S. N. Haleole

Born around 1819 and active in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, S. N. Haleʻole is known as an important Native Hawaiian writer and historian. He is most closely associated with The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, a work widely described as the first fictional book-length literature produced by a Native Hawaiian author.

Haleʻole’s writing grew out of a culture rich in oral storytelling, and his work helped preserve Hawaiian traditions in written form during a time of major change. Laieikawai first appeared serially in the Hawaiian-language newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuʻokoa in 1862–1863 before being published in book form in 1863.

He died on October 22, 1866. A confirmed portrait image was not clearly available from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.