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Anne Nichols

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(1891-1966) Playwright. “Abie’s Irish Rose” (1922), Anne Nichols brought her play to Broadway in Manhattan, New York.

Anais Nin

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(1903-1977) Novelist, diarist, erotic writer. Born in Paris, Nin moved at age eleven to New York City with her mother and her brothers. In 1923, she married a banker, writer and illustrator named Hugo Guiler, and moved with Guiler to Paris. It was in Paris in the pre-World War II years that Nin and Guiler … Continued

Frank Norris

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(1870-1902) Writer. “The Octopus” (1901), lived at 61 Washington Square and 10 West 33rd Street.

Conde Nast

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(1873-1942) Publisher. Conde Nast was the founder of Conde Nast Publications, publisher of “Vanity Fair” magazine and several other magazines. He lived in Manhattan, New York.

Thomas Nast

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(1840-1902) Writer, political cartoonist, publisher. “Nast’s Weekly,” worked in Manhattan.

Larry Neal

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(1937-1981) Poet, playwright, critic. Neal was born in Georgia and grew up in Philadelphia. Neal wrote for “Liberator Magazine,” “Black Theatre Magazine,” “Negro Digest,” and “Black World.” Neal also co-authored (with Amiri Baraka) the anthology “Black Fire.” He moved to New York City in the 1960s.

Jack Newfield

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Jack Newfield (1938-2004) Journalist, writer.  Jack Newfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and was a graduate of Hunter College. He was a writer for The Village Voice for almost 25 years.

Vladimir Nabokov

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(1899-1977) Novelist, writer, poet, translator. In 1948, Nabokov moved to Ithaca, New York, to teach literature at Cornell University. He and his wife Vera would reside at various Ithaca addresses throughout the 50s, and he drew on his experiences in Ithaca for inspiration. Nabokov worked on his famous novel “Lolita” (1958) there, and Ithaca was … Continued