List of authors by name: N

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with N:

Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics

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Na–Ng

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Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah (born 1962, Nigeria, nf/p)
Ebrahim Nabavi (born 1958, Iran, nf)
Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641, England, d)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, Russia/US, f/nf)
Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640, Poland-Lithuania, p)
Farida Nabourema (born 1990, Togo, nf)
Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980, Germany, f/d)
Nada Inada (なだいなだ, 1929–2013, Japan, f/nf)
Péter Nádas (born 1942, Hungary, f/d/nf)
Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947, Hungary, nf/p)
Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939, Hungary/France, f/nf)
Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940, Hungary/Slovakia, f/nf)
Ira Nadel (born 1943, US/Canada, nf)
Kolau Nadiradze (1895–1990, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
Sten Nadolny (born 1942, Germany, f)
Knut Nærum (born 1961, Norway, nf)
Azar Nafisi (born 1948, Iran/US, nf)
Kafū Nagai (永井荷風, 1879–1959, Japan, f/nf/d)
Michiko Nagai (永井路子, 1925–2023, Japan, f)
Tatsuo Nagai (永井龍男, 1904–1990, Japan, f/nf)
Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019, India, f/d/nf)
Hideo Nagata (長田秀雄, 1885–1949, Japan, p/d)
Linda Nagata (born 1960, US, f)
Mikihiko Nagata (長田幹彦, 1887–1964, Japan, p/d)
Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚節, 1879–1915, Japan, p/f)
Yoshirō Nagayo (長与善郎, 1888–1961, Japan, f/d)
John Nagenda (1938–2023, Uganda, f/p)
Khosro Naghed (born 1950, Iran, nf)
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991, Hungary, p/nf/ch)
Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007, Hungary, p)
Lajos Parti Nagy (born 1953, Hungary, p/d/nf)
László Nagy (1925–1978, Hungary, p/nf)
Ata Nahai (born 1960, Iran, f/nf)
Alice Nahon (1896–1933, Belgium, p)
Beverley Naidoo (born 1943, S Africa/England, ch/nf)
Sadeq Naihoum (1937–1994, Libya/Switzerland, nf)
Tekkatho Phone Naing (1930–2002, Burma/Myanmar, f/p)
Majid Naini (born 1963, Iran/US, nf)
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair (born 1933, India, f/d)
Naitō Jōsō (内藤丈草, 1662–1704, Japan, p)
Naitō Torajirō (内藤虎次郎, 1866–1934, Japan, nf)
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895, p/f/nf)
Kansuke Naka (中勘助, 1885–1965, Japan, f/nf)
Kenji Nakagami (中上健次, 1946–1992, Japan, f/nf)
Chūya Nakahara (中原中也, 1907–1937, Japan, p)
Atsushi Nakajima (中島敦, 1909–1942, Japan, f)
Ramo Nakajima (中島らも, 1952–2004, Japan, f/nf)
Akio Nakamori (中森明夫, born 1960, Japan, nf)
Shin'ichirō Nakamura (中村真一郎, 1918–1997, Japan, f/nf)
Mitsuo Nakamura (中村光夫, 1911–1988, Japanm nf/d)
Chie Nakane (中根千枝, 1926–2021, Japan, nf)
Nakane Kōtei (中根香亭, 1839–1913, Japan, nf)
Kōji Nakano (中野孝次, 1925–2004, Japan, f/nf)
Gishū Nakayama (中山義秀, 1900–1969, Japan, nf)
Tsuneko Nakazato (中里恒子, 1909–1987, Japan, f)
Nakisanze Segawa (living, Uganda, p/f)
Beverley Nambozo (living, Uganda, p/nf)
Namık Kemal (1840–1888, Ottoman Empire, nf/d)
Hans Daniel Namuhuja (1924–1998, SW Africa/Namibia, p)
Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda, f/p)
Guru Nanak (1469–1639, Delhi Sultanate/Mughal E, p/nf)
Marja Bål Nango (born 1988, Norway, d)
Nannayya (c. 11th c. CE, E Chalukya, p)
Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956, N Zealand, p)
Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810, Wales, d), pseudonym of Thomas Edwards
Sanjugo Naoki (直木三十五, 1891–1934, Japan, f), pseudonym of Sōichi Uemura (植村宗一)
Susan Napier (born 1954, N Zealand, f)
Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, Australia, nf/p)
R. K. Narayan (1906–2001, India, f/nf)
Carmen Naranjo (1928–2012, Costa Rica, f/p/nf)
José Narosky (born 1930, Argentina, nf)
Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884, Japan, nf)
Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796, Poland-Lithuania, p/nf/d)
Jan Narveson (born 1936, Canada, nf)
Ras Nas (living, Tanzania, p)
Ali Mohaqiq Nasab (living, Afghanistan, nf)
Alanna Nash (born 1950, US, nf)
Ogden Nash (1902–1971, US, p)
Thomas Nashe (1567 – c. 1601, England, f/p/d)
Martha Nasibù (1931–2020, Ethiopia/France, nf)
Imadaddin Nasimi (1369–1417, Azerbaijan/Mamluk Sultanate, p)
Taslima Nasrin (born 1962, E Pakistan/India, nf/f)
Raduan Nassar (born 1935, Brazil, f)
Badia Hadj Nasser (born 1938, Tangier/France, f/nf)
Momčilo Nastasijević (1894–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)
Kinoko Nasu (奈須きのこ, born 1973, Japan, f)
Melissa Nathan (1968–2006, England, f/nf)
Ali Akbar Natiq (born 1974, Pakistan, f/p)
Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石, 1867–1916, Japan, f/nf)
Sheila Natusch (1926–2017, N Zealand, nf)
Gellu Naum (1915–2001, Romania, p/f/ch)
Saint Naum (830–910, Bulgaria, nf), Naum of Ohrid
Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990, Afghanistan/Canada, nf)
Joe Navarro (born 1953, Cuba, nf)
Marysa Navarro (born 1934, Spain, nf)
Marguerite Naville (1852–1930, Switzerland, nf)
Fariba Nawa (born 1973, Afghanistan/US, nf)
Massoud Nawabi (1954–2010, Afghanistan, nf)
Rajarshi Raghabananda Nayak (1938–2016, India, nf)
James Nayler (1618–1660, England, nf)
Avetis Nazarbekian (1866–1939, Iran/USSR)
Peter Nazareth (born 1940, Uganda/US, f/d)
Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976, Venezuela, nf/p)
Njabulo Ndebele (born 1948, S Africa, f/nf)
Adja Ndeye Boury Ndiaye (born 1936, Senegal/Ivory Coast, ch)
Marie NDiaye (born 1967, France, f/d)
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950, Equatorial Guinea, nf)
Mariama Ndoye (born 1953, Senegal/Tunisia, f)
Echezonachukwu Nduka (born 1989, Nigeria, p/f/nf)
Uche Nduka (born 1963, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
Joseph Ndwaniye (born 1962, Rwanda, f/ch)
John Neal (1793–1876, US, nf/f/p)
Emma Neale (born 1969, N Zealand, f/p)
Dejan Nebrigić (1970–1999, Yugoslavia, nf)
Ion Neculce (1672–1744, Moldavia, nf)
Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999, Romania, f/nf)
Kole Nedelkovski (1912–1941, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, p)
Nedîm (c. 1681–1730, Ottoman E, p)
Torborg Nedreaas (1906–1987, Norway, f/d)
Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922, England, f)
Violet Needham (1876–1967, England, ch)
Henry Neele (1798–1828, England, p/nf)
Betty Neels (1909–2001, England, f)
José de Almada Negreiros (1893–1970, Portugal, f/d)
Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1968, Moldavia/Romania, p/f/p)
John Neihardt (1881–1863, US, nf/p)
John R. Neill (1877–1943, US, ch)
Philip Neilsen (living, Australia, p/ch/nf)
Shaw Neilson (1872–1940, Australia, p)
Carlos Nejar (born 1939, Brazil, p/nf)
Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972, Brazil, p/nf)
Gert Vlok Nel (born 1963, S Africa, p)
Philip Nel (born 1969, US, nf)
Lino Nelisi (born 1952, Niue/N Zealand, ch)
Émile Nelligan (1879–1941, Canada, p)
Esther Nelson (1810–1843, Isle of Man, p)
Jandy Nelson (born 1965, US, f/ch)
Marilyn Nelson (born 1946, US, p/ch)
Tracy Nelson (born 1963, US, nf/d)
Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938, India, f/p/nf)
Božena Němcová (1820–1862, Austrian E, f/ch), born Barbora Novotná
Alexander Nemerov (born 1963, US, nf)
Howard Nemerov (1920–1991, US p)
Vitorino Nemésio (1901–1978, Portugal)
István Péter Németh (born 1960, Hungary, p/nf)
László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary, f/d/nf)
Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942, France, f), Holocaust victim
Matija Nenadović (1777–1854, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
Rajat Neogy (1939–1995, Uganda/US, nf)
Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960, Wales, f)
Cornelius Nepos (c. 1110–25 BCE, Roman Republic, nf)
Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
Jan Neruda (1834–1891, Austrian E, nf/p)
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973, Chile, p)
Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855, France, f/p)
Amado Nervo (1870–1919, Mexico, p/nf)
Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980, Brazil, p/nf)
Neşâtî (died 1674, Ottoman E, p)
E. Nesbit (1858–1924, England, ch/f/p)
Jeffrey A. Nesbit (living, US, f)
Jo Nesbø (born 1960, Norway, f/ch)
Nescio (1882–1961, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh
Aziz Nesin (1915–1995, Turkey, f/nf)
Patrick Ness (born 1971, US/England, f/ch)
Åse-Marie Nesse (1934–2001, Norway, p/nf)
Håkan Nesser (born 1950, Sweden, f)
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria, d)
Agostinho Neto (1922–1979, Angola, p/nf)
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–2009, Brazil, p/nf)
João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916, Brazil, f/nf)
Andrés Neuman (born 1977, Argentina/Spain, f/nf/p)
Alfred Neumann (1895–1952, Germany/Switzerland, f/p/d)
Jill Adelaide Neville (1932–1997, Australia/England, f/d/p)
John Newbery (1713–1767, England, ch)
Henry Newbolt (1862–1938, England, p/f/nf)
P. H. Newby (1918–1997, England, f)
John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England, nf/p)
Nanette Newman (born 1934, England, ch/nf)
Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727, England, nf)
John Newton, (born 1959, N Zealand, p/f/nf)
Lily Newton (1893–1981, England/Wales, nf)
Nerida Newton (born 1972, Australia, f)
Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani) (1402–1472, Mexico, p)
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974, US, p/nf)
Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013, USSR/Russia, f)
Celeste Ng (伍綺詩, born 1980, US, f)
Patrice Nganang (born 1970, Cameroon/US, f)
Emmanuel Ngara (living, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015, S Africa, f/nf)
Honorine Ngou (born 1957, Gabon, f/nf)
Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008, Kenya/Zimbabwe, d)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025, Kenya, f/d/nf), born James Ngugi
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971, Kenya/US, p/nf)
Nguyễn Du (阮攸, 1766–1820, Vietnam, p)

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Ni–Ny

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Ni Kuang (倪匡, 1935–2022, China/Hong Kong, f/nf)
Brenda Niall (born 1930, Australia, nf)
Ian Niall (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), born John Kincaid McNeillie
Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932–2021, Guinea, nf/d/f)
Mame Bassine Niang (1951–2013, Senegal, nf)
Barrie Phillip Nichol (1944–1988, Canada, p/f)
Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921, Montenegro, nf)
Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais) (1879–1971, Wales, p/nf)
John Graham Nicholls (1929–2023, England/Switzerland, nf)
Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930, N Zealand, p)
Sally Nicholls (born 1983, England, ch)
Aidan Nichols (born 1948, England, nf)
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England, f/d/nf)
Grace Nichols (born 1950, Guyana/England, p)
Christopher Robert Nicholson (born 1945, S Africa, nf)
Joyce Nicholson (1919–2011, Australia, nf)
Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, England, p/f/d)
William Nicholson (born 1948, England, d/f)
Eckhart Nickel (born 1966, Germany/US, nf)
C. W. Nicol (1940–1920, Wales/Japan, f/nf)
Davidson Nicol (1924–1994, Sierra Leone, f/p/nf)
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811, Germany, nf/f)
Nicos Nicolaides (1884–1956, Greece/Egypt, nf/p)
Nicomachus (c. 60 – c. 120 CE, Greece, nf)
Ernst Elias Niebergall (1815–1843, Germany, nf/d)
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971, US, nf)
Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, US, p)
Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954, S Africa, nf/f/p)
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758–1841, Poland-Lithuania/France, p/d)
Mikael Niemi (born 1959, Sweden, f/p)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany, nf/p)
Carel van Nievelt (1843–1913, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym Gabriël
Luis López Nieves (born 1950, Puerto Rico, f/d)
Nankichi Niimi (新美南吉, 1913–1943, Japan, f/nf/p)
Martinus Nijhoff (1894–1953, Netherlands, p/nf)
Niki Etsuko (仁木悦子, 1928–1986, Japan, f)
Galin Nikiforov (born 1968, Bulgaria, f)
Svetomir Nikolajević (1844–1922, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
Jovan Nikolić (born 1955, Yugoslavia/Germany, nf)
Jovanka Nikolić (1952–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch)
Lisa de Nikolits (living, S Africa/Canada, f)
Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson (1469–1520, Iceland, nf)
Deborah Niland (born 1950, Australia, ch)
Rudolf Nilsen (1901–1929, Norway, p)
Tove Nilsen (born 1952, Norway, f/ch/nf)
Peter Nilson (1937–1998, Sweden, nf/f)
Jenny Nimmo (born 1944, England/Wales, ch)
P Moe Nin (1883–1940, Burma, nf)
Bảo Ninh (born 1952, Vietnam, f/nf), pseudonym of Hoàng Ấu Phương
Milica Ninković (1854–1881, Hungary/Serbia, nf)
Esther Nirina (1932–2004, Mozambique, p)
Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, Scotland/England, f/p/nf)
Kitaro Nishida (西田幾多郎, 1870–1945, Japan, nf)
Nishiyama Sōin (西山宗因, 1605–1682, Japan, p), born Nishiyama Toyoichi (西山豊一)
Kyotaro Nishimura (西村京太郎, 1930–2022, Japan, f)
Junzaburō Nishiwaki (西脇順三郎, 1894–1982, Japan, p/nf)
Nishiyama Sōin (西山宗因, 1605–1682, Japan, p)
Nisioisin (西尾維新, born 1981, Japan, f/d), pseudonym
Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943, Morocco, p)
Judah ben Nissim (13th c., Morocco, nf)
Nitobe Inazō (新渡戸稲造, 1862–1933, Japan, nf)
Jirō Nitta (新田次郎, 1912–1980, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hiroto Fujiwara (藤原寛人)
Sister Nivedita (1867–1911, Ireland/India, nf), born Margaret Elizabeth Noble
Larry Niven (born 1938, US, f)
Jennifer Niven (born 1968, US, f/ch)
Ketty Nivyabandi (born 1978, Burundi/Canada, p/nf)
Fumio Niwa (丹羽文雄, 1904–2005, Japan, f)
Garth Nix (born 1963, Australia, ch)
Carl Nixon (born 1967, N Zealand, f/d)
Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003, US, f/ch)
Thomas Nixon (born 1961, US, nf)
Moeen Nizami (born 1965, Pakistan, p), born Ghulam Moeen Ud Din
Lela B. Njatin (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
Rebeka Njau (born 1932, Kenya, d/f)
John Nkemngong Nkengasong (born 1959, Cameroon, d/f/p)
Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (1921–2019, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
Innocent Masina Nkhonyo (born 1987, Malawi, f/p)
Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010, S Africa, p/f/nf)
Gamal Nkrumah (born 1959, Ghana/Egypt, nf)
Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972, Gold Cast/Ghana, nf)
Yamilka Noa (born 1980, Cuba/Costa Rica, p)
David Nobbs (1935–2015, England, f/nf/d)
Shomu Nobori (昇曙夢, 1878–1958, Japan, nf)
António Nobre (1867–1900, Portugal, p)
Keiko Nobumoto (信本敬子, 1964–2021, Japan, d)
Hideki Noda (野田秀樹, born 1955, Japan, d)
Charles Nodier (1780–1844, France, f/nf)
Yaeko Nogami (野上弥生子, 1885–1985, Japan, f)
Rajko Petrov Nogo (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Gábor Nógrádi (born 1947, Hungary, d/p/ch)
Fujio Noguchi (野口富士男, 1911–1993, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Fujio Hirai
Yone Noguchi (野口米次郎, 1875–1947, Japan), pseudonym of Yonejirō Noguchi (野口米次郎)
Constantin Noica (1909–1987, Romania, nf)
Ethel Nokes (1883–1976, England, f/ch)
Christopher Nolan (1965–2009, Ireland, p/f/nf)
Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976, Australia, nf)
Frederick Nolan (1931–2022, England, f/nf)
William F. Nolan (1928–2021, US, f)
Fan Noli (1882–1965, Ottoman E/US, nf/p)
Dieter Noll (1927–2008, Germany, f/nf)
Ingrid Noll (born 1935, Germany, f)
João Gilberto Noll (1946–1917, Brazil, f)
Olga Nolla (1938–2001, Puerto Rica, p/f/nf)
Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, 1915–1991, Japan, f)
Masahiko Nomi (能見正比古, 1925–1981, Japan, nf)
Kodō Nomura (野村胡堂, 1882–1963, Japan, f/nf)
Jeff Noon (born 1957, England, f/d)
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, Australia, p/nf)
Farish A. Noor (born 1967, Malaysia, nf/f)
Cees Nooteboom (born 1933, Netherlands, f/p/nf)
Sigurður Nordal (1886–1974, Iceland, nf)
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763, Sweden, p)
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (born 1978, Iceland, p/f/nf)
Óttar M. Norðfjörð (born 1980, Iceland, f/p)
Sven Nordqvist (born 1946, Sweden, ch)
Adolf Noreen (1854–1925, Sweden, nf)
Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963, England, f)
Howard Norman (born 1949, US, f)
John Norman (born 1931, US, f/nf)
Philip Norman (born 1943, England, f/nf/d)
Regine Normann (1867–1939, Norway, f/ch)
William Edward Norris (1847–1925, England, f)
Andrew Norriss (born 1947, England, ch/d)
Harold Norse (1916–2009, US, p/f)
Marlene Norst (1930–2010, Australia, nf)
Grace May North (1876–1960, US, ch)
Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988, US, f/p/ch)
Sterling North (1906–1974, US, nf/f/ch)
Harry Northup (born 1940, US, p)
Arthur Nortje (1942–1970, S Africa/England, p)
Andre Norton (1912–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton
Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England, nf/d/f)
Mary Norton (1903–1992, England, ch)
Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883, Russian E/France, p/d)
Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976, Russian E/USSR, ch)
Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018, Austria, ch)
Amélie Nothomb (born 1966, Belgium, f)
Alice Notley (born 1945, US, p/nf)
Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992, US, f/ch)
Henri Nouwen (1932–1996, Netherlands/Canada, nf)
Joanne Nova (born 1967, Australia, nf/ch)
Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, Germany/Iceland, f/nf)
Michael Novak (1933–2017, US, f/nf)
Anna Novakov (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
Aleksandar Novaković (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
Duško Novaković (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
Mirjana Novaković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
Stojan Novaković (1842–1915, Serbia, nf)
Novalis (1772–1801, Germany, p/nf), pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
Ivor Novello (1893–1951, Wales/England, d)
Salvador Novo (1904–1974, Mexico, p/nf)
Franciszek Nowicki (1864–1935, Austrian E/Poland, nf/f/p)
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958, England, p/nf/d)
Michael B. Nsimbi (1910–1994, Uganda, p)
Jason Ntaro (living, Uganda, p)
Richard Carl Ntiru (born 1946, Uganda, p/d/f)
U Nu (1907–1995, Burma/Myanmar, nf/f)
Benjamin Nugent (living, US, f/nf)
Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930–2012, Sudan/England, nf)
Princess Nukata (額田王, fl. 17th c., Japan, p), also Nukata no Ōkimi
Laura Numeroff (born 1953, US, ch)
Pedro Nunes (1502–1578, Portugal, nf)
Helvi Nuorgam-Poutasuo (1943–2017, Norway, nf)
Farah Nur (1862–1932, Isaaq Sultanate/Somaliland, p)
Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964, Soviet U/Azerbaijan, ch)
Branislav Nušić (1864–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, d/nf/f)
Martina Nwakoby (born 1937, Nigeria/US, ch)
Nkem Nwankwo (1936–2001, Nigeria/US, f/p)
Flora Nwapa (1931–1993, Nigeria, f)
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976, Nigeria, f/nf)
Nat Nwe (1933–2011, Burma/Myanmar, f/p)
San San Nweh (born 1945, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)
Onyeka Nwelue (born 1988, Nigeria, nf/f)
Chuma Nwokolo (born 1963, Nigeria, f/p)
Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (born 1952, Kenya, d/nf)
Stanley Nyamfukudza (born 1951, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf/f)
Freedom Nyamubaya (c. 1958–2015, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p)
Nyana Kakoma (living, Uganda, f/nf)
Sulayman S. Nyang (1944–2018, Gambia, nf)
Julia Nyberg (1784–1854, Sweden, p), pseudonym Euphrosyne
Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952, US, p/f)
Philip Nye (c. 1595–1672, England, nf)
Robert Nye (1939–2016, England, p/f/ch)
Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979, Uganda, f/p/nf)
Sibusiso Nyembezi (1919–2000, S Africa, f/p/nf)
Julius Nyerere (1922–1999, Tanzania, nf)
Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977, Norway, nf)
Olav Nygard (1884–1924, Norway, p)
Kevin Nyiau (born 1986, Malaysia, nf)
Saw Mon Nyin (1919–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
Zindaba Nyirenda (living, Zambia, nf)
Vincent de Paul Nyonda (1918–1995, Gabon, d)
Arild Nyquist (1937–2004, Norway, f/p/ch)
Khin Maung Nyunt (born 1929, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
Onuora Nzekwu (1928–2017, Nigeria, f)

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