litterateur

Thân thiện

A litterateur sits at a desk, writing in a leather-bound journal.

Definition

Noun: A person who is engaged in literary work, especially as a profession; a literary person, a writer of literary works. It often implies a writer of a scholarly, critical, or refined nature, rather than a commercial or popular one.

Usage

The word "litterateur" is a formal and somewhat literary term itself. It is used to refer to someone who writes about literature, such as a critic, essayist, or scholar, or to a writer whose work is considered to have significant literary merit. It is less commonly used than "writer" or "author" and carries a connotation of intellectual or artistic dedication to the field of letters.

Examples

• The salon was frequented by poets, philosophers, and other litterateurs of the era.
• He was respected not just as a novelist but as a profound litterateur who contributed greatly to literary criticism.
• The conference brought together litterateurs from around the world to discuss the future of the novel.

Advanced Usage

• The term can sometimes be used with a slight nuance of someone who is deeply involved in the world of literature as a commentator or intellectual, not solely a creator of original fiction or poetry.
• It may appear in historical contexts to describe figures from past literary circles.

Variants and Related Words

• Litterature (obsolete): An archaic spelling related to "literature."
• Literary (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing.
• Literati (plural noun): Learned or literary people as a class. This is a related collective term.

Synonyms

• Writer
• Author
• Man of letters / Woman of letters
• Literary scholar
• Essayist
• Critic

Antonyms

• Illiterate (noun/adjective): A person who cannot read or write; lacking education.
• Philistine (noun): A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a writer of literary works

Từ đồng nghĩa

• essayist