prosaist

noun

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  1. poet
  2. playwright
  3. screenwriter
  4. scriptwriter
  5. dramatist
  6. essayist
  7. bard
  8. journalist
Noun
  • Palestinian, Kashmiri and Indian poets are interwoven throughout, framing the film as a meditation on remembering what has been erased from home and pushing back once staying quiet stops being an option.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robin Morgan, a wholesome child star of the 1940s and ‘50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died.
    — Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of poet
Noun
  • Matthew Mendoza is a playwright and poet who dabbles in fiction and nonfiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In terms of critical reception and production opportunities, Hunter is one of the most successful playwrights of his generation.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • She was then approached by Kids director Larry Clark and its screenwriter, a then-19-year-old Harmony Korine, who wanted Dawson to audition for the part of Ruby — which would ultimately become her film debut.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Her father, Barry Shipman, was a screenwriter of Westerns who also wrote for Dick Tracy movies in the 1930s and TV’s Lassie in the 1960s.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of screenwriter
Noun
  • Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • The goal every amateur scriptwriter had written, and then thrown in the bin for not being quite spectacular enough.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of scriptwriter
Noun
  • Since Don Juan was introduced in 1630 by dramatist Tirso de Molina, the Spanish Lothario has appeared in numerous re-interpretations, but perhaps the most important debuted a century ago.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One of Gary Graves’ biggest strengths as a dramatist is that nary a word feels wasteful when written by him.
    — Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dramatist
Noun
  • Neal Ascherson encountered some of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies as a veteran, journalist, essayist, historian, novelist, and political activist.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Growing up in the foothills of eastern Kentucky as a compulsive reader and full-time hillbilly, I was instinctively attracted, like most literary-minded country folk, to the work of essayist, novelist, and poet, Wendell Berry.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of essayist
Noun
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nolan sets the tone by opening with a bard (Travis Scott) beginning to tell the tale of the fall of Troy—at least the idealized heroic version that the bard’s audiences are hungry to hear.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of bard
Noun
  • The first episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre, discussing the continuing fallout from the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention scandal in the NBA.
    — J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Cheng’s termination in 2024 alarmed many journalists, especially given that foreign outlets have traditionally faced less pressure than local news outlets in Hong Kong.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of journalist
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