Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter N

One of the prominent authors in Marathi.

One of the prominent authors in Marathi.

An Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She was born in Kafr Tahla village on the banks

An Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She was born in Kafr Tahla village on the banks of the Nile. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society.

A former correspondent and editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and co-author of numerous books

A former correspondent and editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and co-author of numerous books on Asian politics, security and foreign policy issues. He is best known for his seminal book, Brother Enemy: The War after the War. He is currently the Director of Publications at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, and editor of the YaleGlobal Online, a webzine devoted to exploring globalization.Chanda graduated with a degree in History at the prestigious Presidency College, Kolkata. He stood first in his class during his post-graduate degree in history from Jadavpur University. Between 1971 and 1974 he continued his studies in International Relations at the Sorbonne. In 1974 he was working on his thesis in the Sorbonne on the domestic roots of Cambodian foreign policy under Norodom Sihanouk when he was offered the job of Indochina correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review based out of Saigon. Curious to find out more about the Vietnam War, he decided to become a journalist to see history being made. In April 1975, Chanda decided to stay behind after the fall of Saigon.

An Indian writer in English. Her fiction deals with India's elite responding to the crises engendere

An Indian writer in English. Her fiction deals with India's elite responding to the crises engendered by political change; she was one of the first female Indo-Anglian writers to receive wide recognition. She is a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.Her father was a successful barrister and classical scholar who translated the Kashmiri epic history Raj Tarangini into English from Sanskrit. He died in Lucknow prison jail in 1944, leaving behind his wife and their three daughters Chandralekha Mehta, Nayantara Sehgal and Rita Dar.

Was a Bulgarian linguist, folklorist, writer and public figure during the Bulgarian National Revival

Was a Bulgarian linguist, folklorist, writer and public figure during the Bulgarian National Revival.Gerov was the son of Gero Dobrevich, a teacher. He studied at his father's school, then at a Greek school in Plovdiv from 1834 to 1836, again in his hometown until 1839, and finally in Odessa, in the Russian Empire, where he graduated from the Richelieu Lyceum in 1845. Gerov became a Russian subject and came back to Koprivshtitsa, where he established his own school, named after Saints Cyril and Methodius.

An eminent media person of Bangladesh and the editor of the daily Amader Shomoy, which is published

An eminent media person of Bangladesh and the editor of the daily Amader Shomoy, which is published from Dhaka since 2007. He also published a weekly, Khoborer Kagoj, in which Mymensingh poet and gynaecologist Taslima Nasreen wrote a weekly column through which she quickly became a popular figure. Nayeemul became a prominent media-figure since 2007 when he started to publish in Amader Shomoy personalized views on the front page and to appear in on television talk-shows.

Was born as Raja Nazar Muhmmad Janjua, was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry. He w

Was born as Raja Nazar Muhmmad Janjua, was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry. He was born in Village Kot Bhaaga, Akaal Garh ( Now Alipur Chatha), Tehsil Wazirabad, District, Gujranwala, Punjab, and did his masters in economics from the G

Was an Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of most influential contemporary Iraqi

Was an Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of most influential contemporary Iraqi female poets.[citation needed] Al-Malaika is famous as the first Arabic poet to use free verse. [2]Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cultured family. Her

Was an Albanian Gheg poet. He was influenced by the Jesuit writer Anton Xanoni and the Franciscan po

Was an Albanian Gheg poet. He was influenced by the Jesuit writer Anton Xanoni and the Franciscan poet Leonardo De Martino.From 1880 until 1887, Mjeda studied literature at the Carthusian monastery of Porta Coeli, in Valencia, Spain, rhetoric, Latin and I

Was an icon of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, perhaps b

Was an icon of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, perhaps best known for being characterized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's classic On the Road.

Was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, an

Was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, and his family had settled in Urla near Izmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

Is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.[2] She is a noted Holocaust sc

Is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.[2] She is a noted Holocaust scholar, and is the author of the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans (Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0195075951 ) on which the 2008 film Defiance is based.

Was a Turkish poet, writer, and philosopher, who was noticed by the French philosopher Henri Bergson

Was a Turkish poet, writer, and philosopher, who was noticed by the French philosopher Henri Bergson, while Necip Fazil had been a student of his in Sorbonne during the 1920s. In his poetries, it is possible to realize the influences of Bergson.[

Is a famous Bulgarian poet, playwright, and publicist.

Is a famous Bulgarian poet, playwright, and publicist.

Is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her o

Is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007.

Was a Dutch poetess. She was the best selling poet in the Netherlands.Benschop started writing poetr

Was a Dutch poetess. She was the best selling poet in the Netherlands.Benschop started writing poetry in 1948. In the meantime she recited poems of others, with sometimes a few of her own added. She debuted in 1967 by Kok Publishers in Kampen with the volume Gouddraad uit vlas ("Gold thread from flax"). The publisher almost didn't dare to bring it out, but the volume was an enormous success, and was reprinted sixty times. Of all her volumes of poetry, a total of three million copies were sold. Benschop also wrote aphorisms. Several of her poems are often quoted in death notices, especially In memoriam voor een vriend ("In memoriam for a friend").

German poet and dramatist whose Nazi experience transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the

German poet and dramatist whose Nazi experience transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews.

Was a Filipino journalist. She was best known for her longtime association with Time magazine as a c

Was a Filipino journalist. She was best known for her longtime association with Time magazine as a correspondent based in Manila.Nelly Sindayen was born in Siasi, Sulu to a Christian father and a Muslim mother[1] She earned a journalism degree at the University of Santo Tomas and worked for the Manila Bulletin and various news agencies before joining Time magazine in the mid-1970s.[2] Sindayen would remain at Time until 2007, when illness disabled her from returning to work.[2]

Was one of the most important singer/composers of samba. He is usually seen as a representative of t

Was one of the most important singer/composers of samba. He is usually seen as a representative of the tragic aspects of samba thematics, with many songs about death and hopelessness.Nelson was born in Rio de Janeiro. Coming from a poor family, he quit school at a young age to seek employment in a factory. He showed a musical talent at a young age playing a home-made guitar made of a cigar box and wires. When he could, he would borrow a cavaquinho and try and copy the techniques of professional cavaquinho players. He demonstrated a great ability to play the instrument and composed a choro ("Caminhando") which gained him notoriety as a musician (due in part to an uncommon modulation which made it hard for other instrumentalists to harmonize it). He was finally given a cavaquinho and having demonstrated a unique playing style on the instrument was given the nickname "Nelson Cavaquinho". He demonstrate a unique style of playing only with two fingers.

Was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazil

Was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog. He went on to write many other seminal plays and today is widely regarded as Brazil's greatest playwright.Much of Rodrigues's career was filled with controversy, a state of affairs he often courted and even relished. He called his theater "the theater of the unpleasant" and had an almost messianic conviction that it was his duty to hold a mirror up to society's hypocrisies and to expose the darkness in the audience's heart. [3]. "We must fill the stage with murderers, adulterers, madmen; in short, we must fire a salvo of monsters at the audience," he said. "They are our monsters, which we will temporarily free ourselves from only to face another day" [4].

Was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage.B

Was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage.Bond wrote science fiction and fantasy, as well as sports and crime fiction. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.

Is an American journalist associated with Time magazine, political scientist and diplomat who served

Is an American journalist associated with Time magazine, political scientist and diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 until 2001. He has also been a friend of Bill Clinton since their days as fellow Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford, where he translated Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs into English.

Was an essayist, journalist, novelist, playwright and a politician who defended women's civil rights

Was an essayist, journalist, novelist, playwright and a politician who defended women's civil rights.Canales co-founded, with Luis Llorens Torres, the "Revista de las Antillanas". He also wrote short novels and a comedy called "El Heroe Galopante" (The Traveling Hero), which debuted on stage in 1923 after his death. In 1914, he bought the newspaper "El Día" of Ponce (In the future it was to become "El Nuevo Día"). In his newspaper he had a column in which he wrote his "Paliques". In the "Paliques", he showed his understanding of the human nature with humor and insight. In his works, he makes an emphasis of the pride that he feels for things Puerto Rican. A collection of his essays, "Paliques" were published in 1913.

Was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian Nati

Was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.In 1835, Rilski issued his Bolgarska gramatika, the first grammar book of the modern Bulgarian language. His other books include Tablitsi vzaimouchitelni, and the 1852 Greek-Slavic dictionary Slovar greko-slavyanskiy.

An Australian novelist who first came to light in 2002 with her first novel, The Lambing Flat, which

An Australian novelist who first came to light in 2002 with her first novel, The Lambing Flat, which won the Emerging Author category for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. In 2004 The Lambing Flat was shortlisted the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Asia/Pacific region (Best First Book) and One Book One Brisbane. Later that year, Nerida was named by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia's best young novelists. Her second novel, Death of a Whaler was released in 2006.