man or woman of letters

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But not everybody—not every considerable man or woman of letters even—can write good letters.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George

A great man or woman of letters, without great scholarship, is well-nigh an impossible thing.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles

What struggling man or woman of letters has not at one time or another shared the hope which animated them, that this way lay the road to success and competence?

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney