American author (1804–1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.
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Japanese novelist
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar.
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Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)
Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist.
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Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)
Nâzım Hikmet
Mehmed Nâzım Ran, commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist.
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American journalist
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in wh
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Jewish German poet and playwright (1891-1970)
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs was a German–Swedish poet and playwright.
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President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)
Nestor Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of Independence.
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Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.
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