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How to pronounce author names starting with N

Author Pronunciations

20 last names beginning with "N"

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V.S. Naipaul
V S neye-PAWL
Fuminori Nakamura
nah-kah-MOOR-ah
Cho Nam-joo
cho NAM-joo. The vowel sound in "Nam" is similar to "am."
Ann Napolitano
na-poll-ih-TAH-no (first syllable like 'ap' in apple)
Rhiannon Navin
ree-ANN-uhn NAY-vin
Jo Nesbo
According to the author's website, Jo is pronounced like 'you', and Jo says the 'o' in Nesbo is similar to the vowel in Inspector Clouseau's pronunciation of the word 'bomb'
Patrick Ness
As it looks
Marion Nestle
Last name is pronounced like the verb to nestle, not like the Swiss food company
Celeste Ng
ing
Fae Myenne. Ng
"Myenne" is a single syllable. "Ng" is pronounced "ing."
Patrice Nganang
GA-nang
Kien Nguyen
Key-en Nwen (pronunciations vary, Nguyen can also be closer to When)
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Tang When - Pronunciations vary but the closet English is usually considered to be Nwen or When
Thich Nhat Hanh
Tik · N'yat · Harn
Audrey Niffenegger
NIFF-eh-nehg-er
Nyani Nkrumah
Yanni Krumah (see Instagram)
Lesley Nneka Arimah
NEHK-uh uh-REE-muh
Cees Nooteboom
kase note-bom. Opinion differs, some say Cees is pronounced sace, others say case (to rhyme with face); those who say the latter say that Cees is the diminutive of Cornelius and thus the C is hard. The double o's in Nooteboom are pronounced as the Oh in 'Oh my gosh.'
Hannah Nordhaus
nord-house
Onyi Nwabineli
AHN-yee NWAH-bin-ell-ee
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