Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe (1567–c.1601) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, satirist, and playwright. Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, he became known in London for his sharp, energetic prose and his involvement in the era’s literary and religious disputes. Nashe wrote the picaresque prose narrative *The Unfortunate Traveller* (1594), often cited as an early English novel, and produced plays and occasional writings for the stage. He was associated with the anti-Martinist campaign during the Marprelate controversy, contributing to the pamphlet wars of the late 1580s. His career was marked by censorship and quarrels with other writers.