litterateur

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Among the key figures in her story are that sociable littérateur Sydney Cockerell and the high-rolling book dealers A.S.W.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2019

“You belong to a party, my friend,” wrote the brilliant French littérateur Paul Valéry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 15, 2018

It’s the kind of output you associate with a writer of romance novels, or an army of them, not an acclaimed littérateur.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2013

Every so often, a celebrated littérateur opines on the subject of videogames, having just discovered or rediscovered them.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013

Thomas Hollis, the littérateur and antiquary, who died in 1774, bound his extensive collection in calf, adding, in each instance, a device suitable to the contents of the work.

From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)