deepti Kapoor
DEEP-tee kuh-POOR
Mieko Kawakami
mee-EH-koh KAH-wuh-KAH-mee
Andrea Kayne Kaufman
cane KOFFman
Greg Keyes
keys
Laleh Khadivi
LAH-lay kuh-DEE-vee
Porochista Khakpour
poor-uh-CHISS-tuh KAHK-poor
Shubnum Khan
SHUBB-nuhm
Uzma Aslam Khan
Oz-mah Us-lum Kha-aan
Christian Kiefer
KEEF-er
Gary Kinder
KIN-der (first syllable rhymes with din)
Phil Klay
Klay rhymes with why
Verlyn Klinkenborg
ver-lin clink-en-borg
Jessica Knoll
nole, like the word "knoll"
Herman Koch
Coke
Talia Lakshmi. Kolluri
tuh-LEE-uh LAHK-shmee kuh-LUHR-ee
Maria Konnikova
con-ih-KOH-vuh
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