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litterateur

[lit-er-uh-tur, lee-tey-ra-tœr] / ˌlɪt ər əˈtɜr, li teɪ raˈtœr /




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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.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2021

A collection of such squibs might be a tough sell even if its author is acclaimed litterateur Michael Chabon.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2019

The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani summed up the personal asides in that book as "the narcissistic musings of a spoiled, upper-middle-class litterateur".

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2014

A dandy, boulevardier and self-educated litterateur, Mr. Sonnenberg consulted only his own taste, backing it with substantial paychecks to his writers, some well known and others not.

From New York Times Jun. 26, 2010

His father was Constantijn Huygens, a master diplomat of the age, a litterateur, poet, composer, musician, close friend and translator of the English poet John Donne, and the head of an archetypical great family.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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