chronicler
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"The Smyrnaeans have the river Meles, with its lovely water, and at its springs is the grotto, where they say Homer composed his poems," wrote the 2nd-century Greek chronicler and geographer Pausanias.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Outside that genre, he enjoys a reputation for being an acutely psychological chronicler of contemporary anxieties, as in his award-winning 2008 drama of job loss and family secrets, “Tokyo Sonata.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
As engaging a chronicler of his own life as Valdez is, his lessons in how to be seen and heard — and how to stay that way — feel especially timely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
David McCullough, a prolific chronicler of the American experience, calls the construction of the Panama Canal “one of the supreme human achievements of all time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The main generals and much of the officer corps died, wrote the Inka chronicler Santacruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua, “all their faces covered with scabs.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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