Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Was a prominent Assamese novelist and poet.Nabakanta Barua was born December 26, 1926 in Diboru to N

Was a prominent Assamese novelist and poet.Nabakanta Barua was born December 26, 1926 in Diboru to Nilakanta Barua, a school inspector and later teacher, and Swarnalata Baruani. He had three brothers: Debakanta, Jibakanta, and Sibakanta. (Debakanta Barua

Is a Bengali writer from India.Sen was born in Calcutta, to the poet-couple Narendra Dev and Radhara

Is a Bengali writer from India.Sen was born in Calcutta, to the poet-couple Narendra Dev and Radharani Devi. She graduated from Presidency College and took her M.A. from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, A.M with Distinction from Harvard University and Ph. D

Is a television and movie director, producer and writer of Moroccan origin. He was born in Paris, al

Is a television and movie director, producer and writer of Moroccan origin. He was born in Paris, although he spent a large part of his childhood in Sarcelles. After three years of course of theatre in Paris (1987-1990), he started his career as a scriptwriter and director with the advertising agency Euro-RSCG.

Is an Egyptian novelist, best known for his books in the Rewayat Masreya Lil Guib (Egyptian Pocket N

Is an Egyptian novelist, best known for his books in the Rewayat Masreya Lil Guib (Egyptian Pocket Novels) series.He was born in the Egyptian city of Tanta, and first showed an interest in reading at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents he made his first attempts at writing at the age of about thirteen, and in high school joined journalism, photography, and theatre workgroups.

The author of the fantasy novel Wish Upon A Time - The Legendary Scimitar. Jamshed lives in New Delh

The author of the fantasy novel Wish Upon A Time - The Legendary Scimitar. Jamshed lives in New Delhi, India and is studying political science at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.[1][2] Wish Upon A Time was her debut novel and has received appreciation and attention from Indian media.[3

Was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong,Bangladesh.Nabinchandra studied at Chittago

Was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong,Bangladesh.Nabinchandra studied at Chittagong Collegiate School. In 1868, he passed BA and joined in the government service as a Deputy Magistrate. Being a student, he was one of bengal's greatest w

Was an Iranian writer , screenwriter , photographer , director and actor.He became known for his nov

Was an Iranian writer , screenwriter , photographer , director and actor.He became known for his novel Three Opinions about the Man Who Came from Nowhere (dedicated to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini).

Was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi is the pseudonym. Her real name was Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokh

Was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi is the pseudonym. Her real name was Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya. Her birthday in various sources varies in the range 1871-1876. The most recent findings say that she was born in May 1872.

Was an influential French composer, conductor, and music professor. An outstanding music educator at

Was an influential French composer, conductor, and music professor. An outstanding music educator at the highest level, she taught many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.

Is a Dutch historian of Moroccan descent.[1]She graduated with a MA degree in history from the Free

Is a Dutch historian of Moroccan descent.[1]She graduated with a MA degree in history from the Free University of Amsterdam and is working towards her PhD on "gender and migration" at Leiden University.[2] Her MA thesis was titled "De migratie van Marokkaanse vrouwen naar Nederland, 1967-1980." (Migration of Moroccan women to The Netherlands, 1967-1980).[3] She is also one of four Moroccan Dutch members of the "Conseil de la Communauté Marocaine à l'Étranger" (Assembly of Overseas Moroccan Community Council) or CCME

Is a Morrocan novelist.Chafik lives in Morocco. She teaches French language and communication at the

Is a Morrocan novelist.Chafik lives in Morocco. She teaches French language and communication at the Faculty of Law at Mohammed V University of Rabat. She has published short stories and three novels. "Nos jours aveugles" (Our blind days) is her first collection of short stories.

Was a Lebanese, Francophone poet and author of numerous volumes of poetry.[1] Nadia Tueni was born i

Was a Lebanese, Francophone poet and author of numerous volumes of poetry.[1] Nadia Tueni was born in Baakline, Lebanon in 1935.[2] Born to a Lebanese Druze father, Mohamed Ali Hamade, who was a diplomat and writer, and a French mother, Tueni grew up bilingual.[3][4]

An award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and bi

An award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues and the effects of social change”.[1] She has been involved in developing projects to raise children's awareness about their environment and local history.Wheatley's first book was Five Times Dizzy.[4] Published in 1983, it was a critical success, and garnered many literary commendations and awards. Since then she has written many children's fiction and non-fiction books, most of them being shortlisted for and, often, winning awards.

South African writer, political activist and Nobel Prize in literature laureate.

South African writer, political activist and Nobel Prize in literature laureate.

An Anti-Zionist, and author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis entitled The Jews

An Anti-Zionist, and author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis entitled The Jews of Iraq.[1] The article later formed the basis for his originally self-published book Ben Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jew

Is a Senegalese writer who wrote in French. After studying in Toulouse she began writing. Her 1975 a

Is a Senegalese writer who wrote in French. After studying in Toulouse she began writing. Her 1975 autobiography De Tilène au Plateau, a Dakar childhood ISBN 2-7236-0099-8 was among the first works of literature to be published by a Senegalese woman. Afte

Was a major Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary

Was a major Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet [4][5].He started his literary career with Maithili poems by the pen-name of Yatri (??????) in early 1930s. By mid 1930s, he started writing poetry in Hindi. His first permanent job of a full time teacher, took him to Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), though he didn't stay there for long as his urge to delve deeper into Buddhist scriptures, took him to the Buddist monastery at Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, where in 1935, he became a Buddist monk, as needed to enter the monastery and study the scriptures, just as his mentor, Rahul Sankrityayan had done earlier, and hence took upon the name "Nagarjun". While at the monastery, he also studied Leninism and Marxism ideologies, before returning to India in 1938 to join 'Summer School of Politics' organized by noted peasant leader, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, founder of Kisan Sabha[6] . A wanderer by nature, Nagarjun spent a considerable amount of his time in the 30s and the 40s traveling across India.

Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and who managed to modernize Arabic li

Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and who managed to modernize Arabic literature. He is regarded as one of the first writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism.

Was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.In 1906 Sokolow was ask

Was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.In 1906 Sokolow was asked to become the secretary general of the World Zionist Congress. In the ensuing years, he crisscrossed Europe and North America to promote the Zionist cause. During World War I, he lived in London, where he was a leading advocate for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which the British government declared its support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. In 1931 he was elected President of the World Zionist Congress, and served in that capacity until 1935, when he was succeeded by Chaim Weizmann.

Was an Ottoman-born ethnic Albanian romantic poet and, together with his brothers Sami and Abdyl, a

Was an Ottoman-born ethnic Albanian romantic poet and, together with his brothers Sami and Abdyl, a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare (the national renaissance of Albania).His father was an impoverished bey from Frashër, Kolonje, in the District

Is a Moroccan-Dutch writer, who also gives lectures and writes stories, essays and columns. Her fami

Is a Moroccan-Dutch writer, who also gives lectures and writes stories, essays and columns. Her family immigrated to The Netherlands when she was four years old. After finishing high school she went to college, but quit to start a career in writing. She met author Yvonne Kroonenberg at a lecture who got her into contact with publisher "Contact", resulting in her first book, "The Way North".

Was a Japanese historian and Sinologist. He was the founder of the Kyoto School of historiography, a

Was a Japanese historian and Sinologist. He was the founder of the Kyoto School of historiography, and along with Shiratori Kurakichi (the founder of the Tokyo School), was one of the leading Japanese historians of East Asia in the early twentieth century. His most well-known book is called Nara.He was born in what is today Akita Prefecture. He distinguished himself as a journalist. In 1907 he found Manwen Laodang in Mukden. As an authority of Chinese history, he was invited to Kyoto Imperial University by Kano Kokichi in 1907 and got involved in the foundation of the Department of Oriental History.

Is a Danish language poet and writer.She was born in Egedesminde, Greenland, and was brought up part

Is a Danish language poet and writer.She was born in Egedesminde, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen. In 1991 she published her first book of poetry, Så længe jeg er ung (While I'm Still Young). Since 1993 she has been a full-time writer. In 1994 Naja Marie Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts 3-year bursary.

Was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji period Japan. His real n

Was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Nakae Tokusuke (?????). His major contribution was the popularization of the egalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Japan. As a result, Nakae is thought to have been a major force in the development of liberalism in early Japanese politics.

A Japanese author.Nakajima was born in Tokyo. His father was a scholar specialising in the Chinese c

A Japanese author.Nakajima was born in Tokyo. His father was a scholar specialising in the Chinese classics and he communicated his enthusiasm to his son, who is known for poetic short stories in distant historical settings.Nakajima was sent to Palau in 1941 to teach Japanese but returned in 1942 after being tormented by severe asthma, and died later that year after contracting pneumonia. He completed one major novel, "Light, Wind and Dreams", based on the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, and controversial short stories about Micronesia.