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or littérateur
as in writer
a person who creates a written work
Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent
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Recent Examples of litterateur
Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.
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Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.
—Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.
—Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
A similar lesson awaits the young litterateur who insists that a good book should move not only the head and the heart but also the loins.
—The Dirty Men and Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.
—Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.
—Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
A similar lesson awaits the young litterateur who insists that a good book should move not only the head and the heart but also the loins.
—The Dirty Men and Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for litterateur
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Lorne Michaels is executive producing the show, and Variety reported that Michaels and SNL alum Seth Meyers have recently been in London observing table reads as the cast and writers prepare for the premiere.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Mar. 2026
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Every personal finance article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of financial products.—
Ryley Amond,Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Actor Issa Rae, musician Bela Fleck and author Louise Penny were among the numerous artists who withdrew from appearances, while consultants such as musician Ben Folds and singer Renée Fleming resigned.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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Easier, maybe, to imagine Blume rejecting the general proposition of an author biography, which seeks to root a subject’s work in their specific experiences, dislodging them from a supposedly neutral or unmarked position.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Litterateur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litterateur. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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