literati

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This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

On recent travels, she taught in Paris at a New York University summer school program, mingled with New York City’s glittery literati and gave readings around the world.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024

In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered” outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Alert the literati — Susan Sontag is getting a biopic and Kristen Stewart is set to play the late writer-provocateur.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

He sought the acquaintance of the brilliant and the learned, presiding over a côterie of painters, sculptors, and literati.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.