variants
or littérateurs
as in writers
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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Plenty of us meat writers love to use em dashes, too.—
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The opportunity is always there for authors and film or tv writers to collaborate on their respective projects, with Yoon providing input when the movie adaptations of her books were being made.—
Dessi Gomez,
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26 Sep. 2025
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“Litterateurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litterateurs. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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