literati

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The book—a masterpiece of the genre—chronicles the circuitous path he took from Brownsville, then a scrappy Jewish neighborhood, to the tony milieu of New York’s literati.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

What was supporting the grand mansions and the literati in England in the middle of the 19th century?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

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

The subjects included poor children, literati, movie stars and more, captured with an engaged and searching eye.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

He is one of the brightest and purest specimens of the literati of England.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.