Sjoukje Maria Diderika Troelstra-Bokma de Boer, better known under her pseudonym Nienke van Hichtum, was a well-known Frisian Dutch children's author and translator. From 1888 to 1904, she was married to the socialist leader Pieter Jelles Troelstra. The couple had two children: a daughter, Dieuwke and a son, Jelle. Her son Jelle Troelstra (1891–1979) was a sculptor and graphic designer.
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, is a poet, philologist of Russian language and literature. She is a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers, and a member of Pen International Director of "Söz" literary project run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan. Her poems have been translated into many languages and have appeared in translation all over the world including UK, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iran, Israel, and Russia ext. Her eastern style of writing had won her the reputation of poet with unique language combining different traditions of writings. From 2000 to 2014 Nigar had lived and worked in London/UK.
Nigar Khudadat qizi Rafibeyli was an Azerbaijani writer and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. She was the mother of Anar Rzayev, novel and short-story writer, and wife of famous writer and poet Rasul Rza.
Nigel Cumberland is a British author, leadership coach and mentor, and a founder of The Silk Road Partnership. He is the author of nine self-development and leadership books, some of which have been serialised, and also translated into over 25 foreign languages.
Geoffrey Nigel Gilbert is a British sociologist and a pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences. He is the founder and director of the Centre for Research in Social Simulation, author of several books on computational social science, social simulation and social research and past editor of the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), the leading journal in the field.
